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NewsKazakhstan beckons for jobless architects
Highly qualified architects who have been made redundant are having to take jobs in “unusual” locations including Kazakhstan, Armenia, Libya and Nigeria, recruitment experts claim.
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Call for schools to relax work experience rules
The Association of Consultant Architects has called on schools of architecture to urgently drop work experience as a part II entry requirement, as recession-hit students struggle to find placements.
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NewsDavid Lunts: housing’s Renaissance man
David Lunts, London director for the Home & Communities Agency, talks about why he sees the Medicis as role models, and the mayor’s plans for the capital
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NewsNew York Times backs Robin Hood Gardens
BD’s campaign to rescue Robin Hood Gardens has been picked up by the New York Times, which has published an article urging a “spirited renovation” of the east London estate.
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AHMM, Buschow Henley, Rogers Stirk Harbour in frame for £3bn NHS ‘Express Lift’ projects
Architects including Buschow Henley, AHMM, Rogers Stirk Harbour, and Penoyre & Prasad are among dozens of practices in line to win a slice of a £3 billion NHS framework following the appointment of development teams.
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NewsRogers and Hoskins among winners at this year’s Civic Trust Awards
Rogers Stirk Harbour’s Maggie’s Centre at Charing Cross Hospital, west London, Pollard Thomas Edwards’ Brockwell Lido in Brixton, and Gareth Hoskins’ Culloden battlefield visitor centre in Inverness are among the winners of this year’s Civic Trust Awards.
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AIA billings index shows signs of hope
The American Institute of Architects billings index has reported a rise of 2 points in February after falling for 12 consecutive months.
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NewsPersepolis shot wins amateur architecture photography awards
British photographer David Watts has won the amateur architecture category in the Sony World Photography Awards.
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20% of Adams Kara Taylor staff facing redundancy
Up to 20% of staff at engineer Adams Kara Taylor are facing the axe, the firm admitted today.
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NewsBroadway Malyan's Longbridge scheme wins planning
Planning has been granted for Broadway Malyan's £84 million redevelopment of the former MG Rover works at Longbridge in the West Midlands.
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NewsOlympic basketball arena wins planning
The Olympic Delivery Authority has won planning permission for its 12,000 seat basketball arena, the third largest venue for the London 2012 games.
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NewsListing recognition for West Country architect Mervyn Seal
A 1960s cliff-top house in Devon inspired by the work of Frank Lloyd Wright and Le Corbusier has been listed.
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Aedas, BDP in the running for Crossrail design contract
Four firms are competing for one of the first architectural contracts to be let under the huge Crossrail design framework.
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Aedas team wins slice of £280m BSF project
A team featuring Aedas has pipped a rival consortium featuring Nicholas Hare to work on a £280 million BSF project in the West Midlands.
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NewsBond Bryan creates a buzz at Sheffield
Bond Bryan Architects has completed work on the £4.4 million Arthur Willis Environment Centre, nicknamed the Bee Hole Building, for Sheffield University.
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Allies & Morrison's Paddington redevelopment halted
The final phase of the £600 million Paddington Central redevelopment, designed by Allies & Morrison, has been put on ice because of the downturn.
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NewsWinners named in Delft architecture faculty competition
Three practices have won an ideas competition to recreate the architecture faculty at the Delft University of Technology, 10 months after it was devastated by fire.