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NewsManchester is banking on Reid to fuse new design with the old
Reid Architects is about to go on site with this competition-winning £8 million design which will fuse a five-storey grade II listed former bank and a new 10-storey building in Manchester, near the city’s Piccadilly station.
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BPF chief calls for green incentives
The British Property Federation has called on ministers to offer financial incentives in return for better environmental performance in buildings.
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NewsFosters Abu Dhabi WTC
Foster & Partners’ latest Middle East project, the Abu Dhabi World Trade Centre, has been unveiled at the Mipim property fair in Cannes.
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NewsFat wins in Walsall
Fat has triumphed in an RIBA competition to design a community library facility in Walsall, the first time it has won a competition to design a public building.
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NewsBath Council set to reject Wilkinson Eyre design school
Wilkinson Eyre’s troubled scheme for James Dyson’s School of Design Innovation in Bath looks set to be rejected next week after planning officers recommended that the scheme be denied planning permission.
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EH joins in criticism of Luton retail scheme
English Heritage has joined the Victorian Society in condemning a £150 million Broadway Malyan retail scheme which involves demolishing two grade II listed buildings in Luton’s historic hat-making district.
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Wifi to boost new city development
Southampton’s architecture centre is to use wireless technology to transmit site-specific stories to the public in a bid to increase architectural awareness in the city.
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Mixed response on Hips – survey
Six out of ten homebuyers in home information pack (Hip) trial areas did not see a Hip last year, according to government research.
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NewsRIBA calls for medal nominees
The RIBA is calling for nominations for next year’s RIBA Royal Gold Medal.
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NewsFCB Studios wins castle consent
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ visitor centre for the Museum of Somerset at grade I listed Taunton Castle has won planning.
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Enter our contest to revive Robin Hood Gardens
BD and the Architecture Foundation have teamed up to organise a contest for architects to bring a new lease of life to Robin Hood Gardens. A group of architects and buildings experts including Simon Smithson and Peter Cook, Rowan Moore of the Architecture Foundation and engineer Matthew Wells, will produce ...
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NewsEH delays Robin Hood Gardens decision following BD campaign
English Heritage will delay making its recommendation on the future of Robin Hood Gardens thanks to the phenomenal response to BD's two-week-long campaign to have the Smithsons-designed estate listed.BD editor Amanda Baillieu handed the petition, containing more than 1,000 signatures, to English Heritage director of planning and development Steve Bee ...
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NewsFormer BD editor Martin Pawley dies
Former BD editor Martin Pawley has died after a long illness. The author, journalist and architectural critic, who edited Building Design from 1981 to 1983, died on Sunday less than two weeks before his 70th birthday.Peter Murray, who first worked as a journalist with Pawley in 1971 on Architectural Design, ...
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NewsFoster's unveils Abu Dhabi World Trade Centre
Foster & Partners' latest Middle East project, the Abu Dhabi World Trade Centre, has been unveiled at the Mipim property fair in Cannes.Part of a new waterfront city, the scheme will be the main building at Al Raha Beach, creating a peninsula at the eastern end of the semi-circular marina.The ...
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NewsFat wins competition to design Walsall library
Fat has triumphed in an RIBA competition to design a new community library facility in Walsall. The firm beat 72 international practices including Aaron Evans, Featherstone Associates, McMorran & Gatehouse Architects, Panter Hudspith and Sjolander da Cruz Architects to win the commission for the Bentley area of the town. Sean ...
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NewsMK architects’ department scandal could see it axed
One of the last in-house council architects’ departments in the country is facing closure amid allegations of overspending and incompetence.
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NewsRogers’ ship comes in at Ching Fu
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners has completed a building for the Ching Fu ship-building company in Taiwan.
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NewsPressure on Hodge to rethink listing stance
Architecture minister faces near-unanimous opposition to proposals