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RIBA library acquires C16 Roman drawings
The RIBA's British Architectural Library has secured one of the most significant collections of architectural drawings of the great buildings of ancient Rome.
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Edaw Cambridge scheme approved
Cambridge University's estate management and building service (EMBS) director has pledged to support the "highest architectural quality" after the university won permission for an Edaw-planned housing scheme through public inquiry.
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Row over York's plan to build retail site
York Council is at loggerheads with conservation groups over development plans for a controversial site next to some of the city's landmark historic buildings.
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NewsSheffield goes green, and red, and yellow...
This colourful timber-frame development proposed for a brownfield site in the run-down area of Norfolk Park, Sheffield, has been designed by Matthew Lloyd Architects.
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Call for clarity for Liverpool towers
Liverpool City Council leader Warren Bradley has called for the city's tall buildings policy to be scrapped.
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NewsIt's Prasad vs Owen for RIBA presidency
The RIBA presidency contest looked likely to become a two-horse race between Sunand Prasad and Valerie Owen, as BD went to press on Wednesday.
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DTI's PFI principles cost National Lab £100m
The PFI scheme to build a new National Physical Laboratory in Teddington cost the private sector partners involved more than £100 million because of fundamental design problems and flaws in the procurement process, according to the National Audit Office.
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NewsMeanwhile, in Spain...
While its London-based Architecture Foundation HQ will open due to open two years late, Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled a dramatic new form on foreign shores.
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NewsUrban Salon cut from £60k house contest
John Prescott's main legacy to the built environment may prove to be the £60,000 homes created through his Design for Manufacture competition.
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NewsTaking a turn on the river
McDowell & Benedetti is to design a footbridge over the River Hull in East Yorkshire to link Kingston upon Hull's historic centre with a new civic quarter, the Boom, being developed on the east bank.
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Biennale cash crisis
Arts Council cuts London Biennale funding amid claims it overshadows Architecture Week
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Cambridge ranks top for architect students
Cambridge University has been rated the best place to study architecture in a survey by the Guardian newspaper, ahead of the Manchester School of Architecture and Cardiff University.
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NewsSchool's out for Rogers
One of the world's great practices wants to know why its designs for schools keep getting turned down
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Design fears as Scotland adopts the Lift system
Scotland is to see its own version of the controversial Lift healthcare procurement system, raising fears over a rise in "generic" design in the sector.
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Southwark sets up a mini Cabe
The London Borough of Southwark has assembled a star-studded design review panel to rival Cabe's, boasting two current and one former member of the commission's design review panel and a host of other well-respected industry figures.
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Stars vie for Singapore project
A shortlist of architects including Norman Foster, Rem Koolhas and Will Alsop is vying for the opportunity to design three large waterfront parks in Marina Bay, Singapore.