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NewsRIBA to help architects at Mipim
Marks Barfield, Mae and Formation Architects are among the practices who will be showcasing their talents on the RIBA stand at next month’s Mipim property show.The RIBA has teamed up with UK Trade & Investment to allow 20 small and medium firms to exhibit at the week-long event at Cannes ...
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NewsBjarke Ingels unveils New York pyramid
Danish practice BIG has revealed designs for a pyramid-shaped apartment building on New York’s West 57th Street.Designed around a courtyard space, the 80,000sq m building achieves its unusual shape by keeping three corners of the block low, while the north-east corner rises to a peak height of 137m. The shape ...
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Scottish Design Awards seeks listed building projects
The Scottish Design Awards is this week seeking nominations for the best re-use of a listed building
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NewsWorking abroad: Allies & Morrison
Bob Allies on how his practice has almost inadvertently found itself expanding overseas.
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NewsJestico & Whiles completes Leicester Square scheme
A luxury hotel by Jestico & Whiles on the site of the former Swiss Centre building in London’s Leicester Square will open next week.Called the W London, the hotel provides 192 guest rooms, including 17 suites, across 10 storeys. It also includes 11 two and three bedroom penthouses. It will ...
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NewsLDA Design's revamp of Burgess Park gets go-ahead
Planners have approved LDA Design’s £6 million scheme to give a major south London park a new identity.The firm won a competition in November 2009 with its “ambitious but achievable” plans to inject new life into Burgess Park in Southwark.These included removing unnecessary roads, improving the entrances and the boundary ...
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NewsTom Dixon's Royal Academy restaurant opens
Tom Dixon and his Design Research Studio have created a new interior for the restaurant at the Royal Academy, in London’s Piccadilly.
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NewsGovernment claims to support architects under localism
The government has spoken out in support for architecture and the role of architects under localism.
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NewsPlanning success for Austin-Smith Lord's Scottish housing
South Ayrshire Council has approved plans for a mixed-use development in Greenan designed by Austin-Smith Lord for Mactaggart & Mickel Homes.
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NewsOMA recruits as portfolio expands
OMA has advertised for senior architects to join its expanding Hong Kong office.Rem Koolhaas’s practice was recently commissioned to produce the new design strategy and branding for Hong Kong’s public transport operator.The practice is also working on the new campus for Chu Hai College and is one of three architects ...
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NewsEhrlich beats Foster and Hadid to win UAE parliament job
Ehrlich Architects has beaten Foster & Partners and Zaha Hadid to win the job of designing a parliament building for the United Arab Emirates
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NewsJTP engages locals to draw up Indonesian resort masterplan
John Thompson & Partners is developing a sustainable masterplan for a 250ha eco-tourism resort on the Indonesian island of Lombok
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NewsMurphy’s octagonal plans for Edinburgh site
Richard Murphy Architects has unveiled images of its £24 million housing-led scheme on the site of the former Edinburgh Royal Infirmary
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Norr reveals Jenan City masterplan
Archial’s sister practice Norr has unveiled its design concept for Jenan City, the largest privately owned project under development in Saudi Arabia
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NewsInternational Intelligence: Russia
Local partners are essential for architects hoping to capitalise on the events boom in Russia.
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NewsCabe looks locally to ensure survival
Cabe has begun holding meetings with design review panels around the country as part of its new localism brief ordered by the government to ensure its survival.
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NewsArb’s ‘double standard’ challenged
The campaigner trying to get architectural assistants recognised as architects has fired his first legal shot across the Arb’s bows
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NewsZaha Hadid cashes in as firm's profits treble
Zaha Hadid received a personal dividend of £1.5 million in the last financial year on the back of a near trebling of profits at her practice.Accounts filed for the world-renowned signature firm show announced a year of “significant success” with pre-tax profits at the company leaping to £4.1 million in ...
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NewsArchitects start work on prefab school templates
Government looks to slash time and construction costs through standardised designs