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ReviewSkin + Bones: Parallel Practices in Fashion and Architecture – until August 10
As the debut show in Somerset House’s new contemporary arts space, Skin + Bones will feature work by 46 architects including David Adjaye and Zaha Hadid and fashion designers including Boudicca and Alexander McQueen. Skin + Bones celebrates what happens when fashion and architecture collide.
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Review
China Design Now: until July 13
With the 2008 Olympics on the way, China is rapidly emerging as a hot bed of design, art and architectural aspiration. Hosted by the V&A, China Design Now encompasses a whole range of creative work from fashion and youth culture to architecture.
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ReviewHumans and Nature- February 23 & 24
Human beings evolved as part of the natural world, yet it is reported that almost half of the world's population will live in a man-made, urban environment by 2008.
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NewsMacCormac Jamieson Prichard reveals loss
MacCormac Jamieson Prichard operated at a loss last year following its sacking from the flagship BBC Broadcasting House project.Accounts posted with Companies House reveal the practice made a loss of £329,699 in the year to March 2007 — a drop of 130% from the previous year when it made a ...
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NewsKoolhaas to design Maggies Centre in Glasgow
Rem Koolhaas is to design Scotland’s next Maggie’s Centre in Glasgow. The Dutch architect joins a list of world-famous names who have designed hospices for the cancer charity, including Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid, and Scottish designers Richard Murphy and Page and Park.The £2.1million building will be built close to ...
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NewsShortlist for Mersey Observatory competition revealed - images
CJ Lim’s Studio 8 and Ellis William Architects are two of five practices shortlisted in the RIBA competition to design a new Mersey Observatory in Crosby, just north of Liverpool.Duggan Morris Architects, Phos Architects and Farrell and Clark are also on the shortlist, beating almost a hundred other entries.The winning ...
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NewsHamiltons seeks planning for Tower Hamlets tower
Hamiltons Architects has submitted this design for the £140 million Indescon Court in the Isle of Dogs, London for planning.The 30-storey mixed-use building, which includes 600 apartments, a 108-room four star hotel and 9,000 sq m of retail space has been inspired by the self-contained nature of London’s Barbican centre. ...
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ReviewEight for 08: the coming year's must-see exhibitions
Another year, another packed exhibition schedule. BD's culture editor Pamela Buxton picks eight of the best new shows opening this year
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Competitions
Wanted - Two AJ back issues '82 and '89
AJ 11 March 1982 (No. 11, Vol 175) and 31 May 1989 (No. 22, Vol. 189) wanted.
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CompetitionsHoliday let - Umbria
Delightful hillside house on Monte Corona, 30 minutes north of Perugia. Sleeps 6 in comfort. Traditional constuction, gardens, views.
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CompetitionsHoliday Let- Umbria/Tuscany border
Troscione - A refurbished Farmhouse & Barn with swimming pool Unspoilt rural setting, 10 minutes sublime Lake Bolsena, 30 minutes stunning Orvietto hill town. 100 km south of Sienna, 100km north of Rome Swimming pool, games room all beds en-suite Farmhouse and barn together sleeps 14 Book Farm only or ...
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NewsFoster changes to proposed Ealing skyscraper fail to win over critics
Foster & Partners has failed to convince English Heritage and local residents to back plans for a controversial suburban skyscraper, despite altering its designs.It emerged this week that the practice had amended its plans for the 40-storey “penny whistle” tower in Ealing following strong criticism by the heritage body.But despite ...
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BlogsNews Junkie: 05 and 06 January
In this issue: Salisbury gets a multiple facelift, destroying MRSA with lightning, and the deadly threat from low-energy lightbulbs...
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NewsForeign Office Architects' City landmark given the go-ahead
Huge Trinity EC3 project in Aldgate for developer Beetham wins planning permission
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NewsGustafson Porter defends troubled Diana Memorial Fountain
Landscape architect dismisses media claims that fountain must be demolished and rebuilt.
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News
Gustafson Porter defends troubled Diana Memorial Fountain
Landscape architect dismisses media claims that fountain must be demolished and rebuilt.
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NewsFoster gets green light for world's largest building
Foster & Partners has won preliminary planning permission for the largest single building in the world – the Crystal Island scheme in Moscow.Situated within five miles of the Kremlin, the 2.5 million sq m spiral-form structure has been dubbed a “city inside a building”, and will include 900 apartments, 3000 ...
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NewsCabe chair Sorrell knighted in New Year honours
Cabe chairman John Sorrell has been knighted in the New Year honours. Sorrell, who also chairs the London Design Festival and the Sorrell Foundation, received a knighthood for services to the creative industries.Sorrell is the former chairman of design company Newell & Sorrell and of the Design Council. He is ...
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CompetitionsHoliday let - West Algarve. Charming country house (Sleeps 4/8).
Unspoilt coastal village (National Park). Gardens, pool, maid.
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FeaturesCelebrating Segal
Walter Segal's son John, in conversation with Zoë Blackler, traces his father's life from his Jewish Roumanian roots to life in St Anne's Close and the realisation of his self-build method in London's Lewisham