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NewsLiverpool’s £1 billion city centre scheme opens
Phase two of Liverpool’s largest-ever retail and regeneration development has launched, with the opening of buildings by an array of architects including Allies & Morrison, Dixon Jones, CZWG and Glenn Howells.
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Istanbul Design Week postponed
Istanbul Design Week has been postponed to June 16 – 20, 2009 due to technical issues relating to Old Galata Bridge where the event is held.
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HKS to expand global operations
In an exclusive interview with BD, Ralph Hawkins, chairman and chief executive of HKS, said that the company intends to expand its global operations in the next four to five years, with plans for a new office in São Paulo, Brazil, and an enlarged presence in India, China and Australia.
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NewsHKS expanding despite credit crunch
HKS boss Ralph Hawkins says laying-off staff is like shooting puppies but how does he plan to weather the storm?
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Government has ‘degraded’ eco-town idea, says Shapps
Shadow housing minister Grant Shapps has condemned the government’s handling of its eco-town plans, claiming it had “taken a reasonably good idea and completely screwed it up”.
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NewsBirmingham gives green light to 35-storey tower
Birmingham City Council’s planning committee has ignored the advice of Cabe’s design review panel and granted planning permission to a 35-storey office tower at 103 Colmore Row.
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Renzo Piano wins Danish Sonningprisen award
Renzo Piano has won the Danish Sonningprisen award, the largest cultural award in Denmark.
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NewsRMJM tower wins Russian design competition
RMJM has won an international design competition for a new landmark tower and vertical park in Ekaterinburg, Russia.
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NewsPlanning application submitted for FAT's Lingfield Point
FAT's Lingfield Point in Darlington, a mixed-use low-energy development, has been submitted for outline planning by the owners Marchday.
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NewsControversy as multi-faith centre set to fail planning
Plans for a dramatic £20 million community centre in the north London suburbs by former YAYA-nominee Mangera Yvars Architects faced planning permission refusal this week.
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NewsRenzo Piano’s California Academy of Sciences opens in San Francisco
The California Academy of Sciences, heralded as the “greenest building in the world” opened this weekend in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park.
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NewsCabe blasts Rogers’ Wood Wharf 'ghetto'
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ Wood Wharf masterplan for the Isle of the Dogs in east London should not receive planning in its current form due to concerns it could create a “ghetto”, Cabe has said.
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NewsGehry’s Point reflects Utah’s “quiet quality”
Frank Gehry has unveiled the latest designs for a new 34ha development in Lehi, Utah, USA.
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International design contest for statue of India hero announced
An international design competition for a 95m-high equestrian statue of a celebrated Indian hero, the Maratha warrior Shivaji (1630-80), has been announced.
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NewsBlears faces challenge to Doon decision
English Heritage and Westminster City Council have launched a joint legal challenge against communities secretary Hazel Blears’ decision to grant planning permission to London’s Doon Street tower.
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Four firms shortlisted for Elisabeth House project
Glenn Howells Architects, Flacq, Stanton Williams and Austin Smith Lord have been shortlisted in a competition to design a major new scheme which tasks them with developing the “best commercial building in Manchester”.
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RIBA to expand into Middle East and Asia
RIBA is to launch three new international chapters in Singapore, Hong Kong and the Gulf.
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NewsPelli Clarke Pelli and Dattner honoured in NY Green Building contest
Winners of New York’s third Green Building Competition have been announced, with Foster & Partners gaining an honourable mention.
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NewsPrasad sets sail for the Arctic with message on global warming
RIBA president Sunand Prasad has set sail for the Arctic, joining an eclectic bunch of artists and scientists including Jarvis Cocker and Martha Wainwright on the seventh Cape Farewell expedition.
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NewsReiser & Umemoto’s O-14 tower for Dubai under way
Construction on Reiser & Umemoto’s O-14 building, dubbed the “bubble tower”, has begun in Dubai, with the first nine floors now visible.