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FaulknerBrowns transforms Sheffield Alpine village - images

13-Mar-2006
Newcastle-based practice FaulknerBrowns has been given the go ahead for Europe's largest indoor 'real snow' hall.
Secretary of State to decide on new country house

10-Mar-2006
A decision on whether to allow a new country house near Grimsby by Feilden Clegg Bradley (FCB) has been referred to the Secretary of State.
Caltongate approved despite threat to Edinburgh World Heritage status

10-Mar-2006
A contentious redevelopment by Allan Murray Architects (AMA) in Edinburgh's Old Town has been given the green light, despite criticism from the city's World Heritage watchdog.
Rogers and Fosters to build 20 hospitals

9-Mar-2006
Richard Rogers and Norman Foster are to be given the chance to build their first healthcare buildings, AJ Plus can reveal.
Australian Modernist pioneer Harry Seidler dies - images

9-Mar-2006
Harry Seidler, the driving force behind the early Modernist movement in Australia, has died today aged 82.
Cameron perplexed by Prescott's Pathfinder

7-Mar-2006
Conservative leader David Cameron has branded the government's controversial plans to bulldoze thousands of Victorian and Edwardian houses across northern England as 'baffling' and 'unpopular'.
Sunderland arts centre proposals unveiled - image

7-Mar-2006
The Reid Jubb Brown Partnership has unveiled these proposals for a £6.1 million arts and business centre in the heart of Sunderland's Sunniside regeneration zone.
Finalists named for Deal Pier - image

7-Mar-2006
Niall McLaughlin Architects is among four finalists shortlisted in the competition to redesign the café at the end of Deal Pier in Kent.
Conran rejected in Sheffield

25-Jul-2005
Sheffield's planners have given the cold shoulder to Conran and Partners' proposed 33-storey city centre skyscraper.
Redevelopment of Manchester's famous Maine Road stadium revealed

25-Jul-2005
Leach Rhodes Walker has submitted plans to redevelop Maine Road, the former home of Manchester City Football Club.
Lifshutz Davidson Sandilands goes portable in Southwark

22-Jul-2005
This new 'portable' advice centre designed by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has just opened its doors to the public.
Stonehenge Visitor Centre in the balance as traffic costs spiral

21-Jul-2005
The future of Denton Corker Marshall's proposed Stonehenge Visitor Centre looks increasingly bleak after the government announced it is to investigate the spiralling costs of the project's traffic plans.
Causeway for concern

21-Jul-2005
A major blunder by the organiser of one of the most popular competitions in recent years is threatening to turn the contest into a farce.
New Martha Schwartz green opens in Yorkshire

21-Jul-2005
These are the first images of the new village green designed by Martha Schwartz at New Fryston, West Yorkshire.
Zaha wins again, this time in Cyprus

20-Jul-2005
Zaha Hadid has won a competition to redesign and landscape Eleftheria Square in Nicosia, the capital of Cyprus.
Reid Architecture architect confirmed lost in King's Cross bomb

19-Jul-2005
Reid Architecture has described Lee Harris, the architect who died following the London terrorist attacks, as an 'inspiring and talented designer'.
First 'hospital-to-housing' scheme revealed

19-Jul-2005
A former hospital in Basingstoke will become the first site to be developed for housing as part of the government's initiative to build 15,000 new homes on redundant NHS land.
Fuksas reveals 'transformation' of Salford

18-Jul-2005
Massimiliano Fuksas has unveiled his vision for Salford - proposals which could transform the world's first industrial city into 'the most beautiful part of Greater Manchester'.
Foster completes landmark Spitalfields building

18-Jul-2005
Foster and Partners has completed its Bishops Square office building which overlooks Spitalfields Market, in east London.
Council chief blamed for 'scuppering' Liverpool redevelopment plans

15-Jul-2005
Regeneration guru David Taylor has blamed Liverpool's floundering redevelopment plans on just one man - Liverpool City council's chief executive David Henshaw.
Reid reveals proposals for Enfield

9-May-2005
Work has now started on the new PalaceXchange project in Enfield town centre, a £60 million mixed-use development designed by Reid Architecture.
Practices welcome Labour poll win

6-May-2005
Labour's narrow election victory has been welcomed by a number of London's larger architectural practices.
Urban Salon wins housing contest

6-May-2005
Urban Salon has won the high-profile competition to design an affordable housing scheme in Bermondsey Square, south London.
DLG town centre plans slammed

6-May-2005
CABE's design review panel has slammed DLG Architects' plans for Corby town centre.
Architect demands ARB apology

5-May-2005
An architect cleared of seven charges of serious professional incompetence has spoken of his 'personal hell' as he battled to prove his innocence.
Grimshaw unveils mega-turbine plans

5-May-2005
Grimshaw has unveiled proposals for a massive offshore wind turbine that would be taller than the London Eye.
TP Bennett wins Wandsworth planning

29-Apr-2005
TP Bennett Architects has been given the go-ahead for this six-storey residential development on the banks of the River Thames, in Wandsworth, south-west London.
AA names final shortlist for chair

28-Apr-2005
The Architectural Association (AA) has announced the final shortlist for its new chair, in the week that fears have been voiced over the 'unsafe' selection process.
Ribar shortlist on display

27-Apr-2005
An exhibition of all four finalists in the competition to design the RIBA's new café-bar will go on display next week.
New Elephant project gets going

26-Apr-2005
Work has started on Architype's new £3.5 million multi-purpose arts and media training centre on Southwark Bridge Road, London.
Shepheard Epstein Hunter wins planning with school scheme

25-Apr-2005
Shepheard Epstein Hunter (SEH) has been given the go-ahead for this scheme in central London to combine an inner-city primary school with new student housing.
Miesian house considered for listing

22-Apr-2005
The government is considering listing the Courtyard House - a 1970s steel-framed Modernist gem in Poole, designed by Richard Horden.
Radical Section 106 replacement wins backing

22-Apr-2005
The Milton Keynes Partnership Committee has thrown its weight behind proposals for a £18,000 roof tax on all new residential schemes around the city.
Institutes sign historic agreement

21-Apr-2005
The RIBA and the Landscape Institute have signed a historic agreement to forge closer links between the two organisations.
Chassay + Last reveals decorated development

19-Apr-2005
Chassay + Last has unveiled its designs for the first 'wallpapered' building in London.
Rogers takes on huge Cambridge project

18-Apr-2005
The Richard Rogers Partnership has been asked to design more than half of a £725 million regeneration scheme in south-east Cambridge.
Serpentine gives first glimpse of pavilion

15-Apr-2005
The Serpentine Gallery has revealed the first image of this year's summer pavilion by Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura.
Reid business centre gets go-ahead

15-Apr-2005
Reid Architecture has been given the thumbs up for a small business centre on the Alba Campus in Livingston, West Lothian.
Peabody reveals BedZed grass may no longer be greener

14-Apr-2005
A lead research manager at the Peabody Trust has slammed key elements of Bill Dunster's award-winning BedZed eco-development.
Carey Jones wins big in Brentford

12-Apr-2005
Carey Jones has been given the green light for a massive mixed-use and affordable residential scheme in Brentford, which is set to become the largest of its kind in London.
Rem lands massive Mies Euro-prize

11-Apr-2005
Rem Koolhaas' practice OMA has scooped this year's 50,000 euro Mies van der Rohe Award - one of the most prestigious prizes in European architecture.
Lib Dems demand homes on stilts

8-Apr-2005
The Liberal Democrats have called for new homes and businesses in the Thames Gateway to be built on stilts 'like in Zanzibar' to prevent flood damage.
Constructing Excellence and Be merge

6-Apr-2005
Government-backed lobby group Constructing Excellence and the independent supply chain think tank Be (Collaborating for the Built Environment) have merged.
Russian water park collapse architect charged

5-Apr-2005
Criminal charges have been brought against the chief architect of the Transvaal water park in Moscow following the devastating roof collapse in February last year.
EH takes over listing

1-Apr-2005
On the day it takes control of the listing system, English Heritage (EH) has vowed to make the process 'quicker, simpler and more transparent'.
Halliday Clark reveals City Academy plans

31-Mar-2005
Halliday Clark Architects has revealed the first image of a new £5 million sports and teaching facility for a City Academy in Middlesbrough.
Charter plan awakens RIBA row

24-Mar-2005
The bitter dispute over the RIBA's proposed chartered practice scheme has been reignited after it emerged it could cost sole practitioners as much as £130 a year.
Double delight for Grimshaw

23-Mar-2005
Grimshaw is celebrating a double whammy of high-profile competition wins after scooping a brace of prizes in London and New York.
Planning granted for new Blackfriars community centre

21-Mar-2005
Shepheard Epstein Hunter (SEH) has revealed the first pictures of a new community centre for Blackfriars Settlement, a charitable foundation based in south London.
Llewelyn Davies and Yeang join forces in Essex

18-Mar-2005
Llewelyn Davies has teamed up with internationally renowned architect Ken Yeang to work on the new Essex Design Initiative.
Crossrail could 'sink' Barbican

17-Mar-2005
Some of London's most important buildings, including the Barbican, could collapse if Crossrail presses ahead with plans to use a controversial tunnelling system.
Markcrow penthouse gets green light

16-Mar-2005
Martin Markcrow Architects has received planning permission for this penthouse apartment above a four-storey building in Wandsworth High Street, London.
DEGW picks up Newcastle business school job

15-Mar-2005
DEGW has been chosen to design the new home for the University of Newcastle's business school.
Bridge House set for Make over

14-Mar-2005
Make has unveiled plans to redevelop Bridge House on the banks of the River Thames in central London.
Shorne Wood visitor centre gets green light

11-Mar-2005
The Lee Evans Partnership has been given the go-ahead for a new £1.6 million visitor centre in Shorne Wood Country Park near Gravesend in Kent.
Competition launched to replace Bradford Odeon

7-Mar-2005
A competition has been launched to find a designer for a new building to replace the much-loved Odeon cinema in Bradford.
Stock Woolstencroft and S333 win Whitechapel planning

7-Mar-2005
Stock Woolstencroft, in collaboration with Amsterdam-based S333, has won detailed planning consent for this £34 million regeneration project in London's Whitechapel.
Architects incensed by 'arbitrary' rule on new villages for Sri Lanka

3-Mar-2005
The Architecture for Humanity charity has run into an unexpected row with government officials in tsunami-hit Sri Lanka.
NTA and Atelier 16 join forces

3-Mar-2005
NTA Projects has merged with north-London-based firm Atelier 16 to form a new architectural practice.
Broadway Malyan to build tall in Belfast

28-Feb-2005
Broadway Malyan has revealed the first images of a new 26-storey skyscraper at Belfast's Donegall Quay.
GMW shortlisted for take-off in China

25-Feb-2005
London-based practice GMW Architects has been shortlisted in the competition to design the new terminal at Hedong Airport in Yinchuan, China.
Alexandra Tower set for Liverpool

24-Feb-2005
Work is about to start on Alexandra Tower, a new 26-storey residential skyscraper at Princes Dock in Liverpool.
Scott Brownrigg wins planning in Somerset

23-Feb-2005
Scott Brownrigg has been given the thumbs-up for a new mixed-use development at Portishead Quays in north Somerset.
Aedas plans for Leeds redevelopment

22-Feb-2005
Aedas has submitted an outline planning application for the major redevelopment of a former industrial area in Leeds.
Hopkins heads to Yale

17-Feb-2005
Hopkins Architects has been picked by Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, to design a new £14.3 million faculty building for the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
Hadid denies rumours of return to Iraq for national museum design

17-Feb-2005
Zaha Hadid has attempted to quash widespread rumours that she is on the verge of making an unexpected return to her homeland to design a new national museum in Baghdad.
Hopkins heads to Yale

17-Feb-2005
Hopkins Architects has been picked by Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut, to design a new £9 million faculty building for the School of Forestry and Environmental Studies.
JRF design call for suburban future

15-Feb-2005
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) has launched a competition to design and build the next generation of 'inspiring' and affordable suburban homes.
Llewelyn Davies takes to the air in Mongolia

14-Feb-2005
Llewelyn Davies has been chosen to design a new £40 million domestic airport in Huhhot, Inner Mongolia.
Liverpool in crushing landmark row

10-Feb-2005
Liverpool planners are under fire for supporting a waterfront brick-crushing plant while recommending refusal for landmark projects.
Wilkinson Eyre wins planning for new bridge

8-Feb-2005
Wilkinson Eyre Architects has been given planning permission for a new £600,000 footbridge over the Ribble and Calder rivers.
Llewelyn Davies thinks big in Belfast

7-Feb-2005
Llewelyn Davies has unveiled its masterplan for the new Brokerstown Village, a 2,000-home development on the outskirts of Lisburn, Northern Ireland.
Countryside campaigners fume over sustainable communities

4-Feb-2005
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has slammed the government's sustainable communities plan, claiming 'the reality is a long way from the rhetoric'.
Sheppard Robson starts on site with Madrid flats

4-Feb-2005
Work on a new high-density affordable housing scheme designed by Sheppard Robson has begun on site in an area south of Madrid.
Woods Bagot aims high in Manchester

28-Jan-2005
Woods Bagot's London office has submitted plans for this massive skyscraper in Manchester.
Zaha remains unfazed despite Guggenheim and Maxxi rumours

26-Jan-2005
Zaha Hadid has attempted to set the record straight about two of her largest and most important projects, amid mounting speculation over their imminent demise.
Uphill battle for Serpentine

24-Jan-2005
The Serpentine Gallery has postponed ambitious plans to build a 23m-high mountain over its pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London.
HLF to help fund Whitechapel Gallery extension

14-Jan-2005
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has agreed to give £3.26 million towards a new extension for the Whitechapel Gallery in east London.
CABE commends design champions

13-Jan-2005
CABE has announced its latest Festive Five Awards to honour the champions of 'great design' during the last year.
Cambridge board votes to save architecture school

12-Jan-2005
The University of Cambridge has made a last-minute decision to save its department of architecture.
Chetwood reveals new project for Lichfield

12-Jan-2005
Chetwood Associates has won a competition to design a £80 million mixed-use development in Lichfield city centre.
Stanton Williams reveals new Sloane Square

11-Jan-2005
Stanton Williams has revealed the first pictures of its proposals to transform Sloane Square, one of London's most famous public spaces.

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