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Students make building of waste
Architecture students at the University of Sheffield have helped to design a temporary building constructed entirely out of waste.
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NewsClimate role for landscape design
Environment secretary Hilary Benn has urged landscape architects to help solve climate change.
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NewsNatural approach for GP clinic
P&HS Architects has submitted a planning application for a £3 million health centre in Eaglescliffe, Stockton-on-Tees
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NewsEstonian arts prize targets world names
Jan Kaplicky warns competition must be ‘truly international’
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NewsGreen targets can be architects’ stepping stones
The stepped atrium of David Chipper-field’s BBC Scotland building has all the shock of the new.
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HOK's Olympic stadium lacks flair
NEWS IN PICTURES: 2012 stadium shuns iconic architecture - images and slideshow YOUR COMMENTS: HOK's design gets the thumbs down from BD readers OPINION: Stadium is unsustainable and bad value, says Amanda Baillieu
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News2012 Olympic stadium design disappoints on all fronts
Rather than being innovative and ground breaking, as claimed by the ODA, HOK's newly-unveiled 2012 Olympic stadium is unsustainable and poor value for money
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NewsHOK's 2012 Olympic stadium design revealed - images and slideshow
HOK Sport and Peter Cook’s long-awaited designs for the 2012 Olympic stadium were finally unveiled today with a clear emphasis on functionality and flexibility rather than iconic architecture.
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NewsSheppard Robson forced to rethink Trocadero plans
A landmark 500-bed hotel proposed by Sheppard Robson at the site of London’s famous Trocadero complex has been sent back to the drawing board by Westminster City Council’s planning committee.The £145 million scheme, for Criterion Capital, which was backed by the Greater London Authority, would have seen the six upper ...
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NewsEstonia launches competition for new national arts academy
Estonia has launched its most lucrative ever international design competition in a bid to attract “world-class architects” for a new national academy of arts.British firms such as Design Engine and Nissen Adams have expressed interest in the 26,700sq m scheme, which has an award of £44,000 for the winner and ...
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NewsQueen’s speech heralds major changes to built environment
The built environment has featured strongly in the Queen’s speech, with bills proposing sweeping changes to the sector. The Housing & Regeneration Bill outlines the long-anticipated merger of the Housing Corporation and English Partnerships to create a new Homes & Communities Agency; the Planning Reform Bill sets out a separate ...
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NewsDavid Chipperfield reveals design for Saint Louis museum expansion - images
David Chipperfield has revealed his completed design for a $125 million expansion of the Saint Louis Art Museum.The design creates an addition to the east and south of the original 1904 building with a dark, polished concrete façade made using Missouri river aggregate. New galleries and public spaces are top-lit ...
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NewsPier Arts Centre wins Best Building in Scotland
Reiach and Hall’s Pier Arts Centre has beaten competition including Zaha Hadid’s Maggie’s Centre to scoop Britain’s most lucrative architectural prize.The Edinburgh-based practice was presented with the £25,000 Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) on Friday.The Orkney building, which was ...
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Design for London is accused of favouritism
Design body denies lobby group’s claim that it is promoting a select group of architects
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NewsAgency brings back space standards
English Partnerships will enforce size minimums for housing on its land
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Eight firms shortlisted for King’s Cross housing
Eight practices including DRMM, Munkenbeck & Marshall, Panter Hudspith and Feilden Clegg Bradley have been shortlisted by developer Argent for the first residential schemes in the £2 billion regeneration of King’s Cross.
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No single architect for new eco-towns
England’s 10 eco-towns will feature a wide range of design styles rather than the “grand vision of a single architect”, housing minister Yvette Cooper pledged this week.
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NewsNo competition for Birmingham library
Birmingham’s design strategy has come under renewed fire after the city council admitted it would not hold an international competition for its new £190 million library.