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		<title>Wightwick Manor Approvals</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MBLA Architects + Urbanists have obtained planning permission and listed building consent for the extension and renewal of visitor facilities at Wightwick Manor near Wolverhampton. A late Victorian manor house, built in the &#8216;Old English&#8217; style by local industrialist Theodore Mander, Wightwick Manor is perhaps the best surviving example of a home furnished under the influence of the Arts &#38; Crafts<a href="http://mbla.net/news/wightwick-manor-approvals/">...Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Salford Housing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MBLA&#8217;s housing scheme at Langworthy Road has been awarded full planning permission. The scheme consists of nine three bedroomed houses together with a single four bedroom house on a small but prominent sloping site in Salford all to code level 3. Designed for Great Places Housing Group the development will offer affordable family housing continuing the regeneration in this part<a href="http://mbla.net/news/new-salford-housing/">...Read more »</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://mbla.net/news/new-salford-housing/</link>
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		<title>Chesterfield Planning Success</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Manchester based architects MBLA Architects + Urbanists have received planning approval for a new Health Centre in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. Sited on Ashgate Road, on the edge of the town centre conservation area, the new facility will be the new home for the Avondale GP surgery and the Little Acorns day nursery. The centre will also provide a base for a<a href="http://mbla.net/news/chesterfield-planning-success/">...Read more »</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Fiveways Centre opens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The new £8m Fiveways Centre in Childwall is now formally open to the public. The new centre contains a new civic library, sixth form teaching suite for the Childwall Sports College and Health and Wellbeing facilities for the Oak Vale and Valley Road GP practices as well as a range of PCT led community based services. The development is the<a href="http://mbla.net/news/childwall-fiveways-centre-opens/">...Read more »</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://mbla.net/news/childwall-fiveways-centre-opens/</link>
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		<title>Environmental Certification for MBLA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MBLA have just received ISO 14001:2004 certification to acknowledge that the practices Environmental Management System has been approved by Lloyds Register Quality Assurance for the provision of architectural and masterplanning services. Steve Bradshaw, MBLA Associate, said; &#8221;This certification recognises MBLA&#8217;s commitment and ability to deliver leading environmental standards in our designs underpinned by a strong environmental management ethos and sustainable<a href="http://mbla.net/news/environmental-certification-for-mbla/">...Read more »</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://mbla.net/news/environmental-certification-for-mbla/</link>
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		<title>New MBLA website goes live</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MBLA&#8217;s new website launched on 20th May 2011.  Lovingly created by top digital web agency Cahoona, the site is formatted to dynamically respond to different viewing platforms; be it a standard monitor, smartphone or tablet.  The new website showcases a selection of MBLA&#8217;s completed and current work, including expanded sections on the practices urbanism projects.  Please visit the contact page<a href="http://mbla.net/news/new-mbla-website-goes-live/">...Read more »</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://mbla.net/news/new-mbla-website-goes-live/</link>
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		<title>Infusion &#8211; Double Award win for MBLA Housing Scheme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MBLA, Manchester City Council, GB Building Solutions and Miller Homes won the award for the Best New Affordable Housing Scheme of the Year for the Bowes St regeneration scheme at the Housing Excellence awards in May. This was swiftly followed by recognition at the Manchester Society of Architects annual awards 2011 where the scheme was commended in the Conservation/Re-use catergory.<a href="http://mbla.net/news/infusion-best-new-affordable-housing-scheme-at-the-2011-housing-excellence-awards/">...Read more »</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://mbla.net/news/infusion-best-new-affordable-housing-scheme-at-the-2011-housing-excellence-awards/</link>
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		<title>South Liverpool NHS Treatment Centre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sited on an elevated plot in Garston the new Health Centre replaced a much loved Edwardian Hospital.  Strong geometric forms clad in stainless steel combine with a dramatic welcoming entrance carved into the sandstone create a new landmark.  A Café and pharmacy animate the street frontage at lower ground level.  Fragments of the demolished hospital offer references to the history<a href="http://mbla.net/projects/garston-health-centre/">...Read more »</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://mbla.net/projects/garston-health-centre/</link>
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		<title>Garston Neighbourhood Centre Opens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The flagship South Liverpool NHS Treatment Centre opens in Garston. MBLA are the architects for the 5,400sqm Treatment Centre which is the major component of the tranche 3 projects for Liverpool &#38; Sefton LIFT. The building is the first of three planned Neighbourhood Treatment Centres in Liverpool in response to the NHS agenda to offer secondary health services locally outside<a href="http://mbla.net/news/garston-centre-opens/">...Read more »</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://mbla.net/news/garston-centre-opens/</link>
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		<title>Construction starts on Mere Lane Centre</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Construction has commenced on the new Mere Lane Neighbourhood Centre with the opening scheduled for May 2012. The proposed new neighbourhood centre is a level 1 health centre approximating of 2150m2 with 50 car parking spaces.  The site was formerly a stone quarry and more recently a children&#8217;s playground in an area of Liverpool which enjoys an elevated position in<a href="http://mbla.net/news/mere-lane-health-centre/">...Read more »</a>]]></description>
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