All Building Design articles in 11 December 2009
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NewsSheffield architecture student wins video competition
An architecture student at Sheffield University has won a £3,000 video competition on YouTube.
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Westminster launches competition for street kiosks design
A competition to design cutting-edge street kiosks for London’s west end has been launched.
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NewsBIG scores Faroe Islands competition win
The largest-ever commission on the Faroe Islands has been won by BIG and Fuglark, to design a 19,200sq m education centre in Torshavn.
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NewsNew chair for ancient buildings society
English Heritage’s former chief conservation architect, David Heath, has been named as the new chairman of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings.
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NewsHopkins unveils Brent civic centre
Hopkins Architects has unveiled the first image of its proposed new civic centre opposite Wembley Arena in north west London.
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Bartlett school names Cruz as new director
Marcos Cruz has been appointed director of the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture. He will take up his new post on January 1.
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Regional architecture centres get £900k from Cabe
Cabe has awarded £900,000 to 21 regional architecture and built environment centres for the next financial year.
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Call for entries for LFA 2010
London’s architectural community is being asked to come up with ideas for next year’s London Festival of Architecture.
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NewsSorrell appointed as creative industries ambassador
Former Cabe chairman John Sorrell has been appointed by the prime minister as a UK business ambassador, with the brief to champion the creative industries.
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NewsCopenhagen sees what a tonne of CO2 looks like
An installation demonstrating exactly what a metric tonne of carbon dioxide looks like has gone on show in Copenhagen.
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Number of optimistic architects rises in all surveyed sectors
Architects expect work to increase across the board next year, with forecasts of growth in the private housing, commercial and public sectors.
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CompetitionsPlatform 5 wins NLA refurbishment competition
An extension designed by Platform 5 to a Victorian terraced house in Hackney has won a refurbishment competition held by New London Architecture.
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NewsCouncillors set to rule on Rogers’ revised British Museum scheme
The fate of Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ £135 million extension to the British Museum will be decided this week.
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NewsCouncil backs CZWG’s Bournemouth development
Proposals by CZWG for a £50 million mixed-use scheme in the middle of Bournemouth have been give the green light by local planners.
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NewsBD's guide to your cultural week- December 14 to December 20
Join Robert Adam and Sjoerd Soeters as they discuss the finer points of the impact of urban design codes or join the Glasgow School of Art as they delve into the world of Charles Renee Mackintosh
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AnalysisIs opposition to shared spaces kerbing councils’ enthusiasm?
The Guide Dogs charity is battling several schemes to open roads to both drivers and walkers, and some councils have been convinced by their arguments
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NewsHodder and Reinke vie for Gateway House job
Hodder & Partners and Stephan Reinke Architects have both been appointed to draw up separate proposals for the redevelopment of Richard Seifert’s Gateway House in Manchester
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Bohlin awarded AIA Gold Medal
The American Institute of Architects has named Peter Bohlin, founder of 200-strong Bohlin Cywinski Jackson Architects, as the recipient of its 2010 AIA Gold Medal
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NewsGrimshaw’s South Bank K2 exhibits peak performance
Grimshaw Architects has completed work on K2, a new academic building for London South Bank University
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NewsNHS ‘exaggerated’ health centre flaws
The NHS has been accused of inflating refurbishment costs and exaggerating structural problems at Lubetkin’s threatened grade I listed Finsbury Health Centre