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Scottish heritage HQ split into flats
Oberlanders Architects has won planning permission for a £5 million project to convert Scottish National Heritage’s former headquarters in Edinburgh into flats.
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NewsRES gives Strong sustainable role
The former managing director of the Building Research Establishment’s environment division, David Strong, has been appointed chief executive of the Renewable Energy Systems’ (RES) new sustainable buildings consultancy.
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NewsMilliner’s Wharf set to go on site
The first phase of an £80 million mixed-use development in east Manchester by Design Group 3 Architects is due to start on site next month.
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NewsRIAS says competitions back in vogue
Three contests aim to boost opportunities for young practices
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NewsSquare launched for Greenwich Peninsula
This is Barr Gazetas’ £15 million Peninsula Square, which was launched today to serve as a focal point for the planned Greenwich Peninsula development.A big as Leicester Square, it incorporates a stainless steel spire more than 40m tall, a “video wall” and several fountains which use mains water and gathered ...
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NewsTop names for RIBA’s Paris bash
Conference will major on how architects collaborate with others
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NewsShuttleworth to head Architects' Benevolent Society
New president's appointment announced in wake of last week's successful fundraiser at RA
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NewsNews Junkie: 9 and 10 June
In this week's patchwork quilt of contemporary Britain: BAA's portfolio of thatched cottages, concerns over our 'cyber carbon footprint', flash mobbers in a silent disco at the Royal Festival Hall and Stephen Bayley, 'weathering nicely in the spume...'
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NewsFoster hits bum note on U2 hotel
Plans to extend famous Dublin landmark fall foul of heritage lobby
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NewsToronto turns out for Libeskind crystal
Libeskind’s £128 million extension to the Royal Ontario Museum prompted a staggering 40,000 Torontonians to witness the official opening last week.
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NewsHolt Town regeneration
Plans by Edaw and Studio Egret West for the £1.2 billion Holt Town Waterfront housing scheme (above), one of the UK’s largest regeneration projects, have been submitted.
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NewsReid to merge with 3D
Reid Architecture and 3D Architects have announced that they are to merge, securing a place in the UK’s top ten practices.The new practice, 3DReid, will have a turnover of more than £20 million and a 320-strong workforce including more than 150 architects, with offices in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Glasgow, London ...
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NewsAHMM is 2012 masterplanner
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has won perhaps its most prestigious project yet as one of the masterplanners of the Olympic Village.
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NewsLiverpool fears for Corb event
The first major exhibition on Le Corbusier to be held in Britain for two decades could be cancelled unless worries over the venue are resolved.
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NewsMemorial to honour July 7 bomb victims
An architect or landscape architect is being sought to design a permanent memorial to the 52 people killed in the July 7 bombings in London in 2005.
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Massive interest in Olympic Village competition revealed
More than 500 architectural practices have registered for the chance to design elements of the £2 billion 2012 Olympic village, the Lend Lease consortium has revealed.The international search for around 40 firms, first made public in BD (News March 23), has attracted talent from countries including Algeria, Georgia, Germany and ...
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NewsTall tower record for Birmingham
Birmingham City Council has granted planning for what will become Birmingham’s tallest building.
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Mayor’s powers ‘threaten London’
Extending the London mayor’s powers will “threaten the fabric of the capital” and lead to inappropriate skyscrapers and a planning system mired in red tape, Westminster council leader Simon Milton has warned.