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NewsCabe gives qualified backing to museum
Cabe has strengthened its support for the proposed extension to the British Museum in London designed by Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners but is calling for a re-think over the main facade.
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NewsGrimshaw’s staff numbers rise 30%
Grimshaw has announced plans to hire more architects after bucking the recession by increasing the number of staff on its payroll by 30% in the past 18 months.
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David Morley to design Olympics water polo venue
David Morley Architects has been appointed to design a temporary 5,000-seat water polo venue for the London 2012 Olympics.
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NewsSustainability Now conference programme unveiled
A packed programme has been unveiled for the free Sustainability Now virtual conference on December 8 and 9.
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Research suggests architecture can help cancer recovery
Architecture can influence and promote recovery in cancer patients, according to new research carried out for Teenage Cancer Trust and ORMS Architecture Design.
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NewsViñoly set for takeoff
A new airport in Uruguay designed by Rafael Viñoly is due to become operational next month.
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NewsMather rejigs Keble design to keep listed building
Rick Mather Architects has submitted revised plans for a £50 million campus for Keble College, Oxford, to the city council.
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NewsWork on TAD's hospice extension underway
Work has begun on Sheffield practice TAD's £2 million hospice extension in Rotherham.
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Morrell appointed as government chief construction advisor
BD columnist Paul Morrell has been appointed to the new £120,000-a-year role of government chief construction advisor.
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NewsGreen Building Council calls for halving of built environment’s emissions
The UK Green Building Council today called for a 50% cut in carbon emissions from the built environment by 2020.
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Architect who tried to smother wife jailed for seven years
A London architect who tried to smother his third wife with a pillow after she asked for a divorce has been jailed for seven years.
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NewsSheppard Robson's Peak completes
The building, which replaces two existing structures that occupied the site adjoining the Apollo Theatre, features 10,400 sq m of office space over eight floors and 1,780 sq m of retail space across the ground and lower ground levels.
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NewsHodge refuses to list Birmingham Central Library
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge has rejected the advice of English Heritage and an appeal in BD by architect John Madin to list his 1970s Birmingham Central Library.
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NewsArchial veterinary hospital wins Andrew Doolan prize
Archial Architects' Small Animal Hospital for Glasgow University has won the UK's richest architecture prize.
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NewsCouncil approves Allies & Morrison’s Brent Cross Cricklewood development
Barnet Council has given the green light to the £4.5 billion Brent Cross Cricklewood development in north-west London.
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NewsBirmingham blow as EH urges library listing
City’s architectural ambitions dealt double whammy as key figure quits
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NewsGillespies’ Edinburgh scheme wins top landscape award
Landscape and urban design practice Gillespies has scooped top prize in this year’s Landscape Institute Awards.
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NewsHaworth Tompkins puts RCA painters under one roof
Haworth Tompkins’ new home for the Royal College of Arts’ painting department, the Sackler building, opened yesterday
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NewsRIBA teams up to produce call climate change 'call for action'
The RIBA has joined forces with architecture institutes around the world to deliver a 15 point “call for action” on climate change in Copenhagen next month.
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Publicist Deborah Stratton dies
Architectural publicist Deborah Stratton has died after a long illness aged 54.