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NewsLeading architects fail to save Welsh school
Newport High School set to be demolished after appeal by figures including Zaha Hadid and Peter Cook fails
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New Covent Garden Market architects unveiled
Foster & Partners and Neil Tomlinson Architects have been revealed as the architects selected to redevelop the New Covent Garden Market site near Battersea Power station.The team will develop and deliver a new design for market facilities and infrastructure for the Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) in a project led ...
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NewsOmbudsman rejects complaints over Highland Housing Fair
One of the country's most exciting housing schemes has received a huge boost after accusations of maladministration were officially rejected.BD reported in February that the Highland Housing Fair, to be built near Inverness, was being investigated by the Scottish Public Service Ombudsman over claims that it had not properly followed ...
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NewsIan Ritchie dropped from Southwark's Potters Field housing scheme
Architect Ian Ritchie has been dropped from Berkley Homes' prominent Potters Field housing scheme near Tower Bridge.The decision was announced last night (Monday) by Southwark Council, which recently signed a co-operation agreement with Berkeley Homes after years of opposing the developer's scheme. The council said a new architect would be ...
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NewsDesign for London shortlists 40 practices for framework panel
Design for London has shortlisted more than 40 practices for its forthcoming framework panel including Marks Barfield, Foster & Partners, Studio Egret West and David Chipperfield.The shortlist, which attracted more than 180 submissions, is competing to be named on DFL's Architecture, Landscape and Urban Design panel, plans for which were ...
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NewsCouncil admits it has not costed Robin Hood Gardens refurbishment
Tower Hamlets Council has admitted it has not fully costed the refurbishment of Robin Hood Gardens, despite its repeated claims that demolition is the most economic option.
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NewsTories propose chief architect as national design champion
Government says position is unnecessary since Cabe already does the job ‘brilliantly’
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Hadid wins Vilnius Guggenheim
Zaha Hadid has won the competition to design the new Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania, beating Daniel Libeskind and Massimiliano Fuksas.
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NewsAA pavilion marks 10 years of design research lab
Alumni of the Architectural Association have completed an innovative pavilion designed to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the school's design research lab.The competition-winning scheme, which sits outside the AA's Bedford Square premises, was designed by 2002 graduate Alan Dempsey and Alvin Huang of the class of 2004. It was developed ...
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NewsMoscow goes fruity
Foster & Partners has revealed its latest scheme in Russia, a bold mixed-use building for central Moscow, dubbed Project Orange.
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NewsRIBA backs down as Freemasons defy rule
RIBA president Sunand Prasad seeks compromise after new rule on declaring affiliations fails
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NewsFoster’s Orange would squash Soviet masterpiece
Russian architecture experts have condemned an iconic design by Norman Foster because it involves the replacement of a Soviet-era building considered by some as the “best in Moscow”.
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NewsPractices ‘at risk from the crunch’
Architectural practices are at greater risk of being sued by contractors and developers because of the strains of the credit crunch, a leading insurance company warned this week.
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NewsAquatics budget comes in at £303m
The Olympic Delivery Authority has revealed a final budget of £303 million for Zaha Hadid’s 2012 Aquatics Centre.
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Rollercoaster inferno
The oldest rollercoaster in Britain has been razed to the ground in what police are describing as an arson attack.
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NewsHouse approved after three years, two redesigns and public inquiry
Theis & Khan Architects has won planning permission for a private house in Stoughton, Leicester, on appeal following a three-year planning battle.
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PRP looks to Europe for eco-town inspiration
Housing practice PRP has revealed a major bid to win eco-town work following the government’s announcement that 15 sites have been shortlisted.
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Prasad joins the eco-town dozen
RIBA president Sunand Prasad will sit on a panel of experts charged with shaping the future of the 10 planned eco-towns, the government announced this week.
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NewsOMA reveals waterfront design
OMA has revealed images of its Bryghusgrunden project in Copenhagen
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Central St Martins wins approval
Stanton Williams’ £180 million design for the new Central St Martins college campus has become the first phase of the massive King’s Cross redevelopment to win planning consent.