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Skyscrapers loom for the South Bank
Seventy-storey residential block one of three towers to rival City skyline
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Charles de Gaulle airport report fails to clear designer
An investigation into the collapse of a futuristic terminal at Paris’s Charles de Gaulle airport which killed four people last May has left open the possibility that architect Paul Andreu could be prosecuted.
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Massive difference made to Olympic bid by architects
The country’s top architects have “made a massive difference” to London’s chance of winning the 2012 Olympics, a member of the bid panel claimed as the International Olympic Committee visited the capital this week.
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NewsStratford City boost
To coincide with the visit by the International Olympic Committee’s to assess the capital’s 2012 bid, Fletcher Priest Architects, Arup Associates and West 8 unveiled new images of their £4 billion masterplan for the Stratford City scheme next to the proposed Olympic Village in east London.
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Rethink after student village fails design test
Vehement protest forces FaulknerBrowns to redesign Sheffield scheme
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NewsOtto attacks crazy profit-led design
A “very proud” Frei Otto accepted his RIBA Gold Medal in London on Wednesday as he spoke of his own fears about the spreading influence of the “crazy architecture of investors”.
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Campaign hits double century
The number of firms signed up to BD’s 50/50 Charter broke through the 200 barrier this week as the campaign for more women in architecture continued to gather pace.
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Dunwich’s double vanishing act
A steel sculpture designed to rise from the sea as a permanent monument to the lost city of Dunwich in Suffolk could be downgraded to a temporary structure following heated opposition from locals.
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HOK hospital one step closer following Ipswich PFI deal
An HOK-designed PFI hospital came closer to being realised this week as the Ipswich Hospital NHS Trust selected its private-sector partner for the job.
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MJP to study revitalisation of Victoria Embankment
The success of London’s South Bank’s regeneration is set to be repeated along the Victoria Embankment on the opposite side of the River Thames after London mayor Ken Livingstone appointed MacCormac Jamieson Prichard Architects to study the area.
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NewsFashion icon
Squire & Partners has beaten Make and Allies & Morrison to design a new flagship store for fashion retailer Reiss.
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Tory MP brands Prescotts 60,000 houses bokloks
Deputy prime minister John Prescott was forced to defend his ambitious housing plans in the House of Commons last week in a heated exchange with Tory shadow housing minister Caroline Spelman.
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Spotcheck: Wales
WalesOpera debut The first opera at Capita Percy Thomas’s Wales Millennium Centre, designed by former Alsop associate Jonathan Adam, takes place tomorrow (Saturday). The £104 million centre opened last year, but this will be the first test for the auditorium’s acoustics with a full opera chorus and orchestra. The Welsh ...
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NewsSteeling the show
Amanda Birch meets architect Amin Tah, whose practice’s new block of flats clad in Corten steel is making a bold statement in Clerkenwell
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Bath's blame game
The Bath Spa project became engulfed in a bitter political battle this week amid widening allegations of blame aimed at the architect, contractor and client.
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NewsGough versus Tesco in battle of the brewery
Supermarket giant tries to head off ‘inevitable’ inquiry in Sunderland