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NewsEstonian arts prize targets world names
Jan Kaplicky warns competition must be ‘truly international’
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NewsGreen targets can be architects’ stepping stones
The stepped atrium of David Chipper-field’s BBC Scotland building has all the shock of the new.
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HOK's Olympic stadium lacks flair
NEWS IN PICTURES: 2012 stadium shuns iconic architecture - images and slideshow YOUR COMMENTS: HOK's design gets the thumbs down from BD readers OPINION: Stadium is unsustainable and bad value, says Amanda Baillieu
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News2012 Olympic stadium design disappoints on all fronts
Rather than being innovative and ground breaking, as claimed by the ODA, HOK's newly-unveiled 2012 Olympic stadium is unsustainable and poor value for money
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NewsHOK's 2012 Olympic stadium design revealed - images and slideshow
HOK Sport and Peter Cook’s long-awaited designs for the 2012 Olympic stadium were finally unveiled today with a clear emphasis on functionality and flexibility rather than iconic architecture.
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NewsSheppard Robson forced to rethink Trocadero plans
A landmark 500-bed hotel proposed by Sheppard Robson at the site of London’s famous Trocadero complex has been sent back to the drawing board by Westminster City Council’s planning committee.The £145 million scheme, for Criterion Capital, which was backed by the Greater London Authority, would have seen the six upper ...
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NewsEstonia launches competition for new national arts academy
Estonia has launched its most lucrative ever international design competition in a bid to attract “world-class architects” for a new national academy of arts.British firms such as Design Engine and Nissen Adams have expressed interest in the 26,700sq m scheme, which has an award of £44,000 for the winner and ...
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NewsQueen’s speech heralds major changes to built environment
The built environment has featured strongly in the Queen’s speech, with bills proposing sweeping changes to the sector. The Housing & Regeneration Bill outlines the long-anticipated merger of the Housing Corporation and English Partnerships to create a new Homes & Communities Agency; the Planning Reform Bill sets out a separate ...
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NewsDavid Chipperfield reveals design for Saint Louis museum expansion - images
David Chipperfield has revealed his completed design for a $125 million expansion of the Saint Louis Art Museum.The design creates an addition to the east and south of the original 1904 building with a dark, polished concrete façade made using Missouri river aggregate. New galleries and public spaces are top-lit ...
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NewsPier Arts Centre wins Best Building in Scotland
Reiach and Hall’s Pier Arts Centre has beaten competition including Zaha Hadid’s Maggie’s Centre to scoop Britain’s most lucrative architectural prize.The Edinburgh-based practice was presented with the £25,000 Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) on Friday.The Orkney building, which was ...
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Design for London is accused of favouritism
Design body denies lobby group’s claim that it is promoting a select group of architects
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NewsAgency brings back space standards
English Partnerships will enforce size minimums for housing on its land
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Eight firms shortlisted for King’s Cross housing
Eight practices including DRMM, Munkenbeck & Marshall, Panter Hudspith and Feilden Clegg Bradley have been shortlisted by developer Argent for the first residential schemes in the £2 billion regeneration of King’s Cross.
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No single architect for new eco-towns
England’s 10 eco-towns will feature a wide range of design styles rather than the “grand vision of a single architect”, housing minister Yvette Cooper pledged this week.
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NewsNo competition for Birmingham library
Birmingham’s design strategy has come under renewed fire after the city council admitted it would not hold an international competition for its new £190 million library.
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NewsRochester scheme’s gateway to a new world
This residential scheme by Alison Brooks Architects, Feilden Clegg Bradley and Maccreanor Lavington is one of four shortlisted for the first phase of Rochester Riverside, one of the most significant Thames Gateway schemes.
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