All Building Design articles in 25 September 2009
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Gareth Hoskins wins Helensburgh pool competition
Gareth Hoskins Architects has won the contract to design a replacement swimming pool and community facility on the waterfront in Helensburgh, Scotland.
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Whitworth Gallery shortlisted designs go on show
A series of design proposals for extending Manchester’s Whitworth Gallery have been released.
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New $1 million green architecture prize
A new $1 million prize is being launched in Barcelona this month for a retrofitted building which can remain zero-carbon for a year.
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Archial goes into the red with £4.3m pre-tax loss
Archial has plunged into the red in the first half of this year after seeing projects cancelled, offices closed and dozens of staff lose their jobs.
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CZWG's new Southampton mixed-use scheme
CZWG's design for a new mixed use cultural scheme in Southampton has been chosen by the city’s council.
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Competitions
Local firm wins Boscombe beach hut competition
A £100,000 scheme to design four huts for disabled users at a Dorset beach attracted more than 150 entries.
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Name change for Tim Foster Architects
Theatre specialists Tim Foster Architects is changing its name to Foster Wilson Architects.
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Heritage groups welcome Tory lottery pledge
Conservation groups have welcomed a pledge from the Conservatives to channel an extra £40 million of lottery money directly into built environment heritage projects.
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LSC go-ahead for two college schemes
The Learning & Skills Council has approved funding worth nearly £50 million for two schemes under its stalled college rebuilding programme.
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Cabe slams Birmingham hotel scheme
Cabe has laid into Lewis & Hickey’s design for a 14-storey hotel on a prominent site in Birmingham, provocatively claiming there is not enough architectural talent within the original team.
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Features
Populous wins Russian Olympic stadium contract
Populous, formerly known as HOK Sport, has won the commission to design the main stadium for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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RIBA and Arb both freeze rates
The RIBA and Arb are to freeze their rates for 2010 as part of a move to support architects through the recession.
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Associated Architects' Coventry uni faculty opens
Associated Architects has recently completed a new health design & technology institute at Coventry University.
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Urban Art Projects' Saudi beacon completes
Urban Arts Projects has completed this 60m high Breakwater Beacon, the focal point of a brand-new $7 billion university in Saudi Arabia.
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Hundreds of tower blocks not fire checked
Hundreds of tower blocks across London have not been properly assessed for fire safety, according to a new investigation.
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Robert Adam to renovate London's largest house for Russia's richest woman
The Witanhurst mansion in north London, the capital’s largest private residence, is to be extended under an extravagant scheme by Robert Adam.
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Adjaye: Financial troubles were a 'hell of a lesson'
David Adjaye has spoken in detail for the first time about his financial troubles, claiming that grappling with the prospect of insolvency has proved to be a “hell of a lesson”.
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Architecture student wins Women in Property award
Anjna Farmah, a second-year architecture student at Birmingham Institute of Art and Design, has been named as Women in Property’s “Best of the Best”.