All Building Design articles in 18 December 2009
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Court setback for Guide Dogs on Exhibition Road shared space scheme
A leading charity’s attempt to derail Dixon Jones’ revolutionary £25 million redesign of London’s Exhibition Road has suffered a major setback.
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Architect sought for new Essex university campus
Essex University is seeking architects to design a flagship academic building on its new “Knowledge Gateway” campus.
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Edaw masterplan could benefit from Cambridge bond issue
A masterplan drawn up by Edaw is one of two schemes Cambridge University wants to pursue by borrowing money for the first time in its 800 year history.
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Everyone's a winner in council style wars
A central London council has given the green light to both a modernist and a classical design for the same site.
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Tories set to reveal 'localism' plans
The Conservative Party is poised to publish a definitive account of its proposals to overhaul the UK’s planning system later this month.
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BD's guide to your cultural New Year
In this week's cultural guide the V&A team up with the RIBA to bring you Gargoyles and Shadows, and no, we're not talking about past presidents here: it's an exploration of the influence of photography on the gothic revival. If that doesn't spark your interest then toddle along to the ...
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Proctor & Matthews’ Chester Zoo biodome in for planning
Proctor & Matthews’ design for a £90 million rainforest biodome at Chester Zoo has been submitted for detailed planning.
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Atkins consortium wins last major Crossrail design contract
Atkins, working with Arup and Allies & Morrison, has won the final contract to design a central London Crossrail station.
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Ian Simpson wins Belgian concert hall competition
Ian Simpson Architects has won an international competition to redesign a concert hall in Belgium.
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Mikou's competition winning Dunkirk theatre
Paris-based practice Mikou Design Studio has revealed images of its competition winning design for a £13.4 million theatre renovation project in Dunkirk.
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Dexter Moren plans budget hotel for London’s Trocadero
Dexter Moren Associates has drawn up plans to turn London’s beleaguered Trocadero into a “pod” hotel.
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Competitions
Design new housing for earthquake-hit island in Rwanda
There is less than a week left to enter a competition to design sustainable housing on one of the world’s poorest and most remote islands.
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Mayor gives new hope to Make’s rejected Southall project
London mayor Boris Johnson has called in Make’s 33ha mixed-use scheme on a former gasworks site in Southall, west London, which was rejected in November.
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Turkish-American practice completes Istanbul arts centre
Work has completed on the Borusan Music & Art Centre, a refurbishment project in the heart of Istanbul by Turkish-American practice Global Architecture Development.
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SOM's Burj Dubai set for opening
SOM’s 828 metre tall Burj Dubai skyscraper, part of the $4.1 billion (£2.5 billion) Downtown Dubai development, is set to open its doors to the public today with a lavish ceremony in Dubai.
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Chipperfield, Hoskins and Ferguson recognised in New Years Honours List
David Chipperfield, former RIBA president George Ferguson and architect Gareth Hoskins have received honours in the New Years Honours List.
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UK post-tsunami construction work praised
Reconstruction work funded by the UK public following the Boxing Day tsunami five years ago was among the best of its kind, a new report has found.
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Happy Christmas
Happy Christmas and best wishes for the New Year from bdonline. We’ll be taking a short break over the holiday season, with normal service set to resume on January 4.
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Reiach & Hall to design British nuclear archive building
Edinburgh firm Reiach & Hall has beaten competition from rivals including Gareth Hoskins to design the UK’s nuclear archive in Caithness, Scotland.The £15 million facility, in Wick, is expected to hold between 20 and 30 million digital, paper and photographic records on the history, development and decommissioning of the country’s ...
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3D Reid’s Lancaster scheme thrown out by communities minister
Heritage groups are celebrating after a £140 million retail scheme in Lancaster by 3D Reid was thrown out by secretary of state John Denham.The North Canal Corridor project, for developer Centros, involved creating a new shopping centre connected to the city centre via a pedestrian bridge but also the destruction ...