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Cabe slams schemes by eco-towns architect
Cabe has slammed two residential schemes designed by Barton Willmore comprising more than 7,000 homes between them.
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HOK Sport to split from parent group
HOK Sport, the architect behind London’s Wembley and Olympics stadiums, is to split from parent group HOK under a management buy-out.
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NewsTwin-leaf bascule bridge wins Auckland competition
This dramatic twin-leaf bascule bridge is the winning design for the international competition for the Te Wero Bridge in Auckland, New Zealand.
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NewsGovernment will review Robin Hood Gardens decision
The government will review its decision not to list Robin Hood Gardens in a major boost for BD’s campaign to save the east London housing estate.
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NewsRogers Stirk Harbour’s White City scheme wins planning
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners has won planning permission for its £30 million mixed-used White City scheme in west London.
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NewsArt beside the seaside
Rick Mather Architects’ new Eastbourne art gallery, the Towner, is near completion in preparation for an opening in early 2009.
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NewsArchitects hit back in Edinburgh Unesco row
Anger as director-general calls for ongoing developments to be halted
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NewsJewel of Oxford St
The newly completed facade of Future Systems’ £2.3 million Oxford Street office scheme replaces a three-storey brick and glass frontage above two floors of retail near Oxford Circus.
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NewsPractices battle for Southwark schools
Studio E Architects and Jestico & Whiles are competing against BDP and Haverstock Associates to win Southwark Council’s £200 million Building Schools for the Future programme.
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NewsHare’s zinc-clad theatre takes centre stage at Crawley college
Nicholas Hare Architects’ £2.7 million extension of the Thomas Bennett Community College in Crawley, West Sussex, has started on site.
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NewsHow global firms manage international creative teams
The world’s top practices employ up to 1,000 architects, all who need to share a single focus. How do these large creative teams keep moving in the same direction without losing creativity?
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NewsThis week
Going up Bricking itLego has revealed its largest-ever model, a 500mm-wide, 410mm-tall replica of the Taj Mahal. Using 6,000 pieces, it takes up to 40 hours to complete, and with a £200 price tag, is aimed at “very experienced” Lego fans. Island MassiveBritain will become the most populous country in ...
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NewsChocolate scheme to York’s taste
Planning officers in York have recommended for approval a scheme by Red Box Design Group to turn the former Terry’s chocolate factory into a mixed-use development boasting 225 residential units.
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Councils will audit homes design
Local authorities will now have to report annually on the design quality of new housing built in their areas by marking their performance against a set of 20 Building for Life criteria.
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Parry to design Palladio galleries
Eric Parry Architects has been appointed by the Royal Academy of Arts to design the gallery space for an exhibition about 16th century architect Andrea Palladio, which opens next January.
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NewsLiverpool hospitals officially open
Health secretary Alan Johnson (right) has officially opened the redevelopment of two Liverpool hospitals by Nightingale Associates.
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Tyneside student wins clinic prize
A speech and language therapy clinic by Elaine Neish has won the Architect for Health 2008 health student award.
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RIBA calls for Norwich designs
The RIBA has launched an invited competition to design up to 100 homes on the Greyhound Opening site in Norwich, less than a mile outside the city centre.
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KPMG to review Wilkinson Eyre Olympic basketball arena
The London 2012 basketball arena to be designed by Wilkinson Eyre and KSS Design Group on the main Olympic site could be scrapped as a result of a review into whether it would provide “value for money”.