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Ireland picks six sites to submit for World Heritage Status
Ireland has revealed a “tentative” list of six sites it hopes Unesco will consider for World Heritage Site status.
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NewsIslington towers win go-ahead
Benson & Forsyth has won planning permission for two skyscrapers in north London. The 21-storey towers, which will contain 355 flats, shops and office space, are part of a five-year regeneration project in Islington.
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NewsSurrey golf course scheme to include underground hotel
Reardon Smith Architects is overseeing plans to transform a Surrey golf course to include the world’s first underground five-star hotel.
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NewsCabe blasts Luton swimming pool designs
Plans for a new aquatic centre and Olympic-sized swimming pool have been criticised by Cabe.
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NewsRace Cottam completes £12 million Bradford school
Race Cottam Associates has completed work on a £12 million scheme for a new school in Bradford.
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Grand gesture to hard-up students
RIBA’s student hardship fund has received a £1,000 boost from the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects after BD reported it was perilously low on cash.
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Blind people experiencing near-misses on shared surfaces, claims charity
Almost half of all blind and partially sighted people have experienced a “near miss” on shared surface streets, according to a new survey.
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Garden set for Norwegian graffiti
All-female Norwegian practice Pushak has won a competition to create a “guerrilla” garden installation for the Architecture Foundation.
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NewsKohn creates giant table for Milan furniture fair
David Kohn Architects has designed a giant dining table as the signature structure for Tutti a Tavola!, the cultural event which will launch this year’s Salone del Mobile furniture fair in Milan.
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NewsBSEC TV 2010 highlights
Catch up on the video highlights from BSEC 2010 and the best new education projects and innovations, with Martin Lewis
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NewsFarrell & Clark wins planning for Bradford University building
Farrell & Clark has won planning approval for a landmark building at Bradford University as part of an £84 million modernisation plan to revitalise the campus.
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New win for Baca Architects in Liverpool
Baca Architects has been appointed by British Waterways to develop a major new strategy for Liverpool's South Docks.
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Swanke Hayden Connell opens Shanghai office
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects is to open an office in Shanghai, China.
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NewsBennetts building for West End given the go-ahead
Bennetts Associates has been given planning permission for a major new redevelopment in central London including a landmark 10,000sq m building on the key gateway into the West End.
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NewsLabour manifesto promises design thresholds for all public buildings
Labour has pledged to extend the minimum design threshold for schools to all public buildings if it is returned to office next month.
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NewsJestico & Whiles to deliver Southampton academies
Jestico & Whiles has been selected to deliver the first stage of Southampton’s £35 million academies programme after a five-month design competition.
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NewsEH backs Viñoly Battersea scheme
English Heritage has effectively given its blessing to Rafael Viñoly’s £5.5 billion redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.
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NewsFoster & Partners bids to rejuvenate America’s tallest monument
Five teams, including one involving Foster & Partners, are competing to help regenerate the area around Eero Saarinen's 1965 Gateway Arch in St Louis, Missouri.
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NewsBaca wades into Dutch final three
Baca Architects has unveiled its proposal to develop a new peninsula in the Netherlands
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Architecture jobs set for further falls, says report
Numbers in employment will drop a further 6% before market starts to recover in 2012