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NewsToronto turns out for Libeskind crystal
Libeskind’s £128 million extension to the Royal Ontario Museum prompted a staggering 40,000 Torontonians to witness the official opening last week.
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NewsHolt Town regeneration
Plans by Edaw and Studio Egret West for the £1.2 billion Holt Town Waterfront housing scheme (above), one of the UK’s largest regeneration projects, have been submitted.
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NewsReid to merge with 3D
Reid Architecture and 3D Architects have announced that they are to merge, securing a place in the UK’s top ten practices.The new practice, 3DReid, will have a turnover of more than £20 million and a 320-strong workforce including more than 150 architects, with offices in Birmingham, Edinburgh, Falkirk, Glasgow, London ...
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NewsAHMM is 2012 masterplanner
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has won perhaps its most prestigious project yet as one of the masterplanners of the Olympic Village.
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NewsLiverpool fears for Corb event
The first major exhibition on Le Corbusier to be held in Britain for two decades could be cancelled unless worries over the venue are resolved.
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NewsMemorial to honour July 7 bomb victims
An architect or landscape architect is being sought to design a permanent memorial to the 52 people killed in the July 7 bombings in London in 2005.
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Massive interest in Olympic Village competition revealed
More than 500 architectural practices have registered for the chance to design elements of the £2 billion 2012 Olympic village, the Lend Lease consortium has revealed.The international search for around 40 firms, first made public in BD (News March 23), has attracted talent from countries including Algeria, Georgia, Germany and ...
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NewsTall tower record for Birmingham
Birmingham City Council has granted planning for what will become Birmingham’s tallest building.
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Mayor’s powers ‘threaten London’
Extending the London mayor’s powers will “threaten the fabric of the capital” and lead to inappropriate skyscrapers and a planning system mired in red tape, Westminster council leader Simon Milton has warned.
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NewsMcColl leaves SMC in turmoil
The founder and deputy chair of one of Britain’s largest architectural firms has resigned amid warnings that practices within the SMC Group may have to close.
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New Cumbernauld centre opens
Cumbernauld’s £40 million Antonine shopping centre opened on Wednesday.
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NewsMake plans Old Bailey neighbour
Make has launched a bid to bring this bold design to the heart of the City of London.
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NewsApproval for scheme to replace Islington estate
Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects has won planning permission to replace a London estate at risk of a Ronan Point-style collapse with a £125 million development.
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NewsFramework agreements hiking cost of social housing
Framework agreements, which create panels of architects for use by housing associations, have increased costs without improving the quality of homes, a recent survey suggests.
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NewsCardiff practice wins eco-home competition
A BD-sponsored design competition for a zero-carbon house with mass-market appeal has been won by the Cardiff office of Gaunt Francis Architects.
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NewsMedia friendly
Landscape architect Gillespies has revealed public space designs for the £400 million MediaCity:UK development in Salford.
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Arb plans part III shake-up
Critics say proposed changes would reduce emphasis on practical skills
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Expo proposed for Scotswood scheme
Urban Initiatives has unveiled proposals to create the UK’s first “expo” as part of the initial phase of a £380 million masterplan to redevelop the Scotswood area of Newcastle.
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‘Shared space’ unsafe, says disability alliance
A total of 19 disability organisations have joined Guide Dogs for the Blind in condemning shared surface schemes for the public realm which place roads and pavements at the same level.