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NewsGormley’s Angel tops lottery poll
Antony Gormley’s Angel of the North has topped a national poll as the UK’s most recognised National Lottery-funded landmark.
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NewsBurd Haward’s ‘overscaled barn’ dances along Guernsey cliffs
Burd Haward Architects has designed a £1 million four-bedroom, granite-clad house for a family in Guernsey.
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NewsVertical ‘common’ plan for Smithfield Market
A 30m-high “vertical common” has been proposed for central London’s Smithfield market site.
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NewsEnglish Heritage fails to back Robin Hood Gardens
English Heritage commissioners have overruled the advice of the organisation’s own advisory committee over the future of Robin Hood Gardens and recommended it is not listed.
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NewsRIBA and ACA split over forms of client contract
Architects will be forced to choose between two rival forms of client contract after the collapse of more than two years of negotiation on the issue between the RIBA and the Association of Consultant Architects.In a move destined to create a major schism between the two organisations, ACA president Brian ...
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NewsKent takes legal action over original Turner Contemporary scheme
Kent County Council is to sue Norwegian architect Snøhetta and British collaborator Stephen Spence over the duo's aborted Turner Contemporary gallery scheme in Margate.The landmark design, which was commissioned in 2001, was to be situated in the sea next to Margate pier. But the project was cancelled in February 2006 ...
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NewsSave Bishopsfield estate, say Beigel and Fretton
Architects including Florian Beigel and Tony Fretton have rallied to support a threatened 1960s experimental housing estate designed by Michael Neylan and Bill Ungless.Bishopsfield estate in Harlow could now be demolished after the local council found the cost of bringing it up to the government’s Decent Homes standard would be ...
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NewsMoore resigns as Architecture Foundation director
Director of the Architecture Foundation Rowan Moore has resigned, it was announced this morning.The move, which has sparked an immediate search for a new director, comes just two-and-a-half months after the foundation ditched its plans for a Zaha Hadid-designed headquarters building - a move it blamed on the credit crunch.Moore, ...
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NewsDavis quits RIBA presidency race citing work pressures
The battle for the RIBA presidency took a dramatic twist this week as Paul Davis pulled out, leaving Ruth Reed and Andrew Hanson in a two horse race.Davis, founder of Paul Davis & Partners and a past president of the Association of Consultant Architects, said his practice’s growing workload had ...
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NewsDemolition threat to Harlow's Bishopsfield estate
A 1960s housing estate is threatened with demolition despite its popularity with residents, after a survey by the local council quoted a prohibitive cost for bringing it up to Decent Homes standards.Bishopsfield estate in Harlow, Essex, was designed by Michael Neylan and Bill Ungless following a competition win in 1963, ...
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NewsArchitects double up for Athletes Village
Development goes high-rise as Lend Lease boss unfazed by credit crunch
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NewsGowan seeks clarity over Leicester landmark
James Gowan has called on Leicester University to explain its plans for the landmark engineering laboratory that he designed with James Stirling.
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NewsMcAdam and Jan Störmer masterplan new Moscow suburb
London-based McAdam Architects and Hamburg-based Jan Störmer Partners have revealed plans for a new suburb for Moscow.
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Foster's tax status questioned in parliament
Norman Foster’s tax affairs have been raised in Parliament following BD’s exclusive report last week that he has become a Swiss resident.Liberal Democrat peer and treasury spokesman Matthew Oakeshott — who aims to force “tax-dodging” peers out of the House of Lords — questioned the actions of the Foster & ...
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New Scottish schools are too cramped, warns tsar
Scotland’s school design “tsar” has warned that new-build schools have compromised on space standard and comfort to the detriment of both pupils and teachers.
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NewsIsn’t it good, Swedish wood
Architect Brunnberg & Forshed has beaten 205 nominations to win Sweden’s prestigious Wood Prize for this residential scheme Östra Kvarnskogen in Sollentuna.
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Capita buys civils firm Bobrowski
Capita Symonds has bought structural and civil engineering firm NRM Bobrowski for an undisclosed sum.
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NewsUK hopes rest on 11.04 Architects
London-based 11.04 Architects is the only British practice to reach the final shortlist for a £30 million residential development in Bratislava.
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Planning granted for largest school
Liverpool City Council has granted planning permission for a scheme that will create the city’s biggest secondary school.