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    Lessons from Bernard Rudofsky

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    REVIEW: An impressive new book charts Rudofsky's remarkable life COMPETITION: Win a copy of the book and have your review published on bdonline

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    Presidential handover at the RIBA

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    As Jack Pringle hands over the helm we assess his presidency and offer some advice for Sunand Prasad. PLUS: Tell us what you think Prasad should do and we'll let him know your views

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    Cabe the behemoth

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    NEWS: Report reveals details of the watchdog's huge expansion OPINION: Has Cabe lost its way?

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    A4A launches £50+ Club

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Launching Architects for Aid's 50+ Club fundraising appeal, we look at the vital work the charity is doing around the world and explain how you can get involved

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    Aga Kahn award winners

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

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    Mies' Farnsworth House under water

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Flooding threatens Mies van der Rohe's modernist icon

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    The joy of car parks

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    FIRST PERSON: Simon Henley, author of a new book on parking architecture, explains his passion IMAGES: Six of the best OPINION: A fascinating account long-overdue COMPETITION: Win a copy of the book

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    RMJM tower jeopardises St Petersburg's world heritage status

    2007-08-31T00:00:00Z

    Unesco threatens action over 396m Gazprom HQ

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    Coin Street wins approval for 43-storey tower

    2007-08-29T17:22:00Z

    Lifschutz Davidson Sandiland’s controversial Doon Street tower on London’s Southbank was narrowly approved by Lambeth council last night.Planning approval for the 43-storey tower and swimming pool complex for Coin Street Community Builders was passed by two votes to one, despite opposition from English Heritage and former colleagues of National Theatre ...

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    News Junkie: 25 and 26 August

    2007-08-28T17:00:00Z

    In this week's specially-delayed, remit-extended, Bank Holiday-inclusive round up of UK newspaper articles about the built environment propped up with pointless sarcasm, more of the usual.

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    UK’s young guns hit New York

    2007-08-28T12:21:00Z

    A new exhibition of young London architects is impressing New Yorkers with some distinctively local approaches. Jo Rippon reviews the show and gets the first reactions from Thursday's opening night

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    RIBA plans new role as watchdog

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Design panel to advise president

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    M&S dressed to impress by Make

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Make Architects’ first major scheme, a redevelopment of Marks & Spencer’s former headquarters, is nearing completion.

  • Architecture NGM consortium has been shortlisted for Southmead Hospital. The winner will develop NBBJ’s outline design.
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    Consortium move pays off with Bristol PFI success

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Practices’ joint venture on coveted Southmead hospital shortlist

  • Opponents say the Doon tower will be a disaster for the theatre.
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    Lasdun invoked in South Bank battle

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Doon Street tower would be ‘disastrous’ say National Theatre architects

  • PRP's Hatfield project caught fire last week
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    Timber industry: PRP fire an accident

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    A fire that destroyed two PRP-designed blocks in the centre of Hatfield is being treated as an accident, according to the UK Timber Frame Association.

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    Shortlist out for 2012 temporary arenas

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Grimshaw, Wilkinson Eyre and David Morley Architects are among those shortlisted for the 2012 basketball and fencing arenas, the Olympic Delivery Authority announced this week. It has shortlisted 10 multi-disciplinary teams for the two temporary facilities.

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    RIBA urges government to embed design in planning

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    Proposals to overhaul the planning system have failed to address the need to raise design standards, the RIBA claimed this week.

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    Pavilions outgrowing the brief

    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

    With the completion of each successive Serpentine Pavilion — there have been seven — the question of how much life is left in the programme becomes harder to avoid. Just how many ways can there be to design what is in effect a glorified marquee?

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    2007-08-24T00:00:00Z

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