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NewsUK firms eye China expansion
British architects are taking advantage of a recovering Asian economy with Benoy and BDP both set to open new offices in China.
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NewsPhoenix set to rise after HMDW refurb
Work has begun on HMDW Architects’ restoration of London’s oldest cinema in its centenary year.
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NewsViñoly fits state-of-art glazing
A 40-tonne glass facade has been installed in the entrance space to Rafael Viñoly’s Colchester Arts Centre, bringing the long-awaited and troubled project a step closer to its completion, expected in September 2011
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NewsJerwood Foundation gallery survives battle of Hastings
Groundbreaking is due to take place next week on Hat Projects’ £4 million gallery for the Jerwood Foundation in Hastings, East Sussex
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Talk covers appliance of science
How architects use “scientific” research to justify their work is the subject of a conference later this month
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NewsCardiff honour for Atkins' Clarke
Cardiff University has given an honorary fellowship to the architect boss of the UK’s biggest multi-disciplinary design consultancy.
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NewsPractice gets on board with sculpture park amphitheatre
Practice Architecture has completed work on a £10,000 outdoor events space in the grounds of the New Art Centre at the 19th century Roche Court in Wiltshire.
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Planning review set to raise fees
The Scottish government has launched a major review of the country’s planning system, which is likely to result in a hike in fees
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NewsKaye takes over as BCO president
The British Council for Offices has appointed Gerald Kaye as its new president
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Team sought for Manchester site
A competition has been launched to find a design team to create the public realm element of a masterplan for an 8ha regeneration site in central Manchester
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NewsHarris Partnership’s Hull Travelodge gets on the road
Work has begun on Harris Partnership’s new 80-bedroomed Travelodge hotel in Hull
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NewsPaul Morrell’s low-carbon mission
Reducing carbon is a great chance for the construction industry to change its “crap” image, says government chief construction adviser Paul Morrell.
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NewsBid to save Plymouth's Hoe Centre as demolition begins
Campaigners have made an 11th-hour bid to save one of Plymouth’s key post-war buildings after its owner began demolition work.
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NewsPFI protest casts shadow on Liverpool hospital plans
Architects hoping to win work on a major hospital project are waiting to learn if it will be held up by a campaign group opposed to PFI.
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NewsTheatre ghost backs architect’s renovation
A leading theatre architect working on the renovation of the Bristol Old Vic has had a run in with the theatre’s former manager – who worked there 200 years ago.
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NewsSimpson’s loggia fails to convince
John Simpson’s controversial loggia for Kensington Palace has been rejected.
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NewsSolent Design Awards makes call for entries
The inaugural judging committee for the new Solent Design Awards, to recognise building projects or public spaces in south Hampshire, has been announced.
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NewsPractice has the right chemistry
Design Engine has beaten stiff competition to design a new building for Charterhouse school in Godalming, Surrey.
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NewsNew fall in architects claiming dole
The number of architects on the dole has fallen again from 1,125 in May to 1,055 last month.