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Five firms shortlisted for Royal College of Art
Benson & Forsyth, Feilden Clegg Bradley, Haworth Tomkins, Urban Salon and Keith Williams Architects have been shortlisted to design a new building for the Royal College of Art in Battersea, south London.
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NewsFollowing in the delegations
BD followed in the Unesco mission’s footsteps, with a tour that began on the north bank of the Thames looking up at the Tower of London’s southern walls.
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Two teams left on Lea Valley shortlist
Anglo-Dutch team KCAP/Maccreanor Lavington and the Halpern Partnership have made it to the last two in a shortlist for an 800-home development in the Lower Lea Valley on the site of the former St Andrew’s Hospital, beating Ken Shuttleworth’s Make.
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News2012 dreams dashed
Risk-averse Jowell abdicates design responsibility for London Olympics to contractors
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RRP slams framework for city academies
Procurement changes will ‘probably not deliver well-designed schools’
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NewsHigh-density race warning
Trevor Phillips says designers must consider community cohesion when planning new developments
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GMW finally set to grasp Victoria contract
GMW Architects with developer Hammerson is on the verge of being appointed to the massive redevelopment of Victoria Station in central London.
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Second bite at Warsaw museum
Zaha Hadid and Tony Fretton have been approved to enter the new design competition for the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Poland, four months after they were disqualified from its abortive first running.
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White paper seeks more power for planners
Radical reforms outlined in the local government white paper could give planning authorities the confidence to take controversial decisions, an expert has said.
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NewsRead between the lines
Cottrell & Vermeulen Architects has entered its competition-winning design for a new library in Birchfield, Birmingham, for planning permission.
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NewsNord named BD Young Architect of the Year
Glasgow-based Nord was named Young Architect of the Year at the Architect of the Year Awards in London last night, attended by 900 architects and clients.
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But Southwark opens competition to all
Architects itching to get their hands on a school may have been locked out of the city academies framework, but they have been offered the chance to bid for work in Southwark.
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NewsFinal flourish
Penoyre & Prasad has been commissioned to design the new Church of England Academy in Finchley, London, sponsored by the London Diocesan Board of Schools.
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China’s planning law beats UK, says Foster
Norman Foster has slammed the UK’s tortuous planning system and praised China to the skies in a rare but passionate speech about the state of the profession and the UK construction industry.
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Design charity baton
Next March a team of cyclists will ride from Calais to the Mipim property fair in Cannes to raise money for the charity Architects for Aid. BD is launching a competition to design a relay baton for the riders to carry and present to a VIP when they arrive in ...
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NewsMaking the grade
Hopkins Architects has been given the final go-ahead for this £70 million scheme at the City campus of Nottingham Trent University. The project comprises the refurbishment of the university’s grade II* listed Arkwright and Newton buildings and the construction of a glazed atrium between them.
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NewsHadid’s AF building wins go-ahead after two years
Zaha Hadid’s greatly revised plans for the headquarters of the Architecture Foundation in Southwark received planning permission this week after a two year odyssey of changes by client and architect.
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NewsSupermarket, Bury St Edmunds by SMC Covell Matthews
SMC Covell Matthews has designed this half-submerged supermarket for the historic Suffolk town of Bury St Edmunds, and used the roof for 80 new homes.