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Getting in a bothy
Jonathan Woolf of Woolf Architects and Neil Lamb of the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture have completed the House Building project as part of Aberdeen’s Look 2005 arts festival.
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NewsHit and miss
Hakes Associates Architects’ Mobius Bridge (pictured) at Finzels Reach in Bristol has won planning permission. The bridge is part of the £200 million Finzels Reach scheme by HDG Mansur. Its design is based on a dynamic, continuous tied structure which will be completely independent from either riverbank, both physically and ...
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Power play
Communities minister David Milliband has launched an action plan called Together We Can, to pass power from central government to local communities.Tory peer Kenneth Baker has attacked Broadway Malyan’s Vauxhall Tower plans in the House of Lords. The plans already have planning permission and have been backed by deputy prime ...
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Stonewall of China
Chinese authorities stymie agreement to fully open up market to foreign architects
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Surfbury goes for modern
Prince Charles’s follow up to his Poundbury village is set to be thrown open to contemporary design in an apparent softening of the heir to the throne’s attitude towards modern architecture.
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EH image problem
English Heritage’s most pressing challenge is an image problem, its chief executive has admitted.
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NewsViennese delight
Jean Nouvel beat Richard Rogers in the competition to design this new hotel in Vienna.
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African debt relief will boost UK work
Debt relief for Africa, due to be agreed at this week’s G8 summit, will make the continent a major source of work for British architects, a leading figure in healthcare and education design has claimed.
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NewsBalloon master
D5 Architects’ groundbreaking 1,100sq m inflated translucent roof will be the most striking feature of the new Heathrow landmark bus and coach station.
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9/11 investigators issue tower safety guidance
The investigators who examined the collapse of the World Trade Centre in New York after the 9/11 attacks have called for safety improvements in the construction of high-rise buildings.
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Construction is lowest-paid industry for UK managers
The construction sector is the lowest paid for managers in the UK, according to figures released this week by the Chartered Management Institute.
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NewsSpotcheck: Northern Ireland
Giant’s contest More than 150 architects from as far afield as Australia and Mexico visited the Giant’s Causeway this week as part of an architectural competition to design a new visitor centre for the World Heritage site. Northern Ireland’s Department of Enterprise, Trade & Investment expects about 470 practices to ...
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NewsWhy London beats Paris on architecture
On building designs alone, London outdistances rival Paris in the 2012 Olympic bid contest. But even if this doesn’t sway the IOC, London has shown it is home to the most exciting architects in the 21st century
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NewsPortuguese men-of-war
As the Serpentine’s summer pavilion opens to the public, Ellis Woodman talks to its architects, Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura
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NewsJust how wonderful is Copenhagen?
As it is named European City of the Year, Ellis Woodman asks...