Archive for May, 2009

Initiative to revive spirit of Civic Trust

Roadshow planned to gain support for replacement organisation

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Millennium housing falls drastically short of target

A flagship government scheme to create seven “millennium communities” of high-specification homes built to stringent environmental standards has produced just 1,626 properties in more than nine years

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3D Reid designs Co-operative HQ

The 3D Reid design for the Co-operative Group’s new head office building in Manchester has been revealed

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Spanish gong for Norman Foster

Norman Foster has been awarded the 29th Prince of Asturias award for the arts, granted by the Spanish Prince of Asturias Foundation

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Approval for library extension

Shepheard Epstein Hunter has won planning permission for a £6 million extension to a library in Enfield, north London

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Dyer sets up in Abu Dhabi

International practice Dyer is on the verge of setting up an outpost in Abu Dhabi

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Protests fail to take the sparkle out of Make’s gem

Make’s contentious plans for an ultramodern “mansion block for the 21st century” have won approval

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Barge living gets revamp

Baca Architects and PCKO have won a competition to remodel five river barges for a mixed-use scheme in London’s Docklands

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Scots Lock ‘exemplary’

7N Architects has been honoured by the Scottish government for its low-carbon masterplan to regenerate Speirs Locks in Glasgow

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The prose and cons of the icon

Does the recession mean the end of the icon?

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