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NewsOMA’s ‘Tetris’ tower for Singapore
Rem Koolhaas’s practice OMA has been commissioned to design this 36-storey Tetris-style residential tower in Singapore, its first building in the city.
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NewsHigh-density development ‘blights’ our suburbs – EH
The suburbs are being “blighted” by high-density development, English Heritage has warned.
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News‘In London, the issues raised have vital local resonance’
It is a measure of the extraordinary scale of Ricky Burdett’s Venice show that fitting it into the largest exhibition venue in London has required some radical pruning.
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Heritage fund will lose out
The government has said the Heritage Lottery Fund will lose more than £160 million of funding between 2009 and 2012 because of the spiralling cost of the 2012 Olympics — now £9.3 billion.
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NewsHOK Sport scheme sets example
Housing minister Yvette Cooper has described HOK Sport’s Ashburton Triangle regeneration scheme (pictured) as an example for the Olympics.
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London go-ahead for Koolhaas
Rem Koolhaas has received planning permission for his first building in the City of London, a new headquarters for the investment bank NM Rothschild.
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Pringle blasts Budget failures
The RIBA has criticised Gordon Brown’s budget for failing to tackle climate change.
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NewsRouse quits to go to Croydon
Housing Corporation chief executive Jon Rouse has announced he is leaving to become chief executive of Croydon, London’s largest borough.
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Gore to address Think conference
Former US vice-president turned environmental campaigner Al Gore has confirmed he will address this year’s Think07 property and construction conference — via a carbon-neutral satellite link.
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NewsDouble British success in Cyprus arts quarter
Feilden Clegg Bradley has won a prestigious competition organised by the RIBA for an £8 million art gallery in Nicosia, central Cyprus.
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NewsOberlanders leads £200 million Edinburgh regeneration scheme
Oberlanders Architects has submitted plans for the first phase of this £200 million landmark redevelopment of the Fountainbridge industrial area in central Edinburgh.
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NewsDevelopment spells end for Oriental City
London mayor Ken Livingstone has given the green light to a £150 million mixed-use scheme in Colindale, north London, designed by Sheppard Robson.
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NewsArchitecture courses lack green aspect says BRE
Architectural education is failing to provide a proper grounding in sustainable design, the Building Research Establishment has claimed.
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Istanbul surprise front runner
Istanbul is the surprise leader in the race to win the award for the Academy of Urbanism’s European City of the Year 2007.
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Nimbyism is alive and well
More than 80% of people are against more development in their area, a survey of nimbyism has found.
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NewsIndependent office called for
The Town & Country Planning Association has rejected the idea that unelected commissioners should decide major schemes, and called for an independent Office of Planning.
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NewsSwansea scheme moves on site
Holder Mathias Architects’ £11 mil- lion apartment scheme for Swansea Housing Association is now on site.
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NewsFoster takes over at Folkestone
A huge seaside regeneration project by Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has been scrapped and will be replaced by a Foster & Partners scheme following a controversial land deal.
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Essex man gets culture
Ash Sakula, Flaqc, Hawkins Brown and Trevor Horne Architects have unveiled these designs for a new cultural quarter in Colchester.
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News1,100 entries to green homes competition
An international competition to design sustainable and innovative housing in China, Brazil and the UK has attracted an astonishing 1,100 expressions of interest from architects in 88 countries.