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NewsPlanning approval for John Lyall's Chatham scheme
Regeneration scheme for Kent seaside town worth £25 million gets go-ahead
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NewsChipperfield's Neues Museum wins Mies van der Rohe Award
David Chipperfield’s revamp of the Neues Museum in Berlin has won the 2011 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – the Mies van der Rohe Award.The project beat competition from Zaha Hadid, Jean Nouvel, Belgian practice MDMA, Paris-based Bernard Tschumi and Dutch company Koen van Velsen to win the prestigious ...
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NewsPhilosopher mauls 'starchitects'
Philosopher Roger Scruton has accused star architects of talking “pretentious gobbledegook” in a bid to justify new buildings which will be torn down in 20 years’ time.In an opinion piece in the Times on Saturday, Scruton named Daniel Libeskind, Frank Gehry, Richard Rogers, Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Peter Eisenman and ...
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NewsGovernment backs new engineering prize
The government is backing plans to introduce a new engineering award, worth up to £1 million for the winner.Science minister David Willetts said he supported plans for the prize, which he believes could reach the prestige of the Nobel prizes awarded annually for fields including physics and medicine.The prize would ...
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NewsSOM team bags permission for huge east London scheme
Revised plans for Leamouth Peninsula approved by London Thames Gateway Development Corp
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NewsArchitect fined £3,000 for serious professional incompetence
The Arb’s professional conduct committee has fined an architect £3,000 for unacceptable professional conduct and serious professional incompetence.Frances Morrow of Banbury, Oxfordshire, was found to have acted inappropriately on a number of occasions when working on a residential development in Moreton-in-Marsh.It was alleged she failed to check that an installed ...
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NewsArup Associates sets up China studios
Architectural wing of engineering giant to open three new offices
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NewsAppeal over Redcar library ruling
The Twentieth Century Society says it will appeal against the decision not to list ABK’s Redcar Central Library.
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NewsArticle 25 holds art auction
Built environment charity Article 25 has announced plans to raise funds through a week-long art exhibition and auction next month.
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NewsMake's university project launches in Stratford
Make has revealed new images of University Square Stratford, a £33 million scheme for two universities in east London.The 8,600sq m scheme, which has won detailed planning permission and was formally launched by London mayor Boris Johnson earlier this month, is for the University of East London and Birkbeck, part ...
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NewsHopkins lecture marks Frick laboratory opening
Hopkins’ Frick Chemistry Laboratory at US university Princeton was dedicated over the weekend after a week of celebrations that included a tour led by senior partner Mike Taylor and a lecture by Michael Hopkins himself.
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NewsHomes and schools to get 2012 greening
ODA to spend £1 million on reducing carbon emissions at local schools and houses
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De La-Hoz wins Huelva station competition
Spanish architect Rafael de La-Hoz has won an international competition for a new high-speed rail station beating practices including Rogers Stirk Harbour and Jean Nouvel.
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World's highest hotel opens in KPF Centre
The highest hotel in the world has opened in KPF’s International Commerce Centre in Hong Kong.
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NewsJames Review: the 16 recommendations
Report’s key recommendations include a central suite of drawings and specifications that can be applied across a wide range of educational facilities
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NewsCabe's BSF design standards 'did not work', says James
Report author berates lack of improvement in school design
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