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The march of BIM and 'ghost architecture'
While some people (News Junkie included) still value the old-fashioned architectural drawing, there's no denying BIM has some advantages and planners love it. Wisconsin is just the latest area of the world to begin demanding BIM models in the early stages of planning.Meanwhile in New York, there are signs of ...
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An Obamy urban policy?
It has finally happened; Obama has remembered that Urban regeneration was a key part of his pre-election policies. You can watch the video of his speech on the White House website, but cynics like News Junkie will want actions rather than words.Elsewhere, Murcutt blames fusty planning officials for lacklustre architecture ...
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The three R's of architecture - recession, registration and regeneration
The registration debate takes a complicated twist with a story about foreign architects working on projects in Thailand. It looks like there may be change in the law to make the relationship a bit more above board, after one Thai architect registered a complaint about Amanda Levete ArchitectsRegistration also rears ...
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Does Rem Koolhaas really harbour a "contempt for sustainability"?
The claws are out at Cornell University in the US, where a new campus building by OMA for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning has caused a bit of a row. The building has finally been given the green light, but not without its opponents lashing out at Rem ...
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Top 50 practices in the US, Kaufman latest victim of recession and the Ordos prize
It's not often that a major new international prize is launched that actually seems to be taken pretty seriously by the architectural community. And it's even rarer to hear about one from Asia. In fact the Ordos Prize is China's first international architecture prize. News junkie can't wait to see ...
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RMJM defies the trend and Aussies get protected
A year ago, News Junkie could name at least ten practices that were talking about opening branches in the Middle East. How times change. Now the news that RMJM has enough work to open three new offices in Qatar, Bahrain and Turkey is is almost shocking. At least we know ...
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Which 1970s buildings would you list?
A fun article today in the Times which points out that under the 30-year-rule a whole raft of buildings built in the 1970s will be up for listing - including Norman Foster's IBM HQ.So what would be your choice of 1970s architecture for listing?Read more at The Times