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    Office Building Architect of the Year

    2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

    In a sector which is too often bereft of new ideas and imagination, Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands shone through with buildings that have character, great light, and space. The judges were particularly impressed with the Asticus building on a very restricted site next to listed buildings in a conservation area in ...

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    Private Housing Architect of the Year

    2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Much of BDP’s work involves high-density urban housing in mixed-use regeneration areas. It is involved in Waterfront City, a new quarter in Melbourne, while Witham Wharf in Lincoln, the refurbishment of a 1970s office building into 120 high-quality apartments, is just completing. The judges were particularly impressed with the Abito ...

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    Public Building Architect of the Year

    2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The winner turned in an impressive body of work including the refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank, and the planetarium and centre for modern astronomy at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The judges said it was clear that public buildings remain at the heart of Allies & ...

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    Public Housing Architect of the Year

    2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Over the past 10 years, Peter Barber Architects has blazed a trail through the UK public housing scene with radical and innovative projects, from the large scale including Tanner Street Gateway, Barking, and Donnybrook Quarter in east London, to beautifully crafted projects like the Cedars Road Pavilion in south-west London.The ...

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    Single Dwelling Architect of the Year

    2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The judges felt the practice had used the one-off house in a very particular way, which had led to the development of three different house typologies. Nevertheless, each house was a careful and well judged response to the restrictions of the site, and the judges felt this was just as ...

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    Industrial/R&D Architect of the Year

    2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The judges praised the winner for the range of projects it was tackling, from huge masterplans and complexes requiring production facilities, to small light industrial workshops. The judges said the work was “thoughtful and worthwhile”, and noted that the practice was proud of working in a sector that lacks a ...

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    Retail Building Architect of the Year

    2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The judges said that the winner had “managed to pull off a series of contextual buildings that really raised the bar in this sector”. While the judges were critical of the general standard of retail design, they said John McAslan & Partners was working on projects that demonstrated “the positive ...

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    BD Client of the Year Award

    2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The client for Heart of Penoyre and Prasad's Hounslow Centre for Health — a beautiful building which demonstrates how much wonderful airy architecture can contribute to the sense of wellbeing in patients, staff and visitors — it is also setting high standards for others in the health sector to emulate. ...

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    Feilden Architect of the Year Award

    2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

    Allies & Morrison’s work varies in range from conservation to commercial offices but is utterly consistent in its quality, said the judges on their decision to award the practice the 2007 Richard Feilden Architect of the Year Award. In looking for the “best of the best”, the judges wanted to ...

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    World Architect Award

    2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

    The practice is working in 27 countries and its percentage of work abroad has risen from 57% to 70%.The international network of satellite and project offices has increased from 16 to 21, adding Copenhagen, Milan, Moscow, St Petersburg and Abu Dhabi, as well as new permanent offices in Dublin, Istanbul, ...

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    Energy demand in Code causes concern

    2007-10-31T16:31:00Z

    Online poll shows worries amongst professionals on hitting Code for Sustainable Homes standard

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    Britannia Contracting Services sues developer

    2007-10-31T15:44:00Z

    Liquidators for building company go to court over £100k outstanding payment

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    Skanska to build Heron Tower

    2007-10-31T13:46:00Z

    Contractor was favourite to construct Gerald Ronson's 46-storey Heron Tower

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    Sit tight

    2007-10-31T13:24:00Z

    When you're perched nine floors up, it's probably best not to adjust your seating too much

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    How to survive… being 'too old' in the workplace

    2007-10-31T12:59:00Z

    You feel 16, you might even look 21, but the cruel hard truth is that if you’re over 40 you’re old… in the eyes of colleagues and employers at any rate. So how do you overcome this ever-increasing hurdle? Do you sink or swim? Just follow our 10-point plan to ...

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    Legal spat over 78-week delay on luxury home

    2007-10-31T15:54:00Z

    Partner Projects is being sued for £200k after work on five-bed house and pool missed deadlines

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    Taylor Wimpey's reports reservations slowdown

    2007-10-31T13:45:00Z

    Housebuilder warns that poor market conditions have dented its reservations rates

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    Rok Development issues profit warning

    2007-10-31T10:31:00Z

    Trading update warns operating profit will be £2m below expectations

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    Call for more out of town supermarkets

    2007-10-31T11:34:00Z

    Competition Commission says planning system should make supermarket development easier

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    Maracanã to be revamped for Brazil World Cup

    2007-10-31T10:40:00Z

    Brazil is to spend £550m renovating its stadiums for the 2014 World Cup finals