All Building Design articles in 06 November 2009
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Good news as architect unemployment falls
The number of architects on the dole has fallen by 10% in a single month, new figures show today.
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Council backs Levete's News International scheme
Tower Hamlets Council approved Amanda Levete’s redevelopment of News International’s Wapping headquarters last night.
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Roof complete on Hadid’s Olympic Aquatics Centre
Work has been completed on the 160m-long wave-shaped roof frame of Zaha Hadid’s Aquatics Centre for the London Olympics.
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Lighthouse will continue as architecture centre
The Scottish government has stepped in ensure the continuing existence of the Lighthouse architectural centre, by transferring a series of Lighthouse programmes to watchdog Architecture & Design Scotland.
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Feilden Clegg Bradley’s Leeds complex completed
Feilden Clegg Bradley’s £50 million new arts and humanities complex for Leeds Metropolitan University has been completed.
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Scottish country house wins as Georgian Group awards attract record entries
A record number of entries were submitted for this year’s Georgian Group architectural awards, which saw the main prize awarded to the restoration of a country house in Scotland.
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Review panel to assess eco-town designs
Cabe has set up a review panel to provide expert advice on the quality of designs for the government’s proposed eco-towns.
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Assorted magazines- free to a good home
BD is once again embarking on a mammoth clear out of its archives
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Sanaa partner named as Venice Biennale director
Kazuyo Sejima has been appointed director of the 12th Venice Architecture Biennale, which will take place from August 29 to November 21, 2010.
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Make wins Montenegro hotel competition
Make has won a closed competition to masterplan and design a hotel resort on Montenegro’s Adriatic coast.
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Squire wins go-ahead for private home in Mayfair
Squire & Partners has won planning permission for a new private home on Waverton Street in London’s Mayfair conservation area.
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Two win Welsh low-energy housing competition
Energy-efficient home proposals by HLM and Bere Architects have won the Welsh Passive House architectural competition.
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3XN wins competition to design Danish cultural centre
Danish practice 3XN has won a competition to turn a series of disused freight train halls in Aarhus, Denmark, into a 9,000sq m cultural centre.
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Anti-airport campaigners descend upon BD awards night
Environmental activists infiltrated this year’s BD Architect of the Year Award, targeting one of the UK’s top airport specialist practices.
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Council backs Populous's Bristol stadium
Populous’s £90 million stadium for Bristol City Football Club has been approved by the city council despite the rejection of an associated housing project intended to help finance the scheme.
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Review
BD's guide to your cultural week- November 9 to November 15
This week's cultural week guide includes a whirlwind tour of Somerset house and a chance to hear Professor David Watkin discuss its much revered architect, Sir William Chambers RA at the Royal Academy, along with a sneak preview of some of the top names in Polish art.
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MUMA to design £12m extension for Manchester’s Whitworth gallery
London architect MUMA has won the scheme to build a new £12 million extension at the Whitworth Art gallery in Manchester.
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Nightingale wins £840m Glasgow hospital project (flythrough)
Nightingale Associates has beaten Keppie Architects and BDP to land its largest ever contract in its 20 year history, the £840 million Glasgow Southern General Hospital.
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Council rejects Make masterplan for Southall Gasworks site
Councillors have rejected Make’s masterplan for a 33ha mixed-use scheme on the old gasworks site in Southall, west London, voting against the advice of their planning officers.
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Andrew Doolan shortlist announced
Eleven projects have been shortlisted from 28 entries for British architecture’s richest prize, the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award.