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Stirling and Gowan's Leicester University faces demolition
NEWS: Stirling and Gowan's seminal modernist building could be partially demolished OPINION: Can passion save our iconic 20th century buildings?
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NewsGehry to design 2008 Serpentine Summer Pavilion
Frank Gehry is to design this year’s Serpentine Pavilion, the gallery has revealed. The temporary structure, which will be on site for three months this summer, will be Gehry’s first built structure in England, in accordance with the Serpentine’s rules on selecting architects for the annual pavilions.Gallery director Julia Peyton-Jones ...
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NewsAaron Betsky to curate Venice Biennale
Aaron Betsky has been appointed director of the 2008 Venice Architecture Biennale. Betsky, director of the Cincinnati Art Museum in the United States and former director of the Netherlands Architecture Institute of Rotterdam, will curate the festival on the theme “Architecture Beyond Building”. The eleventh international architecture exhibition will include ...
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NewsZaha Hadid's double win in Michigan and Warsaw
Zaha Hadid Architects wins competitions for Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum in Michigan and Lilium Tower in Warsaw
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NewsSMC shareholders approve issue of £15m in new shares
SMC Group shareholders yesterday gave the green light for the release of new shares worth more than £15 million to cover payments due to the group’s own practices.During an extraordinary general meeting, shareholders voted in favour of a set of proposals that will see 188 million new shares created, increasing ...
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NewsFerguson blasts KPF's "gargantuan" Smithfield plans
Former RIBA president George Ferguson has thrown his weight behind English Heritage’s objections to the redevelopment of Smithfield Market.Giving evidence on Wednesday at the public inquiry into KPF's controversial scheme, Ferguson blasted proposals to demolish the General Market building and replace it with a structure he described as “gargantuan” in ...
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NewsUnesco refutes claims of Gazprom tower u-turn
Unesco has strongly denied press reports that it no longer has concerns about the impact of RMJM’s 396m-high Gazprom tower in St Petersburg and claims it has been misrepresented.Francesco Bandarin, who heads Unesco’s World Heritage Centre division, said: “I never said any of these things, nor did my associates, and ...
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NewsWallace Collection seeks designer to transform museum entrance
A new competition has been launched to redesign the entrance to London’s famous museum the Wallace Collection.The project aims to transform the main entrance to the museum’s grade II-listed building Hertford House in Londons' Manchester Square and involves working with architect Purcell Miller Tritton.The Wallace Collection is a national Museum ...
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NewsCabe’s architecture centre funding ‘penalises success’
Fury as Open House and New London Architecture grants are slashed in favour of regions
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NewsHeatherwick to act as contractor on own job
Practice says move will lead to better build and ‘liberate working methods’
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NewsGateway to culture
Planning permission has been granted for a project by Alison Brooks Architects — part of a scheme by Urban Splash believed to be Liverpool’s biggest-ever residential development.
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NewsFarrell blasts Edinburgh waterfront
Design champion calls on council to grasp waterfront opportunities
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Herzog & de Meuron closes its UK office
Herzog & de Meuron has closed its only British office, the practice admitted this week.
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McAslan relaxed on New Street contest
John McAslan & Partners’ beleaguered New Street station project in Birmingham is set to be substantially revised after the client launched a new design competition for the £550 million scheme.
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NewsBoris looks to design
Boris Johnson formally launched his campaign to be elected mayor of London this week by claiming design could play a crucial role in reducing gang crime.
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NewsWatford schools share ice-cool music centre
Tim Ronalds Architects has revealed images of its new £4 million music centre in Watford, dubbed the “Ice Cube”.
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NewsFoster’s fails to win round Ealing tower opponents
Foster & Partners has failed to convince English Heritage and local residents to back plans for a controversial suburban skyscraper after altering its designs.
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Architecture joins school curriculum
A construction diploma designed to open up the architectural profession to a broader range of students has been approved by higher education bosses, marking the subject’s first appearance on the school curriculum.
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Grand Designs calls for entries
Channel 4 has launched a call for entries for this year’s Grand Designs awards.
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NewsHolt Town Waterfront set to go
Manchester City Council said this week that it was “minded to approve” plans for Edaw and Studio Egret West’s Holt Town Waterfront — the city’s largest-ever scheme.