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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
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Surface sing a rainbow...
These otherworldly designs by Surface Architects are part of a newly completed film and visual media research centre for London’s Birkbeck College.
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UK academic comes third in China eco-city competition
British practice Studio 8, headed by Bartlett school of architecture academic CJ Lim, has narrowly missed out on the top spot in a competition to masterplan China’s second major eco-city.
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NewsConsumer group defends Arb’s role
Plans by the Conservative Party to abolish Arb have been slammed by the National Consumer Council as a “backward step”.
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NewsOMA’s ‘Tetris’ tower for Singapore
Rem Koolhaas’s practice OMA has been commissioned to design this 36-storey Tetris-style residential tower in Singapore, its first building in the city.
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NewsHigh-density development ‘blights’ our suburbs – EH
The suburbs are being “blighted” by high-density development, English Heritage has warned.
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News‘In London, the issues raised have vital local resonance’
It is a measure of the extraordinary scale of Ricky Burdett’s Venice show that fitting it into the largest exhibition venue in London has required some radical pruning.
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Heritage fund will lose out
The government has said the Heritage Lottery Fund will lose more than £160 million of funding between 2009 and 2012 because of the spiralling cost of the 2012 Olympics — now £9.3 billion.
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NewsHOK Sport scheme sets example
Housing minister Yvette Cooper has described HOK Sport’s Ashburton Triangle regeneration scheme (pictured) as an example for the Olympics.
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London go-ahead for Koolhaas
Rem Koolhaas has received planning permission for his first building in the City of London, a new headquarters for the investment bank NM Rothschild.
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Pringle blasts Budget failures
The RIBA has criticised Gordon Brown’s budget for failing to tackle climate change.
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NewsRouse quits to go to Croydon
Housing Corporation chief executive Jon Rouse has announced he is leaving to become chief executive of Croydon, London’s largest borough.
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Gore to address Think conference
Former US vice-president turned environmental campaigner Al Gore has confirmed he will address this year’s Think07 property and construction conference — via a carbon-neutral satellite link.
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NewsDouble British success in Cyprus arts quarter
Feilden Clegg Bradley has won a prestigious competition organised by the RIBA for an £8 million art gallery in Nicosia, central Cyprus.
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NewsOberlanders leads £200 million Edinburgh regeneration scheme
Oberlanders Architects has submitted plans for the first phase of this £200 million landmark redevelopment of the Fountainbridge industrial area in central Edinburgh.
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NewsDevelopment spells end for Oriental City
London mayor Ken Livingstone has given the green light to a £150 million mixed-use scheme in Colindale, north London, designed by Sheppard Robson.
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NewsArchitecture courses lack green aspect says BRE
Architectural education is failing to provide a proper grounding in sustainable design, the Building Research Establishment has claimed.
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Istanbul surprise front runner
Istanbul is the surprise leader in the race to win the award for the Academy of Urbanism’s European City of the Year 2007.
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Nimbyism is alive and well
More than 80% of people are against more development in their area, a survey of nimbyism has found.
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NewsIndependent office called for
The Town & Country Planning Association has rejected the idea that unelected commissioners should decide major schemes, and called for an independent Office of Planning.