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  • Stonehenge
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    New row hits Stonehenge

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Heritage bodies' clash over site of visitor centre threatens to delay project beyond 2012

  • Grimshaw’s Thermae Bath Spa, which opened three years late.
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    Grimshaw lands in court over Bath Spa

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Council sues architect and contractor after receiving Carillion claim

  • Adjaye’s Stephen Lawrence Centre: up for prestigious prize.
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    Troubled centre on Mies prize shortlist

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    David Adjaye’s troubled Stephen Lawrence Centre has been nominated for one the biggest prizes in architecture, the Mies van der Rohe Award 2009.

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    Optimism for delayed RHG review

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    The DCMS is unlikely to meet its self-imposed five-month deadline for reviewing its decision on the listing ofRobin Hood Gardens due to the "complexity" of the case, it admitted this week.

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    Adam and PTE are latest to shed staff

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Robert Adam Architects and Pollard Thomas Edwards are the latest practices to announce redundancies amid worsening employment prospects across the country.

  • The institute’s parabola roof may be the only surviving element.
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    ‘Only roof is safe’ in OMA revamp

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Commonwealth Institute plans not acceptable to conservation groups

  • The future of the Robin Hood Gardens estate remains in the balance.
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    Rays of hope within the gloom

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    BD’s news editor Will Hurst looks at how the economy has dominated the news in 2008, while we ask some of the people in the public eye what they consider the year’s most important developments

  • World Architecture Top 100
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    Gensler’s growth keeps it at No 1

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Gensler has retained its place at the top of BD’s World Architecture Top 100 survey, increasing the number of architects it employs from 1,216 to 1,360.

  • Denton Corker Marshall’s new magistrates court in Birmingham
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    Go-ahead for DCM’s latest court

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Denton Corker Marshall’s new magistrates court in Birmingham has been granted planning approval.

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    Dow Jones redevelops Hawksmoor

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Dow Jones Architects has won a competition to redevelop the crypt of the Nicholas Hawksmoor-designed Christ Church in London’s Spitalfields, beating Carmody Groarke, Molyneux Kerr, Meadowcroft Griffin and Witherford Watson Mann.

  • News

    Ex-PfS design head Ibikunle dies

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Jonathan Ibikunle, former head of design at Partnership for Schools (PfS), has died.

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    Four vie to refurbish RIBA roof terraces

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    The RIBA has announced a shortlist of four designers in its competition to refurbish three public roof terraces at its Portland Place headquarters in central London.

  • The two-storey house is clad in green oak and has a green roof to blend in with an adjacent area of outstanding natural beauty.
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    Music-making at the centre of Baca Architects’ Chilterns house

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Baca Architects’ 360sq m private residence in the Chilterns, south-east England, is ready to go on site early next month after winning planning permission.

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    Green Park Station works win approval

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    London’s Westminster City Council has given the green light to a comprehensive redevelopment of Green Park tube station despite objections from English Heritage about the impact it will have on the neighbouring grade II* listed Ritz Hotel and the grade II listed park.

  • Esslemont & Macintosh department store sceme on Aberdeen’s Union Street
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    Holmes for Aberdeen

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Scottish architect Holmes has won planning permission for a mixed-use scheme to transform the historic Esslemont & Macintosh department store on Aberdeen’s Union Street.

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    This week's ups & downs

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    Hot and Not

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    Year in review 2008

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    We might have had a bleak end to 2008, but it was actually a good year for splendid buildings and inspiring architectural exhibitions. We asked 18 major players in the business to pick out their highlights.

  • News

    Boots: 19th December 2008

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

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    World Architecture 2009

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    BD's 2009 World Architecture Top 100 is the annual exploration of the world's largest architectural practices and global economic prospects. Our essential annual lists cover all the key sectors and regional denominations and are based on a comprehensive survey of architects practising in the field. ...

  • Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design
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    Zaha nets Vienna library

    2008-12-18T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design a library and learning centre for the University of Economics & Business in Vienna.