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9 February 2010

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BD campaign: Come Clean on Kickstart

The goverment has said it does not want to see more housing like this scheme in Cambridgeshire built

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Cabe refuses to reveal identities of round one Kickstart schemesSubscribers only

8 February, 2010

Government design watchdog Cabe was under mounting political pressure today after blocking a Freedom of Information request made by BD about the government’s £1 billion Kickstart stimulus programme.

Come clean on Kickstart

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The Petition: Come Clean on KickstartSubscribers only

8 February, 2010

BD asks you to join our petition. We are calling on Cabe to publish the projects and corresponding scores of housing funded under Kickstart round one.

Amanda Baillieu

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Does witheld information cover a botched quick-fix?Subscribers only

8 February, 2010

Why is Cabe refusing BD's freedom of information request?

more on the campaign

Architecture News

Kevin McCloud

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Architects called on to enter Grand Design Awards 2010Subscribers only

9 February, 2010

The deadline is looming for this year’s Grand Design Awards which will be hosted by TV presenter Kevin McCloud.

Boyes Rees new Welsh laboratory

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Boyes Rees new Welsh laboratory opensSubscribers only

9 February, 2010

A £6 million laboratory building designed by Boyes Rees Architects has opened at Glamorgan University.

More Architecture News

Picture of the Day

Turley Associates' scheme

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Turley Associates to redevelop former home of the Chocolate OrangeSubscribers only

9 February, 2010

A scheme by masterplanner Turley Associates to turn the former home of the Terry’s Chocolate factory in York into a mixed-use scheme has been given the green light by city planners – despite Cabe objections.

More News In Pictures

Editor's Choice

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Howells shows road ahead for services Subscribers only

5 February, 2010

Glenn Howells Architects has unveiled the first images of its revolutionary service station planned for the M5 motorway.

Clare Wright in the library.

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Clare Wright looks at her changing relationship with the Glasgow School of Art buildingSubscribers only

05 February 2010

The Wright & Wright partner explains how Mackintosh’s building has influenced her as a child, a student and an architect

Liam Ross, a former employee of Malcolm Fraser who now teaches at the Edinburgh School of Architecture

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Photo book focuses on redundant architectsSubscribers only

2 February, 2010

Ex Heatherwick employee's project highlights positive side of job losses

Comment

Amanda Baillieu

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Zero points for zero carbonSubscribers only

5 February, 2010

The government may have broken its promises over zero-carbon schools but it continues to put its faith in a misleading benchmark

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Bury a car park, not the V&ASubscribers only

05 February 2010

A museum extension should raise our sights and spirits, not be hidden underground

More comment and debate

Buildings

Timber fascia cut in a lotus flower motif hangs from the courtyard colonnade.

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Cottrell & Vermeulen’s Krishna-Avanti School in HarrowSubscribers only

05 February 2010

The brief for Britain’s first state-funded Hindu school combined adhering to the traditional Vastu Shastra science of construction while creating an essentially modern building

more Buildings

Fun

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Two suns shine on Soleri’s desert city Subscribers only

05 February 2010

Some 3,000 people were living and working in the Arcosanti project in Arizona

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Dot to Dot: 5 February 2010Subscribers only

05 February 2010

Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday February 10 for a chance to win a copy of Animals in Store: Architectural Sculpture in New York City, by Robert Arthur King

More miscellany

CULTURE

Significant buildings, such as the Gherkin, will be considered.

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Call for best buildings of the past 50 yearsSubscribers only

5 February, 2010

The Architecture Club is calling for entries to the exhibition “50 Years of London Architecture — 1960-2010”, which will be held in the Mall Galleries June 19 – 26 as part of the London Festival of Architecture 2010

Koolhaas Houselife looks at the people responsible for maintaining OMA’s Bordeaux House.

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Films reveal secret lives of buildingsSubscribers only

05 February 2010

Ila Bêka and Louise Lemoîne’s films show how buildings negotiate the difficult years following their completion

more reviews, events and culture

Student Space

University of Strathclyde's Polyark II team in transit from Glasgow to Birmingham

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Polyark this week:The Great Central Railway, Strathclyde and ValenciaSubscribers only

8 February, 2010

In every Monday's newsletter we will be keeping you regularly updated with the highlights of what happening on Polyark, the newly launched student networking site.

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Students urged to design for deathSubscribers only

4 February, 2010

Architects for Health has launched its third annual student design awards with a brief titled Designing for Death: Hell, Purgatory and Paradise.

More Student Architecture News, Comment and Reviews

Climate Change

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Schools secretary admits zero carbon target will not be metSubscribers only

28 January, 2010

The government will miss its target of making every new school building in England zero carbon from 2016, schools secretary Ed Balls admitted today.

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Greenpeace looks for 'fortress' architectSubscribers only

28 January, 2010

Greenpeace this week launched an architectural competition to help it build an ‘impenetrable fortress’ on land earmarked for the third runway at Heathrow Airport.

more climate change news & debate

Multimedia

Caruso St John's Nottingham art gallery

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Caruso St John's Nottingham Contemporary Arts Centre (video)Subscribers only

20 November, 2009

Take a tour around Nottingham's new contemporary art centre.

more video & audio

Architect of the Year Awards

Feilden Clegg Bradley’s St Mary Magdalene Academy in Islington.

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The firms that raise the roofSubscribers only

06 November 2009

Offices and education proved the most recession-proof at this year’s awards

Kohn collaborated with artists on his design for Flack and Waddington’s Flash restaurant.

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Young Architect of the Year - David Kohn ArchitectsSubscribers only

06 November 2009

David Kohn opened his presentation to the Young Architect of the Year jury with reference to Isaiah Berlin’s essay The Hedgehog and the Fox.

Parry’s revised proposal for the Holburne Museum extension includes stone-coloured ceramic panels.

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Richard Feilden Architect of the Year - Eric Parry ArchitectsSubscribers only

06 November 2009

The award for the "best of the best" is for a body of work that has made a significant contribution to architecture in the last year

Hawkins Brown's Automotive & Engineering Training Centre in Nottingham

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Higher Education Architect of the Year - Hawkins BrownSubscribers only

06 November 2009

Hawkins Brown approaches every education project from first principles and the varied results are all impressive

more winners

Carbuncle Cup 2009

First Prize: Hamilton Architects’ Liverpool Pier Head Ferry Terminal.

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Liverpool Ferry Terminal wins Carbuncle Cup 2009Subscribers only

28 August 2009

Despite strong competition from a record number of entries, this year’s winning building by Belfast-based Hamilton Architects is a shining example of bad architecture and bad planning

Readers' Ads

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For sale: Autodesk Revit Series 7 and Series 8 Subscribers only

19 January, 2010

Both come with Product Codes and Key Codes and they work with all Windows XP systems, but have to run with AutoCad 2005 or later.

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To let: units in a brand new canal-side eco-development in ShoreditchSubscribers only

8 December, 2009

4 units available in our brand new canal-side eco-development in Shoreditch.

more readers' ads

Recession Watch

Liam Ross, a former employee of Malcolm Fraser who now teaches at the Edinburgh School of Architecture

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Photo book focuses on redundant architectsSubscribers only

2 February, 2010

Ex Heatherwick employee's project highlights positive side of job losses

more recession news, advice, analysis and comment

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