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NewsNew perspective on St Petersburg
RMJM’s new Gazprom tower design has a public observation deck served by a dedicated lift and irregular triple-glazed windows intended to respond to St Petersburg’s cold winters and described by Kettle as a “fur coat”.
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NewsGazprom woos international media over St Petersburg skyscraper
In the battle to win over the press, even the British consulate was drafted in
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NewsWestminster wavers on transport masterplan
The £2 billion Victoria Transport Interchange project by architects including KPF, Wilkinson Eyre and Allies & Morrison would “severely constrain” the area’s public realm, Westminster City Council has claimed
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NewsPhotographers Gallery captures the right image
Celebrated Dublin architect O’Donnell & Tuomey has received planning permission for its new £16 million building for the Photographers Gallery, the UK’s national centre for the promotion of photography
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Still no guarantee for Foundation HQ
Developer Land Securities has warned that it will not fund Zaha Hadid’s Architecture Foundation HQ building in London unless a “viable” tender is agreed, despite the naming of a contractor
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NewsMaggie’s Centres seek funding boost
Cancer care charity Maggie’s has launched a new £15 million fundraising drive so it can build five new centres designed by CZWG, MJP, Wilkinson Eyre, Foreign Office Architects and the late Kisho Kurokawa
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NewsTate extension nets £50m
The government has announced a £50 million contribution to Herzog & de Meuron’s extension at Tate Modern, which it claimed will boost Britain’s cultural offering in the run-up to the Olympics.
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NewsDevon house extension exploits the beauty of its surroundings
Satellite Architects has received planning permission for a pool house and flat extension to a private home in Devon
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NewsUrban Splash shortlists six for Birnbeck Pier
AOC, Flacq Architects and Richards Partington Architects are among the practices shortlisted for the Urban Splash/RIBA competition for Birnbeck Island and Pier in Weston-super-Mare.Also in the running are Levitate Architecture & Design Studio, MOH Architects from Vienna and Pierre d'Avoine with White Young Green Planning & Design.Urban Splash announced the ...
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Cabe to revive seaside towns
Cabe is to lead a £45 million scheme to regenerate run-down seaside towns
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NewsCGL takes Kent Design award
Child Graddon Lewis has triumphed in the housing category of the Kent Design Awards
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Infirmary boosts learning space
Aedas Leeds has been appointed to produce early designs for a conference and learning centre at Bradford Royal Infirmary
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NewsArup reveals its entry for Singapore sports centre
Arup’s sports division has unveiled its entry for the competition to design Singapore’s national stadium and sports complex
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Six in frame for Walsall library
Fat, Featherstone Associates and Panter Hudspith are among six practices shortlisted in an RIBA competition to design a new landmark library building in Walsall
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Costs may shelve fencing arena
The London 2012 fencing arena may not be built, the ODA admitted this week
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NewsSutherland Hussey’s museum gem
Sutherland Hussey has won an international competition to build this £240 million museum for the Chinese city of Chengdu
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BD’s Woodman is critic of the year
BD’s Ellis Woodman has been named architectural critic of the year at this year’s International Building Press awards
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Think Place wins Warsaw regen
Think Place has triumphed in an international competition to masterplan a major Warsaw regeneration project
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NewsMayor’s green house goes on show
The Building Centre-designed “Number 1 Lower Carbon Drive” — a public exhibition in Trafalgar Square designed to showcase the mayor of London’s Green Homes initiative — has been unveiled