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NewsRead between the lines
Cottrell & Vermeulen Architects has entered its competition-winning design for a new library in Birchfield, Birmingham, for planning permission.
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NewsNord named BD Young Architect of the Year
Glasgow-based Nord was named Young Architect of the Year at the Architect of the Year Awards in London last night, attended by 900 architects and clients.
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But Southwark opens competition to all
Architects itching to get their hands on a school may have been locked out of the city academies framework, but they have been offered the chance to bid for work in Southwark.
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NewsFinal flourish
Penoyre & Prasad has been commissioned to design the new Church of England Academy in Finchley, London, sponsored by the London Diocesan Board of Schools.
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China’s planning law beats UK, says Foster
Norman Foster has slammed the UK’s tortuous planning system and praised China to the skies in a rare but passionate speech about the state of the profession and the UK construction industry.
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Design charity baton
Next March a team of cyclists will ride from Calais to the Mipim property fair in Cannes to raise money for the charity Architects for Aid. BD is launching a competition to design a relay baton for the riders to carry and present to a VIP when they arrive in ...
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NewsMaking the grade
Hopkins Architects has been given the final go-ahead for this £70 million scheme at the City campus of Nottingham Trent University. The project comprises the refurbishment of the university’s grade II* listed Arkwright and Newton buildings and the construction of a glazed atrium between them.
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NewsHadid’s AF building wins go-ahead after two years
Zaha Hadid’s greatly revised plans for the headquarters of the Architecture Foundation in Southwark received planning permission this week after a two year odyssey of changes by client and architect.
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NewsSupermarket, Bury St Edmunds by SMC Covell Matthews
SMC Covell Matthews has designed this half-submerged supermarket for the historic Suffolk town of Bury St Edmunds, and used the roof for 80 new homes.
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Abolish stamp duty on zero carbon homes, says Miliband
Environment secretary David Miliband has called on chancellor Gordon Brown to exempt zero-carbon new homes from stamp duty.
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NewsPortsmouth’s anchor
Developer Centros Miller has revealed Chapman Taylor’s design for the 21,400sq m John Lewis department store, which will anchor its £350 million Northern Quarter development in Portsmouth city centre.
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NewsBlack parade
Black Architects’ mixed-use scheme for Shannon Corner in New Malden has been granted planning permission by London’s Merton Borough Council.
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Scots watchdog slams housing neighbouring Pineapple folly
A proposed housing development at Dunmore Park near Falkirk, home to one of the UK’s most distinctive follies, has been slammed by Architecture & Design Scotland in its latest round of design review reports.
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NewsFarrell’s Gateway triumph
Terry Farrell has won his battle to turn the Thames Gateway into a wetlands park stretching along the River Thames from London into Kent and Essex, with the government set to endorse his vision at next month’s Thames Gateway Forum.
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Livingstone weighs in to defend AUU procurement
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone this week broke his silence over the ongoing inquiry into conflicts of interest at his Architecture & Urbanism Unit following a formal question by the London Assembly’s deputy chair.
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NewsLiverpool clings to status
Unesco visits spark tougher rules for World Heritage Sites as city ducks demotion over Three Graces row