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Sheffield signs up design panel
Glenn Howells and BDP director Stephen Marshall are among the 31 names signed up to a new design panel for Sheffield.
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AWW scheme another victim of LSC fiasco
A scheme by AWW to build a new college on a former pork pie factory has officially been cancelled after the college failed to find alternative funding following the Learning and Skills Council funding debacle.
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NewsSanaa's Rolex centre set for opening
Sanaa's new Rolex Learning Centre at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland will open at the end of February.
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Court setback for Guide Dogs on Exhibition Road shared space scheme
A leading charity’s attempt to derail Dixon Jones’ revolutionary £25 million redesign of London’s Exhibition Road has suffered a major setback.
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NewsBD's guide to your cultural New Year
In this week's cultural guide the V&A team up with the RIBA to bring you Gargoyles and Shadows, and no, we're not talking about past presidents here: it's an exploration of the influence of photography on the gothic revival. If that doesn't spark your interest then toddle along to the ...
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NewsProctor & Matthews’ Chester Zoo biodome in for planning
Proctor & Matthews’ design for a £90 million rainforest biodome at Chester Zoo has been submitted for detailed planning.
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NewsEveryone's a winner in council style wars
A central London council has given the green light to both a modernist and a classical design for the same site.
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Architect sought for new Essex university campus
Essex University is seeking architects to design a flagship academic building on its new “Knowledge Gateway” campus.
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Edaw masterplan could benefit from Cambridge bond issue
A masterplan drawn up by Edaw is one of two schemes Cambridge University wants to pursue by borrowing money for the first time in its 800 year history.
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Tories set to reveal 'localism' plans
The Conservative Party is poised to publish a definitive account of its proposals to overhaul the UK’s planning system later this month.
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Atkins consortium wins last major Crossrail design contract
Atkins, working with Arup and Allies & Morrison, has won the final contract to design a central London Crossrail station.
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NewsIan Simpson wins Belgian concert hall competition
Ian Simpson Architects has won an international competition to redesign a concert hall in Belgium.
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Dexter Moren plans budget hotel for London’s Trocadero
Dexter Moren Associates has drawn up plans to turn London’s beleaguered Trocadero into a “pod” hotel.
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NewsMayor gives new hope to Make’s rejected Southall project
London mayor Boris Johnson has called in Make’s 33ha mixed-use scheme on a former gasworks site in Southall, west London, which was rejected in November.
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NewsMikou's competition winning Dunkirk theatre
Paris-based practice Mikou Design Studio has revealed images of its competition winning design for a £13.4 million theatre renovation project in Dunkirk.
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NewsTurkish-American practice completes Istanbul arts centre
Work has completed on the Borusan Music & Art Centre, a refurbishment project in the heart of Istanbul by Turkish-American practice Global Architecture Development.
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NewsChipperfield, Hoskins and Ferguson recognised in New Years Honours List
David Chipperfield, former RIBA president George Ferguson and architect Gareth Hoskins have received honours in the New Years Honours List.
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SOM's Burj Dubai set for opening
SOM’s 828 metre tall Burj Dubai skyscraper, part of the $4.1 billion (£2.5 billion) Downtown Dubai development, is set to open its doors to the public today with a lavish ceremony in Dubai.
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UK post-tsunami construction work praised
Reconstruction work funded by the UK public following the Boxing Day tsunami five years ago was among the best of its kind, a new report has found.
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NewsHappy Christmas
Happy Christmas and best wishes for the New Year from bdonline. We’ll be taking a short break over the holiday season, with normal service set to resume on January 4.