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FeaturesPlaylist: After the flood
During the July deluge, McCormick + Smith Architects' office on the edge of the Evenlode was flooded by 5 ft of water. As a thank you to the friends who helped clear up afterwards the practice held a party featuring a flood-themed playlist
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ReviewHome and Garden: Part Four: Domestic spaces in paintings from 1960 to the present - until February 3 2008
Geffrye Museum’s latest show of paintings depicts domestic interiors, picturesque gardens and the habitat of the urban middle classes from 1960 until the present day. Exhibits include the beaming participants in a dinner party by Anthony Green, 1966.
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Review1973: Sorry, Out of Gas - until April 20 2008
'1973: Sorry, Out of Gas' investigates how architecture and urbanism responded to the economic, political and social upheaval across the world created by the 1973 oil crisis. The exhibition includes architectural drawings, photographs, books and pamphlets, archival television footage, and historical artifacts.
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NewsEnglish Heritage appeals to government for more cash
EH chairman Bruce-Lockhart challenges Purnell to be a “heritage hero” and reverse a decade of underfunding
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ReviewWin a copy of Contemporary World Interiors
We are giving away two copies of Contemporary World Interiors by Susan Yelavich, published by Phaidon, £45
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ReviewWin a copy of Moving Rooms
We have two copies of John Harris' history of the architectural salvage trade, Moving Rooms to give away
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ReviewWin a review copy of Lessons from Rudofsky
We are offering one reader the chance to win a copy of Lessons from Rudofsky, a voyage through the innovator's remarkable life and work, and have their review of the book published on the site.
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ReviewWin the must-read Cedric Price biography
We have two copies to give away of Stanley Mathews’ From Agit-Prop to Free Space: The Architecture of Cedric Price.
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ReviewWin a review copy of The Site
As a member of the book club we'll be offering you advance copies of forthcoming titles for you to review for publication on bdonline. Enter our competition to win a copy of The Site by Andrew Dawber.
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ReviewZaha Hadid: Dune Formations - October 9 to 29
First seen in Venice at this year's biennale; David Gill Galleries is presenting Zaha Hadid's Dune Formations.
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ReviewPeter Zumthor- until January 20 2008
Kunsthau Bregenz in Austria, the gallery designed by Zumthor in 1997, is holding a new retrospective of Peter Zumthor¹s work, covering projects from 1986 to this year.
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NewsDCMS funding boost must cover 'Cultural Olympics'
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport's funding will rise in line with inflation for the next three years, but the extra cash includes the cost of the 2012 "Cultural Olympiad", it was revealed today.The Department was told in Chancellor Alistair Darling's comprehensive spending review that its funding would increase ...
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NewsCullinan wins RIBA Gold Medal – at last
Architect Ted Cullinan has finally been awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal following a long campaign by his supporters. RIBA president Sunand Prasad – who has himself worked for Cullinan – made the announcement at today’s council meeting at Portland Place, citing Cullinan’s “inspirational practice”, teaching and keen awareness of ...
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Last chance to book your place at Thursday's Global Regeneration conference
UK regeneration experts are to be offered the opportunity to find out about international regeneration opportunities and showcase their work to potential customers in Asia, Russia and Eastern Europe during a groundbreaking government-organised conference. Overseas delegates drawn from China, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Russia, Bulgaria, Poland and Romania will be ...
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NewsSix winners of the RIBA special awards announced
The winners of the six RIBA special awards were also announced at the Stirling Prize ceremony on Saturday.
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NewsKoolhaas wins bdonline's Stirling poll
David Chipperfield may have won the Stirling judges' vote, but in BD's online poll it was Rem Koolhaas who you wanted to win.Koolhaas's Casa da Musica in Porto took 27.5% of the vote pushing Chipperfield's Museum of Modern Literature into second place with 23%. Glenn Howell's Savill Building in Windsor ...
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NewsChipperfield edges it over Young Vic for Stirling victory
Haworth Tompkins’ Young Vic Theatre was pipped to the post by David Chipperfield’s Museum of Modern Literature, in Marbach am Neckar, to scoop the £20,000 Stirling Prize on Saturday night. The five members of the Stirling jury — Sunand Prasad, Tom Bloxham, Kieran Long, Louisa Hutton and Alan de Botton ...
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ReviewAutumn Portal - until November 10
Signal gallery presents its autumn exhibition, 'Autumn Portal' showcasing three abstract artists- Barbara Steinburg, Frixos Papantoniou and Dipesh Parmar. Each artist tries to find a gateway into a potent and imaginative world through his or her canvases. Dipesh in particular, is inspired by the Deconstructivist Theories of architects such as ...
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ReviewArabia Felix: the Architecture of Yemen -until January 19
Celebrating the spectacular architecture of Yemen and focusing on four provinces, Dali', Yafi', Shabwah and Hadramut, this exhibition explores a unique building culture.
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News
Second contractor ditches Olympic Aquatic Centre bid
German contractor Hochtief has become the second contractor in the space of a month to pull out of the contest to build Zaha Hadid’s Olympic Aquatic Centre.Balfour Beatty is now the only firm in the running for the contract, after Hochtief announced it had withdrawn, citing a busy workload. In ...