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NewsBoris bashed over ‘pocket money’ for Great Spaces
London mayor Boris Johnson faced ridicule this week after unveiling a public realm strategy for the capital funded with what critics described as “pocket money”.
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NewsZaha Hadid profits soar by 400% in pre-recession period
Turnover at Zaha Hadid Architects doubled to £26.2 million in the 12 months to April 2008, with pre-tax profits leaping fivefold from £1 million to £5 million, accounts filed at Companies House last week revealed.
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NewsFoster & Partners plans La Défence tower project
Norman Foster this week unveiled plans for the tallest mixed-use building in Western Europe, located in the La Défense business area of Paris.
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Mayne and Meier in final four for London US Embassy
Four practices have been selected for the final stage of the competition to design the new US Embassy in south London.
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NewsFoster & Partners’ Croydon Gateway scheme on hold
Developer Stanhope says it will build only on demand in the face of the recession
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NewsIan Simpson Architects wins RIBA contest to design National Wildflower Centre at Knowsley
Ian Simpson Architects has won the RIBA competition to design a National Wildflower Centre in Knowsley, near Liverpool.
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NewsAedas £125m Birmingham tower unveiled at Mipim
Aedas has designed one of the first large buildings to be unveiled at Mipim, a £125 million mixed-use tower for Birmingham.
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NewsEarth Architecture, by Ronald Rael
“Today, the most common building material on the planet is classified as alternative or worse, primitive”.
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NewsBSEC 2010 moving to the Capital
The Building Schools for the Future Programme, City Academies and the Primary Capital Programme have had a huge impact on education spending in the UK with an estimated £100 billion being spent from now until 2020
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NewsScott Brownrigg’s 3 Assembly Square, Cardiff waterfront.
Scott Brownrigg’s flagship office development on the Cardiff waterfront, 3 Assembly Square, has achieved a Breeam “excellent” rating six months before completion.
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NewsCamden considers compulsory orchard provision for new projects
New buildings in the London Borough of Camden could be forced to include space for fruit orchards and community allotments.
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NewsAllies & Morrison submits Elephant & Castle tower for planning
Allies & Morrison’s 43-storey residential tower Eileen House, in Elephant & Castle, south London, has been submitted for planning.
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NewsSchmidt Hammer Lassen's £196 million library in Aarhus, Denmark
Danish practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has won a competition to design a £196 million library in Aarhus, Denmark.
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NewsSidell Gibson takes over Birmingham practice
London-based Sidell Gibson Architects is to acquire Birmingham practice Crouch Butler Savage
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NewsDSDHA wins Waterloo square competition
DSDHA has won the competition to design a major new square on London’s South Bank.
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NewsDan Cruickshank attacks Tower Hamlets and English Heritage over Robin Hood Gardens
Architectural historian and TV personality Dan Cruickshank has given the east London council and heritage body a drubbing over the Smithson’s estate.
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NewsGovernment should scrap PFI, says Rogers
Spend taxpayers money directly, says architect, as Labour puts £2bn into struggling projects
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NewsCouncil go-ahead for two major projects in Victoria
Westminster City Council has granted planning permission for two major projects in Victoria, by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects and John McAslan & Partners, for developer Land Securities, following last month’s approval of the neighbouring Victoria Interchange scheme.
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NewsHeatherwick glass bridge shattered by recession
£7.5 million price tag scuppers ‘jewel in the crown’ of King’s Cross Central
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NewsAny doubts over Thomas?
The scrapping of Thomas Heatherwick’s glass bridge is the latest in a run of setbacks for the designer, yet his stock seems as high as ever