All Building Design articles in 27 March 2009
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CompetitionsHoliday let: Languedoc-Roussillon, Cevennes National Park
Riverside house, mediaeval village, sleeps 5-6 and facilities include national and local hiking trails with spectacular scenery, botany, bird-life.
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NewsArchial returns to profitability as RMJM cuts 60 staff
Archial Group reported a return to profitability in end-of-year accounts announced to the City this morning.
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NewsMecanoo reveals design for Birmingham library
Dutch architect Mecanoo this week revealed its design for a £193 million new library for Birmingham.
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NewsTottenham Football Club reveals revised KSS Group stadium design
White Hart Lane's replacement to be only 58,000 seats
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NewsRogers Stirk Harbour shows designs for £135m British Museum extension
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners has unveiled its designs for a £135 million extension to the British Museum.
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NewsBaroque 1620 – 1800: Style in the Age of Magnificence (Video)
Michael Snodin, curator of the V&A’s Baroque exhibition gives BD a guided tour, and explains to Liz Bury why its architecture was such a clear expression of the time.
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NewsCollege building crisis was probably avoidable, says report
Funding for 144 stalled college projects should be allocated on a “needs” only basis, a damning independent report into the Building Colleges for the Future programme has concluded.
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NewsTate Modern extension wins planning permission
Herzog & de Meruon’s revised plan for the Tate Modern extension won planning permission from Southwark Council on Tuesday evening.
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NewsUrban Initiatives and JCMT reveal London regeneration schemes
Details of two major new regeneration schemes for the capital – in Hackney and Notting Hill Gate – have been unveiled.
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NewsBoris is soft on towers, says Ken
Former London mayor Ken Livingstone has branded successor Boris Johnson more pro-tall buildings than he ever was, as he vows to reinstate the 100 Public Spaces programme if elected mayor in 2012.
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NewsWork starts on installing Hadid’s Aquatics centre roof
Work to lift Zaha Hadid’s wave shaped roof for the London 2012 aquatics centre into place began this week.
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NewsSanaa reveals Serpentine pavilion design
Japanese architect Sanaa has unveiled its design for this year’s summer pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery.
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20% of Northern Ireland architecture jobs lost
One in five architecture jobs in Northern Ireland have been lost over the last year, according to a report released today.
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NewsHOK Sport rebrands as Populous
Olympic Stadium designer HOK Sport has rebranded itself as Populous.
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ReviewBaroque 1620 – 1800: Style in the Age of Magnificence
The V&A’s new blockbuster spring show opens with a painting that celebrates the Swedish Queen Christina’s conversion from Protestantism to Catholicism. It shows a riotous procession of ornate floats, dancers and horsemen with unfeasibly large headdresses thronging the square in her honour. Welcome to the party.
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NewsAllies & Morrison's Westminster scheme gets green light
Allies & Morrison has won planning permission for an eight-storey mixed-use scheme opposite St James’s Park tube station in Westminster, central London.
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NewsUK Transport Construction & Design - 25th June 2009
A one-day conference for architectural practices and construction firms with an interest in the increased government spending on building infrastructure
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NewsRIBA president denies plan to radically restructure institute
RIBA president Sunand Prasad has denied media reports that a “faction” of senior council members has urged for a radical restructuring of the institute.
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NewsShortlisted designs revealed for African American museum in Washington DC
The Smithsonian Institution has unveiled designs by the six shortlisted architects for its £350 million National Museum of African American History & Culture in Washington DC.
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NewsPage & Park’s Scottish National Portrait Gallery scheme wins lottery funding
Page & Park’s project to transform the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in Edinburgh has won a major boost after it secured a vital £4.53 million grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund, it was announced today.