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NewsBattersea developer warns against blocking shorter tower
The developer behind Rafael Viñoly’s controversial £4.5 billion scheme for Battersea Power Station has warned that blocking its revised tower — now 250m high rather than 300m — could jeopardise the wider Nine Elms area regeneration.
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NewsBoxhome: Norway’s Rintala Eggertsson premiers its low-cost, low-energy flat
Norwegian practice Rintala Eggertsson Architects has designed a low-cost 19sq m home, Boxhome.
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NewsJean Nouvel’s $400m Los Angeles tower put on hold
Jean Nouvel’s first California project, a $400 million (£265 million), 45-storey tower on Santa Monica Boulevard in Los Angeles, has been put on hold.
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NewsFuture Systems' London Routemaster bus
This striking design is Future Systems' vision of how the new London Routemaster bus should look.
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EH legal spending soars past £1.6 million
Heritage groups dismiss criticism in welcoming robust protective stance
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NewsIs architecture heading for the rocks?
Global economic conditions could be worse than expected according to some industry experts, says David Littlefield
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NewsHow are leading architects coping with the global financial storm?
As architecture is battered by the chill winds of recession, how do leading firms plan to cope with the lean years ahead? David Littlefield asked some of the world’s largest architecture practices about their strategies
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News£3m restoration for UK's oldest mosque
England’s oldest mosque is undergoing a £3 million refurbishment in an effort to restore the building to its former glory.
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NewsBarber wins Shepherds Bush contest
Peter Barber, architect of the award-winning Donnybrook Quarter housing scheme in east London’s Tower Hamlets, has won a contest to design an urban quarter in Shepherds Bush, west London.
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NewsGazprom pledges to fully fund RMJM’s St Petersburg tower
Russian energy giant Gazprom has pledged to fund the 396m-high RMJM-designed Okhta Centre tower in St Petersburg after the city government suspended its contribution to the project.
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NewsMatch the architect with the design for Salisbury's market place
Six designs to revamp Salisbury’s central market place have been shortlisted from an initial pool of 42 entries, but can you match the schemes to the design teams?
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Star line-up announced for this year’s Mipim
The first details of this year’s Mipim property fair, to be held in Cannes from March 10-13, have been announced with a line-up of star architects sharing a stage to debate design and urban planning.
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NewsCamillin Denny submits plans for Hove seafront tower
Plans have been submitted for a new 15-floor mixed-use tower on Hove's seafront.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron reveals design for Madrid bank HQ
Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled designs for the Madrid headquarters of Spanish bank BBVA.
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NewsShortlist for London's new US embassy revealed
Thomas Mayne's Morphosis Architects, SOM, KPF and Richard Meier & Partners are among nine firms on the all-American shortlist to design Britain’s £275 million new US embassy.
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NewsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands £1bn revamp of Ferrier Estate in for planning
Berkeley Homes (Urban Developments) has submitted a planning application for its £1 billion redevelopment of the Ferrier Estate in south-east London.
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NewsBD columnist Paul Morrell awarded OBE
BD columnist Paul Morrell has been awarded an OBE in the New Year’s honours list for services to architecture and the built environment.
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NewsHawkins Brown and Cullinan’s shortlisted for Croydon traffic route
Hawkins Brown and Edward Cullinan Architects have been shortlisted to design a key traffic route through Croydon town centre, a central part of Will Alsop’s masterplan for the area.
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NewsMiddle East focus for Zaha Hadid's stint as Today editor
The Middle East, parametrics and Karl Lagerfeld were the centrepieces of Zaha Hadid's guest editor spot on BBC Radio Four's Today programme this morning.
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Birmingham Jewellery Quarter competition attracts over 100 entries
More than 100 architects from around the world are competing to design a public square in Birmingham’s Jewellery Quarter.