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NewsBlue-sky thinking comes down to earth
Projects like these might look shiny and new, but is the fashion for high-density towers taking us back to an uglier time? Ellen Bennett investigates whether the government's call for developers to ‘pile 'em high and sell 'em cheap' is creating problems for the future
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NewsArchigram civil war
Archive sale in disarray as owners fail to agree on fate of iconic drawings collection
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Tate is frontrunner to host creativity centre
The Tate Modern in London has emerged as the hot favourite to house the soon-to-be-created National Centre for Creativity & Innovation.
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NewsAcademies ‘could do better'
0fsted reports criticises three new city academy buildings over poor layout, security and acoustics
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Creditors catch up with Alsop Ltd
As troubled architect Will Alsop attempted to open a new chapter in his career with the sale of his practice, Alsop Design, to the SMC Group for £1.8 million this week, it emerged that he is still being pursued by creditors following the collapse of a previous business, Alsop Ltd, ...
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Rushed part L forces councils to break law
Building control officers say they will not be able to enforce new carbon-cutting legislation for six months after it becomes law next week.
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NewsShipping forecast
Wilkinson Eyre has designed a new museum to house the Mary Rose, a Tudor warship, at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
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NewsAlsop's walk on the mild side
Alsop’s merger with SMC gives him more muscle, but will it cut his creativity? Will Hurst looks at the emerging trend for daring designers to join big firms and whether the relationships will last
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NewsHemingway houses
The Bridge, designed by Broadway Malyan with Hemingway Design, was about to be launched on Thursday as BD went to press.
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MacCormac's return to BBC proves false as project rolls on
Richard MacCormac has ruled out working on the second phase of the new Broadcasting House development in Portland Place.
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Cabe panel slams scale of Rogers' Cambridge plans
Cabe has blasted Richard Rogers' proposals for a 100,000sq m development in Cambridge for the Ashwell Property Group.
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NewsNottingham back to the middle ages
Benson Forsyth Architects is now on site with this hotel and shopping development in the medieval, cultural heart of Nottingham.
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Livingstone clears way for King's Cross project
Argent's £2 billion redevelopment of the land around King's Cross cleared another hurdle this week, when London mayor Ken Livingstone gave his official backing to the scheme.
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NewsHave biofuel will travel
Holiday-makers in the Maldives are more used to thinking about sun, sea and sand than solar power - but that is set to change following a landmark project by low carbon design consultant XC02.
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Victory: PFI policy shift
RIBA president praised as Treasury accepts design must come earlier in bidding process