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    Towering pillars to mark 7/7 victims

    2008-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Architect Carmody Groarke has revealed its designs for a permanent memorial to the victims of London’s 7/7 bombings.

  • The music centre’s auditorium will have distinctive brass claddng, while a stepped roof covers the bar and practice rooms.
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    Hazle McCormack Young brings music to Canterbury

    2008-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Kent-based practice Hazle McCormack Young has unveiled its £8 million music centre for Canterbury Christ Church University

  • Visualisation of Northern and Eastern Facades
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    Fletcher Priest Stratford mall enters planning process

    2008-08-07T11:31:00Z

    Designs for a 140,905sq m shopping centre to be sited between the international and regional train stations near the Olympic Village in Stratford, east London, have been submitted for planning approval.

  • Francine Houben
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    Mecanoo wins in Birmingham

    2008-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Dutch practice to design city’s new library and theatre

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    This week

    2008-08-07T00:00:00Z

    This week's ups and downs

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    Class of 2008: The Winners

    2008-08-07T00:00:00Z

    From exotic spots such as Istanbul and Rome to more domestic locations such as Sheffield and Whitstable, the ambitions of BDs five graduating diploma student award winners were scattered far and wide this year. Ellis Woodman, BDs buildings editor, looks at what marked them out

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    How Buildings Learn

    2008-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Do you remember the 1997 BBC TV series entitled How Buildings Learn? Well if you missed it the first time round, or haven't seen it, the six-part series written and presented by Stewart Brand, focuses on what happens when a building is built and the users take over, and begin ...

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    RIBA form leaves firms vulnerable, says insurer

    2008-08-06T13:59:00Z

    An insurance specialist has warned architects not to use the RIBA’s new standard form of agreement, claiming it could lead to bankruptcy in the event of an uninsured claim being made against them.

  • CCTV (China Central TV HQ) building in Beijing, designed by OMA.
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    Glass facade of OMA's CCTV completes in time for Olympics

    2008-08-06T09:40:00Z

    The glass facade of OMA's CCTV headquarters in Beijing has been completed – just in time for the opening of the Olympic Games.

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    Mecanoo wins Birmingham Library competition

    2008-08-05T11:41:00Z

    Mecanoo has won the competition to design the new Birmingham Library, beating fellow Dutch stars OMA along with Foster & Partners, Foreign Office Architects, Hopkins, Wilkinson Eyre and Schmidt Hammer Lassen.

  • Fosters' mixed-use plan for the Croydon Gateway site.
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    Foster scheme has clear run in Croydon

    2008-08-05T09:56:00Z

    A 150,000sq m scheme by Foster & Partners now looks likely to be built at south London’s Croydon Gateway site after communities secretary Hazel Blears effectively ruled out rival plans by Michael Aukett Architects.

  • Trees private house designed by James & Rebecca Dyer
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    Thirteen practices shortlisted for RIBA South West awards

    2008-08-05T16:29:00Z

    Thirteen practices will battle it out in the seventh annual RIBA South West Town & Country Design Awards next month.

  • Sclerae by David Adjaye for Size + Matter
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    Adjaye's London Design Festival pavilion

    2008-08-05T14:33:00Z

    David Adjaye has designed this pavilion as part of London Design Festival 2008’s Size and Matter initiative. It will be open to the public 24 hours a day in Southbank Centre Square for a month from mid-September.

  • Hadid's seven towers
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    Hadid designs Singapore’s largest ever housing scheme

    2008-08-04T16:13:00Z

    Zaha Hadid Architects has designed Singapore’s largest ever residential development. The seven 36-storey residential towers and 12 villas will be built on a 78,000sq m site at Farrer Road, a prominent site within the city.

  • Ken Livingstone
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    Ken blasts Boris for ditching 100 Public Spaces programme

    2008-08-01T16:51:00Z

    Former mayor of London Ken Livingstone has launched a stinging attack on his successor Boris Johnson, accusing him of cost cutting and “hypocrisy” following BD’s revelation that he has axed the 100 Public Spaces programme.

  • Birmingham post & mail
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    New Street contest comes off the tracks

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Critics fear that Foreign Office Architects will lose all control to Atkins

  • London memorial to those killed on 7/7
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    Carmody Groarke reveals 7/7 memorial

    2008-08-01T11:17:00Z

    Architect Carmody Groarke has revealed its designs for a permanent memorial to the victims of London’s 7/7 bombings.

  • Bath Springs will be built into a steep south-facing slope to limit energy consumption through orientation and earth sheltering.
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    Dunster’s ZedFactory reveals plans for luxury Bath eco-home

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Bill Dunster’s ZedFactory has unveiled plans for a luxury eco-home in an area of outstanding natural beauty outside Bath.

  • Ruth Reed
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    Reed elected first woman president of the RIBA

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Ruth Reed has been elected the first woman president of the RIBA and has pledged to champion other women in the profession during her term in office.

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    Hodge criticised over heritage bill

    2008-08-01T00:00:00Z

    Culture minister Margaret Hodge has been slated by MPs over the draft heritage protection bill, which they claim will cost far more to implement than claimed and is badly undermined by a lack of local authority skills.