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NewsHong Kong research win
Woods Bagot has seen off competition from Zaha Hadid Architects and Foster & Partners to design a new research complex for the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology.
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NewsDesign’s the thing in masterplan for Shakespeare’s old school
Wright & Wright Architects has beaten practices including Allies & Morrison to design this project for William Shakespeare’s old school in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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Toilets for schools to flush out bullies
New design guidelines for school toilets aim to reduce bullying by promoting unisex hand-washing areas, and eliminating urinals.
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NewsArts boost at the Winter Gardens
Grimshaw has won planning permission for its Winter Gardens project, a new centre for the performing arts in Bournemouth.
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Commonwealth Institute saved
The future of west London’s grade II* listed Commonwealth Institute has been secured 10 months after an abortive attempt by culture secretary Tessa Jowell to delist it for demolition.
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NewsCalatrava’s Chicago Spire
Santiago Calatrava’s 610m-tall Chicago Spire, set to become the tallest tower in the US, has received planning consent from the city.
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NAO slates Blair on green targets
The government’s green credentials have been attacked in a National Audit Office report, which found that 80% of government building projects surveyed failed to meet the standards it has set itself.
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NewsBennetts go-ahead at RSC Stratford
Bennetts Associates has received planning consent for its £112 million scheme for Stratford-upon-Avon’s 1932 art deco Royal Shakespeare Theatre.
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Argent does deal at King’s Cross
Developer Argent has agreed a deal with campaign group King’s Cross Think Again not to demolish the grade II listed Stanley Buildings North before the group’s judicial review is heard on May 24.
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NewsHome of the Future shortlist revealed
Nine practices have been shortlisted in the new Home for the Future category of the British Homes Award, including entries from HTA, Gaunt Franics Architects and Higgs Young Architects.
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Cabe audits its ecological footprint
Cabe has carried out the most comprehensive audit of an ecological footprint ever conducted by a British public sector organisation which it will reveal at Think07 next week
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NewsEight shortlisted for 2012 Velopark
Eight teams of architects have been shortlisted to design the Velopark for the 2012 London Olympics. David Chipperfield, David Morley Architects, Dominique Perrault, Flacq, Faulkner Browns with Heatherwick Studio, Foreign Office Architects, Hopkins Architects with Sanda Douma Associates and Wilkinson Eyre will submit their proposals for the venue in June. ...
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Can RIBA make the profession more diverse?
The RIBA has sets up a new “equality task force” but how effective will it be? Read our news report and Amanda Baillieu’s leader comment while two women debate the issue.
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NewsSpiralling Serpentine - images
The first images of this year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion by Scandinavian duo architect Kjetil Torsen and artist Olafur Eliasson were unveiled today.
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NewsHerzog's Portsmouth stadium - images
Herzog & de Meuron has designed a 36,000-seat stadium for Portsmouth Football Club as the centrepiece of a proposed £600 million harbour-front development by the club and Sellar Property Group.
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NewsThe America’s Cup Building by Chipperfield - images
David Chipperfield’s building for the America’s Cup in Valencia will form the focus for the race in June. As the first heats get underway, bdonline takes a look around
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Farrell's Edinburgh extension design scrapped
Designs by Terry Farrell to extend his "iconic" International Conference Centre in Edinburgh have been scrapped following the developer's shock withdrawal
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NewsNews Junkie: 21 and 22 April
This weeks despatch: £60 for a Georgian mansion, dirty dancing with Kate Middleton and Ken Livingstone's lack of dress sense. Ian Martin is away
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Public wants space not style, architects told
Over-design is creating public spaces that people don’t want to use, warns top think-tank
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NewsA hill of an idea
Kathryn Findlay has returned to the centre stage with early designs for a new public building focusing on sensory experiences next door to Tower Bridge.