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MPs demand design principles
An influential committee of MPs has called for general design principles to be introduced for aspects of the Building Schools for the Future programme.
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NewsBirnbeck Island to be revamped
The search is on for a team of architects to revive Birnbeck Island and its pier in Weston-super-Mare.
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RSHP designs landmark centre
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners is to design a “landmark” health centre for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
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Merger creates mega-consultancy
Leading engineer Whitbybird has merged with Nordic firm Ramboll to create a European consultancy with more than 6,000 staff and 140 offices worldwide.
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NewsSimpson helps improve standards
Ian Simpson has joined the board of the Oldham Rochdale Housing Market Renewal Pathfinder to help improve the design quality of the 2,500 homes to be delivered there in the next three years.
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NewsTollbooth to be axed after just one year
A landmark structure in Scotland by Reiach & Hall Architects is facing demolition less than a year after completion.
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NewsSquire wins scheme for Bucharest factory site
Squire & Partners has beaten firms including Foreign Office Architects and Metropolitan Workshop in a competition to design this mixed-use scheme on the site of a modernist Ford factory in Bucharest, Romania.
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Cool wall calls for 2007’s hit designs
Are you brave enough to take part in the next BD/100% Detail Cool Wall contest which will take place at the 100% Detail show at London’s Earls Court next month?
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NewsCorby in the swim
S&P Architects has been appointed to design an Olympic sized pool in Corby, Northamptonshire, which will be used as a training ground by athletes hoping to compete in the 2012 Games.
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NewsSheffield screen gem
Carmody Groarke has won an RIBA competition to design Sheffield’s £3 million Festival Centre.
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Sharp growth for UK construction
Construction has grown at its strongest rate for seven years, according to new figures from the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.
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Civic Trust calls for entries
The Civic Trust is calling for entries for its annual awards, which acknowledge success in new-build and the renovation or regeneration of privately and publicly owned buildings, landscaping and public spaces.
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NewsNew design boss at Buro Happold
Buro Happold has appointed Chris Perry (pictured) to head its newly created design team, which will be based at its Glasgow office.
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NewsRMJM/Taylor university job
RMJM and Taylor Architects have submitted a planning application for an engineering school for the National University of Ireland in Galway.
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NewsFive compete to regenerate Hull site
Fat, Wigglesworth and BDP are among shortlisted architects
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Preston contest attracts impressive shortlist
CJ Lim’s Studio 8 Architects, Rotterdam-based Maxwan, and London-based firms Piercy Conner and Moxon have been shortlisted in an RIBA competition to design a premium four-storey, 3,700sq m office development in Preston, Lancashire.
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The first images of the long-awaited Serpentine Pavilion
NEWS: Eliasson and Thorsen's Serpentine pavilion opens this week - images AUDIO: Ellis Woodman interviews the pavilion's creators
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Should we move to Australia?
NEWS: As record numbers of Brits emigrate, Australia looks to attract architects 60 SECONDS WITH: Matthew Turner, former Sydney resident gives his lowdown on life Down Under
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NewsOlympic Village designers under starter's orders
BD reveals the 47 practices picked for coveted prize, designing athlete's accommodation
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NewsOlympic Village designers under starter’s orders
BD reveals the 47 practices picked for coveted prize, designing athletes’ accommodation