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Ken signs up green architects
London mayor Ken Livingstone this week signed up two top architects to help set tough BedZED-style targets, as he called on UK construction to make sustainability the key priority.
NewsODPM slashes CABE training budget 55%
The government’s commitment to a sustainable communities agenda was in doubt this week after it emerged that architecture watchdog CABE has had its training budget cut by more than half
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No framework for 2012 Olympics
The London 2012 bid team has ruled out appointing a framework of contractors and consultants – the method used at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 – to deliver the facilities for the 2012 Olympic Games
FeaturesMoney down the drain
This is the story of how it took six years, £40m and many public punch-ups between the council, Mowlem and Grimshaw to build a smallish public leisure amenity in Bath. And it’s still not built. We tell the story, and reports on Mowlem’s plan to put an end to it ...
FeaturesWhere next for Britain’s biggest architect?
Peter Drummond, the new chief of Building Design Partnership, is looking for another £35m of business …
NewsGrimshaw the latest firm to unveil plans for succession
Sir Nicholas set to become chairman for life and external ambassador, as Goldschmied ponders life after RRP
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BBC to build regional HQ in Liverpool regeneration area
Developer will rehouse broadcaster after £750m Paradise Street redevelopment gets go-ahead from ODPM
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Europe's public projects delayed by language barrier
European tender system is stalled by requirement to translate projects into languages of new member states
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Property firm enters regeneration field
Property firm MacDonald Egan has launched a development arm that will focus on delivering regeneration schemes
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£550m estate job attracts bids
Developers and registered social landlords are lining up to bid for the redevelopment of Kidbrooke, in south-east London, one of the capital's most notorious estates
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Homes key to Reading Gateway
A joint venture between developer St James and landowner Thames Water is to deliver the residential component of the proposed Reading Gateway development
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RICS says Prescott's housing renewal plans 'lack clarity'
Report criticises ODPM for lack of joined-up thinking and says it has not checked if schemes offer good value
NewsBilfinger Berger to lose up to 90 staff in PFI shift
German contractor restructures its British operations as it gears up for large infrastructure contracts
NewsMorrell issues RICS ultimatum
Davis langdon partner Paul Morrell this week slammed the RICS for its "lack of respect for construction" and called for reform
NewsViñoly and Urban Catalyst to bid for £2bn Docklands wharf
Signature architect Rafael Viñoly joins forces with leading developer to bid for Wood Wharf megaproject
FeaturesGordon's spring surprise
Mr Brown's Budget statement included a reference to the creation of CIPER, a forum where top dogs from the construction industry and the government can talk turkey. But wasn't that why the strategic forum was created?
NewsRogers hits out at Brown forum
The government's proposed construction forum, has come under fire after it emerged that senior industry figures had not been consulted on its formation
NewsFoster loses third man to Make
A key Foster and Partners architect has defected to Make, the practice set up at the end of last year by Ken Shuttleworth, Lord Foster's former right-hand man
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Complaint over conflict of interests sparks CABE probe
Government investigates architectural watchdog after allegations from a South Kensington resident
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Civil service dispersal 'could cut terror threat in London'
Author of report on regeneration says moving civil servants out of capital could reduce risk around Whitehall