Daily Archives: 19/10/2009

CABE and eight regional design review panels have joined together to create a national network of design review panels. This will provide all local planning authorities with access to independent practical design advice. The network will collectively review more than … Continue reading →

Construction sector training body ConstructionSkills reviews grants after £10m loss.  It is expected to make cuts to the training grants it pays to construction firms after it emerged that it will make a multimillion-pound loss for the second year running. … Continue reading →

A group of sustainability experts have rounded on the government’s brief for the position of chief construction adviser for not taking sustainability seriously enough.  In the letter, published in this week’s Building, the group, which includes high-profile architects, consultants and … Continue reading →

The asset transfer unit (a support service for the asset transfer agenda delivered by the Development Trusts Association in association with Community Matters and the Local Government Association and funded by CLG, is running two FREE conferences in November to … Continue reading →

Maggie’s Centre London by Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners has won the 2009 Stirling Prize. The judges described the London cancer centre as a “timeless work of architecture that not only distils the intentions of this brief but expresses in … Continue reading →

The construction materials industry is a major user of the world’s resources.  While progress has been made towards sustainability, the scope and opportunities for further improvements are significant.  This survey aims to assess client and professional policy awareness, use of … Continue reading →

Civic societies from across the country gathered at the national convention in Blackpool on 16 October to discuss the future of the civic society movement. A copy of the report – ‘Own the future’ – presented to the convention is … Continue reading →