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NewsMason takes charge after Americas chief quits
City shocked by sudden departure of American chief executive Peter Janson after moves to cut management.
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East London bid for 2012 Olympics gets nod from Arup
Consultant says benefits of regeneration for a deprived borough would justify expenditure.
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Government may extend quality mark to Scotland
Government's anti-cowboy initiative to be introduced into Scotland if local initiative fails.
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Broadway Malyan makes it big in Portugal
Broadway Malyan has become the third biggest architect in Portugal five years after it set up an office in the country.
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Ferguson wins RIBA election
George Ferguson romped home with a near landslide in the bitterly contested RIBA presidential election this week.
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Housing for Cambridge green belt
Architect and planner Llewelyn-Davies is assessing plans for housing on green-belt land to the east of Cambridge, writes Phil Clark.The study, which will be submitted to Cambridgeshire council in August, is part of a review of property needs in the region, which is in the middle of a boom. It ...
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Making sense of Potters Bar
We know what caused the Potters Bar rail crash, but we still don't know who. Jarvis, which is responsible for the track, claims to have evidence that the faulty points were sabotaged – a possibility highlighted in Building last week, despite being dismissed by rail experts. Investigators seem adamant that ...
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NewsTessellation row
Tessellation row: Daniel Libeskind has won an international architecture competition to transform the Royal Ontario Museum. The museum selected Libeskind after a public consultation, and the decision was ratified by the museum's board of trustees. Libeskind's design, called The Crystal, is for an extraordinary structure of interlocking prismatic forms. The ...
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Wembley makes light of tendering bias claim
The Football Association subsidiary behind the Wembley national stadium has hit back at allegations of tendering bias made this week.
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Schal to manage Welsh assembly
Consultant Schal International Management was last week appointed to project manage the completion of the Welsh assembly's headquarters in Cardiff.
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NewsGlowing revue
Glowing revue: Hoare Lea Lighting has designed and implemented a lighting installation for the Apollo Victoria Theatre in south-west London. The firm was commissioned by architect Jaques Muir & Partners to design the lighting in the grade II-listed theatre. The lighting fixtures are in the architectural detail, which conceals the ...
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NewsOffice arena
Office arena: This Skidmore, Owings & Merrill-designed mixed-use scheme has been proposed to replace the London Arena at Crossharbour in London Docklands. It will include 61,700 m2 of office space, a 400-room hotel and more than 1000 flats. The project team includes developer Ballymore Properties, planning consultant GVA Grimley, transportation ...
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Three bid for £100m Hendon estate job
Three consortiums led by not-for-profit organisations will submit bids to partner Barnet council in a £100m housing regeneration project. Registered social landlords Metropolitan Housing Trust, Ealing Family Housing Association and Community Housing have teamed up with architects HTA, PRP and John Thompson & Partners respectively. The consortiums, which were recently ...
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BuildOnline pulls off German coup
Internet venture BuildOnline has merged its German operation with MyBau, a software company that is its largest competitor.
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Contracts
Norwest lands £6m Brum jobNorwest Holst Construction has won a £6m contract from Barberry House Properties to refurbish a 1980s warehouse and office block on Birmingham's inner ring road.HN Edwards wins school dealHampshire contractor HN Edwards & Partners has secured £6m of contracts, including a £2.7m new-build school in Oxford. ...
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NewsStep change
Step change: This public art gallery at 13 Berkeley Street, London, was designed by Alan Irvine in association with Dannatt, Johnson architects for the Fleming-Wyfold art foundation. The £1.1m shop conversion houses the Fleming collection. The lower area of the building has a structural glass staircase formed from glass panels ...
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FeaturesGreat lakes
Poetry and progress find architectural expression in the four magical island pavilions that form the centrepiece of Switzerland's Expo.02
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NewsWestbury joins Premiership after £141m Prowting deal
Takeover makes housebuilder sixth largest in UK and gives it full coverage of English market.
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Countryside explains disappointing profit
Housebuilder and developer Countryside Properties has promised investors that its performance will improve in the second half of the financial year after its interim pre-tax profit rose only 2.4%.