All Building Design articles in 23 September 2011
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MultimediaVideo: Building the Revolution: Soviet Art and Architecture 1915-1935
Exhibition photographer Richard Pare talks exclusively to BD about the history of the exhibition at the RA and the key works it documents.
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NewsPlanning application submitted for Olympic park legacy
Allies & Morrison led masterplanning design team
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News5th Studio to revamp Norwich tower
5th Studio has been appointed to redesign the 11-storey Westlegate building in Norwich, a 1960s tower in the city centre.The building was recently bought by a joint venture between Soho Estates and Norwich-based FW Properties.The London-based practice, which also has an office in Cambridge, was commissioned after an invited competition, ...
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NewsCharter for architectural education to be thrashed out in soapbox debate
What Now? and Zap Architecture join up to host event at RIBA
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NewsHKR secures three London contracts
Irish practice to design hotel, student tower and City office scheme in UK capital
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NewsCPMG directors in management buy-out
Four directors at Nottingham-based CPMG Architects have completed a management buy-out of the practice.David Glazebrook, Nick Gregory, Richard Flisher and Sara Harraway purchased the business from fellow directors Jack Gant and Bill Crampin, who are set to retire.Glazebrook said: “This is an exciting opportunity for CPMG to continue to ...
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NewsRothschild Foundation triumphs at 2011 Wood Awards
Stephen Marshall Architects has won the top award at the 2011 Wood Awards for its work at the Rothschild Foundation in Buckinghamshire.
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NewsFoster & Partners wins its first project in Israel
Practice beats Gehry to design brain study centre
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FeaturesArchitects' desks: Neil Deely, director at Metropolitan Workshop
BD takes a look at the workspaces of architects
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NewsCambridge architect wins St Paul's cathedral role
Cambridge-based architect Oliver Caroe has been appointed surveyor to the fabric of St Paul’s Cathedral in London.Caroe was a principal at Purcell Miller Tritton for five years before starting Caroe Architecture in 2009. He will be responsible for advising the cathedral’s dean and chapter on all matters relating to the ...
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NewsCF Møller unveils indoor skiing centre for Sweden
Danish practice designs World-Cup-ready arena
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NewsChipperfield and Wilkinson Eyre make design prize shortlist
Strong architectural showing for 2011 Prince Philip Designers Prize
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NewsCZWG uses 'country house clause' to win planning for Kent scheme
CZWG has secured planning permission for a house in the Kent countryside using the “country house clause” which allows isolated rural development of outstanding quality.Maidstone Borough Council has granted permission for Liverton Hill House on an orchard site near Boughton Malherbe.The house is arranged over split levels. Principal living rooms ...
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News£150m Worthing regeneration plans approved
Proposals from Russ Drage Architects win council go-ahead
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NewsBalls pledges VAT cut for home improvements
Shadow chancellor Ed Balls has pledged to cut VAT on home improvements as part of a five-point plan to kick-start the economy.Speaking at the Labour party conference, Balls said he would reduce VAT to 5% on home improvements for one year.The announcement was welcomed by the Federation of Master Builders ...
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FeaturesTop 10 unbuilt towers: Palace of the Soviets by Boris Iofan
As plans for the kilometre-high Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia are unveiled, London’s Shard is nearly sheathed, and the Walkie-Talkie, Cheesegrater and Pinnacle all begin to emerge from the ground, we look back at 10 projects that weren’t quite so fortunate in their bids to make it off the drawing ...
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NewsArb retention fee held at £80
The Architects Registration Board has announced a freeze on fee for 2012.
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NewsPessimism grows among UK architects
The number of architecture firms expecting workloads to increase fell last month, according to the latest RIBA Future Trends Survey.Practices expecting more work dropped from 27% to 25% between July and August, while the number of firms expecting to see a drop in workload increased, rising from 22% to 23% ...
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NewsWay clear for Theis & Khan cottage
Theis & Khan Architects have won planning permission for an extension to grade II listed Church Cottage in Melchbourne, Bedfordshire.