30 March 2012
Building Design
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Alejandro Zaera-Polo is new dean of Princeton architecture school
28 March 2012
London-based architect will succeed Stan Allen
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Applications sought for Rome Prize residency
29 March 2012
Competition by British School in Rome returns after being cancelled because of lack of funds last year
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Arb fines former Plymouth University architecture head
4 April 2012
Jeremy Gould found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct
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Arts Council unveils £114 million capital projects fund
29 March 2012
26 projects including London’s Southbank and Tate St Ives receive cash
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BD News App named best in built environment
28 March 2012
App scoops Woobius award
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Belfast museum celebrates Titanic’s heritage
30 March 2012
£100 million building by Todd Architects and CivicArts opens this weekend
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Bennetts' 5-star City hotel wins planning
27 March 2012
224-bed scheme to be built close to St Paul’s
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Bernini: His Life and His Rome by Franco Mormando
26 March 2012
This soap-opera-style biography of Bernini tries rather too hard to be interesting
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British architects top choice for Venice Biennale
30 March 2012
Zaha Hadid, Norman Foster and Farshid Moussavi chosen by Chipperfield
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Caravanserai takes shape in east London
28 March 2012
Ash Sakula and Atmos Studio working on Meanwhile scheme
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Cheshire (Buildings of England)
29 March 2012
The new edition of the Pevsner guide steps beyond its architectural remit through sheer enthusiasm
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Chipperfield to renovate Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie
29 March 2012
Work will start in 2015
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Competitions are not always fair
30 March 2012
Is Angela Brady saying that architectural competitions are fairer than the Ojeu system? (“Architecture competitions must increase, says Brady” bdonline March 22). That wouldn’t be hard.
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Councils face immediate changes to planning rules
27 March 2012
National planning policy framework comes into effect today
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Crossrail's Liverpool Street station plans approved
28 March 2012
Project features over-site development by John Robertson
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CZWG plans for Holloway
30 March 2012
CZWG has designed a 212-bed student accommodation block next door to Holloway Road underground station in north London.
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Feilden Clegg Bradley's postal museum revived
27 March 2012
London’s Mount Pleasant site will house museum and archive
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First apartment completed at Levitt Bernstein scheme
29 March 2012
Stepney Green project comprises 462 homes in three blocks
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First Look: Bird box sign, Leyton, east London, by East Architects
30 March 2012
The sign is a prominent element in a series of design proposals aimed at improving Leyton’s access, legibility and identity,
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Frank Gehry's designs for Eisenhower memorial approved by commission
2 April 2012
1.6ha monument planned for Washington DC
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Green belt protected after planning rethink
27 March 2012
NPPF document out today
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Holder Mathias completes Sherwood Forest timber cabins
29 March 2012
Nottinghamshire scheme part of Forest Holidays’ nationwide timber cabin roll-out
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Hugh Broughton completes Kent museum revamp
28 March 2012
New wing clad in gold shingles
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Is RMJM's brand turning toxic?
27 March 2012
Any reputation for good architecture has been obscured by a notoriety for losing staff and now clients
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Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, by Hat Projects
28 March 2012
Despite a long and controversial journey to completion, Hat Projects’ understated Jerwood Gallery is finally settling in with its Hastings seafront neighbours
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Life class: Gareth Hoskins
29 March 2012
The Glasgow-based architect believes architectural education should be tougher
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National Eisteddfod of Wales Architecture Pavilion shortlist announced
26 March 2012
Four teams chosen from 31 entries
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Nicoll Russell wins £1m contract for visitor centre
26 March 2012
Proposals for Falkirk’s Helix Project include space inside horse’s head
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Olympic housing architects named
28 March 2012
10 practices chasing work
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Patrick Keiller: The Robinson institute
16 April 2012
The physical embodiment of Keiller’s most recent film is the ultimate DVD extra
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Paul McAneary Architects designs Backpacker Hotel for Hoxton
2 April 2012
Practice proposes mesh screen for facade
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Queuing up for Christchurch
30 March 2012
Re your report on Christchurch (News March 23), some foreign input will be welcomed but much of the talent required is here.
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RIBA to forge links with Far East
28 March 2012
Members will benefit from Foster and Farrell’s experience
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RMJM begs US staff to turn up to work
27 March 2012
‘If nobody is working, it will lead to more difficult situation,’ says practice
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RMJM dumped from Seoul project
30 March 2012
Firm launches investigation after losing second scheme in a month
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Save the historic centre of York
30 March 2012
If the expansion of Monks Cross shopping centre, near York, goes ahead the council’s consultants say this would take 15-17% of trade out of the city.
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Sergison Bates triumphs in Belgian care home competition
27 March 2012
£15 million project to be finished in 2014
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Should we let the high street die?
30 March 2012
Yes, says Olivia Tusinski, it no longer matches the reality of how we live; while Fiona Scott says regeneration is the key to future use
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Somerset: North and Bristol (Buildings of England)
2 April 2012
New discoveries illuminate an updated edition of Pevsner’s Somerset guide
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Tesco completes first homes in London
28 March 2012
First residents to move into Collado Collins-designed houses next month
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Testing times for Ferguson
30 March 2012
Former RIBA president set to live in own creation, not everyone at RMJM is cash-strapped and Google’s tribute to Mies
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TFL cancellation is waste of cash
30 March 2012
As the RIBA puts its finishing touches to the procurement reform paper Building Ladders of Opportunity, further evidence has come to light suggesting it’s sorely needed.
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These planning reforms won't tame the housebuilders
27 March 2012
Reforms will do little to tackle the developers who profit from low levels of production
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Too little, too late for Austin-Smith Lord
29 March 2012
Beleaguered practice will recoup just over a third of Abu Dhabi debt
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Toulouse shows how everybody needs ‘good’ neighbours
30 March 2012
Reactions to Mohamed Merah’s killing spree show the demonisation of the ghetto
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Trail of the unexpected
30 March 2012
As the Jerwood Gallery opens in Hastings, we look back to an earlier tourist attraction in the seaside town
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US architects see increasing demand for services
26 March 2012
Billings index records positive score for fourth successive month
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VAT change is threat to listed buildings, say experts
29 March 2012
Change, announced in last week’s budget, would scrap VAT relief for alterations to such structures
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VAT relief rule is unfair to owners
30 March 2012
The owner of any listed building faces increased costs and restrictions on alterations (“Listed buildings lose VAT relief” News March 23).
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Venice re-engages with architecture
30 March 2012
Chipperfield’s biennale is focusing on architecture as a means of connecting with the wider world
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Why go to China when the answers are closer to home?
30 March 2012
Angela Brady’s enthusiasm for the Far East will not resolve the real changes the profession is facing in the UK
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Will planning reform keep the countryside safe from harm?
28 March 2012
The government’s revised planning reforms seem to have placated many critics, but there still remain serious concerns
