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NewsWiny Maas of MVRDV awarded Légion d'Honneur
Winy Maas, founding partner of Dutch practice MVRDV, has been awarded the highest French decoration for his work in France.He was presented with the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French ambassador to the Netherlands at the French residence in The Hague.As well as designing many projects in France, ...
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NewsConran & Partners to design 1 Tower Bridge interiors
Conran & Partners has been appointed as interior designer at One Tower Bridge, the controversial development designed by Squire & Partners.
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NewsFive new British embassies to be opened
The UK is to open or re-open up to five new embassies around the world as part of a major reassessment of its diplomatic priorities.El Salvador, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Southern Sudan, and even Somalia if the security situation improves, will all get British embassies, foreign secretary William Hague announced today.Staffing in ...
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NewsSlowscape Collective - Shadowboxing gallery installation
A team of Royal College of Art postgraduate architecture and design students have collaborated to create a temporary installation for a two-week exhibtion
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NewsMagma Architecture reveals designs for Olympic shooting
Events will be held in temporary venue at Woolwich
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NewsTony Meadows' 10-year wait ends as Borough Market viaduct installed
The most visible section of the Borough Viaduct has been lowered into place a decade after it was designed by Tony Meadows Associates
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NewsArchitect bids to protect Bristol's Kings Weston House
An architect has formed a community group to try and protect the grade I listed building and find its missing statue
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Scott Brownrigg wins KPMG work in Leeds
Scott Brownrigg has won the contract to design KPMG’s headquarters in Leeds, replacing Ian Simpson Architects’ plans for a pair of “kissing towers” on the same site.
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NewsType3 Studio wins green belt consent for Bedfordshire housing
Type3 Studio has won planning permission for four zero-carbon houses on green belt land in central Bedfordshire
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RCA student Joseph Deane awarded RIBA Stephen Williams Scholarship 2011
Royal College of Art student Joseph Deane has been awarded the third RIBA Stephen Williams Scholarship, to complete his Masters degree in Architecture
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NewsWilkinson Eyre wins competition to design Battle of Britain memorial
Practice picked from shortlist of 13
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NewsCardross Seminary set to be saved after being bought by arts charity
Gillespie, Kidd & Coia’s St Peter’s Seminary at Cardross near Glasgow could be saved after public arts charity NVA purchased the property from the Archdiocese of Glasgow.The Grade A listed scheme, near Loch Lomond, was completed in 1966 but has since fallen into disrepair.NVA now plans to refurbish the seminary, ...
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NewsFive schemes selected for £52 million lottery funding
Rogers Stirk Harbour’s British Museum extension and dRMM’s Hastings pier included
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NewsCampaign - Kirk Originals flagship shop, London
London-based design studio Campaign has created a dramatic interior for eyewear company Kirk Originals on Conduit Street
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NewsGlenkerrin administration casts doubt over Foster schemes
The future of two Foster & Partners schemes is in doubt pending an administration hearing for Irish developer Glenkerrin today
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NewsManchester cancer research plans revealed
Wilson Mason & Partners’ designs for a £20 million Manchester Cancer Research Centre in Withington have been published for public consultation.
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NewsMake energy ratings for commercial buildings compulsory, ministers told
The UK Green Building Council (UKGBC) has joined leaders in the property sector in urging ministers to make energy certificates compulsory for commercial buildings.The UKGBC was joined by the British Property Federation (BPF) in penning an open letter to the prime minister and senior ministers.Certificates are already compulsory for public-sector ...
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NewsInsurer raises hidden risks of brownfield sites
Flooding and contamination said to be blighting thousands of buildings
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NewsWork starts on Architype's Wolverhampton Passivhaus school
Construction has started on a £5 million school project in Wolverhampton, designed by Architype Architects to Passivhaus energy standards.
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NewsZaha Hadid makes rich list for first time
Architect included in Sunday Times survey alongside Norman Foster and James Dyson