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NewsChipperfield wins first French competition
David Chipperfield has won his first competition in France with this scheme for a new gateway building at HEC School of Management in Paris.
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NewsRIBA National and European Award winners announced
Contenders for the Stirling Prize shortlist were revealed at the RIBA National and International Awards at London’s Hilton Hotel on Friday night.
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NewsArchitects join forces on West End infrastructure plan
A group of architects have joined forces to examine how key West End sites could be knitted into one overarching infrastructural plan.
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NewsRobin Hood Gardens design competition: The results
The top entries in BD and the Architecture Foundation’s ideas competition for Robin Hood Gardens show that inspired refurbishment of the estate can give it a new vibrancy while reaching the required density levels.
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NewsHowzat! Herzog & de Meuron scheme bowls Lord’s over
Swiss practice set to take its third major UK commission redeveloping the ‘home of cricket’
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NewsZoran Radivojevic's design for Robin Hood Gardens in depth
Zoran Radivojevic (Cazenove Architects) wowed the judges to take first place in the Robin Hood Gardens competition with his treatment of the buildings as giant carcasses. Explore Radivojevic's design in more depth.
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NewsExperts blast BRE's 'unproven gimmicks'
Research and innovation dropped in favour commercial growth, say critics
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NewsBen Addy's design for Robin Hood Gardens in depth
Ben Addy (Moxton Architects) took third place in the Robin Hood Gardens design competition with his light-touch approach to the Smithsons' masterplan. Explore Addy's design in more depth.
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NewsBoris pledges to reinstate Parker Morris standards
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has promised to reintroduce Parker Morris space standards for new residential developments in a bid to improve the quality of inner city living.
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NewsRobin Hood Gardens competition: Entries round-up
The response to the BD/AF competition for idea for the redevelopment of Robin Hood Gardens drew a phenomenal response from architects all around the globe.
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NewsViñoly Battersea plan ‘a menace’
Rafael Viñoly unveiled his masterplan for the redevelopment of the Battersea Power Station site amid a storm of protest last week.
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RIBA competition for flood-proof house
The RIBA is to launch a competition with insurer Norwich Union to create a prototype flood-proof house for the Thames Gateway.
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NewsAtkins profits defy crunch
Design and engineering giant Atkins brushed off the financial woes affecting other construction companies with a strong set of annual results this week.
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NewsEllis Miller plays it large for Rutland’s Big Build scheme
Architect Ellis Miller has released the first images of its biggest ever project, a £26 million mixed-use development for Rutland County Council.
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NewsArchitects to take lead in zero-carbon schools drive
Leading architects Robin Nicholson, Peter Clegg and Irena Bauman are to sit on a government panel helping to ensure that all new schools are zero carbon by 2016
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NewsHeritage Fund pledges £23m for threatened buildings
The Heritage Lottery Fund on Friday pledged £23 million for scores of threatened buildings, including £7 million for a grade II* listed church in Bolton and Georgian town house in Llanelli in Wales.
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NewsRMJM's Russian tower houses 'hanging' garden
RMJM has unveiled exclusive images of a proposed tower building in Ekaterinburg, Russia’s third largest city, which houses a vertical ‘hanging’ garden – believed to be the only one of its kind in the world.
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Donation saves Cutty Sark project
An 86-year-old Israeli shipping magnate has donated £3.3 million to the restoration of the historic tea clipper, Cutty Sark
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NewsPiazza helps to reveal Minster
York City Council has approved plans to create a piazza outside the city’s famous Minster.
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Grosvenor blasts RSHP scheme
Leading landowner and developer Grosvenor has called Rogers Stirk Harbour’s £1 billion redevelopment of London’s Chelsea Barracks “monotonous”