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London can't handle Olympics, says Kaufman
Influential backbench MP Gerald Kaufman has said that London should drop its plans to host the Olympic Games in 2012.
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NewsDig that
Dig that: The new City and County Museum in Lincoln has received planning permission. Designed by London-based Panter Hudspith Architects, the archaeology museum will be situated between the city’s commercial centre and its historic area. Work is due to start on the 3700 m2 site in the autumn. The project ...
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Tower developers may pay for transport links
Developers of tall buildings should foot the bill for transport improvements if they want their proposals accepted, said planning minister Lord Falconer this week.
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Call for construction GCSEs
The Construction Confederation has called for vocational subjects taught in secondary schools to be tailored to the construction industry.
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30 architects to be listed for city academies
A framework of 30 architects is being drawn up by the Department for Education and Skills to design 20 city academies, which will specialise in technological subjects.
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Bart's trimmed to attract bids
Contractors Bovis Lend Lease and Bouygues have been tipped to join Skanska in the bidding race for the £620m Royal London and St Bartholomew's PFI hospitals scheme.
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NewsHopkins may be returned to parliament
The House of Commons is looking for architects to review the use of space on its nine-building estate. It is possible that the move will bring Sir Michael Hopkins, designer of the MPs’ Portcullis House, back into the parliamentary arena.
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Laing makes 41 HQ staff redundant
Laing has halved head office staff after the sale of its construction arm to O'Rourke for £1.
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NewsSeventh heaven
Seventh heaven: Contractor HBG has started work on phase seven of the Windmill Hill Business Park in Swindon for client St Martin's Property Corporation. The latest phase, which is worth £28m, was designed by Michael Aukett Architects and consists of four office buildings totalling 21,000 m2. Completion of the first ...
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Alsop's C-Plex art plan gets green light
Architect Will Alsop's C-Plex arts centre scheme in the West Midlands was given the go-ahead this week after winning a lottery grant from the Arts Council of England.
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NewsIt’s a wrap
It’s a wrap: Wilkinson Eyre Architects has won planning permission for the remodelling and extension of a 1980s office building above Aldgate East underground station in east London. The six-storey building is to be extended by one floor and a 16-storey tower built alongside it. Curtain walling will wrap around ...
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Contracts
Mansell wins library contractMansell Construction Services has won a £4m contract to repair and restore the grade I-listed King’s Library in the British Museum.HBG secures £33.5m dealContractor HBG Construction has won a £33.5m contract to design and build seven retail showrooms for Chartwell Land Developments at Imperial Park in Bristol.Fitzpatrick ...
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NewsBush whacker
Bush whacker: Developer Baylight Properties has opened its £12m office refurbishment in Shepherd’s Bush, west London. The scheme, designed by London practice Harper Mackay, has transformed a 1940s tax office building. It includes a glazed tower on the side of the block and a new sixth floor. The project team ...
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FeaturesNorthern light
Oldham's outlandish art gallery will form the centrepiece of a new cultural quarter, as part of the troubled city's ambitious regeneration plans. Martin Spring took a peek at Pringle Richards Sharrat's answer to Peckham Library.
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FeaturesAs hard as it gets
Zaha Hadid's Wolfsburg Science Centre is probably the most complicated structure humanity has ever tried to build. To get it right has required the harnessing of some great engineering minds and multiple software upgrades. Andy Pearson finds out how it will be done
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Product innovation: Composite structural beams
Composite structural beams could revolutionise the way long-span structures such as stadiums or bridges are built. They are less than a quarter of the weight of traditional reinforced beams and have the same ultimate load capacity. Their light weight is also an advantage in situations where transporting and installing them ...
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The battle for Bishopsgate
If the City is to stem the tide of office workers leaving for Canary Wharf, it will have to overcome opposition to the development of sensitive sites such as Bishopsgate Goods Yard.
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NewsDramatic twist as RSC hires Royal Opera House architects
BDP and Dixon Jones will consider whether Royal Shakespeare Theatre should be saved from demolition.