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New blood for King’s Cross
Star-studded team of 16 architects recruited to design on masterplan branded ‘stodgy and dull’
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Skyscraper curb topples Parry tower
A landmark tower designed by Eric Parry for London’s South Bank is set to be the first casualty of Southwark council’s emerging tall buildings strategy.
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Architects out of step with public
Architects and planners are not giving the public what they want, according to a major survey of attitudes towards housing design.
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Hospital closes after £2m refurb
A London hospital has closed all its wards and its in-patient services just a year after a major £2 million refurbishment designed by Staffordshire practice The French Thorpe Consultancy.
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Holyrood contest illegal
The European Commission is threatening to take the UK to the European Court of Justice over the selection of Enric Miralles and RMJM to design the Scottish Parliament building.
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NewsThe appliance of science
This woman is standing behind a concrete wall almost one foot thick, yet you can still see her. It is just one of the architectural innovations sparked by science featured in our 12-page special to coincide with National Science Week, which climaxes this weekend. BD writers report on how architecture ...
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Sheppard, BDs first editor, dies at 78
The founding editor of Building Design Clem Shepherd has died aged 78.
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NewsMoored in Manhattan
The Richard Rogers Partnership’s new pier for Manhattan may bear an uncanny resemblance to Foreign Office Architect’s award winning port terminal in Yokohama, Japan, but the practice has denied the FOA project was an inspiration. RRP associate architect Andrew Tyley admitted the project was similar, but said the design emerged ...
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NewsHit and miss
Robinson Landscape Design has won the design competition organised by the Sunniside Partnership to bring back to life Sunderland’s historic gardens. The £2 million project (above) will create a new landscaped public space for events as well as cafes and leisure space.Liverpool John Moores University has selected Rick Mather Architects ...
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Architect and painter Noel Isherwood will be exhibiting paintings on the theme of the urban landscape (right) at the Crypt Cafe gallery in London’s Upper Street, N1, from March 19 to April 28. A number of the paintings have derived from the Lansbury Estate, built in 1951 to coincide with ...
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Power play
The property industry breathed a sigh of relief this week when the government announced that it would not ban upwards-only rent reviews on commercial leases. The industry had warned that a ban could stop investors from putting money into landmark projects. Construction minister Nigel Griffiths has renewed his attack on ...
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NHS guru wants dream hospital in UK
A leading US healthcare design guru, advising the NHS, is developing plans to build the world’s best hospital in the UK.
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NewsThe whole of the moon
Bristol-based practice Niall Phillips Architects has unveiled images of its extension for the Wolverhampton Art Gallery. The £6.5 million extension, funded by Advantage West Midlands and the Heritage Lottery Fund, will house the museum’s collection of pop art, including work by Bridget Riley and Richard Hamilton. The extension also ...
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Alsop station to be value engineered
John McAslan & Partners and retail architect Chapman Taylor are to value engineer Will Alsop’s designs for a £350 million revamp of Birmingham New Street station.
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Scala lobbies for design champions
Every public body should appoint a design champion, according to a manifesto issued by the Society of Chief Architects of Local Authorities (Scala).
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NewsShipping magnet
Architect Colwyn Foulkes & Partners has won planning permission for this office building in Felixstowe. The £5 million maritime-themed head office for China Shipping (UK) and Johnson Stevens Agencies has been designed to reflect the local industry and the user’s shipping business. It will provide 3,458sq m of office accommodation ...
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NewsBridge extension
A scheme by EPR Architects and Make to redevelop a cramped site overlooking the River Thames in the City of London has been submitted for planning. The scheme to redevelop Bridge House creates more space for the 3,000sq m office building by cantilevering floors above the adjacent Blackfriars underpass. The ...
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New architecture centre showcases London model
London is to get a new architecture centre boasting a huge model of the capital.