All Building Design articles in 13 March 2009
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NewsNew York Times backs Robin Hood Gardens
BD’s campaign to rescue Robin Hood Gardens has been picked up by the New York Times, which has published an article urging a “spirited renovation” of the east London estate.
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NewsRogers and Hoskins among winners at this year’s Civic Trust Awards
Rogers Stirk Harbour’s Maggie’s Centre at Charing Cross Hospital, west London, Pollard Thomas Edwards’ Brockwell Lido in Brixton, and Gareth Hoskins’ Culloden battlefield visitor centre in Inverness are among the winners of this year’s Civic Trust Awards.
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AIA billings index shows signs of hope
The American Institute of Architects billings index has reported a rise of 2 points in February after falling for 12 consecutive months.
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ReviewWhitechapel Gallery director Iwona Blaswick's cultural life
The eagerly-anticipated Whitechapel Gallery extension is due to open next week. Here director Iwona Blaswick tells BD about her cultural passions
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NewsPersepolis shot wins amateur architecture photography awards
British photographer David Watts has won the amateur architecture category in the Sony World Photography Awards.
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NewsBroadway Malyan's Longbridge scheme wins planning
Planning has been granted for Broadway Malyan's £84 million redevelopment of the former MG Rover works at Longbridge in the West Midlands.
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NewsOlympic basketball arena wins planning
The Olympic Delivery Authority has won planning permission for its 12,000 seat basketball arena, the third largest venue for the London 2012 games.
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20% of Adams Kara Taylor staff facing redundancy
Up to 20% of staff at engineer Adams Kara Taylor are facing the axe, the firm admitted today.
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NewsListing recognition for West Country architect Mervyn Seal
A 1960s cliff-top house in Devon inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier has been listed.
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Aedas, BDP in the running for Crossrail design contract
Four firms are competing for one of the first architectural contracts to be let under the huge Crossrail design framework.
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Multimedia
Exploring inclusive design (videos)
These Riba-produced videos aim to provide practical help on inclusive design for all those working in the built environment.
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Aedas team wins slice of £280m BSF project
A team featuring Aedas has pipped a rival consortium featuring Nicholas Hare to work on a £280 million BSF project in the West Midlands.
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NewsBond Bryan creates a buzz at Sheffield
Bond Bryan Architects has completed work on the £4.4 million Arthur Willis Environment Centre, nicknamed the Bee Hole Building, for Sheffield University.
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Allies & Morrison's Paddington redevelopment halted
The final phase of the £600 million Paddington Central redevelopment, designed by Allies & Morrison, has been put on ice because of the downturn.
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NewsWinners named in Delft architecture faculty competition
Three practices have won an ideas competition to recreate the architecture faculty at the Delft University of Technology, 10 months after it was devastated by fire.
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NewsDSDHA's central London landmark scheme wins green light
Westminster Council has approved DSDHA’s“landmark” mixed-use scheme for central London.
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NewsChange of address for Venturi's Lieb House
Robert Venturi’s Lieb House has moved up river to its new home on Long Island, New York.
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NewsMadrid's City of Justice halted as recession hits Spain
The City of Justice project in Madrid, which includes schemes by Zaha Hadid, Richard Rogers, Norman Foster and Foreign Office Architects, has gone on hold as projects across Spain are threatened by the collapse of the property industry.
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RMJM reports doubling profits last year
Pre-tax profits at Edinburgh-based RMJM Group nearly doubled last year on the back of a pre-recession surge in turnover, accounts filed at Companies House last week reveal.
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OpinionMIPIM 2009: Ending Mipim with a Splash
It all gets rather seventies pool party at the Urban Splash boss’s space-age hill house