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NewsAlsop’s new practice to open office outside UK
All Design expects 75% of its work to come from overseas
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NewsArchitects back petition to reform procurement
’Safety-first’ culture accused of stifling flair in public sector buildings
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NewsShigeru Ban designs cardboard cathedral for earthquake-hit Christchurch
The New Zealand city of Christchurch has commissioned the Japanese architect to design a temporary structure on the site of its 1864 cathedral that was destroyed during February’s earthquake.
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NewsConstruction starts on Turkey’s Crocodile Stadium
Ground will be home to Bursaspor football club
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NewsChetwoods to refurb listed Leeds mill
Project will create small office suites in bid to attract tenants
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NewsFrank Lloyd Wright's Robie House joins Lego set
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House in Chicago has become the latest building to be recreated for Lego’s architecture series. The model will be launched at Robie House on August 27 and will be on sale in the UK in September. Robie House is the 10th addition to the series and ...
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NewsBritish student reaches final in mAAN Seoul Conference competition
An architecture student from the University of East London has been shortlisted for an international student design competition and has flown out to Seoul to present it
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NewsGreen light for Salford University arts building
Stride Treglown has been granted planning permission for its £38 million arts building for Salford University in Manchester.The seven-storey building will act as a gateway to the site and will include theatre and performance spaces, a café, tuition areas and studio facilities. Work also includes a public square and links ...
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NewsTAG chair to discuss Cabe 'bias' with Design Council
Meeting follows Traditional Architects Group anger over Finch’s Olympic comments
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NewsTimothy Hatton Architects unveils London Design Festival pavilion
Exhibition will showcase quick-drying concrete cloth
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NewsTwentieth Century Society backs calls to list Banksy graffiti
The Twentieth Century Society has thrown its weight behind calls for graffiti by street artist Banksy to be listed.Research by Bristol University’s law school claims the artist’s graffiti could be legally protected in light of the financial and cultural values that have been placed on his work in recent years.Catherine ...
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NewsKonishi Gaffney wins Scottish village competition
Proposals to be used as template for rural regeneration north of border
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NewsKohn's Room for London will charge living exhibits £120 a night
A nautical-themed one-bedroom hotel perched on the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London will charge guests £120 a night to become living exhibits.David Kohn Architects and artist Fiona Banner designed the boat hotel, named A Room for London: Roi des Belges, which will take bookings throughout next year as part of ...
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NewsFarrells appointed for Leicester University masterplan
Terry Farrell & Partners has been appointed to produce a masterplan for Leicester University’s city centre campus.The London practice is working with engineer Buro Happold on the project.Neil Bennett, partner at Farrells, said: “[Our] work with the university on the masterplan is an opportunity for the University of Leicester to ...
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NewsWilkinson Eyre on board for 2016 Brazil Olympics
Aecom and Wilkinson Eyre have won a competition to work as masterplanners for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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NewsArb fines Kent architect £1,000
The Arb has fined Kent-based architect Philip John Paul Dadds £1,000 after a home improvement scheme went more than 50% over budget.At a hearing earlier this month, the board found Dadds’ company, Philip Dadds Architects & Associates (PDA), based in Ramsgate, guilty of unacceptable professional conduct and serious professional incompetence.The ...