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NewsCastleford regeneration TV show to go out next spring
The much delayed regeneration programme in the town of Castleford in Yorkshire is finally expected to hit the nation’s screens next spring — six years after the project began.
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NewsCould your snap win you a camera?
The Zumtobel Lighting Photographic Competition is now open for entries, offering architects the chance to win a top-of-the-range digital camera.
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NewsSir Peter unveils Madrid housing
The newly knighted Peter Cook has unveiled the first scheme by his new practice Crab — a housing project in Vallecas, Madrid.
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NewsContest may save Rudolph high school
A British-backed campaign to save a seminal Florida high school designed by Paul Rudolph has received a huge boost after plans for a new design competition focusing on reuse of the building were announced.
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NewsZaha Hadid's design for The Peak, her first major competition win
Hadid's landmark 1984 scheme for a private club in Kowloon overlooking Hong Kong
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NewsDiva Zaha steals the show in Cardiff Bay
Zaha Hadid wins the competition for the £43 million Cardiff Bay Opera House
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Victorian Society to make risk list
The Victorian Society is searching for the 10 most endangered Victorian or Edwardian buildings in England and Wales.
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Steven Holl nets two RIBA prizes
American architect Steven Holl has won RIBA International Awards for two of his projects.
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NewsUK’s first modern house up for sale
A house widely considered to be Britain’s first and finest modernist home is up for sale for £845,000.
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NewsGore to present energy awards
Former US vice president Al Gore will award a major prize for renewable and low-energy projects this week.
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NewsModern methods fail to catch on
Industry failing to adopt faster and cheaper techniques, says report
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NewsRMJM to merge with US Hillier
RMJM and US architect Hillier are to merge, creating a 1,000-strong firm with offices in 16 cities around the world.
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Better buildings short list released
Motorway widening, bank stabilisation and flood defence are among the 18 schemes short-listed for the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award, announced on Wednesday.
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Westminster buffer zone debated
A buffer zone to protect the Houses of Parliament and Westminster Abbey will be discussed as part of long-awaited heritage guidelines announced this week.
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NewsMargate landmark design on show
David Chipperfield Architects has unveiled its latest designs for the new Turner Contemporary gallery on the seafront at Margate.
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Kelly welcomes boost to housing
Communities England, the new housing and regeneration body, will boost housing supply across the country and help revitalise deprived towns and cities, communities secretary Ruth Kelly said this week.
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Heritage bid for Darwin home is withdrawn
The government has withdrawn its bid to have Charles Darwin’s home made a world heritage site.
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NewsMissing architect is found dead
Tributes have been paid to sole-practitioner David Hopps after police in Edinburgh confirmed that a body recovered from the Water of Leith was that of the missing architect.
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NewsHighland eco-homes
This house by Trevor Black Architects will be among 25 showcased at Scotland’s first Highland Housing Fair at Balvonie, near Inverness.
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NewsPanels make light work
Levitt Bernstein has completed a student housing scheme for University College London which uses obscured glass to maximise daylight on a small plot of land.