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NewsMedicine ball by FOA
Foreign Office Architects has revealed the final designs for its Institute of Legal Medicine in Madrid.
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NewsFoster and Libeskind bet on Las Vegas...
Foster & Partners, Daniel Libeskind and Helmut Jahn of Chicago-based Murphy Jahn Architects have designed three neighbouring buildings as part of an $8 billion development in Las Vegas, touted as the largest privately financed project ever constructed in North America.
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NewsPlanning row threatens Highland homes fair
One of Britain’s most innovative housing schemes has been thrown into doubt amid allegations that residents and politicians have not been properly consulted.
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NewsBSF schools approved despite Cabe criticisms
£2 million design review panel seen as ‘hindrance rather than a benefit’
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NewsProfession rallies to save threatened housing estate
Tower Hamlets Council confirms that it will seek to ratify demolition option next week
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NewsNo zero-carbon promise at Ecobuild
Housing minister Caroline Flint has failed to commit to making new non-domestic buildings zero carbon by 2020, a key target of the UK Green Building Council.
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NewsThink Place’s Warsaw stadium scheme avoids lung damage
Think Place has unveiled the first images of its 21ha Park Swiatla masterplan in Warsaw, Poland.
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NewsEco-towns ‘won’t tackle housing shortage’
Ministers have opened a “Pandora’s box” with plans for eco-towns, a senior government adviser on the controversial policy has warned.
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Former schools chief goes east
Mukund Patel, former head of schools’ capital at the Department for Children, Schools & Family, is to take up a senior role at a Dubai-based education provider.
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NewsFoster’s Beijing ‘gateway’ opens
Foster & Partners’ Beijing Airport terminal (pictured above) opened on Tuesday.
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Ward to lead urban regenerator
Michael Ward has been appointed chief executive of the British Urban Regeneration Association.
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NewsClavell Tower moves 25m inland
Clavell Tower, the historic folly at Kimmerage Bay, Dorset, was topped out on Monday.
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Lighthouse centre board changes
Leading figures in the built environment sector in Scotland, including Reiach & Hall director Neil Gillespie, architect Kathryn Findlay and the design leader of Edinburgh City Council Riccardo Marini, have joined the board of Glasgow’s Lighthouse architecture centre.
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NewsMinister fails to commit to 2020 zero-carbon housing target
Housing minister Caroline Flint has failed to commit to making new non-domestic buildings zero carbon by 2020, a key target of the UK Green Building Council.
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All new homes to be future-proofed for the elderly
Every new home built in England will have to be designed to suit the needs of elderly people, the government announced this week.
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NewsArchitecture ‘is a key creative industry’
Hodge said that the DCMS Creative Britain report, published last Friday, was still relevant to the profession — despite the fact that not a single detailed mention of architecture appears in the document.
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Former RIBA deputy dies
Maurice McCarthy, a former RIBA vice president and founder member of the Salaried Architects Group, has died aged 64 after losing his battle with cancer.
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NewsMcAslan in Cheapside
A seven-storey, mixed-use scheme by John McAslan & Partners, at Cheapside in the City of London, has been submitted for planning.
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London architecture festival boosted by Arts Council cash
This year’s London Festival of Architecture, set to take place between June 20 and July 20, has secured a £90,000 funding boost from Arts Council England.