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Ferguson defends hardwood use
RIBA president George Ferguson has controversially defended the architect at the centre of a row over endangered rainforest timber, arguing that the use of such wood could be justified on heritage grounds.
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NewsGoing live
How did architecture’s Oscars fare against Casualty? We go behind the scenes at Saturday night’s first-ever live Stirling TV show
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Who will be architect of the year
With just over a month to go until Channel 4’s Jon Snow announces BD’s Architect of the Year Awards at the London Hilton, the shortlists can finally be unveiled. They are:Public Housing Architect of the Year Fielden Clegg Bradley PCKOPollard Thomas EdwardsStock WoolstencroftPrivate Housing Architect of the YearCalder Peel PartnershipFielden ...
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Shuttleworth takes on Brum
Make founder Ken Shuttleworth is to design a £12 million redevelopment of Birmingham’s Digbeth coach station.
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BD writers up for gongs
BD has been named as one of the five best-edited business and professional weeklies in the UK.
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UCE may shut its architecture school after 90% exam failure
A decision to close the University of Central England’s school of architecture could be made by the end of the year, according to an internal document seen by BD.
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NewsBeijing night light
Lab Architecture Studio has been appointed to design a 170,000sq m mixed-use development in Beijing’s central business district.
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NewsShoring up support for water world
Feilden Clegg Bradley has unveiled its masterplan for a 2,250-home development on the site of a disused quarry in Oxfordshire.
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Civic space design is shoddy
The government must radically improve the design of “shoddy” and “bog-standard” civic design such as jury waiting rooms and polling booths, says a report by two leading think-tanks.
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NewsPrimary patterns
North London-based practice East has been commissioned by the Sorrell Foundation to design improvements to Sussex Road School in Tonbridge, Kent.
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RIAS plots Edinburgh design centre and HQ
Edinburgh could get a centre for architecture, design and urbanism under an initiative between the city council and the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS).
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NewsShanghai prize
UK-based practice PRC has been appointed to masterplan a 1 million sq m mixed-use scheme at the Hangzhou Central Business District in Shanghai, China.
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NewsSwindling architect has sentanced doubled
An unregistered architect found guilty of swindling a charity for the elderly out of £3.5 million has had his three-year jail sentence doubled.
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Architectures grey area
Have the UK’s ageing architects built enough for retirement, and can the next generation afford to stay in the profession?
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Grimshaw’s Bath blow
Two weeks after denying responsibility for faults at the spa, architect told to find solutions
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Gustafson denies fountain blame
Diana memorial creator says she regrets involvementKathryn Gustafson, creator of the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain, has defended her design and denied responsibility for the problems that have blighted the pool since it opened this summer. The American landscape architect spoke out publicly for the first time this week “to set ...
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Ulster plots design watchdog
Province responds to calls for better design with plans for a ‘policing’ department and design champion
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NewsLeeds sets out vision of future
Yorkshire city unveils strategy to be at heart of Prescott’s Northern Way
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RIBA mulls tough line on timber
The RIBA will consider its advice to architects on timber sustainability after Greenpeace condemned two more lottery-funded projects, by John Miller & Partners and Zoo Architects, for using endangered wood.