23 March 2012
Building Design
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One size rarely fits anyone at all
23 March 2012
I’m not convinced that these schemes will reduce cost (“School standardisation threatens less for more” Leader March 16), but let’s wait and see.
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Adam Architecture's travel scholarship opens
21 March 2012
Architecture students can apply for £1,500 award
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Anyone for Denys?
23 March 2012
Sadly you did not note that the building behind Karakusevic Carson’s housing
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Arb reprimands Surrey architect over client dispute
19 March 2012
Philip Harrington found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct
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Architect named as Apprentice hopeful
19 March 2012
Lolli and Square director Gabrielle Omar to appear in show’s eighth series.
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Architects' confidence grows
20 March 2012
Outlook on future workloads enters positive territory
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Architects of Invention completes Georgian Prosecutor’s Office
23 March 2012
Practice’s first building completed in Tbilisi
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Architectural historian gets blue plaque
20 March 2012
John Summerson honoured in Chalk Farm
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Architecture competitions must increase, says Brady
22 March 2012
RIBA president wants “hundreds”
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Architecture is what will make retrofitting viable
20 March 2012
Those who argue that good design comes a poor second to sustainability are missing a key argument
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Are flatpack schools a short-term fix?
23 March 2012
Yes, says Andrew Taylor, each school demands a unique architectural response; but Jonathan Ellis Miller sees standardisation as the key to equality and longevity
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BDP appoints Vanessa Brown as head of comms
15 March 2012
Brown succeeds Sheri Besford
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Boka Artist Residence Competition
22 March 2012
Architects worldwide are invited to participate in the International Architecture Competition for the Boka Artist Residence.
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Boost for architects as housebuilding fund rises to £570m
20 March 2012
First schemes to benefit from Get Britain Building announced
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Brad Pitt is 'pushing' his children to become architects
21 March 2012
Frustrated architect hopes to inspire his children
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Cameron hails UK architects
19 March 2012
Work of Rogers and Foster championed by PM
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Cameron puts faith in architects
22 March 2012
The prime minister says investment in infrastructure will be key to economic recovery, with the profession playing a crucial role, reports David Rogers
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Can I be sued for discussing inside developments at my firm?
23 March 2012
If I discuss inside developments at my firm with third parties, can I be sued?
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Canopy for Roman site, Cartagena, Spain by Amann Cánovas Maruri Architects
21 March 2012
Madrid-based Amann Cánovas Maruri Architects has completed a new canopy for an archaeological site in Molinete Park in Cartagena, south-eastern Spain.
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Capita Symonds chosen for Olympic park transformation
16 March 2012
£300 million project for Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
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Christchurch plans reconstruction competitions
23 March 2012
International architects sought for rebuild of earthquake-hit city
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City looks abroad for project funds
22 March 2012
Birmingham Council leaders are targeting Abu Dhabi, China, Norway and Saudi Arabia to invest up to £1 billion as part its Big City Plan.
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Council blocks Make and AHMM’s Camden Lock scheme
16 March 2012
Hawley Wharf mixed-use scheme rejected after local campaign
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Data brief: March 23 2012
22 March 2012
Who are the top ranking architects in the uk?
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Data shows sharp drop in new orders
22 March 2012
New construction orders in 2011 fell by 14% on the previous year, according to the latest government data.
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Design Research Studio and EPR appointed to Sea Containers House
23 March 2012
Practices join TP Bennett to assist on Thames-side hotel redevelopment
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Dick Cannon to guest chair 2012 Saltire awards
20 March 2012
Cannon succeeds John McAslan
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Duany Plater-Zyberg’s Scottish town wins backing
23 March 2012
Public inquiry into local plan recommends council approval
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Dubai approves replacement for Zaha Hadid opera house
23 March 2012
Emirate announces first major construction project since crash
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Eric Parry's City building gets OK
22 March 2012
Building will include public rooftop garden
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Farrells to masterplan Ally Pally revamp
21 March 2012
Landmark London venue to get makeover
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Feilden Clegg Bradley's Belfast university plans unveiled
21 March 2012
£250 million project is architect’s largest to date
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First Look: Village hall, Great Coates, Lincolnshire by Jonathan Hendry Architects
23 March 2012
Jonathan Hendry Architects, winner of BD’s Young Architect of the Year 2011, has secured planning for a village hall in the parish of Great Coates in north-east Lincolnshire.
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Forgotten Spaces 2012: North East
28 March 2012
The competition invites proposals for left-over land in the North East.
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Foster and Partners' Bloomberg Place approved
22 March 2012
The City of London HQ proposal won praise from Cabe earlier this month
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Foster and Partners' Imperial War Museum goes in for planning
26 March 2012
New galleries and reconfigured central atrium among the plans
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Frank Gehry 'willing to change' his Eisenhower Memorial
23 March 2012
Architect responds to protests from late US president’s family
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Games set to boost job market
22 March 2012
Recruitment firm Manpower has said the London Olympics could kickstart a recovery in the UK economy.
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Garden cities at odds with localism, claim architects
22 March 2012
Cameron sees schemes as answer to housing crisis
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Goldman Sachs widens architect search
23 March 2012
Fosters, KPF and SOM in talks with bank
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Harsh realities of Cambridge list
23 March 2012
So Cambridge gets another ridiculous amount of “talent” to draw generic urban apartment blocks (“35 teams on list for £200 million Cambridge extension” News March 16).
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HAT-designed Jerwood Gallery opens in Hastings
19 March 2012
Jerwood Foundation opens £4 million home on Hastings beach
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Hewitt Studios completes new space for arts college
23 March 2012
New exhibition space for Hereford arts school
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Housing prices may have bottomed out
22 March 2012
Recovering confidence in the housing market is still fragile, according to the latest survey from the RICS
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How to build a model railway station
23 March 2012
The King’s Cross masterplan sets the bar for future transport hubs
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If their faces are in the soup, it’s time to stop
26 March 2012
One of the occupational hazards of my job is enduring very bad presentations.
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Images for final section of High Line revealed
20 March 2012
Diller Scofidio and Renfro scheme set to complete next year
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Inca public market, Mallorca by Charmaine Lay and Carles Muro
20 March 2012
Charmaine Lay and Carles Muro have created a radical new public market building for the city of Inca in Mallorca, which wraps the town square up on to the roof of the building.
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Inquiry into 3DReid's Margate Tesco postponed
19 March 2012
Plans for supermarket next to Dreamland amusement park were due to be examined this week
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Key gaps on the green leaders list
26 March 2012
I read “BD’s Top 50 Green Leaders” (Sustainability March 9) with interest but couldn’t fail to notice the emphasis on expertise in building technology at the expense of experts in social innovation and urban planning.
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King's Cross western concourse by John McAslan and Partners
25 March 2012
Fifteen years in planning, John McAslan’s ambitious concourse underpins a major transformation of the hitherto neglected London station
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King's Cross western concourse by John McAslan and Partners
21 March 2012
Fifteen years in planning, John McAslan’s ambitious concourse underpins a major transformation of the hitherto neglected London station
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Kingston University appoints new course director
19 March 2012
Alice Foxley will work in landscape architecture
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Knight Architects triumphs in bridge competitions
16 March 2012
Wins in Paddington Basin and Germany
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Landscape, Architecture & Wine architecture competition
21 March 2012
Innovative ideas are invited to encourage the tourism of wineries and to introduce wine brands to a wider public
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Latest McAslan design for Elephant & Castle revealed
22 March 2012
Leisure centre part of £1.5 billion revamp
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Life Class: Pascal Flammer
22 March 2012
‘I’d love to build in a desert’
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Listed buildings to lose VAT relief
22 March 2012
Heritage architects upset by change to tax rules on alterations
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London firm triumphs in Shanghai river competition
21 March 2012
PDRC to design Ribbon of Life
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Make to work on £400m West End redevelopment
19 March 2012
Plans for 30,000sq m of flats, offices and retail in central London
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Manchester square redesign finalists revealed
21 March 2012
Two anonymous entrants vie for St Peter’s revamp
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More senior figures quit RMJM
22 March 2012
Hong Kong managing principal Travis Hemley is said to be returning to Australia
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National Museum of Afghanistan Ideas Competition
20 March 2012
A one stage ideas competition to generate design proposals for an architectural master plan and detailed building design for the site of the National Museum of Afghanistan.
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Pernilla & Asif's Coca-Cola pavilion unwrapped
27 March 2012
Olympic park Beatbox features sports sounds by Mark Ronson
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Pert on the move, The Apprentice and jobs down the pub
23 March 2012
Boots on Alan Pert’s new position, the architect on The Apprentice and the perils of job offers in the pub
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Pierre Cardin to build Venice skyscraper
26 March 2012
Vast regeneration project will be ‘pinnacle’ of fashion designer’s career
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Planning reforms to come into force next week
21 March 2012
Chancellor confirms NPPF as part of Budget speech
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Prince's Foundation turns mass housebuilder
19 March 2012
Outline permission already granted for Oxfordshire site
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Regent Street windows – Anthropologie, by Gort Scott
29 March 2012
BD reveals five of this year’s designs
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Regent Street windows – Banana Republic by Ushida Findlay Architects and Visitor Studio
26 March 2012
BD reveals five of this year’s designs
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Regent Street windows – Ferrari, by Feix & Merlin
30 March 2012
BD reveals five of this year’s designs
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Regent Street windows – Reiss, by de Matos Ryan
27 March 2012
BD reveals five of this year’s designs
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Regent Street windows – TM Lewin, by Liddicoat & Goldhill
28 March 2012
BD reveals five of this year’s designs
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Reiach and Hall reveals Glasgow hotel plans
16 March 2012
Mixed-use scheme planned for site next to National Indoor Sports Arena
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Roar talent
23 March 2012
As John McAslan’s King’s Cross project opens to the public, we look back to one of the times the architect first featured in BD
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Scott Brownrigg appointed on £400m Cardiff Bay project
15 March 2012
Practice designing Cardiff Pointe and International Sports Village
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Scottish firm wins Tesco store of future competition
26 March 2012
Manson Architects beats three others
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Shuttleworth says Shard won't survive
21 March 2012
Speaking at Ecobuild Make boss gives views on Renzo Piano’s tower
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Squire looks to Apple store for Shell Centre inspiration
21 March 2012
South Bank scheme will take the form of ‘slender towers’
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Sustainable schools on agenda at Ecobuild
19 March 2012
BD editor to host discussion about future of school design
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The BIM White Paper
28 March 2012
What next for architects and bim?
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The BIM White Paper offer
18 June 2012
What next for architects and bim?
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Top ranking architects in the UK – March 2012
19 March 2012
The most active architecture practices in the UK based on the value of projects that have received planning permission*
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US university ditches RMJM
23 March 2012
Firm loses work on $40 million deals
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What can I tell the media?
26 March 2012
If your employer hasn’t paid you, you may be tempted to spill the beans to a journalist. We examine the legal and ethical implications
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Why will garden cities fare any better than eco-towns?
23 March 2012
The government’s vision for planning reform lacks solid principles
