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NewsAngus Meek wins Weston-super-Mare pier rebuild
Bristol-based architect Angus Meek Architects has won the competition to redevelop Weston-super-Mare’s fire-ravaged Grand Pier, beating off competition from five firms including Grimshaw.
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NewsCabe lukewarm on Fosters' Crossrail station
Cabe has given a cautious welcome to Foster & Partners’ design for a Crossrail station at Canary Wharf.
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NewsSweeping to victory
The Manser Practice’s Barry Mullin has won this year’s overall RIBA Downland Prize.
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NewsJohn McAslan Victoria scheme goes in for planning
Developer Land Securities has submitted its third and final planning application for the redevelopment of Victoria in London with this residential scheme by John McAslan & Partners.
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NewsCalatrava makes legal claim on Chicago property after fee dispute
Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava has filed a lien — a legal claim to a property —against the Irish developer of the Chicago Spire in North America, claiming he is owed in excess of $11.3 million (£6.5 million).
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RMJM wins contest for Istanbul mixed-use scheme
RMJM has won a competition to design a £600 million mixed-used development in Istanbul’s new financial district.
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NewsFoster’s Lenbachhaus revamp goes on display
Foster & Partners designs for the modernisation and expansion of the Lenbachhaus museum in Munich will be previewed in a special exhibition at the museum itself.
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RAIC awards open for submissions
The Royal Architecture Institute of Canada (RAIC) has called for submissions for its 2009 awards for excellence.
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Blears says new Homes & Communities Agency must champion good design
Communities Secretary Hazel Blears has called on the new Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) to champion good design as the “bread and butter” of its house-building programme.
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NewsIndustry faces job cuts and closures
Practices caught unawares by sudden impact of banking crisis
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NewsMilton Keynes shuts architecture dept
Milton Keynes Council has finally lowered the curtain on one of the last remaining in-house council architecture departments.
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NewsIceland’s credit crisis hits landmark projects
Landmark architecture projects in Iceland are under serious threat due to the collapse of the country’s three largest banks.
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NewsBagby Airfield clubhouse takes off as design goes to ground
Buschow Henley Architects has taken inspiration from the land to design a clubhouse and hotel for Bagby Airfield in North Yorkshire.
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NewsControversial Lancaster scheme wins planning
Heritage groups have failed in an attempt to stop a £150 million development in Lancaster by 3D Reid, which won outline planning permission this week despite massive opposition from campaigners including architect and TV presenter Ptolemy Dean.
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New York offers ray of hope for suffering US market
Architects in the US have been hit hard by the recent financial turmoil, according to statistics released by the American Institute of Architects (AIA).
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NewsDanish architect to create Estonian eco-town
Danish architect Schmidt Hammer Lassen has designed an eco-town overlooking the Baltic Sea near Tallinn, Estonia.
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NewsEric Parry Architects completes £36m restoration of St Martin-in-the-Field
Eric Parry Architects this month finally completes its £36 million refurbishment of St Martin-in-the-Fields at Trafalgar Square, London, some six and a half years after winning the commission.
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NewsWork starts on Bourne Hill project
Work has begun on Stanton Williams’ £13 million redevelopment of the 18th century Bourne Hill building for Salisbury District Council.
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Gove canes late schools schedule
Shadow schools secretary Michael Gove said the government’s Building Schools for the Future programme was “woefully behind schedule”.