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NewsRoyal Gold Medal at last for Cullinan
Architect Ted Cullinan has finally been awarded the RIBA Royal Gold Medal following a long campaign by his supporters.
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NewsSustainable code changes under fire
New government guidance on the Code for Sustainable Homes that states schemes cannot use off-site renewable energy could stifle zero-carbon development in urban areas, experts warned this week.
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Contractors pull out of Aquatics bid
The Olympic Delivery Authority has insisted it is unconcerned that only one contractor is now bidding to build Zaha Hadid’s landmark Aquatics Centre.
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NewsBlears revives Farrell scheme
Communities secretary Hazel Blears has overturned Lambeth Borough Council’s decision to refuse planning for the 600-home Founder’s Place scheme by Farrell & Partners in south London.
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NewsForest centre wins PM’s Better Building award
Dalby Forest Visitor Centre in North Yorkshire, by Bristol-based White Design, has won the 2007 Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award.
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NewsSMC and Aukett drop merger plans
Architects SMC and Aukett Fitzroy Robinson have called off their proposed merger after the two firms failed to agree on a deal. In statements this morning, both companies said they had been “unable to agree satisfactory terms” for the merger proposal, and discussions had ceased.SMC, which two weeks ago unveiled ...
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NewsRead this week's BD as a digital edition
Because of the postal strike we have created a digital edition of BD
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NewsPark wins place in Bradford’s heart
Multidisciplinary firm Gillespies has won planning for its £30 million park in the heart of Bradford, which forms part of Will Alsop’s masterplan for the city. Gillespies fought off Edaw to win the project last year.
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Heatherwick joins fellowship
Designer Thomas Heatherwick and architectural historian Alan Powers are among 10 new RIBA honorary fellows announced this week.
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Ally Pally scheme is blocked
Plans for a £55 million redevelopment of south-west London’s famous Alexandra Palace by Aukett Fitzroy Robinson were blocked by the High Court last week.
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Learn some guerrilla tactics
Places are still available for the RIBA’s small practice conference which takes place next week at Portland Place.
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NewsInspirational Oswald Ungers dies
Oswald Mathias Ungers, the architect responsible for some of Germany’s most important public buildings, has died aged 81.
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NewsKeep ‘village’ of Smithfield, urges Farrell
Terry Farrell has launched a fresh attack on a major office scheme by Kohn Pederson Fox Architects for central London’s historic Smithfield Market ahead of a public inquiry on the project next month.
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NewsProspects rise for U2’s Dublin hotel by Foster
Controversial plans by Foster & Partners and rock band U2 to revamp one of Dublin’s hippest hotels received a boost this week, winning cautious support from city councillors.
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NewsKing’s Cross building signals its intentions
Designs by Stanton Williams for the first building within Argent’s £2 billion King’s Cross masterplan to go on site have been revealed.
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NewsChipperfield beats off Young Vic to take Stirling
David Chipperfield’s Museum of Modern Literature at Marbach am Neckar, Germany, scooped the £20,000 Stirling Prize last week in a narrow win over Haworth Tompkins Architects’ Young Vic theatre.
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NewsHappy landing for lifeboats
Cornwall-based Bazeley Architects has been granted planning permission by East Devon District Council for this £2 million lifeboat station in Exmouth.
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NewsCafé takes occupation
Architects in Residence has completed this military-style kiosk, which stands adjacent to the Imperial War Museum in south London’s Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park.
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RIBA conference to learn from the movies
Film producer Duncan Kenworthy will give a keynote speech on the second day of this year’s RIBA International Conference.