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News2020 deadline set for zero carbon non-domestic buildings
UK Green Building Council report sets challenging timeframe for new code and claims cost premium could be from 3-30%
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NewsSchmidt Hammer Lassen wins planning for Aberdeen University library
Schmidt Hammer Lassen to create £60m “cultural landmark” for Aberdeen University
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NewsTCPA chairman issues warning over eco-towns design competition
A design competition for the Government’s eco-towns initiative must not be used as a means of replacing masterplanners already in line for the chosen sites, TCPA chairman David Lock has warned.
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NewsCabe calls for fundamental rethink of Land Securities £2bn Victoria scheme
Cabe has called for a fundamental rethink of the £2 billion Victoria Transport Interchange scheme in Victoria, dealing another blow to the troubled Land Securities project.A report by the watchdog released on Friday stated: “[Cabe] believes there needs to be a major rethink of the principles of the masterplan, particularly ...
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NewsOscar Niemeyer: 100 years old this week
Oscar Niemeyer, the world’s oldest practicing architect, will celebrate his hundredth birthday tomorrow, December 15.The Brazilian centenarian, who was born in Rio de Janeiro in 1907, will next week showcase his latest design – a new cultural centre for Alives in Spain.After graduating in 1935, Niemeyer joined the office of ...
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NewsHong Kong comes back to Hadid
Zaha Hadid is returning to the location of the unbuilt scheme that made her name with this design for a 12,000sq m Innovation Tower for the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
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News‘Inflexible’ PFI works against sustainability
Long-term deals are like supertankers you can’t turn around, says report
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News‘Gazumping’ jibe tarnishes exemplary competition
Model competition for Glasgow's Commonwealth Games at the centre of bitter "gazumping" row
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NewsStirling Prize set to return to its roots
The growing internationalisation of the Stirling Prize has been dramatically halted by the RIBA, which has ruled that next year’s award must have a more British flavour.
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NewsHTA scoops design of first eco-village
HTA Architects has beaten competition from Feilden Clegg Bradley, Acanthus Ferguson Mann, Proctor & Matthews, PRP and Broadway Malyan to design England’s first eco-village, it was announced this week.
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NewsDenton Corker Marshall's Stonehenge visitor centre scrapped
No go for Denton Corker Marshall scheme as road tunnel abandoned
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NewsOxford boathouse gives river a strong design at a stroke
Belsize Architects has completed this new £2 million boathouse for an Oxford college.
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Eleven on superlab shortlist
Grimshaw, Hopkins Architects, NBBJ and Sheppard Robson are competing to design a world-class, £500 million “super-laboratory” in central London.
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NewsFlorida school board rejects McAslan’s ‘illegal’ design
RMJM usurps winning entry for Rudolph’s Riverview High School
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NewsComing up on bdonline next week
Today’s paper issue of BD is the last of the year, but it’s business as usual on bdonline all next week.
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NewsWestminster council votes to demolish Pimlico School
Last ditch attempt by Rogers, Prasad and Bayley fails to save Bancroft’s Pimlico School
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Architects come to aid of Crisis
Architecture for Humanity is working with Crisis Open Christmas to provide a warm welcome for homeless people staying at crisis centres over Christmas.
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NewsSHL scoops Sheffield scheme
Schmidt Hammer Lassen has won an international invited competition to design a mixed-use scheme in north Sheffield featuring a new public square, library, homes and shops.
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Sustrans scoops Big Lottery prize
The Sustrans’ Connect 2 project has scooped the £50 million Big Lottery Fund prize after securing the most votes in a massive public telephone and internet poll, televised on ITV.
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Niemeyer unveils major arts plan
Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, 100 years old tomorrow, has unveiled plans for a huge new arts building that will place the small Spanish city of Avilés, a former steel hub, at the heart of a international cultural network.