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Initiative to revive spirit of Civic Trust

May 28th, 2009 The Sheet No comments

Roadshow planned to gain support for replacement organisation

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Millennium housing falls drastically short of target

May 28th, 2009 The Sheet No comments

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

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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

May 28th, 2009 The Sheet No comments

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

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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

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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

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

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Barge living gets revamp

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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’

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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

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Does the recession mean the end of the icon?

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