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NewsSocial experiment
Zaha Hadid's project at Spittelau in Vienna, above, is some of the most expensive social housing in the world, with a staggering £7 million price tag, for 31 mini units.
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Dream team gathers for Alsop's Boro plan
A dream team including Alsop Architects, Grimshaw, Feilden Clegg Bradley, Branson Coates, Fat and Studio Egret West has been drafted in to work on developer BioRegional Quintain's proposed flagship development Middlehaven in Middlesbrough.
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Olympics to have quality watchdog
Revealed: Rogers' lobbying of Ken Livingstone for games design panel
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NewsCouncil to prosecute owner of listed cottage
The owner of a much-loved listed house that became the victim of a "blatant act of architectural vandalism" will be prosecuted by the local council.
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Edaw reworks Aylesbury estate
Southwark council has appointed London Olympics masterplanner Edaw to work on the controversial Aylesbury Estate, which has already racked up bills of £1.5 million on a series of masterplans subsequently scrapped.
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NewsBowater cut down to size
The Richard Rogers Partnership has finally won planning permission for the glamourous revamp of Bowater House in Knightsbridge by reducing the height of the scheme by one floor.
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NewsBreaking down the walls
Last week's bombing of the Askariya mosque in Samarra was a deliberate act designed to fuel religious tensions. Throughout history, such acts of destruction have served as powerful symbols during conflict.
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Planning deals boost Capita's turnover
Multi-disciplinary giant Capita Symonds has cited its controversial but lucrative planning deals with local authorities as one of the reasons for its 23% rise in turnover to £200 million in 2005.
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Alsop to advise Arup on China's Dongtan project
Will Alsop has been recruited to advise Arup on sustainable energy supply for the massive new city it is designing in China.
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Architects chosen for £850m Hackney project
Ian Ritchie, Wilkinson Eyre and Shepheard Epstein Hunter are among the architects working on one of London's largest urban regeneration projects, the £850 million redevelopment of Hackney's Woodberry Down estate.
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NewsDCM spin-off
Denton Corker Marshall has won planning permission for a new office building in Manchester.
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NewsHitting a high note
Eric Parry Architects has completed a £3 million music building for the prestigious Bedford School.
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Design guidance for ‘crappy suburbia'
The Housing Corporation has moved to crack down on poor design in medium-sized developments.
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NewsBlinking Biennale
Chetwood Associates has unveiled this tree-like installation, a centrepiece of this year's London Architecture Biennale.
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Barts all set to go, £35m later
The £1.2 billion Royal London and Barts PFI hospital was set to be given the go-ahead this week, following more than two months of delays costing a staggering £35 million.
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NewsShowing Mersey
Broadway Malyan has revealed its proposals for Liverpool's Fourth Grace site, which was originally earmarked for Will Alsop's Cloud.