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MPs Bill proposes enforced contests
The government could reserve the right to demand a design competition to be held for any development involving a former public asset under a proposed bill before Parliament this week.
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NewsCaruso St John keeps it simple for Venice
Caruso St John has produced a new model of its Brick House scheme to show at the Venice Biennale, which starts Sunday.
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Guerrilla in BBCs
The BBC has apologised for wrongly referring to TV presenter Charlie Luxton as an architect.
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Hackney joins the academy set
The Richard Rogers-designed £25 million Mossbourne Community Academy in Hackney opens its doors on Monday. Its first intake will be 210 11-year-old year seven students.
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RMJM wins Olympic double
RMJM’s Hong Kong office has been appointed to design a 250,000sq m commercial centre for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
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Easy to go large with skyscraper software
S333 has revealed details of a revolutionary computer system to aid skyscraper design.
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Put PFI on trial, says think-tank
A left-leaning think-tank has asked the government to urgently assess the impact of the Private Finance Initiative on design quality.
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RIBA and Prince Charles turn to science for housing solution
The Prince’s Foundation and the RIBA are looking to physics, biology and advanced mathematics to improve housing design.
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Edaw to masterplan Thurrock
Edaw has been appointed to masterplan the long-term development of Thurrock in the Thames Gateway.
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NewsLook Famlia?
A team of Spanish architectural experts has created a computer rendering of how Antoni Gaudí’s famed Sagrada Família in Barcelona will look when it is completed.
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Mathers Ashmolean plans get go-ahead
The transformation of Oxford’s Ashmolean museum has been approved by Oxford City Council.
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Spotcheck: North
l Home free Matthew Lloyd Architects has been selected to design 40 affordable, low-energy homes in Sheffield for Sheffield City Council and the Environment Trust.
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NewsInside the outsider
The inclusion of conceptual architect CJ Lim in the Venice Biennale raised eyebrows. But, says Will Hurst, he has powerful fans, including Zaha Hadid, and he is optimistic the right opportunity to build will come along
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NewsLille’s lesson for Liverpool
What can the 2008 Capital of Culture learn from Lille? Forget chasing icons, writes Charlie Gates, a tour of this year’s city reveals the community is key
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NewsOpen for business
Robert Booth takes a tour of the new Scottish Parliament and finds it’s loud, it’s proud and it’s ...
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NewsColleagues pay tribute to murdered architect
Man to appear at Old Bailey charged with Bernard Hegarty’s murder