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NewsMather Liverpool academy hit by science park row
A flagship building for Liverpool’s year as European Capital of Culture in 2008 is at the centre of a furious row between architect Rick Mather and local developers.
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NewsSave may fight Supreme Court proposal
Feilden & Mawson’s planned conversion of the grade II* listed Middlesex Guildhall on Parliament Square could face a legal challenge from Save Britain’s Heritage.
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A year of ups and downs
Zoe Blackler reviews the people, buildings, places and ideas that made headlines in 2006
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NewsRegaining the summit
Knocking HOK from last year’s number one spot, Japanese firm Nikken Sekkei has taken back its position at the top of the BD World Architecture list again this year.
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NewsSix of the best in the pipeline
During 2007 many world-class projects will pass through key stages. Here are six projects from around the globe that can be described only in terms of hyperbole
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NewsFull speed ahead
The global demand for architecture services appears to be accelerating, and there are plenty of opportunities for practices to establish themselves internationally. We asked specialist writers to assess the opportunities in five key battlegrounds— India, Europe, China, the Middle East and the United States
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NewsGlobal regions
For the top architectural firms in each global region ranked by income see tables attached.
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NewsTough new rules for carbon neutral homes by 2016
All new homes will be zero carbon by 2016, communities secretary Ruth Kelly confirmed this week as she unveiled a range of tough new measures including the six-star Code for Sustainable Homes which will become mandatory for all new housing in 2008.
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Jowell: Olympic design has role to inspire
Culture minister Tessa Jowell has said the Olympic Development Authority must “ensure design is as much of a pre-occupation as cost control” as it procures buildings for the 2012 games.
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NewsBold as brass
NBBJ Architects has won planning permission from Tower Hamlets council for this £28 million Biosciences Innovation Centre in Whitechapel for Queen Mary College London, the London Development Agency and the Department for Communities & Local Government.
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EP signs up young practices
Some of the most exciting young firms in the profession received a massive boost this week as the government regeneration agency announced plans to employ them over the next four years.
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Website gives free view of Sir John Soane’s collection
The entire collection of drawings and records held at Sir John Soane’s Museum is to be made available to the public free online.
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NewsCamarthen Place houses by Architects in Residence
Young practice Architects In Residence has unveiled this striking residential scheme built on a tight urban site in London.
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Gateway skills crisis highlighted
The skills shortage among existing Thames Gateway residents is the “number one” challenge facing the project, according to the newly appointed chief executive of the Gateway.
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NewsFoster’s latest Kazakhstan pitch
Foster & Partners has unveiled designs for a second iconic building in Kazakhstan — the Khan Shatyry entertainment centre in the capital Astana.
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NewsFinal twist
Santiago Calatrava’s final design for a 610m-high spire in Chicago has been submitted for planning permission.
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A&DS blasts architects for ignoring earlier criticisms
Scotland’s design watchdog Architecture & Design Scotland (A&DS) has published a second damning report on Orkney Architects’ scheme for an office development on Victoria Street in Kirkwall, Orkney, accusing the designer of ignoring its comments on an earlier version.