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NewsMetropol Parasol in Seville nears completion
J Mayer H Architects’ redevelopment of the Plaza de la Encarnacion in Seville, Spain, is set to be fully complete next month.Metropol Parasol, as the project is known, is set to become the new urban centre in the medieval quarter of the city, containing an archaeological museum, a farmers market, ...
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NewsLottery Fund awards for Fobert, Harrap and Purcell Miller Tritton
Jamie Fobert, Julian Harrap and Purcell Miller Tritton were celebrating today after the Heritage Lottery Fund awarded £10 million to projects of theirs.Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge – which will receive £2.32 million - and Charleston Barn, near Lewes – awarded £2.4 million - are both Fobert projects. He and Julian ...
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NewsSergison Bates wins Novartis job in China
Sergison Bates has won its biggest ever project, designing a key building for Novartis’s huge new Shanghai campus.
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NewsRIBA launches Conservation Register
The RIBA has launched a Conservation Register of architects specialising in work in the heritage sector.Designed as a tool for those commissioning work on heritage buildings, the register offers three levels of membership allowing young practices to gain the necessary skills in working on historic buildings.RIBA president Ruth Reed said: ...
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NewsSquire to turn Russian royal stables into luxury homes
Squire & Partners has won an international design competition to transform a historic Russian coach house into a luxury residential development.
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NewsAdam Khan's floating visitor centre launched in Lancashire
Adam Khan Architects’ floating visitor centre at Brockholes nature reserve in Lancashire is due to be floated for the first time.The practice won the £8.6 million project following an RIBA competition for the reserve, where it will also oversee masterplanning activities.Project manager Ian Selby said the floating process itself, which ...
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NewsStudio Meda triumphs in Bankside bike shed competition
Atmos Studio and Quinn Architecture lose out
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NewsMVRDV Pune housing starts on site
Work has started on Dutch practice MVRDV’s tower project near the western city of Pune.
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NewsCaruso St John’s Gagosian opens
The latest outpost of the Gagosian Gallery, designed by Caruso St John and Hong Kong-based architects Atelier Pacific, has opened on Hong Kong Island.
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NewsParry’s Park Lane spa inspired by India and Japan
Eric Parry’s rooftop spa at the Four Seasons Hotel on central London’s Park Lane has opened.
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NewsListing dispute ignites battle over Broadgate
Developer applies for immunity as EH considers 1980s buildings
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NewsRIBA orders members to pay students minimum wage
RIBA president Ruth Reed says practices need to take responsibility for paying students properly.
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NewsPractices benefit from philanthropist's millions
Vivien Duffield hands out £8.2 million for cultural projects.
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NewsFosters completes first projects in Africa
Third building in Morocco will be completed later this year
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Mecanoo’s library is disgraceful, says Madin
The architect behind the doomed 1970s Birmingham library has attacked Mecanoo’s replacement scheme which has condemned it to the wrecking ball.
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NewsCabe set to sell advice overseas
Quango to tell foreign governments how to set up design watchdogs
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NewsBIG wins motorway junction competition with floating sphere design
BIG has won the Stockholmsporten masterplan competition to design an attractive new entrance to Stockholm at the intersection of a massive new motorway junction.
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NewsSpence & Webster Belsize bungalows saved by planners
A pair of rare 1970s bungalows by architects Robin Spence and Robin Webster have been saved after a north London council turned down plans to redevelop the site.
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NewsPublic consulted again on Walthamstow plans
A public consultation on plans to redevelop Walthamstow Stadium that was abandoned amid allegations of intimidation is back on.