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One in three London architects is foreign
A BD survey has uncovered a staggering number of foreign architects working in London, with nationalities from all over the world flocking to the capital to gain architectural experience.
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NewsDancing on air
Trafalgar Square is no stranger to public art, but will set new standards this summer with an inflatable structure designed by Studio Egret West.
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NewsBrakes on legal gravy train
Bespoke contracts come to an end as industry signs up to new agreements between consultants and clients
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NewsKelly promises action on housing and nimbys
‘Increasing housing supply' tops communities secretary's agenda
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Hadid's AF building to be two years late
Zaha Hadid's iconic building for the Architecture Foundation in Southwark, London, will open at least two years late, the foundation admitted this week.
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‘Out of touch' RIBA to survey members
The RIBA has announced a £70,000 survey into what architects think of it in an apparent admission that it is out of touch with members.
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NewsEH: Pray and pay for these buildings
England's houses of worship are crumbling under £118 million shortfall in repair and maintenance funding
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Fuksas wins Mandela project
Massimiliano Fuksas has won one of the largest-ever RIBA competitions, for a £190 million university campus for the Nelson Mandela Institute in Abuja, Nigeria.
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60K starts to look a million
The starter home was due for a revival, but the £60,000 house contest last August produced some mediocre results. Ten months on, though, Zoë Blackler finds design has moved up the agenda
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NewsBurdett's big-picture gamble
This year's Venice Architecture Biennale will focus on urbanism rather than buildings.
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RIBA library acquires C16 Roman drawings
The RIBA's British Architectural Library has secured one of the most significant collections of architectural drawings of the great buildings of ancient Rome.
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Edaw Cambridge scheme approved
Cambridge University's estate management and building service (EMBS) director has pledged to support the "highest architectural quality" after the university won permission for an Edaw-planned housing scheme through public inquiry.
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Row over York's plan to build retail site
York Council is at loggerheads with conservation groups over development plans for a controversial site next to some of the city's landmark historic buildings.
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NewsSheffield goes green, and red, and yellow...
This colourful timber-frame development proposed for a brownfield site in the run-down area of Norfolk Park, Sheffield, has been designed by Matthew Lloyd Architects.
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Call for clarity for Liverpool towers
Liverpool City Council leader Warren Bradley has called for the city's tall buildings policy to be scrapped.
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NewsIt's Prasad vs Owen for RIBA presidency
The RIBA presidency contest looked likely to become a two-horse race between Sunand Prasad and Valerie Owen, as BD went to press on Wednesday.
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DTI's PFI principles cost National Lab £100m
The PFI scheme to build a new National Physical Laboratory in Teddington cost the private sector partners involved more than £100 million because of fundamental design problems and flaws in the procurement process, according to the National Audit Office.