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NewsMake/Edaw steal the show
Make and Edaw have beaten competition from Foster & Partners, HOK and BDP to masterplan Scotland’s new £250 million national showground at Norton Park in Edinburgh.
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Birmingham plans climate change fair
Birmingham City Council has revealed plans for a week-long climate change festival focused on the built environment.
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NewsDeveloper sues Broadway Malyan over Stratford site
Architectural giant Broadway Malyan is facing a High Court claim because of a dispute over a proposed eco-scheme close to the 2012 Olympic site.
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NewsFeilden Clegg Bradley wins Jersey zoo job
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has won a £25 million competition to design two zoo buildings in Jersey.
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NewsHere comes the sun
Capita Architecture’s Howe Dell primary school, the first eco-school in Hertfordshire, has been officially opened.
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RIBA Wales reveals shortlist
The Royal Society of Architects in Wales has named the five Welsh buildings that have been shortlisted for this year’s RIBA regional awards.
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NewsSlimline building fits on the verge
Spratley Architects’ South 60 building in Basingstoke’s Chineham Business Park is complete.
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Northern cities need closer links
The Centre for Cities is calling for greater infrastructure investment linking northern cities, warning that small northern towns risk slipping behind their southern counterparts economically if they do not improve their links to Manchester and Leeds.
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NewsPark pavilion bolsters Preston restoration scheme
McChesney Architects’ new £1 million pavilion at Avenham Park in Preston, was officially handed over to Preston Council last week.
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NewsKoolhaas and Foster on shortlist for new Birmingham library
A glittering shortlist of seven firms including Foster & Partners, Foreign Office, Hopkins, Wilkinson Eyre and OMA are competing to design a replacement for John Madin’s Library of Birmingham.In an announcement released today, Birmingham council confirmed the names, alongside Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen and Dutch firm Mecanoo, following consideration ...
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NewsDeveloper sues Broadway Malyan over Stratford site
Architectural giant Broadway Malyan is facing a High Court claim because of a dispute over a proposed eco-scheme close to the 2012 Olympic site.Property developer Harlow Group is suing the practice for at least £300,000 over alleged breach of contract relating to its plans for a carbon-neutral development in the ...
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NewsTeachers call for greater design role
The government must give teachers a far greater role in school design and introduce new standards for refurbishment of existing buildings, a major teaching union has claimed.
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NewsBD contest paves the way for Robin Hood revival
Architects are being challenged to create a new vision for Robin Hood Gardens in a design competition launched by BD and the Architecture Foundation this week.
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NewsRadio 4’s History of the Home gives architects a minor role
Comfort rather than cool is the key factor in the design of the British home according to Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen’s new series
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NewsSerpentine reveals Gehry’s pavilion design
The Serpentine Gallery has revealed images of Frank Gehry’s design for this year’s summer pavilion.The timber and glass structure, conceived and engineered in collaboration with Arup as well as Gehry’s son Samuel, is intended to be a “dramatic multi-dimensional space”, part-amphitheatre, part-promenade.Frank Gehry said: “The pavilion is designed as a ...
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NewsEH acts to save historic buildings in Liverpool
Two buildings on Liverpool’s threatened world heritage site have been listed as part of the biggest review of a city’s historic building stock ever undertaken.
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NewsThe mighty Swoosh
This year’s AA summer pavilion will be a complex interlocking timber structure, dubbed the “Swoosh”.