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Allies & Morrison wins Olympic media centre bid
Allies & Morrison has beaten Hopkins Architects and its partner Bouygues to land the £400 million media centre project for London’s 2012 Olympic Games.
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NewsPimlico school’s demolition begins
Demolition has begun at Pimlico school, the brutalist landmark in Westminster which has been the centre of a long-running listing battle. The 1970 school’s swimming pool has already been bulldozed and the iconic Claverton Street entrance is shortly due to be torn down in a move campaigners claim is an ...
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NewsBD buildings editor to curate UK pavilion at Venice Biennale
The British Council has appointed BD’s buildings editor Ellis Woodman to curate this year’s British Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. The exhibition will feature housing designs by five practices: Sergison Bates, Tony Fretton, de Rijke Marsh Morgan, Witherford Watson Mann and Maccreanor Lavington. Woodman said the exhibition would address the ...
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NewsAlsop brings glamour to Putney
SMC Alsop has unveiled images of its mixed use development near East Putney station in London.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron among architects in running for Lord's cricket ground masterplan
Herzog & de Meuron and HOK Sport are among the practices bidding to draw up a £200 million masterplan for Lord’s cricket ground.Operator Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) is working with the Architecture Foundation to draw up a shortlist for the work at the famous sporting ground in north London which ...
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NewsPrizewinners throw their weight behind Robin Hood Gardens campaign
Gold medallists and Pritzker winners are among petition supporters
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D’Offay calls for a Guggenheim of the North
Art dealer Anthony D’Offay has called for a Guggenheim-style architectural landmark to house his contemporary art collection in Scotland. D’Offay sold 725 works worth £125 million to the Tate and National Galleries Scotland last week, at a fraction of their market value. The collection, arranged into 50 “artists rooms” and ...
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NewsHundreds of potential Olympic training venues announced
Stephen Hodder's Clissold Leisure Centre among those across the country bidding to host foreign teams
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NewsCall for entries for Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award 2008
Cabe has launched the Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award 2008 with a call for entries. The competition, now in its eighth year, celebrates high-quality design in public sector architecture. To be eligible, projects must have been commissioned by or on behalf of central or local government or an organisation ...
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NewsAllies & Morrison bags Olympic media centre
Practice led by Bob Allies and Graham Morrison edges out Hopkins Architects for the massive 2012 project
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RIBA launches President’s Awards for Research 2008
RIBA has put out a call for entries for its 2008 award for architectural research. The prize, now in its third year, is divided into three categories: best PhD thesis at a RIBA-validated school; best university-based research; and best research carried out in a professional context. In 2007 the winners ...
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NewsLivingstone to slash energy costs on GLA buildings
Mayor of London Ken Livingstone has launched a major new works programme that will see the Greater London Authority's public buildings retrofitted to reduce energy consumption by a quarter.Livingstone announced the project during a debate at the Ecobuild conference in London yesterday (Thursday February 28) which saw rival candidates for ...
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NewsMedicine ball by FOA
Foreign Office Architects has revealed the final designs for its Institute of Legal Medicine in Madrid.
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NewsFoster and Libeskind bet on Las Vegas...
Foster & Partners, Daniel Libeskind and Helmut Jahn of Chicago-based Murphy Jahn Architects have designed three neighbouring buildings as part of an $8 billion development in Las Vegas, touted as the largest privately financed project ever constructed in North America.
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NewsPlanning row threatens Highland homes fair
One of Britain’s most innovative housing schemes has been thrown into doubt amid allegations that residents and politicians have not been properly consulted.
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NewsBSF schools approved despite Cabe criticisms
£2 million design review panel seen as ‘hindrance rather than a benefit’
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NewsProfession rallies to save threatened housing estate
Tower Hamlets Council confirms that it will seek to ratify demolition option next week
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NewsNo zero-carbon promise at Ecobuild
Housing minister Caroline Flint has failed to commit to making new non-domestic buildings zero carbon by 2020, a key target of the UK Green Building Council.
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NewsThink Place’s Warsaw stadium scheme avoids lung damage
Think Place has unveiled the first images of its 21ha Park Swiatla masterplan in Warsaw, Poland.