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Shanghai expo list revealed
Six leading practices have been short-listed by the Foreign Office to design the British Pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo in 2010.
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NewsA hole in its heart
Zaha Hadid Architects’ latest project is this 21-storey commercial and retail development in Dubai.
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King's Cross judicial review - verdict
Argent wins the battle to redevelop London's King's Cross - unless protestors appeal
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Gehry scheme crosses last hurdle
Frank Gehry’s plans for the King Alfred site in Hove are all but certain to go ahead after the Government Office for the South East opted not to ask communities secretary Ruth Kelly to call in the scheme.
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NewsGreen light for Dalston tower
Waugh Thistleton’s 66-unit residential scheme for Ramsgate Street in Dalston, east London, has received planning permission.
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London joins retrofit programme
London has joined 14 other leading cities to sign up to a ground-breaking initiative backed by former US president Bill Clinton to help improve buildings’ energy performance.
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Ryder cedes control to HKS
Ryder HKS has announced that its US partner HKS has taken a controlling stake in the firm’s London office, which is responsible for the partnership’s international operation.
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NewsCity ‘cheese grater’ presses ahead
Following above-expectation financial results, property developer British Land has announced that it will press ahead with the Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners-designed Leadenhall Building in the City of London.
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NewsCricklewood landmark
Carey Jones Architects has submitted plans for this 1.4ha mixed-use development intended to become a north London landmark.
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Livingstone calls for world-class towers
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has called for “world-class” architects to design tall buildings at London’s key transport hubs such as Waterloo and King’s Cross stations.
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Hone green skills or miss the boat, warns Prasad
The president-elect of the RIBA has warned architects to widen their skills and “get to grips” with the sustainability issue if they are to avoid losing influence to other professionals.
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Education ‘not good enough’
A major Scottish practice has urged the RIAS to improve the quality of education at architecture schools after admitting it is offering its own training for newly qualified architects who are not up to practice standard.
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NewsBridge wins top prize
Gareth Hoskins Architects’ Bridge Arts Centre (pictured) has won the architecture grand prix at this year’s Scottish Design Awards.
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NewsMilton Court reprieve as City planners reject replacement
Moves to demolish the first block built at the Barbican complex by Chamberlin Powell & Bonn have been put on hold after a £100 million redevelopment plan by David Walker Architects failed to win planning approval.
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NewsAll lit up at John Lewis
Architect Wilson Mason & Partners has revealed images of its ongoing £62 million refurbishment of John Lewis Partnership’s flagship Oxford Street store.
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Government advises on building in flood plains
The government has published a new guide to building in flood-risk areas because of expectations that climate change will lead to an increase in flooding in the UK.
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Call for cheap rural homes
The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) has called on the government to do more to secure affordable housing in rural areas.
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NewsHRK to develop world hospitality
Anglo-Irish firm HKR has appointed hotel specialist Bernard Lee as director-in-charge of resorts, hotels and leisure.
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Web resource to save landfill
A free “materials dating” website for the east of England will now cover Yorkshire too as a precursor to a hoped-for national roll-out.
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NewsBDP wins people’s award for new Aintree grandstand
BDP’s new grandstand at Aintree racecourse (pictured above) has won the people’s property award at the north-west of England’s Insider Property Awards.