All Building Design articles in 11 March 2011
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News
Turn redundant high streets into housing, says think tank
Policy Exchange calls for planning reform
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News
Apollo Architects' Sendai houses survive Japan earthquake
Satoshi Kurosaki of Tokyo-based Apollo Architects has confirmed the two family houses he completed recently in Sendai have survived the earthquake.Lift, finished in the last few weeks, is in a residential district of central Sendai. It is a wooden house on a tight plot, which veers up at the front ...
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Makin reveals plans for £15.5 million hotel in Hull
Regeneration scheme could be part-funded by government
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Candy man goes to Treasury to lead Battersea Power Station redevelopment
Battersea Power Station developer Treasury Holdings has head-hunted the man in charge of One Hyde Park for Candy & Candy.
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Safdie Architects' Artscience Museum opens in Singapore
Safdie Architects’ Artscience Museum has opened in Singapore. It features 10 curved “petals” or “fingers” containing the 21 galleries, which are naturally lit from apertures in the finger tips illuminating the sculptural interior wall forms.The tallest rises 60m above the 4,000sq m “pond” beside which the 6,000sq m museum stands.The ...
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Chichester barracks housing development wins planning
London practice Working Group has won detailed planning permission for a 252-home development on the former Roussillon Barracks site in Chichester, West Sussex.Preparatory work on the project, led by sustainable developer Zero C in partnership with the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA), will begin this month, with construction due to ...
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Multimedia
Video: PRP takes a novel approach to the fly-through
The £16.5 million Sharp Project, a media development in East Manchester by PRP, soft launched late last year but the practice has now unveiled a rather unusual fly-through video to accompany the project.
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Koolhaas's OMA to be subject of major UK exhibition
London’s Barbican Art Gallery to host exhibition on OMA and its research unit AMO
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UK industry ready to respond to Japan earthquake
Foreign help on standby as scale of damage emerges
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Aedas boss says London office needs 'to do better'
Firm plans to buy design-led practice to win big jobs in capital
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Carmody Groarke chosen for Frieze Art Fair
London studio will design temporary pavilion in Regent’s Park
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Prince’s House ready to view at Ideal Home Show
Architects at the Prince’s Foundation have unveiled their contribution to this year’s Ideal Home Show.
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Competitions
Holiday Let: Languedoc-Roussillon, Cevennes National Park
Riverside house to let in Languedoc-Roussillon: Cevennes National Park
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News
Hopkins presents its Italian hospital
The fan-shaped hospital in La Spezia looks south to the sea.
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Review
Cultural Guide: March 14-20
This week’s cultural guide delves into the mind of Cedric Price, before touching on a revolutionary 1970s prototype project for the future of art practice