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17 countries agree whole-life costs
The RIBA has welcomed the creation of the first international standard for whole-life costings of buildings.
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NewsJury had doubts over Hadid design
The jury that selected Zaha Hadid’s design for the London Olympics Aquatics Centre raised serious doubts over its cost and design before it was selected in 2005.
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Andreas Papadakis dies
The former publisher of Architectural Design, and Charles Jencks’ global bestseller The Language of Post Modernism, has died.
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Five in running for Seoul scheme
Fosters, Studio Libeskind and SOM are among five architects bidding to design a £14 billion international business district in South Korea.
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New builds harm CO2 aims
The government is failing to reduce carbon emissions from commercial buildings because of its obsession with new builds, the All Party Urban Development Group said this week.
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NewsFronds make roundabout scheme the pick of the crop
A roundabout on the A66 east of Middlesbrough is set to be transformed through this innovative scheme which boasts structural fronds lining the road and “waving in the wind like corn”.
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NewsYork Council dumps practice’s HQ design
York City Council has withdrawn its planning application for a RMJM-designed headquarters building after English Heritage slammed the scheme.
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NewsWhite water centre set to float
The Olympic Delivery Authority has unveiled designs for the Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre by FaulknerBrowns Architects.
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Essex hotel wins planning appeal
And Architects has won a planning appeal for the Rivenhall Hotel refurbishment scheme in Essex.
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Cepezed scoops highest honour
Dutch practice Cepezed Architects has won the Royal Institute of Dutch Architects’ highest award, the BNA Cube 2008.
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NewsThreefold unfolds winning design
Threefold Architects, working with Jason Bruges Studio, has beaten practices including Atmos and Cottrell & Vermeulen in a contest to design an interactive mobile facility to stimulate creativity.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron's revised Tate Modern extension revealed
Herzog & de Meuron and the Tate today unveiled their substantially revised scheme, now in brick, for the £215 million extension to London's Tate Modern.
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NewsHousing practices feel the chill of recession
BD survey reveals picture of dwindling orders, redundancies and difficulties in getting paid
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NewsLords blast Boris on Parliament Square
London mayor Boris Johnson’s scrapping of plans to turn Parliament Square into a pedestrianised plaza were slammed by members of the House of Lords this week.
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Architects blamed for unsustainable schools
Cabe chief attacks profession’s lack of skills for design review failures
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Five picked for court building frameworks
Five firms, including Manchester Civil Justice Centre designer Denton Corker Marshall, have been picked for a prestigious framework agreement for court buildings.
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NewsStirling Prize shortlist unveiled
The shortlist for the 2008 Stirling Prize has been announced. See the buildings and read BD's Buildings Editor Ellis Woodman's assessment of the key buildings on the shortlist.