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NewsThe America’s Cup Building by Chipperfield - images
David Chipperfield’s building for the America’s Cup in Valencia will form the focus for the race in June. As the first heats get underway, bdonline takes a look around
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Farrell's Edinburgh extension design scrapped
Designs by Terry Farrell to extend his "iconic" International Conference Centre in Edinburgh have been scrapped following the developer's shock withdrawal
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NewsNews Junkie: 21 and 22 April
This weeks despatch: £60 for a Georgian mansion, dirty dancing with Kate Middleton and Ken Livingstone's lack of dress sense. Ian Martin is away
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Public wants space not style, architects told
Over-design is creating public spaces that people don’t want to use, warns top think-tank
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NewsA hill of an idea
Kathryn Findlay has returned to the centre stage with early designs for a new public building focusing on sensory experiences next door to Tower Bridge.
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NewsMilton Keynes drops flagship marina plans
Major clients reject award winning architects for key site because designs are too ‘up in the sky’
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Future schools go green
Up to 200 carbon-neutral eco-schools will be built following last week’s announcement of £110 million in funding by the education secretary.
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History hard to live with, say emergency services
The listings system is preventing emergency services from delivering their services effectively, it was claimed this week.
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Jewish Community Centre designer chosen
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has won the competition to design London’s Jewish Community Centre, ahead of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, Foreign Office Architects and Rafael Viñoly Architects.
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NewsHouse of Human Rights embraces bold design
This dramatic design by Wilkinson Eyre Architects is for a new Amnesty International building in Milan.
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NewsZaha wins planning in Lambeth
Zaha Hadid Architects has won outline planning approval for its debut city academy project in Lambeth.
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Save to appeal on Supreme Court
Save Britain’s Heritage has requested permission to appeal against the judicial review which ruled in favour of converting Westminster’s grade II* listed Middlesex Guildhall into a new Supreme Court (News March 30).
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Stansted expansion goes on site
Construction of the £40 million Stansted Airport extension began this week.
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NewsEleven vie for civic building title
A total of 11 buildings across the UK have been shortlisted for the 2007 Scala civic building of the year.
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MP was sustainability trailblazer
Robert Jones, the former Tory minister who championed sustainability before it became a buzzword, died of liver cancer on Monday at the age of 57.
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NewsChapman Taylor sets sail in Portsmouth
Chapman Taylor’s designs for the £350 million Northern Quarter development in Portsmouth’s city centre have been unveiled as part of a major public consultation.
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NewsRMJM working double time on Scottish college project
This £50 million development designed by RMJM on two separate sites is Scotland’s largest further education project.
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NewsAlsop’s US power play
Will Alsop’s designs to trans-form a disused power station in Yonkers, New York, into a multi-use development have been significantly overhauled.
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Lib Dems advocate ‘energy mortgages’
The Liberal Democrats have set out stringent proposals to cut domestic carbon emissions through refurbishment, after taking advice from the RIBA.