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NewsStaff and students’ practice to design Chinese cultural park
A small practice founded by staff and students from London’s Bartlett School of Architecture, including built environment dean Christine Hawley, has won an invited competition to design a cultural park on the site of a former mine in Heyuan City, China.
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NewsDive pool will put Olympic swimmers in the fast lane
Archial has submitted detailed designs for a £10 million 25m dive centre and swimming pool at Southend Leisure & Tennis Centre, one of the pre-games training camps for the London 2012 Olympics.
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NewsBattle brewing over Commonwealth plan
Heritage groups angered as Design Museum scheme seeks to ditch original institute features
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Leeds United plans kick off
KSS has won planning approval to redevelop part of Leeds United Football Club’s stadium
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NewsLights go on at Candle House
A twisting 23-storey residential tower by Carey Jones Architects in Leeds was topped out last week at a ceremony attended by industry and council representatives.
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Watchdog boosts public sector role
Cabe has expanded its support to public sector bodies by adding around 40 design professionals to its enabling panels. The buildings, urban design and homes panel has grown from 162 to 191, while the Cabe Space panel has increased from 110 to 120.The watchdog said the expansion was to reflect ...
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Deluge of entries expected for Glasgow School of Art competition
A competition to design a new building for the Glasgow School of Art has attracted unprecedented levels of interest, with the organiser predicting possible success for a young practice.
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NewsOlympic site hope for Skylon bid
Campaigners behind a plan to recreate Powell & Moya’s iconic Skylon structure have entered into negotiations to find a site for the project in the 2012 Olympic park in Stratford, east London.
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Scottish watchdog could be more like Cabe
The Scottish government has published a report on watchdog Architecture & Design Scotland which proposes a “significant restructuring of the organisation”.
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NewsArup's institute for Manufacturing at Cambridge
The latest addition to the University of Cambridge’s science and technology campus opened its doors last week.
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NewsRMJM's Louisiana cancer research centre on site
RMJM has designed a cancer research centre in New Orleans, which will provide support to residents of Louisiana, the US state with the highest rate of cancer deaths in the country.
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NewsHeritage groups dismayed at Koolhaas's Commonwealth Institute proposal
Battle lines have been drawn over the future of London’s Commonwealth Institute after plans for a radical redevelopment of the grade II* listed building were submitted by Rem Koolhaas and fellow Dutch architect West 8.
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NewsRojkind Arquitectos and BIG win Tamayo museum competition
Mexican practice Rojkind Arquitectos and Danish practice BIG has won a competition to design a new 3,500 sq m branch of the Tamayo Museum on the outskirts of Atizapan, Mexico.
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NewsStern opposition to Atkins' Leicester Square structure
Atkins is facing fierce opposition to its plans for a towering arch for London’s Leicester Square.
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NewsSnohetta wins Mies van der Rohe Award
This year’s Mies van der Rohe Award has been won by Norwegian firm Snohetta for its design for the Norwegian National Opera & Ballet in Oslo.
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NewsNorman Foster's recession-defying super yacht launched
A credit crunch-defying ‘super yacht’ designed by Norman Foster has been launched at the Italian port of La Spezia.
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NewsNew flu resource centre designs
Multi-disciplinary firm Morgan Professional Services has revealed images of its £12 million UK stem cell bank and influenza resource centre in South Mimms, Hertfordshire.