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Gulf Awards shortlist announced
Foster & Partners, Gensler and Hopkins have been shortlisted in the Architect of the Year category at the inaugural Gulf Awards, run by sister magazines Building Design and Building.
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Adjaye to design two Washington libraries
David Adjaye is to design two £5.5 million ($9.5 million) public libraries in Washington DC.
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NewsUN Studio designs £255 million museum for Dubai
UN Studio architect Ben van Berkel flew to Dubai last week to discuss this £255 million Museum of Middle Eastern Modern Art (Momema).
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NewsAccordia wins the Stirling Prize
Accordia in Cambridge by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects and Maccreanor Lavington has won the 2008 Stirling Prize.
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Candy buys Noho Square development from Icelandic bank
Christian Candy has stepped in to save Make’s £200 million Noho Square scheme from potential collapse after its major backer, Icelandic bank Kaupthing, was nationalised and its UK arm put into administration this week.
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NewsFoster’s £20m Zénith scales the heights in Saint-Etienne
Zénith, a new £20 million performance venue by Foster & Partners, opened in Saint-Etienne, France, on Monday.
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NewsLords call for design to be at heart of planning bill
Design quality must be placed at the heart of the new planning bill, peers in the House of Lords demanded this week.
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NewsRogers’ east London Wood Wharf masterplan wins outline planning consent
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ Wood Wharf masterplan for the Isle of Dogs in east London has won outline planning approval.
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NewsMurphy’s law prevails as council overturns refusal
Edinburgh City Council has overturned a recommendation to refuse planning permission for a house designed by and built for Richard Murphy.
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NewsTower inquiry dubious over mayor’s opposition
Planning inspector gives hope to South Bank schemes’ prospects
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NewsRIAS announces Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award shortlist
The 2008 shortlist for the Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award, which is given by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, has been announced.
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NewsDavid Burney on why New York city is paying architects better (video)
David Burney, commissioner of New York’s Department of Design and Construction (DCA) talks to news editor Will Hurst on paying architects better and reaching out to smaller firms.
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Rule change for non-European workers
Practices employing workers from outside Europe after November must apply to sponsor them by the end of that month.
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NewsBath adds a black splash
Bath & North East Somerset Council has granted planning for Mitchell Taylor Workshop’s complementary health clinic and martial arts centre in Bath city centre.
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Welsh Assembly should use architects to cut CO2
The Design Commission for Wales has called on the Welsh Assembly to use architects to help address the country’s carbon reduction and house-building agenda.
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Study to overhaul regional network
A comprehensive study of all design review bodies in England is to provide the basis for a new network of panels and advisers as Cabe, the RIBA, the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Landscape Institute join forces to boost the quality of design across the country.
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Gedling Mission Hall starts on site
Weston Williamson Architects’ £5 million Gedling Mission Hall development in Southwark, central London, has started on site.
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NewsWork under way on retail park
Work has begun on a “green” retail park on the outskirts of Peterborough.
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NewsSoho hotel to get 1930s refurb
Celebrity haunt and art deco masterpiece, the Regent Palace Hotel in London’s Soho, is being converted into a mixed-use development, with its bars and restaurants refurbished to their original state by Donald Insall Associates.
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NewsEH lists its top 20 heritage projects
Liverpool’s Bluecoat arts centre, King’s Cross Central in London and Sheffield’s Park Hill have been named in an English Heritage list of England’s 20 best conservation-led developments.