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NewsStudio Egret West’s tower ‘comb’
The first images of Studio Egret West’s design (below) to remodel the base of Richard Seifert’s iconic Tower 42, also known as the Nat West tower, in the City of London have been unveiled.
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NewsHKS reworks Liverpool stadium
HKS has reworked its designs for Liverpool Football Club’s new £310 million stadium after the club confirmed that the practice was still on board.
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DSDHA tops out Guildford school
A new-build school at Guildford in Surrey by DSDHA has been topped out.
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NewsCambridge gets little bit of Malmö
A residential scheme for Cambridge (above) by HTA Architects has won planning permission after an appeal.
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Clash at EH’s CO2 cuts conference
Speakers at English Heritage’s conference on climate change in central London last week clashed over CO2 cuts in historic buildings.
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NewsArchitects blast RMJM’s docks plan
Leading architects have joined a campaign against RMJM’s 144ha Leith Docks masterplan, calling for a radical rethink before planning approval is given by Edinburgh City Council.
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Page & Park wins Scottish portrait gallery refurb
Glasgow-based Page & Park has won the contract for the £18 million refurbishment of Edinburgh’s Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
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NewsMcAslan to move office as profit soars
John McAslan & Partners is to move to new offices as part of a major expansion, the firm announced this week.
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NewsRosy future for Syrian kids’ centre
Henning Larsen Architects and landscape architect Martha Schwartz Partners have won an international competition for a children’s “discovery centre” and public park in Damascus, Syria, a country where 40% of the population is under the age of 16.
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NewsChildren’s building blocks
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects has revealed images of its £925,000 Heathfield Children’s Centre & Nursery School in Richmond upon Thames.
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RIBA lobbies new ministers on design
The RIBA has called on new culture secretary Andy Burnham and housing minister Caroline Flint to keep design at the top of the government agenda.
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Koolhaas heads Hermitage plan
Rem Koolhaas is to work with the State Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg, Russia, on a cultural masterplan to mark the Hermitage’s 250th anniversary in 2014.
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NewsLittlemore takes the helm at SMC
SMC Group has appointed Chris Littlemore as managing director.
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RTPI opposes appeals charge
The Royal Town Planning Institute has launched a campaign to scrap a proposed £120 charge on planning appeals tabled as part of a range of reforms within the planning bill.
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NewsClearance to start on BDP’s university campus site
BDP has revealed the first images of its Newport city centre campus for the University of Wales, which will sit on the banks of the River Usk.
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Prince Charles reignites
NEWS: Prince Charles launches damming new attack on modern architecture COMMENT: Industry experts respond
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NewsPrince Charles reignites ‘carbuncle’ debate with new attack on modern architecture
Prince Charles has invoked the spirit of his 1984 “carbuncle” speech with a damming new attack on modern architecture.
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NewsBoris Johnson in U-turn on London skyscrapers
London mayoral candidate Boris Johnson today backtracked over his skyscraper policy for the capital, promising to encourage tall buildings in the City, London’s financial district, after all.The Conservative MP had drawn criticism after attacking recent designs for skyscrapers as “drab and featureless” and criticising incumbent mayor Ken Livingstone for giving ...
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NewsTop architects back Smithfield
Inquiry hears KPF’s scheme backed over ‘undistinguished’ General Market