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  • Sloane House
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    Row as JCB boss tries to demolish own house

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Experts split over bid to redevelop Chelsea grade II listed Georgian house

  • The scheme is residential-led but aims to attract a range of creative industries.
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    Creative in White City

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Dutch practice OMA is dubbing its £2 billion masterplan for White City “Creative London”.

  • The Willis Building
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    Fosters’ return customer

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Fosters & Partners unveiled its latest addition to the City of London skyline this week with the official opening of the 28-storey Willis Building more than three decades after Norman Foster designed his landmark hi-tech Willis Faber building in Ipswich.

  • A large public square in front of the blocks is intended to be a social hub.
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    Dublin’s new apartments get a Metropolitan look

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    A new £58 million residential scheme in the north Dublin suburb of Belmayne by Metropolitan Workshop has gone on site after recently winning planning permission.

  • Tony McGuirk
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    BDP looks east in worldwide expansion

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Building Design Partnership has acquired its first foreign practice as part of an unprecedented drive to expand its overseas operation.

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    Building Regs hinder green refurbs, RIBA tells MPs

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Building Regulations are a “barrier” to the government’s carbon reduction targets, the RIBA has told a parliamentary inquiry into retrofitting commercial property.

  • The scheme is now being revised to scale down the retail element.
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    Broadway Malyan told to rework Everton plan

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Broadway Malyan’s design for a £400 million, retail-led development in Kirkby, including a new stadium for Everton Football Club, has been sent back to the drawing board after being slammed by Cabe and neighbouring local authorities.

  • Delft University's architecture faculty ablaze.
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    Fire devastates Delft architecture faculty

    2008-05-16T09:22:00Z

    Coffee machine short circuit causes blaze; Delft students and former students share their comments

  • News

    BD Magazine - Retail - May 08

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

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    This week

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    This week’s ups and downs

  • Gloucester Cathedral stamp
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    Royal Mail’s stamp of approval

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Great British cathedral architecture is celebrated with a set of commemorative stamps issued by Royal Mail this week.

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    Roof chosen for Aquatics Centre

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid’s £303 million Aquatics Centre, approved by planners this week, will feature an aluminium standing-seam roof, the Olympic Delivery Authority has revealed.

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    RIBA seeks Preston bridge entries

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    The RIBA has launched a competition to design a bridge across the River Douglas in Preston, Lancashire.

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    Low rise at high tide

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Mosedale Gillat Architects has submitted for planning a new maritime centre in Newbiggin by the Sea in Northumberland.

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    Students show social projects

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    An exhibition of student projects funded by the RIBA/ICE McAslan bursary will be held at the Dreamspace Gallery at recruitment firm Adrem during this year’s London Festival of Architecture.

  • Brunswick Centre
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    Onwards and up for Brunswick

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    London’s listed Brunswick Centre (pictured) could be extended one storey upwards under a proposal to reinstate architect Patrick Hodgkinson’s original 1960s design.

  • Kings Forest Housing building by the Johns Practice.
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    Suffolk honours winning designs

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Four buildings have won Suffolk Association of Architects annual design awards.

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    Scandinavians in design debate

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Capita Symonds and the British Council for Schools Environments are hosting a conference in Salford next month to bring together Scandinavian and British experts on school design.

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    RSHP reports 25% profit increase

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Pre-tax profits and turnover at Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners leapt by more than 25% last year.

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    Poplar Riverside delivery plan let

    2008-05-16T00:00:00Z

    Meadowcroft Griffin is to develop a delivery strategy for the Poplar Riverside area of the Lower Lea Valley by the Thames Gateway Development Corporation.