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Assembly attacks 2012 legacy plans.
July 3, 2009... The London Assembly has attacked legacy plans for the 2012 Olympic park in Stratford, warning that the main stadium risks becoming a "white elephant" without a credible post-games tenant. In a report published on Wednesday, the assembly's economic development, culture, sport and tourism...

Framework firms lash out at LSC `nightmare'.
July 3, 2009... David Rogers Nearly half of the 13 colleges bailed out following the Learning & Skills Council rebuilding fiasco will be built using architects not on the framework it set up to carry out the work. In all, 20 companies, including Feilden Clegg Bradley, van Heyningen & Haward and...

Mayor calls for public space ideas.
July 3, 2009... London mayor Boris Johnson has called on the capital's boroughs to submit their ideas for revitalising public spaces in the capital as part of his Great Spaces initiative. Johnson's scheme - his answer to Ken Livingstone's 100 Public Spaces policy - was first unveiled at the Mipim...

SEVILLE: Work continues on Hadid library.
July 3, 2009... Zaha Hadid Architects is to continue working on its *4 million Seville library project, despite a court ruling in favour of local residents who objected to the scheme. The Andalucian High Court has ordered construction work to cease on the 10,500sq m project in response to a case from...

AIA INDEX: US construction recovery stalls.
July 3, 2009... Hopes for an early recovery of the American construction industry have stalled, according to the latest figures from the American Institute of Architects' Architecture Billings Index. The May ABI rating was 42.9, up from 42.8 in April, indicating that the decline in demand for...