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NewsErskine’s Ark is rebuilt as Byker wins listing
The legacy of legendary architect Ralph Erskine received a double boost this week as his famous Byker Estate in Newcastle was listed and work began on restructuring the interior of his Ark office in west London.
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NewsThe hills are alive...
Plasma Studio admits its Esker Haus in the South Tyrol is “parasitic.” The self-contained residential unit is built on top of a 1960s house, initially adopting its host’s structure then gradually morphing into its own form.
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Foster emails clients to say: relax, I’m still in charge
The world’s most famous architect Norman Foster took the unusual step of emailing staff and clients this week to set out his plans for the future of his business.
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£450m deal boosts Benoy’s Indian portfolio
Benoy has won a contract to design three mixed-use market city developments in Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore in India, and has signed a memorandum of understanding to design a chain of pan-Indian hotels.
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NewsSweeping statement
Fears that the design-and-build process would compromise this distinctive S-shaped bridge have been averted, its architect claimed this week.
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Local participants expand global reach
When you look at the list of the globe’s largest architecture practices, Foster’s (number eight in the BD World Architecture 100 list for 2007) sticks out.
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Broughton team wins Kent museum contest
Hugh Broughton Architects has beaten competition from practices such as Atkins and Featherstone Associates to triumph in a RIBA competition for a gallery extension in Kent.
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NewsBattling for zero carbon
Architectural practice Ink Design has applied for planning permission to convert four second world war gun emplacements into this striking zero-carbon scheme.
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Colchester’s cultural quarter seeks architect
Colchester Borough Council has launched a competition to find an architect for the town’s new cultural quarter.
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The right stripes
This colourful 20,000sq m mixed-use development by HOK in Marylebone has been granted planning permission by Westminster council.
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Jowell’s search for new heritage boss goes on
The Department for Culture Media & Sport will readvertise the post of English Heritage chair after culture secretary Tessa Jowell rejected two leading candidates.
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NewsCabe to give schools a kicking
Watchdog receives £3 million for design panel to review all Building Schools for the Future schemes
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NewsCompetition to find Barking design team
The search is on for a masterplanner for the single largest development in the Thames Gateway.
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NewsAUU payments revealed
BD uncovers £100,000 paid to senior designer’s former practice as GLA concludes conflict of interest inquiry
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NewsA&DS blasts ‘uncohesive’ Edinburgh masterplans
Plans by Make, Norman Foster & Partners and Robert Adam that would increase the number of homes in Edinburgh by 5% have come under fire from Scotland’s design watchdog.
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NewsCouncil set to approve Bath housing scheme
Feilden Clegg Bradley plan for 2,000 homes attacked as ‘out of scale’