All Building Design articles in 30 April 2010
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NewsViñoly and Bennetts given green light for Oxford campus
Major new academic buildings by Rafael Viñoly, Bennetts Associates and Wilkinson Eyre for Oxford University have been granted planning permission.
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NewsArchitect and critic Dennis Sharp dies
Dennis Sharp, the architect, writer, teacher and critic, has died aged 76 after a two-year battle with lung cancer.
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NewsConservatives attack architects working on Building Schools for the Future
The Conservative Party’s education spokesman has accused architects of “creaming off cash” under the government’s £55 billion Building Schools for the Future programme.
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NewsLDS’s shimmering steel ceiling reflects Moscow market below
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has revealed its fit-out of a three-storey food court for a department store on Moscow’s Tsvetnoy Boulevard.
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New Part L regulations published
The government has published new amendments for Part L of the Building Regulations, which are due to come into force this October.
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De Botton holiday rentals launch
Living Architecture, the organisation set up by Alain de Botton and former Peabody Trust development director Dickon Robinson to bring contemporary architecture to the holiday rental market, has opened for bookings.
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2,000 sign up for Facebook group
The Facebook group Architects Against Low Pay has passed the 2,000-member mark just four weeks after it was founded.
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NewsFraser slams Maldevic demolition
Architect Malcolm Fraser has spoken out against plans by Edinburgh Council to demolish the listed Maldevic electric car factory in the Granton area of the city to make way for new houses.
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NewsSejima lines up stars for Venice
Herzog & de Meuron, OMA, Toyo Ito, and Arup’s Cecil Balmond are among the star names asked to exhibit at the Venice Biennale by curator Kazuyo Sejima.
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NewsKing’s Cross go-ahead for Chipperfield, Allies & Morrison and Porphyrios
Camden Council has given planning approval to three office buildings — by David Chipperfield, Allies & Morrison and Porphyrios Associates — at London’s £3 billion King’s Cross Central scheme.
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NewsTurley Associates plans canal bridge for Hungerford
Urban design firm Turley Associates is set to submit a planning application for a 100m-long footbridge in Hungerford, Berkshire.
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NewsFoster’s to masterplan Imperial War Museum site
The Imperial War Museum has appointed Foster & Partners to masterplan its main site in London.
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NewsAecom creates canopies for 6.8km Brisbane tunnel
Aecom has released new construction pictures of its design for the Aus$3 billion Clem7, a 6.8km-long tunnel that forms the first section of a new motorway in Brisbane, Australia.
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Top practices fail to make Guy’s cancer centre shortlist
Foster & Partners, Zaha Hadid and Will Alsop have been knocked out of the star-studded race to build a new £90 million cancer treatment centre in London.
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NewsChetwoods offers students and new architects free London work space
Chetwood Associates is opening up its offices to students and newly qualified architects who need a London base as they try to establish themselves.
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NewsArchitect to row from Big Ben to Eiffel Tower
Architect Andrew Jones is attempting to row 480 miles from Big Ben to the Eiffel Tower – down the Thames, across the English Channel and up the Seine.
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NewsAedas school wins Manchester Society of Architects’ design awards
Aedas has won the Manchester Society of Architects’ 2010 design awards with a small primary school in the shadow of the Blackpool Tower.
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NewsSTA reveals Chiswick house conversion
STA is remodelling and extending a 1930s house in a conservation area in Chiswick, west London.
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ReviewBD's guide to your cultural week- May 4 to May 9
Join the Design Museum to learn about style, the Italian way, or familiarise yourself with the next batch of the best new Polish architectural talent with the RCA's New Architects: Poland_UK talks
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NewsAngela Brady set to run for RIBA presidency
Angela Brady is making a bid to become RIBA president, becoming the first person to publicly throw their hat into the ring.