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Materials giant joins green lobby
The world’s largest construction materials group has joined the UK Green Buildings Council (UK GBC).
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Fast and loose is key to contest
A contest is offering unrecognised architects the chance to see their experimental work built.
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NewsODA declares site ‘clean and clear’
The Olympic Delivery Authority this week handed over the sunken site of the 2012 stadium to the design and build team, claiming that the project will now start on site three months early.
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Tories pledge to appoint government chief architect
NEWS: Shadow culture secretary Ed Vaizey proposes chief architect as national design champion OPINION: An adviser Brown won't want DEBATE: Do we need a chief architect?
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NewsThree towns picked to receive Cabe seaside cash
Blackpool, Dover and Torbay are the first seaside towns to benefit under Cabe’s £45 million regeneration project, culture secretary Andy Burnham has announced, amid debate over whether the grant can make a real impact.
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NewsHadid wins Vilnius Guggenheim
Zaha Hadid has won the competition to design the new Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania, beating Daniel Libeskind and Massimiliano Fuksas
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NewsThat’s snow business
Hugh Broughton Architects has revealed construction shots of its Halley VI Antarctic station just ahead of the onset of the winter season.
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NewsCredit crunch could lead to more architects being sued, insurer warns
Architectural practices are at greater risk of being sued by contractors and developers because of the strains of the credit crunch, a leading insurance company warned this week.Howden, an insurance broker which specialises in architectural professional indemnity insurance (PII) policies, said on Monday that clients would look for any way ...
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NewsFirst images of Taiwan architect-designed villas released
MVRDV, Kengo Kuma and Julien De Smedt are among the 20 architects designing 20 villas on the island of Taiwan. The Spaniard Fernando Menis, Berlin and LA based Graft, as well as 10 Taiwanese practices are among the other architects taking part.The first images of their designs for Next-Gene20 have ...
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NewsBlackpool, Dover and Torbay are first to benefit from Cabe seaside cash
Culture secretary Andy Burnham announces the first seaside towns to benefit from Cabe’s £45 million regeneration project, amid questioning as to whether the sums can have any real impact.The Sea Change scheme, which also involves English Heritage, Arts Council England and lottery bodies, will see £15 million delivered each year ...
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NewsBiggest-ever building in City enrages Barbican residents
KPF’s plans for the largest single building in the City of London have sparked fury among residents of the nearby Barbican.
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NewsLibeskind working on building in Hong Kong
Hypocrisy charge for architect who said he would never work in China
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NewsRogers blasts government for ignoring Task Force
Richard Rogers’ Urban Task Force is still waiting for a government response to a report it released more than two years ago, the architect has revealed.
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NewsChipperfield arts quarter masterplan wins in Spain
Stirling prizewinner David Chipperfield has won an international competition to masterplan a 120,000sq m arts and technology quarter in Segovia, Spain.
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NewsPritzker prizewinner Nouvel is set in the City
An exclusive new image of Jean Nouvel’s first major project in the City of London was revealed to BD this week as he became only the second French architect to win the Pritzker Prize.
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NewsHodge will decide on RHG this month
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge has promised to make a decision on the future of Robin Hood Gardens by the end of this month.
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NewsViñoly plan catalyst for Thames regen
Rafael Viñoly’s masterplan for the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station will act as a catalyst for the regeneration of a huge swathe of land along the River Thames, developer Real Estate Opportunities claimed this week.
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HTA links with Farrell
Housing specialist HTA Architects has teamed up with Terry Farrell as part of a consortium bidding to design and build the government’s proposed eco-towns.
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NewsConran brings penthouse living to Martin’s Leicester College Hall
Conran & Partners has revealed its proposed refurbishment of Leicester University’s College Hall buildings, originally designed by Leslie Martin and Trevor Dannatt.