All articles by Phil Clark – Page 37
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European Union
Aukett Associate managing director John Thake may not speak any foreign languages, but he’s not letting that get in the way of his plan for a cross-Europe designer.
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Five designers picked for £1.5bn King’s Cross scheme
Allies and Morrison, Porphyrios, EDAW, Ove Arup and Townsend make the team for mega regeneration.
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RMJM wins Midlands university expansion
Architect's £24m teaching block is phase one of masterplan for Wolverhampton's five campuses.
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Britain’s glass ceiling
Insurer Swiss Re spent 18 months working to get its new tower through planning, but it is still awaiting approval. Little wonder that the industry is crying out for clear and consistent guidelines on designing skyscrapers.
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EC Harris merges with Povall Flood Wilson
Chairman Clare predicts further growth as merger with Manchester consultancy swells turnover to £80m.
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Treasury to insist on PFI design quality
New guidelines for government clients puts architects at heart of bidding process.
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Alsop seeks assurance over Cardiff Bay Barrage
Architect concerned about landscaping as development agency prepares to disband.
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Norwegian architect beats rivals to £10m Belfast office
Niels Torp wins 6000 m2 speculative office design in Belfast's prestigious Lanyon Place.
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Skidmore Owings Merrill leads Canary Wharf charge
300m spec office block to join Canada Square development, with two leisure and retail centres nearby.
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American architect climbs on housing bandwagon
Gensler wins its first UK housing scheme for Taylor Woodrow in London’s St John’s Wood.
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Porphyrios to masterplan £100m Rochester revival
Berkeley Homes chooses neoclassical architect to lead exemplary brownfield regeneration project.
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Yorkshire: Warming up nicely
Leeds is seeing a surge in the housing and leisure sectors. About 3000 new-build flats are planned for the next few years, and a host of new bars, pubs and restaurants are springing up.Sheffield, once deep in the doldrums, is set to be revived. The city received £743m of European ...
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Sunshine in the West Midlands
Canary Wharf could soon be dwarfed by a proposed 900 ft tower in Birmingham as Britain’s second city grows in height and confidence to compete with the capital. Add to that the presence of a Selfridges department store in the new Bull Ring complex, and the word “sexy” may yet ...
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Revenue cuts tax rate for self-employed workers
Changes will cut paperwork, but unions say it will encourage “bogus self-employment”.
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Three designers in race for £100m BBC bonanza
Corporation says it is in talks with Aukett Associates, Epr and RMJM over White City studio development.
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CABE aims to stop ‘dog’s dinner’ PFI designs
Commission for Architecture and Built Environment in talks with Treasury to revise guidelines.
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Egan-style contract to be launched
Reading Construction Forum contract to promote partnering to be trialled this year and come into use in 2001.
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Foster joins bid for £500m Elephant & Castle revamp
Foster and Malaysian star Yeang to join consortium's bid for 40 ha regeneration scheme in Southwark.
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CIC to launch performance indicators for designers
Buro Happold chairman to head Construction Industry Council working group formulating KPIs.
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Mace hot favourite to win Paddington Basin contract
Developer confirms that construction manager likely to win first phase of £300m project.