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NewsHit and miss
The glazed Allies & Morrison headquarters at 85 Southwark Street has won the RIBA London Building of the Year Award. The A&M- designed building beat competition from 18 other London practices that had won RIBA awards earlier this year.Eight practices, including Alsop Architects, Allies & Morrison, David Chipper-field Architects and ...
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A Jean Nouvel-designed table is part of a new range for Habitat, the store has revealed. The £1,200 item is part of the VIP (Very Important Products) range celebrating Habitat’s 40th anniversary and including designs by actor Ewan McGregor, boxer Lennox Lewis and fashion designer Paul Smith.A memorial to the ...
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Power play
Shadow construction minister Henry Bellingham MP has promised any future Conservative administration would act on the “shortcomings” of the PFI initiative. Announcing a Fair Deal for Construction, Bellingham also criticised framework agreements that exclude smaller local firms in the industry.RIBA and the Institution of Civil Engineers will join forces to ...
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Timber issues not so cut and dried, says RIBA
The RIBA this week hit back at claims by Greenpeace that architects should only specify Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) wood.
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Arup competing for TV tower in China
Arup is one of the frontrunners to design a dramatic new TV tower in Guangzhou, China.
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NewsAnother fine mesh
Tonkin Liu has unveiled designs for an elegant private residence in Spain. A collection of five differently proportioned buildings arranged around a central corridor, La Kangra in Andalusia effectively sits on landscaped pools of water and is designed to allow the prevailing wind to cool the interior spaces.Designed for an ...
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Pre-fab housing gets 100% backing from government
Housing minister Keith Hill has called on architects to abandon their “misconceptions and prejudices” about modular housing, as he underlined the government’s commitment to modern methods of construction.
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NewsReady for takeoff
A ski jump and judges’ tower in Klingenthal Germany designed by London-based m2r Architects has started on site. The practice said the design concept was for a steel structure reduced to its basic elements. Each functional element is attached separately to the main structure and therefore can be modified individually ...
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Planners strike averted in province
Chaos for architects in Northern Ireland was averted when planners in the province voted against all out industrial action.
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Public housing market slump
Construction orders to build public housing, have taken a worrying dip in the past quarter, according to the government’s latest construction order figures.
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NewsSpotcheck: Northern Ireland
Square on siteA £100 million retail development in the heart of Belfast is set to start on site in two weeks. The 600,000sq ft development, known as Victoria Square, has been designed by BDP’s Belfast office for AM Development. In November, a 20-storey office block on the site will be ...
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NewsOn the market
Van Heyningen & Haward's proposal to redesign Bolton Market Hall has been submitted for planning. Under the £20 million scheme, modern retail space would be fitted into the grade II listed hall. A new retail building with a zinc-clad roof would also be added on the site of the old ...
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Edinburgh office plan on track amid attacks
A controversial £40 million office development in Edinburgh by Reiach & Hall Architects has been given the go-ahead by the city council despite strong opposition.
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NewsVeterans on top in Stirling race
Five architects with a combined age of 316 represent the short list for this year’s Stirling Prize.
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Projects fail timber test
Architects in control of high-profile lottery-funded projects are failing to meet key timber sustainability standards, a BD investigation has found.
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Opposition to Olympic plans brushed aside
Olympic masterplan looks set for go-ahead despite widespread concern
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NewsThe Empire strikes back
Tim Ronalds Architects’ modern intervention at the Hackney Empire in east London will open its doors next week. The £4 million building, which features bold terracotta lettering overlooking the square, includes a pub, education space and hospitality facilities for the newly restored theatre. The largest letter in the facade is ...
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Minister looks to Europe for pre-fab model
Housing minister Keith Hill has visited the Netherlands and Germany to investigate modern methods of construction (MMC), the ODPM has revealed.
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Liverpool stands firm against icons for 2008
The 2008 Capital of Culture refuses to replace scrapped Alsop scheme with another icon