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Architect of the Year Awards 2009
Since its launch in 2004, the Architect of the Year Awards has grown in size and stature, featuring entries and attendance from leading practices and is now firmly established as a key event in the architectural calendar. It is one of the largest gatherings of UK ...
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NewsEnglish Heritage set to veto OMA institute plan
English Heritage is set to veto OMA’s plans for a comprehensive revamp of London’s former Commonwealth Institute
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NewsBritish Museum plan set to win approval
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ proposal to expand the British Museum was set to be approved this week. Camden Council’s planning committee was expected to grant planning permission at a meeting yesterday (Thursday)
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NewsAdjaye brought to brink of insolvency
Shelved projects around the world the cause of Adjaye's financial woes
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NewsHodder’s Oxford art studio gives Mather’s masterplan a nudge
Hodder & Partners has won planning permission for a £3.75 million residential scheme and art studio in Oxford that will see the renovation of a grade II listed building by Edwardian architect Henry Hare
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Crisis talks over future of Glasgow's Lighthouse
A crucial board meeting to decide the future of the cash-strapped Lighthouse in Glasgow will be held at the start of next month.
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News2009 Stirling Prize shortlist unveiled
The Stirling Prize shortlist includes some unexpected choices, and at least two extremely strong ones, says Ellis Woodman
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Brown's £1.5bn social housing programme to siphon funds from existing projects
A £1.5 billion social housing programme announced by the government is being funded by money earmarked for hundreds of other public building projects.
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NewsLondon museum projects at risk due to DCMS budget shortfall
A budget shortfall of £100 million at the Department of Culture Media & Sport could threaten publicly funded projects including Rogers Stirk Harbour’s British Museum extension and Herzog & de Meuron’s Tate Modern extension.
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Welcoming City theme for 2010 London Festival of Architecture
Next year’s London Festival of Architecture is to take place around the theme of “The Welcoming City”.
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AIA billing index dashes recovery hopes for US construction and architecture industry
The American Institute of Architects’ monthly billings index has dropped sharply, dashing hopes of a recovery for the sector in the US.
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NewsDevelopment is putting Russia's architectural heritage at risk, says Moscow preservation society
The Moscow Architectural Preservation Society (MAPS) has warned that the city’s identity and architectural heritage is at risk from the furious pace of development in the Russian capital.
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Middle-aged good, middle-class bad
Builders and other tradespeople should be encouraged to retrain as architects in mid-career, in an attempt to make architecture less exclusive, RIBA president Sunand Prasad said this week.
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NewsGlenn Howells delivers for McCloud
Kevin McCloud’s development company Hab Oakus and housing group Green Square have submitted their long-awaited first scheme for planning.
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Regenerate London suburbs’ town centres, says report for mayor
A report for the mayor of London says the capital’s suburbs should be regenerated through investment in existing town centres and the transport links between them.
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New deal to save Elephant & Castle redevelopment
The £1.5 billion redevelopment of London’s Elephant & Castle has been thrown a lifeline.
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Purcell Miller Tritton in the running for Bath Abbey redevelopment
Purcell Miller Tritton is one of six firms in the running for a major redevelopment of the grade I listed Bath Abbey.
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NewsPurcell Miller Tritton’s Martime Museum extension has go-ahead
Purcell Miller Tritton has secured planning permission and listed building consent for a new £35 million wing at London’s National Maritime Museum in Greenwich.
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NewsUNStudio unveils Raffles City development
Dutch practice UNStudio has unveiled images of its design for the Raffles City development in Hangzhou, China.