All articles by Vikki Miller – Page 21
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Big architects share out East London Line spoils
Wilkinson Eyre, John McAslan + Partners and Scott Brownrigg win contracts on stations and regeneration schemes
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London may get ‘super market’
The Guinness brewery site in Park Royal, west London, could become London’s biggest food market.
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Docklands skyscraper hits planning problems
Architect Sheppard Robson lobbies London mayor and council to change planning policy on Isle of Dogs
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Foster emerges as favourite for Heathrow East Terminal
BAA appoints practice to carry out feasibility study and concept designs for £1.5bn airport scheme
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Architects attack ‘very tight’ £60k house timetable
Practices selected for first four sites in Prescott’s contest warn that EP’s design programme may not be met
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Skanska set to win first BSF contract
A Skanska-led consortium has been named preferred bidder for the government’s first Ӱ Schools for the Future contract.
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Broadway Malyan to design scheme for Fourth Grace site
£80m mixed-use project to replace Alsop’s ‘Cloud’ in time for Liverpool’s reign as European City of Culture
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Fears that schools rules will increase risk of Legionnaires’
Consultants warn that design rules that lead to the use of mechanical ventilation could endanger children’s health
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Paddington hospital a step closer
Five high-profile architects have made it on to the shortlist to redesign the controversial St Mary’s Hospital in Paddington, west London.
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Developers line up to bid for £4bn stations overhaul
Stanhope, Helical Bar, British Land and Land Securities in line for work on Network Rail’s upgrade scheme
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QS fee rates fall behind architects and engineers
Survey shows QS fees rose just 6% over five years, but hourly rates for project managers are increasing
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Gensler to revamp iconic Lloyd’s building
International architect Gensler has been appointed to develop “a blue-sky strategy” for one of Richard Rogers’ most controversial works, the Lloyd’s building in the City of London.
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Cyril Sweett to oversee £2bn Scottish transport spend
Consultant to project manage nine high-profile projects, including troubled Edinburgh tram network
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The defeated champions
Tessa Jowell has become the ministerial design champion. Ӱ asks how she can succeed where so many have failed, while Peter Stewart, assesses if government is now wise to design
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Schools need sprinklers to combat arson, says EC Harris
Consultant calls for sprinkler systems to come as standard in new-build schools, as yearly arson bill rises to £70m
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Alsop’s Harrow masterplan axed in favour of McAslan
After fierce criticism from community, the ‘green condom’ is ditched for McAslan’s mixed-use scheme
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Crest Nicholson and Berkeley set to team up on £550m job
Instead of picking one consortium Greenwich council proposes joint venture ‘dream ticket’ for the Ferrier estate
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BRE may sue ODPM over use of eco-rating system
Consultant takes legal advice as ODPM prepares to use version of EcoHomes in Code for Sustainable Ӱs
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Rogers’ taskforce calls for communities plan to be axed
John Prescott’s plans for South-east housing growth come under severe criticism from panel of urban advisers
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My kind of place
To whet your appetite for London’s Open House weekend, we asked nine architectural luminaries to pick the building they’d choose to visit … and offer a selection of delectable alternatives.