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NewsModern methods fail to catch on
Industry failing to adopt faster and cheaper techniques, says report
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NewsRMJM to merge with US Hillier
RMJM and US architect Hillier are to merge, creating a 1,000-strong firm with offices in 16 cities around the world.
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Better buildings short list released
Motorway widening, bank stabilisation and flood defence are among the 18 schemes short-listed for the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award, announced on Wednesday.
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Westminster buffer zone debated
A buffer zone to protect the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey will be discussed as part of long-awaited heritage guidelines announced this week.
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NewsMargate landmark design on show
David Chipperfield Architects has unveiled its latest designs for the new Turner Contemporary gallery on the seafront at Margate.
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Kelly welcomes boost to housing
Communities England, the new housing and regeneration body, will boost housing supply across the country and help revitalise deprived towns and cities, communities secretary Ruth Kelly said this week.
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Heritage bid for Darwin home is withdrawn
The government has withdrawn its bid to have Charles Darwin’s home made a world heritage site.
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NewsMissing architect is found dead
Tributes have been paid to sole-practitioner David Hopps after police in Edinburgh confirmed that a body recovered from the Water of Leith was that of the missing architect.
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NewsHighland eco-homes
This house by Trevor Black Architects will be among 25 showcased at Scotland’s first Highland Housing Fair at Balvonie, near Inverness.
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NewsPanels make light work
Levitt Bernstein has completed a student housing scheme for University College London which uses obscured glass to maximise daylight on a small plot of land.
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NewsAF travel scholarship competition launched
The Architecture Foundation has launched this year’s Public Space Travel Scholarship, which offers students a chance to win up to £1,000 to explore the design and impact of public space and public building overseas.
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The winners of our Smoking Shed Challenge
The winning designs in our smoking shed competition offer a challenge to the pub chains to raise their aspirations
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NewsGreen House wins Barratt deal
The winner of the BD/Mail on Sunday design competition for a low-energy home with mass market appeal has hailed its “fantastic” opportunity after housebuilding giant Barratt pledged to use the designs on a commercial scale.
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RMJM to merge with US practice
RMJM and US architect Hillier have announced they are to merge, creating a 1,000-strong firm with offices in 16 cities around the world. The new practice will have more than $15 billion of current work on its books, and offices in the US, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.The new ...
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NewsChipperfield unveils Turner Contemporary design for Margate - images
David Chipperfield Architects has revealed its design for the Turner Contemporary gallery in Margate. The scheme replaces Snøhetta Spence’s project for a site at the end of Margate Pier, which was abandoned last year after costs rose to an estimated £48 million.The new scheme is budgeted at £17.4 million and ...
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NewsPeter Cook receives a knighthood
Peter Cook has received a knighthood for services to architecture in the Queen’s Birthday Honours announced on Saturday.The Archigram member, academic and designer of the 2012 Olympic Stadium said the award “offers a symbol of hope to the young”.“It gives hope to all those people not just doing boring buildings ...
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NewsNews Junkie: 16 and 17 June
For your browsing pleasure this week: boomtime for bourgeois yurts, a ludic cityscape featuring teddy bears dressed in bridal costumes, and the 'ineluctable modality of the visible...'
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Design fault threatens exemplar eco-town
Swedish inspiration for Brown’s initiative faces “ticking time bomb” as damp rots timber frames
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NewsA good year for Rioja
Foreign Office Architects has completed its largest project since its debut work, the Yokohama Ferry Terminal.