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NewsPiano sceptical on anti-terror design
The architect behind London’s tallest planned skyscraper has criticised government efforts to “design out” terrorism.
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NewsRIBA three open up on presidential ambitions
Steering the profession away from “starchitecture”, giving the regions a stronger voice and tackling the thorny issue of architectural copyright are just some of the issues exercising the minds of the three figures vying to become RIBA president in 2009.
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NewsFuksas cleared for take-off after contest to design Chinese airport
Leading Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas has won a global competition to design a £1.2 billion international terminal for Shenzhen airport in China, beating practices including Foster & Partners, Foreign Office and Japan’s Kisho Kurokawa.
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NewsOmbudsman dismisses housing fair allegations
One of the country’s most exciting housing schemes has received a huge boost after accusations of maladministration were officially rejected.
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NewsMinister refuses to list at-risk school
The Welsh heritage minister has refused to list an acclaimed 1970s school building in Newport despite appeals by leading names including Richard Rogers, David Chipperfield, Zaha Hadid, Peter Cook and Richard Rogers.
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Design for London shortlists 40 firms
Design for London has shortlisted more than 40 practices for its forthcoming framework panel, including Marks Barfield, Foster & Partners, Studio Egret West and David Chipperfield.
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NewsTake a peer at prize pier
Logan Doak, a 28-year-old student at the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture in Aberdeen, has designed the winning entry for the redevelopment of Helensburgh Pier on the Firth of Clyde.
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NewsEx Milton Keynes’ architect hits back over school designs
Former head of design says department was scapegoated, as council prepares for sell off
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NewsHackers infiltrate RIBA site
Police have been called in after Chinese internet hackers infiltrated the RIBA’s membership database, a system used by the public to find architects.
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NewsLRW completes buy-out as parent company collapses
Manchester architect Leach Rhodes Walker (LRW) has completed a management buy-out from parent company Erinaceous Group, which went into administration this week.LRW, which employs 125 employees at its two offices in Manchester and Bucharest, said the deal - completed in just four days - had secured the jobs of all ...
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NewsOne of these architects could be your next president
Andrew Hanson, chairman of RIBA London (pictured), Paul Davis, past president of the Association of Consultant Architects, and Ruth Reed, former president of the Royal Society of Architects in Wales, are running for the RIBA’s top job.
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Lord’s masterplanners shortlisted
The Marylebone Cricket Club has shortlisted BDP, David Chipperfield, Dixon Jones, Herzog & de Meuron and Hopkins Architects to create a masterplan for the £200 million redevelopment of Lord’s.
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NewsSOM reveals Nato finger design
SOM’s London design director Jo Palma presented the practice’s latest designs for Nato’s new headquarters (pictured) earlier this month, it has emerged.
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Caruso St John clinches big frieze
Caruso St John has been appointed to design this year’s Frieze Art Fair exhibition space in London’s Regent’s Park.
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£1bn station masterminds chosen
Allies & Morrison and Foreign Office Architects have been appointed by British Land and Network Rail for a £1 billion regeneration of Euston Station.
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NewsIt’s a bust as college honours Shew
Gray, Baynes & Shew Architects’ former senior partner Simon Shew has been honoured at Trinity College, Oxford, with a bust of the architect unveiled in the Fellows’ Gardens (pictured).
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News3XN fury at Liverpool museum successor
The original architect of the flagship Museum of Liverpool has accused its successor of “manipulating the client” to take control of the ongoing £68 million project.
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Chipperfield BBC HQ up for RIAS prize
Stirling Prize winner David Chipperfield could pick up an RIAS award for his troubled BBC building in Glasgow.
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NewsFraser keeps it in the family to save school
A design by Malcolm Fraser for his daughter’s school could see the B-listed building in Edinburgh kept in use following proposals to sell it and move to a new location.