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Oxford Architects and Cheltenham Ladies' College go head-to-head in court battle

22-Nov-2006
Oxford Architects is embroiled in a High Court tussle with Cheltenham Ladies' College over unpaid fees.
London 2012 Olympics shoot £900 million over budget - and there's still six years to go

21-Nov-2006
The 2012 London Olympics programme has soared £900 million over budget - and costs look set to spiral even higher.
£150 million Aukett Fitzroy Robinson scheme blocked in Bristol

21-Nov-2006
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson's controversial £150 million regeneration of St Mary le Port, Bristol has been ordered back to the drawing board.
Foster makes debut in Latin America with Argentina scheme

21-Nov-2006
Foster & Partners is making its Latin American debut with this mixed-use development in Buenos Aires' new Faena Arts and Technology District.
Niemeyer finds love at 98 with marriage to 60-year-old secretary

20-Nov-2006
Life is said to begin at 40. But the fun really starts at 98 according to world-renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer who has just taken his secretary - nearly 40 years his junior - up the aisle.
Residents have three choices as vast swathe of Portsmouth faces demolition - images

6-Jul-2006
The heart of Portsmouth city centre is facing the wrecking ball to make way for a series of residential tower blocks.
Wilkinson Eyre finally wins go-ahead for controversial Brighton skyscraper - images

3-Jul-2006
Wilkinson Eyre's highly contentious £235 million Brighton Marina development has finally secured planning permission after being drastically scaled back.
Central London transport chaos continues after blaze at Dixon Jones' Guardian site

27-Jun-2006
King's Cross railway station remains shut a day after fire engulfed the site of Dixon Jones' neighbouring £56 million London HQ for Guardian Newspapers.
Earthship's plan for eco-homes brings out radical edge of Brighton

27-Jun-2006
Controversial plans to build a colony of eco-homes with tyres and beer cans at Brighton Marina could become a reality in two years' time.
Rogers takes a seat alongside Yoko and Heston

26-Jun-2006
Richard Rogers is joining a series of unlikely collaborators, including Yoko Ono and chef Heston Blumenthal, to design a series of deckchairs to raise money for London parks.
Fire strikes Dixon Jones' Guardian construction site

26-Jun-2006
At least one person has been rushed to hospital after the site of Dixon Jones' £56 million London headquarters for Guardian Newspapers was engulfed by flames.
Accordia architect dropped from award-winning scheme

22-Jun-2006
The designs for Cambridge's flagship Accordia housing project are being value-engineered and the lead architect sidelined.
Jestico + Whiles slams anti-development campaigners

20-Jun-2006
Jestico + Whiles has hit back at critics of a controversial development on one of the Thames' few islands, calling objections 'completely fabricated'.
Massie wins planning for Oxford competition-winner - images

20-Jun-2006
Graeme Massie Architects has secured planning approval for the ambitious redevelopment of Bonn Square at the core of Oxford's historic city centre.
Twentieth Century Society in bid to stump Old Trafford cricket ground expansion

7-Jun-2006
The Twentieth Century Society (c20) is fighting to spotlist Trafford Town Hall in Manchester to prevent it being bulldozed by Lancashire County Cricket Club.
Viñoly commits to Britain despite heavy Colchester criticism

6-Jun-2006
Rafael Viñoly has said he remains committed to building in the UK despite his controversial 'golden banana' Colchester Arts Centre being branded 'a white elephant' by irate local residents.
Police attack Alsop

5-Jun-2006
Will Alsop's highly controversial 'five-star' prison scheme for Birmingham has been branded 'bloody obscene' by West Midlands Police.
KPF London wins massive Abu Dhabi airport comp

5-Jun-2006
KPF’s London operation has been named top finalist in the competition to design a massive new terminal complex at Abu Dhabi’s burgeoning international airport.
Olympics canoe masterplan gets the green light

2-Jun-2006
FaulknerBrowns' plans for the 2012 Olympics Canoe Course in Hertfordshire have been ordered onto the starting line by the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).
Casino veto will undermine West Midlands regeneration, agency warns

2-Jun-2006
A leading regeneration agency is to fight a controversial government decision not to site super-casinos in the West Midlands, calling it a 'huge blow' to the local economy.
Farrells taken on for Coventry transformation

31-May-2006
Farrells has been picked to 'transform Coventry's uninspiring rail hub into a thriving commercial gateway' as part of a wider regeneration push.
Bill for Scottish Parliament beam fiasco reaches £400,000

26-May-2006
The cost of fixing a loose roof beam at EMBT/RMJM's Scottish Parliament building has soared to £400,000, officials have admitted.
Gaunt Francis back at drawing board after CABE mauls St Katharine Docks

25-May-2006
Gaunt Francis Architects' (GFA) contentious £120 million rejuvenation of London's St Katharine Docks has been forced back to the drawing board following a slating from CABE.
Lift defects add to Spinnaker woe

24-May-2006
Up to £660,000 of income has been lost on the notorious Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth because of an extensive series of problems with the landmark's external lift.
Livingstone's carbon-neutral Olympics promise under fire

24-May-2006
Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre is at the forefront of a political row over London Mayor Ken Livingstone's pledge to deliver a carbon-neutral Games.
Ryder wins backing for new Newcastle Central Library - images

23-May-2006
RyderHKS' designs for Newcastle's new centralised library have won the stamp of approval from city planners.
Plans to transform kitsch Grade II-listed Liberty landmark turned down

22-May-2006
Liberty department store's controversial plan to radically transform its Grade II-listed mock-Tudor landmark home into a hotel has been rejected by Westminster City Council.
CABE's capabilities 'overstretched'

17-May-2006
London planning officials have warned that CABE's cash-strapped design review panel is being forced to 'cherry-pick' landmark projects and ignore less-prestigious schemes in the capital.
Overwhelming planning support for Hackney dock scheme

16-May-2006
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands' (LDS') £20 million mixed-use Paradise Dock project has won the blessing of Hackney planners.
Glasgow bridge budget tumbles again

16-May-2006
Glasgow City Council has slashed funds for its troubled River Clyde footbridge scheme three months after dropping Richard Rogers' budget-busting design.
McLaughlin scoops Deal pier café scheme - images

15-May-2006
Niall McLaughlin Architects has landed a fiercely contested competition to renovate the historic café-bar on Deal Pier in Kent.
Holder Mathias' Bedfordshire holiday resort plans stall

15-May-2006
Holder Mathias' plans for a Center Parcs holiday village in Bedfordshire have stalled amid fears planning officials are preparing to block the resort.
Regions 'need spatial plan like London's'

12-May-2006
English regions outside London and the South East urgently need a spatial plan to encourage investment, a cross-party commission has demanded.
Edinburgh regeneration plan boss slams 'Medieval' critics

12-May-2006
Allan Murray, the architect behind the £180 million redevelopment of Edinburgh Old Town, has hit out at the 'Medieval mentality' of conservationists opposed to his scheme.
Plans for new Supreme Court finally under way

10-May-2006
Foster and Partners, together with Feilden and Mawson, has finally submitted plans to transform London's Middlesex Guildhall into the UK's first Supreme Court.
EU drops planning bombshell with environment ruling

10-May-2006
A landmark European ruling against Ian Ritchie and RHWL's aborted cinema development at London's Crystal Palace Park could spark a radical shake-up of British planning.
Controversial St Paul's office scheme backed by planners

10-May-2006
City of London planners have backed a contentious St Paul's office scheme - even though it means demolishing part of the Grade II-listed Blackfriars Bridge.
Georgian Dublin 'faces major flood threat'

9-May-2006
Dublin's famous Georgian architecture is facing destruction from rising sea levels caused by melting ice caps, it has been claimed.
City planners back KPF's Smithfield plans

9-May-2006
KPF's controversial redevelopment of London's historic Smithfield market has won crucial approval from City of London planners, the AJ has learned.
Environment Agency admits polluting river

11-Apr-2006
The Environment Agency has admitted polluting the River Exe in Somerset during construction of a water gauging station.
Hackney Modernist church wins listing

11-Apr-2006
A distinctive post-war church by NF Cachemaille-Day has been listed as part of a government drive to protect the UK's ecclesiastical architecture.
Sheppard Robson wins planning for 40-storey tower - image

11-Apr-2006
Sheppard Robson has won permission to build Salford's tallest residential landmark - a 40-storey tower block christened Chapel Wharf.
Schmidlin saved by German group

10-Apr-2006
Schmidlin, one of Europe's most prestigious cladding companies, has been rescued by a subsidiary of the German Lindner AG group.
Lesser-known Brazilian lands Pritzker Prize - image

10-Apr-2006
Brazilian architect Paulo Mendes da Rocha has won the prestigious $100,000 (£57,000) Pritzker Architecture Prize - often referred to as the Nobel Prize for architecture.
Make scheme will 'demolish one of the last Festival of Britain buildings'

4-Apr-2006
Make has unveiled controversial plans to demolish the information pavilion at St Paul's Cathedral - one of the last-surviving Festival of Britain buildings - in favour of a modern, eco-friendly kiosk.
Reid goes for planning with massive Manchester scheme - images

3-Apr-2006
Reid Architecture is seeking planning permission for a £100 million mixed-use scheme in one of Manchester's few remaining city-centre green spaces.
Atkins mourns loss of staff in Bahrain boat disaster - image

3-Apr-2006
Atkins is mourning the loss of six staff drowned in last Thursday's Bahrain party boat tragedy.

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