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NewsN Ireland’s Cabe vows to fight PFI
Northern Ireland’s newly established answer to Cabe has vowed to challenge the PFI system and significantly raise architectural quality in the province.
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NewsDublin Terminal Two all clear for take-off
Planning has been granted for Dublin Airport’s £410 million Terminal Two, designed by Pascall & Watson.
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President’s firm makes its debut
RIBA president Sunand Prasad’s practice has unveiled its first monograph, Transformations, which is published this month.
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NewsRIBA fears over infrastructure
The RIBA has joined construction industry leaders in calling on planning minister Yvette Cooper (pictured) to ensure the government’s proposed Infrastructure Planning Commission is properly resourced.
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Urban focus for week of events
Bristol’s Architecture Centre has announced talks and exhibitions for this month’s Urban Design Week (September 16-22).
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NewsWork starts on new UEA building
Construction work has begun on a £30 million academic and residential building by LSI Architects at the University of East Anglia.
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NewsMies house narrowly escapes major flood damage
One of the 20th century’s most important buildings, Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House in Illinois, came within half a metre of serious damage in recent flooding.
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NewsBotanic project shows early shoots
Edward Cullinan Architects’ gateway building in Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Garden has gone on site.
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Buyer legislation appeal rejected
The Home Builders Federation has rejected calls for people buying new homes to be given statutory protection.
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Pencil mightier than the mouse
Leading architects from Foster & Partners, Future Systems, Make and Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners will be taking part in a free drawing event on September 30 to encourage people of all ages to ditch the computer mouse in favour of pencil and paper.
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Will the market revamp be the nail in Camden's coffin?
NEWS: Protesters rally to halt Camden plan DEBATE: Will redevelopment destroy the area's boho heritage? LEADER COMMENT: We should let good things be
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Building Schools for the Future programme under review
NEWS: BSF boss pledges to reduce wasted design work IMAGES: The first BSF school, Wilkinson Eyre's Bristol Brunel Academy, opens this week ANALYSIS: Is the programme on course to deliver?
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The 2007 Aga Kahn Award winners - images
NEWS: Foster wins an award for Petronas tech university IMAGES: Photographs of all nine international award winners
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The joy of car parks
FIRST PERSON: Simon Henley, author of a new book on parking architecture, explains his passion IMAGES: Six of the best OPINION: A fascinating account long-overdue COMPETITION: Win a copy of the book
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The Little Britain Challenge Cup
How did the architects perform at this year's construction industry regatta? We bring you the results, while BD's Helen Crump dons her yachting gear but finds she is more drawn to the bar than the ship's deck
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NewsAxed lottery funds could hit Holburne
Bath museum extension at risk as money switches from arts to Olympics
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NewsWilkinson Eyre's Brunel Academy - images
Wilkinson Eyre's Bristol Brunel Academy, the first school in the UK to be completed under the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) initiative, opened to students on Wednesday.Delivered through the Bristol Local Education Partnership, Bristol City Council, Partnerships for Schools and Skanska, the academy is the first of four new ...
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NewsCabe appoints three new commissioners
Piers Gough, Nick Johnson and Hanif Kara are to become architecture watchdog Cabe’s latest commissioners.Gough and Kara will start immediately, replacing Dickon Robinson and Louisa Hutton, who stepped down in July. Johnson will succeed Brian Boylan, who plans to leave in December.Gough, principal of CZWG, said he hoped to become ...
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NewsFoster university in Malaysia wins Aga Khan award
Nine projects from around the world including one by Britain’s Foster & Partners, this week won a share in architecture’s biggest prize — the Aga Khan Award.