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NewsLondon through a Shard
This is London as you have never seen it before – a glimpse of what visitors to the Shard will see when it opens to the public in 2012.
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NewsSchmidt Hammer Lassen’s Barking revamp wins planning
Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s plans to revamp part of Barking in east London have been given the all-clear.
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NewsClinton heralds Elephant & Castle as model for sustainability
The redevelopment of Elephant & Castle has been lauded by former US president Bill Clinton as a global template for sustainable development.
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NewsPiano’s extension to Art Institute of Chicago opens
Renzo Piano’s $300 million Modern Wing extension to the Art Institute of Chicago in the USA has opened to the public.
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NewsRIAS gives honorary fellowships to Gough and Fabiani
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has awarded honorary fellowships to former Scottish Parliament minister of architecture Linda Fabiani and CZWG principal Piers Gough.
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NewsSimon Jenkins launches all-out attack on architects
Columnist and National Trust chairman Simon Jenkins has launched a vitriolic attack on the architectural profession claiming the debate sparked by Prince Charles in 1984 has “never died”.
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NewsCulture secretary rejects Robin Hood Gardens listing appeal
Robin Hood Gardens has been dealt a huge blow after culture secretary Andy Burnham turned down an appeal from the Twentieth Century Society to list the estate, instead giving it immunity from listing for five years.
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NewsNo let-up as HOK slashes UK staff
Architects are continuing to haemorrhage staff, with the fourth biggest firm in the world the latest to cut UK jobs, despite growing evidence of green shoots of recovery in other areas of construction
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NewsCouncil approves rebuilding of Westminster Theatre
Tim Foster Architects and Loates-Taylor Shannon have been granted surprise permission to create the West End’s first major new theatre in decades
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NewsAberdeen row over rival plans
Landscape architect Martha Schwartz is working on a £140 million Aberdeen project which critics claim threatens an arts centre scheme in the same location by Brisac Gonzalez Architects
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NewsRevisions risk scuppering theatre development
Plans by Loates-Taylor Shannon and theatre specialist Tim Foster to rebuild London’s historic Westminster Theatre are hanging in the balance after original plans became unviable
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NewsBurnham to police design standards
Government design champion and culture secretary Andy Burnham will be tasked with ensuring Whitehall departments bring all new government building projects up to scratch
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NewsLink up with opportunities abroad
The second annual Beyond Britain conference - hosted by BD in association with UK Trade & Investment, the government's international business development organisation - will be held on May 21
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Upton housing reaches completion
The UK's first zero-carbon homes outside the BRE Innovation Park have been completed in Upton in Northamptonshire
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Seven on all-time Stirling shortlist
Seven buildings have been shortlisted for the RIBA Journal/Schüco Stirling of Stirlings, a vote for the best building of the entire 175 years of the RIBA’s existence
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NewsHub for the Highlands
Scottish firm 7N Architects has submitted a masterplan for a new 87ha education campus for Inverness for outline permission
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Brighton firm splits as workload collapses
Brighton practice DRP Architects has split into two new companies after losing 90% of its workload because of the recession
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NewsRose Bowl blossoms
Sheppard Robson’s Rose Bowl building for Leeds Metropolitan University was officially opened last Friday
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