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Cabe cuts funding to architecture centres
NEWS: Cabe's architecture centre funding "penalises success" OPINION: Does anyone know what architecture centres are for? asks Amanda Baillieu
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News£18.5 million Leicester Square transformation revealed
Landscape architects Burns & Nice picked to redesign anti-social behaviour hotspot
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Goldschmied wins battle for Rogers HQ
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners could be forced out of its riverside headquarters after the Thames Wharf site was bought by Richard Rogers’ former colleague Marco Goldschmied, who has pledged to turn it into a zero-carbon development.
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NewsKoolhaas to design Maggies Centre in Glasgow
Rem Koolhaas is to design Scotland’s next Maggie’s Centre in Glasgow. The Dutch architect joins a list of world-famous names who have designed hospices for the cancer charity, including Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid, and Scottish designers Richard Murphy and Page and Park.The £2.1million building will be built close to ...
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NewsMacCormac Jamieson Prichard reveals loss
MacCormac Jamieson Prichard operated at a loss last year following its sacking from the flagship BBC Broadcasting House project.Accounts posted with Companies House reveal the practice made a loss of £329,699 in the year to March 2007 — a drop of 130% from the previous year when it made a ...
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NewsShortlist for Mersey Observatory competition revealed - images
CJ Lim’s Studio 8 and Ellis William Architects are two of five practices shortlisted in the RIBA competition to design a new Mersey Observatory in Crosby, just north of Liverpool.Duggan Morris Architects, Phos Architects and Farrell and Clark are also on the shortlist, beating almost a hundred other entries.The winning ...
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NewsHamiltons seeks planning for Tower Hamlets tower
Hamiltons Architects has submitted this design for the £140 million Indescon Court in the Isle of Dogs, London for planning.The 30-storey mixed-use building, which includes 600 apartments, a 108-room four star hotel and 9,000 sq m of retail space has been inspired by the self-contained nature of London’s Barbican centre. ...
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NewsFoster changes to proposed Ealing skyscraper fail to win over critics
Foster & Partners has failed to convince English Heritage and local residents to back plans for a controversial suburban skyscraper, despite altering its designs.It emerged this week that the practice had amended its plans for the 40-storey “penny whistle” tower in Ealing following strong criticism by the heritage body.But despite ...
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NewsForeign Office Architects' City landmark given the go-ahead
Huge Trinity EC3 project in Aldgate for developer Beetham wins planning permission
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NewsGustafson Porter defends troubled Diana Memorial Fountain
Landscape architect dismisses media claims that fountain must be demolished and rebuilt.
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Gustafson Porter defends troubled Diana Memorial Fountain
Landscape architect dismisses media claims that fountain must be demolished and rebuilt.
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NewsFoster gets green light for world's largest building
Foster & Partners has won preliminary planning permission for the largest single building in the world – the Crystal Island scheme in Moscow.Situated within five miles of the Kremlin, the 2.5 million sq m spiral-form structure has been dubbed a “city inside a building”, and will include 900 apartments, 3000 ...
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NewsCabe chair Sorrell knighted in New Year honours
Cabe chairman John Sorrell has been knighted in the New Year honours. Sorrell, who also chairs the London Design Festival and the Sorrell Foundation, received a knighthood for services to the creative industries.Sorrell is the former chairman of design company Newell & Sorrell and of the Design Council. He is ...
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NewsProfile: Norman Foster
Foster & Partners, which celebrated four decades in practice in 2008, continually tops lists of the world’s most admired architectural firms. Here, Norman Foster talks about success, growth and that deal with 3i
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Top architecture firms in Europe
In 2008, French firm Valode & Pistre Architects topped the BD World Architecture list of firms operating in Central and Eastern European, with BDP International taking the top spot for Western Europe.
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Economic prospects in the Middle East
Governments are investing heavily in public building projects in preparation for an economic future beyond oil
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Top architecture firms in the Middle East
The UAE’s Design and Architecture Bureau toped the BD World Architecture 2008 list as the largest firm operating in the Middle East, ranked by income.
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Architect of the Year Awards 2008
Since its launch in 2004, the Architect of the Year Awards has grown in size and stature, featuring entries and attendance from leading practices and is now firmly established as a key event in the architectural calendar. It is one of the largest gatherings of UK architects. ...
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Young Architect of the Year Awards 2008
The Young Architect of the Year Awards is organised by Building Design toYoung Architect of the Year 2008 recognise and reward the UK's most promising new architects or practices.