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Adjaye teams up for Manchester art gallery
David Adjaye is to design his first regional art gallery in the UK as part of a £55 million collaboration with architect Maurice Shapero and regeneration specialist Urbed.
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RIBA call to arms in Leeds
Four up-and-coming practices have been short-listed in an RIBA contest for a scheme at Britain’s oldest national museum.
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NewsLobbyists urge review of BSF design failings
The government’s £45 billion Building Schools for the Future programme should be subject to an independent review because of its design shortcomings and “wasteful” procurement process, a key lobby group has claimed.
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RMJM designs Napier campus
RMJM is to design a £55 million new development for Napier University’s Faculty of Health, Life & Social Sciences in the south-west of Edinburgh.
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NewsJohnson is new project director
Lend Lease director Rob Johnson has been appointed project director at Greenwich Peninsula, one of the country’s biggest regeneration schemes.
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Oval Road project moves on site
PKS Architects’ £30 million Oval Road apartment development in Camden Town, north London, is now on site.
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NewsCalatrava’s Rome scheme starts
A ground-breaking ceremony for Santiago Calatrava’s new campus masterplan for Rome’s Sports City & Rectorate Tower took place last week.
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Probe into Foster & Partners share move
Financial Services Regulator is also taking an interest in Foster's share deal, Daily Telegraph reports
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NewsGehry wins in Hove, but protesters vow to fight on
Council approves scheme by one vote as residents say they’ve been ignored
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Wake up call for seaside regeneration
Architects were hailed as the potential saviours of ailing seaside towns but urged to avoid “quick fix iconography” at a conference on coastal regeneration held on Monday, writes Heidi Ancell
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NewsCorporation decision "ruthless and dictotorial" says Stirling
James Stirling, writing in BD in 1989, defends his Southgate estate in Runcorn after residents voted to have it knocked down
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NewsJim's Runcorn housing in shock demolition vote
How BD reported the news in 1989 that Stirlings Runcorn housing was to be demolished
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Cabe blasts
The BBC is accused of "dumbing down" Sheppard Robson's designs for Broadcasting House. Read our news report and Amanda Baillieu's leader comment
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Gehry wins in Hove, but protesters vow to fight on
As the council approves the controversial scheme by one vote, BD's Marguerite Lazell was there to witness the pantomime, while Heidi Ancell reports on a conference to tackle the UK's ailing seaside towns.
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Can Dubai revamp its image?
Dubai is gearing up to go green. David Littlefield discovers how the city-state is embracing energy efficiency, while Richard Hywel Evans and Nic Jacobs debate whether Dubai is a folly or the future?
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Tate extension gains planning - images
Herzog & de Meuron’s daring extension to the Tate Modern gallery on London’s south bank has been approved by Southwark Council’s planning committee.The pyramid-like development, which Tate hopes to complete in time for the 2012 Olympics at a cost of around £215 million, will extend to the south of the ...
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NewsNews Junkie: 24 and 25 March
Olympic knotweed. Self-build pensioners. The government's new traffic signals. Amphibious buses in Manchester. Fat budgerigars. And more. All in this week's despatch...
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NewsLend Lease goes talent spotting
Olympic village developers looking for 40 ‘world class’ architects
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NewsSerota promises regular architecture shows at Tate
Gallery cites public demand for architecture at launch of Global Cities show based on Venice Biennale