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		<title>Commendations at 2012 MSA Awards</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MBLA Architects + Urbanists received two commendations for recently completed buildings at the 2012 Manchester Society of Architects annual awards. Mere Lane Health Centre, Liverpool was commended in the community category and the new build housing development at Bowes Street, Manchester was commended in the residential category. Mere Lane &#8211; Exhibition Board&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Bowes Street &#8211; Exhibition Board]]></description>
		<link>http://mbla.net/news/commendations-at-2012-msa-awards/</link>
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		<title>Hallé Phase 1 Awarded Planning Permission</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MBLA&#8217;s proposed refurbishment of St Peter&#8217;s Church in Ancoats, Manchester for the Hallé Orchestra has received planning permission. The building will act as a rehearsal base and occasional performance venue for the renown Hallé Orchestra and a number of their ensembles and choirs. Tenders are currently being sought with construction expected to commence in the autumn of 2012. The facility<a href="http://mbla.net/news/halle-phase-1-awarded-planning-permission/">...Read more »</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://mbla.net/news/halle-phase-1-awarded-planning-permission/</link>
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		<title>Mere Lane Health Centre Opens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The £6m development is the twelfth new health centre opened by Liverpool Primary Care Trust since 2007 as they seek to deliver a wider range of health services closer to peoples homes. The site was formerly a stone quarry and more recently a children&#8217;s playground in an area of Liverpool enjoys an elevated position in the city and commands significant<a href="http://mbla.net/news/mere-lane-health-centre-opens/">...Read more »</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://mbla.net/news/mere-lane-health-centre-opens/</link>
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		<title>Doncaster Gate Completes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MBLA&#8217;s scheme for Great Places Housing Group has just completed in Rotherham. On a steeply rising site close to the town centre the scheme contains 8 no 4 person/2 bed apartments and 12 no 3 person/2 bed apartments arranged in a linear manner so each apartment is serviced from a gallery access/amenity deck reached via a single core containing stairs<a href="http://mbla.net/news/doncaster-gate-completes/">...Read more »</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://mbla.net/news/doncaster-gate-completes/</link>
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		<title>Lord Line Student Campus, Hull</title>
		<description><![CDATA[MBLA have submitted a planning application for a 1231 bed student accommodation campus in Hull. Arranged in a series of six buildings the campus exploits the amenity of the existing dock location to take advantage of the vista across the Humber and will contribute to the active use of the pedestrian and cycle path along the edge of the estuary.<a href="http://mbla.net/news/lord-line-campus-hull/">...Read more »</a>]]></description>
		<link>http://mbla.net/news/lord-line-campus-hull/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://mbla.net/news/wightwick-manor-approvals/</link>
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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>
		<link>http://mbla.net/news/chesterfield-planning-success/</link>
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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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