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AFL to design Salford stadium
AFL Architects has been appointed to design the City of Salford Stadium, the new home of the Salford City Reds rugby league team, for developer Red City.
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Stanton Williams wins last design
Stanton Williams has won the last major architectural design contact for the London 2012 Olympics.
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NewsMuf’s Barking design scoops prize
Muf’s design for Barking Town Square (pictured) in east London has become the first UK scheme to win the European Prize for Urban Public Space.
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Tickets for London festival on sale
Tickets for the London Festival of Architecture go on sale this Monday May 5. This year’s festival — formerly known as the biennale — is set to be the biggest to date, with more than 500 events between June 20 and July 20.
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NewsMurcutt joins Living Steel jury
Pritzker Prize winner Glenn Murcutt (pictured) is on the jury for Living Steel, an international architecture competition for sustainable housing.
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Council approves Woolwich Tesco
A huge Sheppard Robson scheme for Tesco and St James’s Investments has been fully approved by Greenwich Council.
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RIBA initiatives to tackle equality
The RIBA has unveiled a range of new initiatives to encourage equality and diversity in the profession.
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NewsParnaby to review Cabe
Richard Parnaby, professor of architecture at the University of the West of England and on the board of the Design Commission for Wales, is to carry out a long awaited government review of Cabe.
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BPF to research impact of towers
The British Property Federation plans to carry out research into the environmental and economic impact of tall buildings.
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A Maggie’s for London
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre in west London was opened on Tuesday.
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HOK reveals airport city
HOK’s London office has unveiled its 140ha masterplan for Dublin’s Airport City.
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NewsHappiness is not entering competitions
Bauman Lyons director Irena Bauman gives her tips on how to be a happy architect in a new book
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NewsGareth Hoskins' Scottish pavilion is stairway to Venice
Hoskins' structure saw off competition from more than 50 other schemes: more pictures
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NewsPrince Charles leads Chinatown revolution
Move to remodel London’s Chinese quarter seen as way of making amends for Olympic snub
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NewsCouncil injunction halts demolition of Derby Hippodrome
Plans to demolish Derby’s grade II listed Hippodrome have been stopped in their tracks after the High Court imposed an injunction — the first time a theatre has been protected in such a way.BD reported last week that owner and developer Christopher Anthony of Grafton Square, Clapham, had come under ...
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NewsLiverpool council claims heritage is safe with us
Following an open letter from Liverpool planning manager Nigel Lee, BDonline readers hit back at claims that the city's architectural heritage is in safe hands. Simon Taylor claims the city council has "lost the plot in terms of protecting our wonderful architectural legacy"; and David Swift is "appalled by the ...
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NewsStanton Williams scoops Olympics contract for Eton Manor
Stanton Williams has won the last of the major architectural design contacts for the London 2012 Olympics.The firm's “rational and holistic” proposals for a cluster of venues and facilities at Eton Manor helped it beat competition from David Adjaye and Bennetts Associates among others to land the contract. The other ...
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NewsWill Alsop to aid Palestra's bid to generate its own power
Will Alsop has been parachuted in to help retrofit his award-winning Palestra office building in central London as part of an innovative plan to see it generate more of its electricity on site.Transport for London, which is the building’s main occupier, is installing a combined heat and power (CHP) plant ...
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NewsFoster under pressure to reveal tax status
Labour and Lib Dems claim Swiss residency for tax reasons conflicts with seat in the Lords