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Interior Design News
Innovative LED T8 tube light launched
November 2008: Taiwanese manufacturer and exporter GlacialTech Inc has announced the availability of T8 Light Emitting Diode (LED) light tubes, offering what it claims is a longer lasting and more energy efficient alternative to traditional fluorescent tubes.
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Sapling News
Sapling Bookstore Pick of the Month
November 2008: Sapling.info chooses 'A Lust for Window Sills: A Lover's Guide to British Buildings from Portcullis to Pebble Dash' as its Bookstore Pick of the Month for July
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Sustainability News
Intelligent heating controller cuts fuel bills
September 2008: A Cambridgeshire company that usually specialises in 'clocking-on' technology and prison access systems has invented a controller that it says cuts 30 per cent or more of the fuel used by central heating systems.
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Architecture News
Search for innovative skyscraper launched
September 2008: The international architects' collaboration, eVolo, is inviting architects, engineers and designers to explore new ideas and concepts for vertical density as part of its 2009 Skyscraper Competition.
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![Sapling.info >> Newsletter >> Technical skills shortages addressed [internal link]](http://www.cannyimages.co.uk/newsletter/200707_fnc_96x96.gif)
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Transport News
Technical skills shortages addressed
July 2007: Tackling the growing shortage of suitably qualified technical, engineering, rail and IT personnel within the UK must still be a priority for the recruitment industry, engineering recruitment specialist NES has insisted.
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Culture News
Stourbridge glassmaking heritage celebrated
July 2007: The launch of a new website is responding to the growing demand for unique, stylish, modern handmade glass and interiors products, while celebrating a Midland town's glassmaking history.
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Landscape News
Inspiring sheds sought
June 2007: Is your shed an inspiration? Is it unusual or extraordinary? Is it a place you enjoy – a space for a hobby, work or entertainment?
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Landscape News
Open Space project redefines the park
March 2007: More people on the planet now inhabit urban rather than rural areas, making our cities a key indicator of the health of our communities and our culture. So what role should the park of the future play in our increasingly urban existence?
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Interior Design News
Floorplan winners revealed
February 2007: Determined to uncover the foremost and most current talent in architecture and interior design, Scion challenged design students everywhere to submit a complete design concept for its dealership showroom. The judging for the competition, entitled Floorplan, is complete, and the verdict is in.
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Urban Design News
Historic London landmark revitalised
December 2006: A shimmering glass pavilion and new public square will appear next to the City of London's most historic landmark almost 350 years after it was first built to commemorate the Great Fire of London.
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Culture News
Bright Sparks awards ignite big ideas
December 2006: Bright Sparks is the main element of the research and development strand of Gunpowder Park's new, innovative and experimental programme of work devoted to arts and the environment.
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Regeneration News
Thames Gateway art promotes regeneration
November 2006: A project called 'Art U Need: An Outdoor Revolution', curated by "renegade artist" Bob and Roberta Smith, is galvanising communities to regenerate neglected open spaces in the Thames Gateway.
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Urban Design News
New public space for City
October 2006: Aldermanbury Square, a new public space for the City of London designed by Eric Parry Architects (EPA), will be opened to the public by the Lord Mayor of London on 21 November 2006.
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Architecture News
2D CAD users get 3D 'Survival Guide'
October 2006: To assist CAD users in the move to 3D while also seeking to protect their investment in 2D data, the SolidWorks Corporation has produced a new e-book entitled 'Going 3D: Survival Guide for 2D CAD Users'.
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![Sapling.info >> Newsletter >> Showroom design competition launched [internal link]](http://www.cannyimages.co.uk/newsletter/200609_floorplan_96x96.gif)
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Interior Design News
Showroom design competition launched
September 2006: A youth-oriented motor vehicle brand is looking to the world's future architectural and interior designers with the launch of a new design competition.
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Architecture News
Holbeck 3D City Model featured in top magazine
September 2006: The industry leading CAD User magazine has recently featured a case study concerning Leeds-based AMT3D and its technology and services for architectural, planning, construction and regeneration professionals.
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Heritage News
"Irreplaceable" 19th century factory threatened
September 2006: SAVE Britain's Heritage today called for the Newark Works on Lower Bristol Road in Bath to be immediately spot listed, and for plans for its demolition and replacement with a city academy, sponsored by James Dyson, to be shelved.
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Architecture News
Stirling Prize shortlist 2006
August 2006: The six buildings shortlisted for the RIBA Stirling Prize have now been unveiled, with the winner to be announced at the awards dinner on Saturday 14 October.
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Heritage News
Paddington Span Four saved
August 2006: SAVE Britain's Heritage has welcomed Network Rail's decision, announced today, to drop its plans to demolish Span Four at Paddington Station and to invest in its restoration.
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Heritage News
Historic cricket pavilion threatened
July 2006: National campaign group SAVE Britain's Heritage today joined cricket fans across the globe in the fight for the preservation of the 1878 Cricket Pavilion at the Broughton sports ground in Worcester.
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Sapling News
Sapling redesign underway
March 2006: As you may have noticed, Sapling is starting to look a little different - that's because we're refreshing the design of the site, as well as the underlying technology behind it.
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Sapling News
Moving house
March 2006: Started in 1996 by Matthew Guy and Ron Strong, the Housing Resource Guide (housinguk.org) is now in the process of being incorporated into Sapling.
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Heritage News
SAVE highlights threatened London buildings
June 2006: To coincide with the 2006 Architecture Biennale, SAVE Britain's Heritage has highlighted a number of threatened buildings in London that are at risk from what it calls a "trail of destruction".
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Heritage News
St. Agnes Place under threat
December 2005: Lambeth Borough Council is threatening the imminent demolition twenty-two Victorian houses on St. Agnes Place, Vauxhall, London SE11, SAVE Britain's Heritage has told Sapling.
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Landscape News
Benefits of recycled woodchip promoted
August 2005: Only three per cent of landscaping specifiers, purchasers and professionals are aware of the potential for recycled woodchip, to be used as a loose surfacing material, according to new research.
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Sustainability News
Cohousing is focus of new book
August 2005: Sustainable Community: Learning from the Cohousing Model' (Trafford Publishing, ISBN 1412049946) is a new book by Graham Meltzer. Loosely based on his PhD, it explores the link between sustainability and community.
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Regeneration News
Community investment health impact explored
October 2004: How can housing and regeneration have an impact on the health of the communities they serve? That was the question 76 delegates sought to examine at a People for Action seminar last week.
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