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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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NewsCollieston community centre competition shortlist
The Scottish fishing village of Collieston has held an anonymous competition to design a community centre. We look at the five shortlisted entries, together with their architects’ statements
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NewsGazprom jury walk-out
RMJM wins St Petersburg tower competition — but where were the architect judges?
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NewsBarker planning advice offers work windfall
Architects face a bonanza of work following Kate Barker’s recommendation that minor projects should go ahead without the need for planning consent.
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NewsMajor names vie to design Jewish centre
Chipperfield, FOA and Viñoly contenders for flagship London building
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King’s Cross plan flawed says Cabe
Cabe has found major flaws in John McAslan & Partners’ designs for King’s Cross station in London, which were submitted for planning in May.
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NewsRevisit fire advice, urges timber lobby
The UK Timber Frame Association has called for an overhaul of fire guidelines a week ahead of an emergency summit on the implications of the blaze that destroyed a building site in Colindale, north London, in July (News July 21).
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Cabe called in to boost new schools design
Cabe is to be drafted in to improve the design quality of the government’s £45 billion Building Schools for the Future programme.
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NewsNew kid on the block
Grimshaw has won planning permission for Keyworth II, a new building at London South Bank University in Elephant & Castle.
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NewsHarbour lights
Boston’s new Institute of Contemporary Art, designed by Diller Scofidio & Renfro Architects, opens on Sunday. Standing on the south Boston waterfront, the 6,000sq m building cantilevers to the water’s edge. The width of the north facade is spanned by a glass wall facing the harbour, while a 13sq m ...
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RIBA awards shake up will add prize for time test
The RIBA plans sweeping changes to its awards programme including a new “test of time” award, taking a second look at 10-year-old prize-winning buildings.
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News‘Unfashionable’ Catholic heritage in jeopardy
The UK’s Catholic heritage is “hanging by a thread,” English Heritage has warned.