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NewsEveryone'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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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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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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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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NewsIan 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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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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NewsMayor 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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NewsMikou'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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NewsTurkish-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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NewsChipperfield, 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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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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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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NewsHappy 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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NewsReiach & 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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News3D 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 ...
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NewsDiller Scofidio & Renfro museum bubble
This 145ft bubble billowing out of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden on Washington’s National Mall is from the desk of New York firm Diller Scofidio & Renfro.
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NewsK2's Liverpool eco-house goes for planning
K2 Architects has submitted plans for a new eco-house on Merseyside.
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NewsRogers wins Australian competition for £3bn Sydney waterfront development
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners is celebrating a successful end to 2009 by winning a major international competition in Australia.The practice, working with Lend Lease, beat a team comprising Foster & Partners and Brookfield, to land the £3.3 billion redevelopment of Barangaroo, part of Sydney’s waterfront formerly reserved for shipping ...
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Critics blast RIBA’s new register of conservation architects
Plans to create new register of conservation architects by the RIBA have been sharply criticized by experts in the sector.The RIBA said its new register, which will go head to head with the existing Architects Accredited in Building Conservation (AABC) register, would strengthen the credibility of the profession in conservation.It ...