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Jowell backs Manchester
The government will press ahead with plans to locate the first super casino in Manchester, culture secretary Tessa Jowell has confirmed.
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NewsLandmark Trust founder dies
John Smith, founder and major financial backer of the Landmark Trust, died last week.
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NewsBrent PFI care centre finished
A £63 million PFI healthcare project by HLM Architects has been completed.
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NewsHeritage ‘buffer zones’ threaten KPF towers
Over £1.5 billion of private investment to improve one of the capital’s worst transport blackspots could be threatened by tough new measures to protect world heritage sites.
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Future System's Prague library - images
Last week Future Systems won the competition for the Czech National library. View a full set of images, read our report of their win and see the rest of the shortlisted schemes.
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The perfect internal peace of Sanaas arts centre in Almere outside Amsterdam leaves the building somehow lifeless
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Salon des Refuses: Stockholm library competition
Stockholm's library competition attracted more than 1,000 entries before the anonymity of its shortlist was compromised last month. View some of the entries that failed to make it through.
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NewsSalon des Refuses: The runners-up in the Prague library competition
Future Systems has won the competition for a £50 million extension to the National Library in Prague. The seven projects that just failed to make the cut, and which will take their place in our new online section the Salon des Refuses, include schemes from as far afield as the ...
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NewsThe "walkie-talkie" tower inquiry: The case against
With the two-week planning inquiry into Rafael Vinoly’s “walkie-talkie” tower for Land Securities at 20 Fenchurch Street starting on Tuesday, English Heritage has released details of its case against the building.EH objects to the design of the 160m tower, which tapers outwards as it rises to maximise floor space at ...
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...meanwhile Unesco warns of danger to historic Palace of Westminster
Unesco has threatened to put several of Britain’s world heritage sites, including the Palace of Westminster, on its endangered list.According to documents obtained by the Sunday Telegraph, in June the body will rule on whether the palace will join its Heritage in Danger List, along with places such as earthquake-torn ...
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News Junkie: 3 and 4 March
The News of the World discovers architecture, the latest musings from Stephen Bayley and Russian spymaps in Ian Martin's round-up of the weekend papers
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NewsFuture Systems wins huge Czech library competition
British firm will design the Czech Republic’s most significant post-Communist building.
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NewsArb legal battle cost £110,000
RIBA concern at full cost of legal fees to prevent board member from talking to the press
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NewsFoster and Nouvel to work on Moscow River scheme
Landmark project will not repeat Gazprom fracas, pledges developer
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MacCormac Jamieson Prichard’s profits soar despite BBC loss
Award-winning practice MacCormac Jamieson Prichard has bounced back from losing the flagship BBC Broadcasting House project with a strong set of company accounts, a recruitment drive and a host of forthcoming projects.
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NewsAHMM opens ‘symbolic’ Unity building
AHMM was celebrating this week as its largest building to date was opened in Liverpool’s historic Prince’s Dock.