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John McAslan makes California shortlist
Architect John McAslan + Partners has reached the last six of a masterplanning competition in San Diego, California.
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Record sail
The Little Britain Challenge Cup, sponsored by Building, has received a record 230 entries in only 16 days. No more will be accepted now. The event, held in Cowes on the Isle of Wight, starts on 9 September. More than £100,000 was collected last year for the nominated charities and ...
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Fair and square
Nottingham architect Letts Wheeler has beaten a strong field to win a RIBA competition to redesign the Market Square in Northampton. Its design saw off efforts from rivals Panter Hudspith, Ash Sakula, Snell Associates and John McAslan + Partners. Letts Wheeler also won out over an entry from Northampton's favourite ...
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Trained diplomats to join UK's regeneration salesforce
DTI initiative will teach urban renewal skills to British embassy staff in order to promote UK firms abroad
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Eight contractors in UK prison framework deal
HM Prison Service has set up a framework agreement with eight contractors to build jails and carry out minor refurbishment works.
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MoD refurbishment puts generals in open-plan offices
Grade I-listed headquarters in Whitehall reopens after radical interior makeover funded by PFI consortium
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King Richard the last?
Rogers, Foster, Farrell, Hopkins, Grimshaw … The long reigns of these signature architects are coming to an end. We look at what will happen when they go
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Wonders & blunders
David Birkbeck finds populist excitement at an Essex town, but only prophylactic disappointment in an East End designer home
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Regulation wear
This was an appeal against a decision that an employer did not have a duty to an employee under the Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992 Regulations 7 (1). The employer was a lorry driver collecting milk from farms. He had been supplied with steel capped safety boots, which ...
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The difficult handover
Another key senior director has left one of our world-renowned signature architectural practices. Where does this leave succession plans at Fosters, Rogers & Co?
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Stoned again
This City office block, designed by Arup Associates, shows that good ideas often arrive by roundabout routes, and when they do, they were often thought of hundreds of years before.
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Former Laing stalwart Stone takes top job at Gleeson
Experienced commercial director starts work at Gleeson after departure from Laing O'Rourke last June
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Broker's notes: Beating the Greeks at tragedy
Not even the ouzo consumed in the wake of the glorious victory by the Greeks could dispel my depression after yet more financial black holes opened up at Jarvis.
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Mott MacDonald targets £500m
Multidisciplinary consultant Mott MacDonald has announced a surge in turnover for last year, and predicts that this year will be even better
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A fare deal
The design team behind the Walthamstow bus station in east London has used its tight budget very wisely.
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Roofing and Transport Specifier
We discover how D5 Architects saw the light through its Reddith college roof and how a Walthamstow bus station took on a new shape.
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Berkeley shocks City with urban regeneration switch
City applauds Pidgley's decision to pull out of traditional housebuilding and corner regeneration market
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If you go away …
It may be emotionally satisfying to walk off a job, and you may feel justified in taking this action … but the likelihood is that you aren't, and that you'll regret it
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Marco Goldschmied quits as Rogers' managing director
Speculation grows about Marco Goldschmied's future, as space is made at practice for younger directors