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NewsProviding homes in the hard times ahead
How Bd reported on the challenge to Islington's architects department in 1981
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NewsFuture System's winning Prague library: Full set of images
Last week Future Systems won the competition to design a £48 million extension to the National Library in Prague. View a full set of computer generated images and drawings of the winning schemeMasterplanSectionSectionEast elevationSouth elevationAxonometricExploded viewBook distribution
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NewsNews Junkie: 10 and 11 March
Prince Charles in a pub, seaside towns in decline and a demolition broadcast live on the web in Ian Martin's latest round-up of the weekend papers
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...as Viñoly defends his ‘walkie talkie’
Rafael Viñoly was quizzed over the sustainability of his proposed “walkie talkie” tower this week as a landmark public inquiry on the scheme got under way.
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News‘This seems about safety rather than innovation’
A war of words has broken out over the first open competition for a 2012 Olympic venue after high-level advisers to ODA bosses raised fears over design quality.
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NewsFuture Systems triumphs in Prague library competition
This design by Future Systems will become the Czech Republic’s most significant post-Communist building after the British firm triumphed in one of the most hotly contested open architectural competitions ever held.
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NewsDigital cuts build house in four days
This prototype house, built using a digital component-making system, has gone on show at the Architecture Foundation’s Yard Gallery in London’s Old Street.
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ODA issues media centre notice
The ODA has called for proposals for the legacy use of the Olympic Park’s media centre, one of the landmark built projects of London 2012.
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NewsFoster’s first hospital goes to planning
Foster & Partners’ first-ever hospital, an innovative facility near Bath intended to maximise the role of design in the healing process, was set to be granted outline planning approval this week.
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NewsChurch plans carbon audit of bishops’ residences
Among the issues facing the Church of England’s 43 bishops the carbon footprint of their residences — from palaces to humble houses — may not seem pressing.
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Foster hospital wins planning
Foster & Partners’ first-ever hospital, an innovative facility near Bath intended to maximise the role of design in the healing process, has been granted outline planning approval.
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NewsBuilding boom boosts architects’ salaries
It’s been a bonanza year for architectural salaries already, and fees are set to rise as a result. Naming your price is now the order of the day as the skills shortage begins to bite.
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NewsFobert heads for the sun
Next Generation winner Jamie Fobert has revealed the first images of his private house project in Trinidad as he prepares to receive the award at next week’s Mipim conference in Cannes.
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Golden hellos aim to tempt staff
Competition between practices to recruit the best staff for their burgeoning workloads is pushing salaries up, with some practices offering “golden hellos” to the right candidates, BD has discovered.
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Makeover in Manhattan style
Liverpool will be given a Manhattan-style makeover under one of the biggest developments proposed in the north-west of England.
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White paper extends protection
A buffer zone around the UK’s 24 world heritage sites will be proposed in the long-awaited heritage White Paper.
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NewsArgent blasts protestors’ victory
The developer behind the £2 billion scheme to regenerate London’s King’s Cross area has hit out at local opponents, following news that they have been granted a High Court hearing.
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Call to regenerate seaside towns
The Commons local government committee has called on central government to help boost the quality of life in England’s most run-down seaside towns.
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Twist in Supreme Court project
The battle over the future of the grade II listed Middlesex Guildhall has taken a fresh twist after a new planning application was submitted.
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NewsSpot-list delays Dyson’s design school by a year
A high profile scheme in Bath by Wilkinson Eyre Architects will be delayed by at least a year because of local opposition.