All articles by George Hay – Page 9
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Cambridge architecture school may be reprieved
University arts and humanities school agrees to divert funding to threatened department until 2008
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Whitehall gets royal warning over fast-track housebuilding
Prince Charles speaks out at conference against non-vernacular development and ‘egotistical’ signature architects
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Life in a divided land
Earlier this month, we travelled to Israel to report on some of the world’s most controversial construction schemes: those in the Jewish settlements bordering the occupied West Bank. Here, we look at working life from the point of view of an Israeli developer and a Palestinian contractor, and review recent ...
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Planning: the American dream
John Prescott and Prince Charles want to borrow a US idea – new urbanism – to make sustainable communities function as urban spaces. But some UK architects fear design codes and community consultation could result in the Poundbury vision taking hold.
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Laing O’Rourke joins bid team for 2012 Olympics
Contractor to offer free advice over procurement strategy and construction programme for east London sites
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Clissold delayed until 2006
Hackney council’s troubled leisure centre suffers further delays, as total cost heads towards £37m
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Election casts doubt on Smith’s CABE job
Cabe's prospects of securing former secretary of state for culture Chris Smith as its chairman could be undermined if the government decides to hold a late general election
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McCarthy boss steps down as profit soars
Keith Lovelock stepped down as chief executive of housebuilder McCarthy & Stone this week as the firm posted record profits.
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Lipton blasts CABE inquiry evidence as ‘not true’
Former CABE chairman hits back at select committee witness angered by disputed Croydon Gateway site
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HTA Architects trailblazes Prescott’s Northern Way
Housing specialist and property firm appointed to pioneer regeneration plans for Tees and Don valleys
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CABE under attack at select committee hearing
Design watchdog on the defensive after critical submissions over conflicts of interest and accountability
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Alsop hit by second departure
Troubled architect Will Alsop was hit by another blow this week when a second key director quit to set up his own practice,
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The paradox twins
George Hay talks to Bob Allies and Graham Morrison, the men behind the ‘unfashionable’ architectural practice that’s all the rage with Britain’s biggest clients.
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Prescott locks horns with east of England assembly
Deputy prime minister to hold public meeting after local government rejects plans to build 18,000 homes
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US academic brought in to improve design codes
Chris Alexander set to establish Prince’s Foundation-backed research unit at University of Greenwich
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Curtains for PFI
7:84 is an angry agitprop theatre company from Glasgow whose latest production puts private finance under the spotlight. Building invited some PFI bigwigs to join the audience – and play their parts in the ensuing debate. George Hay ducked the rotten tomatoes.
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Essex deals blow to Prescott’s housing plan
Local authorities in a key housing growth areas are expected to vote today to block government plans for extra residential development.
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John Laing quits troubled Hackney estate scheme
Housebuilder pulls out of £80m Haggerston West regeneration scheme citing ‘commercial reasons’ for decision
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Livingstone lays into RHWL’s design for Waterloo tower
London mayor demands redesign of 33-storey Elizabeth House, and calls one aspect as a ‘design disaster’
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Failed fit-out firm Spectrum owes £9m to creditors
Report by administrator Rothman Pantall says £8.89m is outstanding to subcontractors and Inland Revenue