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Jowell: Olympic design has role to inspire
Culture minister Tessa Jowell has said the Olympic Development Authority must “ensure design is as much of a pre-occupation as cost control” as it procures buildings for the 2012 games.
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NewsBold as brass
NBBJ Architects has won planning permission from Tower Hamlets council for this £28 million Biosciences Innovation Centre in Whitechapel for Queen Mary College London, the London Development Agency and the Department for Communities & Local Government.
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EP signs up young practices
Some of the most exciting young firms in the profession received a massive boost this week as the government regeneration agency announced plans to employ them over the next four years.
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Website gives free view of Sir John Soane’s collection
The entire collection of drawings and records held at Sir John Soane’s Museum is to be made available to the public free online.
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NewsCamarthen Place houses by Architects in Residence
Young practice Architects In Residence has unveiled this striking residential scheme built on a tight urban site in London.
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Gateway skills crisis highlighted
The skills shortage among existing Thames Gateway residents is the “number one” challenge facing the project, according to the newly appointed chief executive of the Gateway.
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NewsFoster’s latest Kazakhstan pitch
Foster & Partners has unveiled designs for a second iconic building in Kazakhstan — the Khan Shatyry entertainment centre in the capital Astana.
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NewsFinal twist
Santiago Calatrava’s final design for a 610m-high spire in Chicago has been submitted for planning permission.
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A&DS blasts architects for ignoring earlier criticisms
Scotland’s design watchdog Architecture & Design Scotland (A&DS) has published a second damning report on Orkney Architects’ scheme for an office development on Victoria Street in Kirkwall, Orkney, accusing the designer of ignoring its comments on an earlier version.
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Softroom scoops country house hotel design prize
Softroom has triumphed in a controversial RIBA competition to design a country-house hotel in Lancashire.
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NewsCollieston community centre competition shortlist
The Scottish fishing village of Collieston has held an anonymous competition to design a community centre. We look at the five shortlisted entries, together with their architects’ statements
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NewsGazprom jury walk-out
RMJM wins St Petersburg tower competition — but where were the architect judges?
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NewsBarker planning advice offers work windfall
Architects face a bonanza of work following Kate Barker’s recommendation that minor projects should go ahead without the need for planning consent.
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NewsMajor names vie to design Jewish centre
Chipperfield, FOA and Viñoly contenders for flagship London building