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  • Chapman Taylor Architects has unveiled its revised masterplan for the £1.2 billion regeneration of Glasgow Harbour, including this 30-storey residential tower
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    Glasgow Harbour plan

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Chapman Taylor Architects has unveiled its revised masterplan for the £1.2 billion regeneration of Glasgow Harbour, including this 30-storey residential tower

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    London Eye architects sell stake to Tussauds

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    The architects and founders of the London Eye have sold their stake in the successful tourist attraction for a seven-figure sum.

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    Fantasy island

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Foster & Partners has won a competition to design a new mixed use complex on a triangular island in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

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    Archway residents launch own contest

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Residents of Archway, north London, have launched a design competition for ideas for the regeneration of their area to rival plans being drawn up by BDP.

  • Public spaces will be designed with white plastered and rendered surfaces and the odd splash of colour
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    Bakery conversion takes the cake

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    This new Urban Splash development converting the grade l listed Mills Bakery building at the Royal William Yard in Plymouth has been unveiled by Gillespie Yunnie Architects.

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    Olympic contract to tender

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    The "next big building block for the delivery of the Olympic Park" will go out to tender within a week. The original tender was halted by Olympic boss David Higgins at the start of the year.

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    Cabe to give ‘vision' for 200,000 homes

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Cabe has been asked to develop a "clear and compelling" vision of the Thames Gateway amid fears that housing design in the area lacks local identity.

  • Zaha Hadid Architects this week unveiled its latest European win — a 160m-long “floating” library in southern Spain.
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    Winner of ‘floating' vote

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid Architects this week unveiled its latest European win - a 160m-long "floating" library in southern Spain.

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    Councils' ‘illegal tactics'

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    London mayor Ken Livingstone has accused local councillors of using illegal tactics to defend their seats by refusing planning for major new housing developments which could bring in opposition voters.

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    Race to design BBC northern HQ hots up

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Hamilton Associates and Benoy have been brought in to work on designs for the two sites vying to be the BBC's new northern HQ.

  • An academy school designed by Capita Percy Thomas was officially opened by prime minister Tony Blair last week.
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    Academy school opens

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    An academy school designed by Capita Percy Thomas was officially opened by prime minister Tony Blair last week.

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    This Week

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    A round up of this week's news...

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    Arb takes a bite out of sharkitects

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Members of the Arb's board have called for a crackdown on "sharkitects" who work for free to win jobs.

  • Rem Koolhaas’s Office for Metropolitan Architecture has unveiled these images of proposals for Museum Plaza in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
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    Skyscraper city

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Rem Koolhaas's Office for Metropolitan Architecture has unveiled these images of proposals for Museum Plaza in Louisville, Kentucky, USA.

  • Protesters at the  South Parks Road site: Paradoxically both protesters and  on-site workers are now hiding their faces behind masks
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    Animal instincts?

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    The animal liberation attack on Oxford Architects has created an air of intimidation and fear.

  • Street elevation of Douglas & King’s renovation of former stables and tram sheds on Kingsland Road, east London.
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    Spotcheck: London

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    London

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    Alsop break-in tempered by US breakthrough

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Thieves have broken into Will Alsop's practice, causing an estimated of loss and damage of £10,000.

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    Audit report favours planning privatisation

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    The Audit Commission has backed controversial schemes for further privatisation of council planning departments.

  • MWM’s scheme for a high-rise apartment tower in Toronto, Canada
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    Toronto tower shortlist

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    Newcastle-based art and architecture collective Studio MWM's scheme for a high-rise apartment tower in Toronto, Canada, has been shortlisted in an international design competition.

  • Back on: Atkins’ £200 million project.
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    Atkins scheme reprieved following Olympic redesign

    2006-02-10T00:00:00Z

    The redesign of the Olympic Park masterplan announced last week has reprieved a £200 million scheme designed by Atkins on the fringes of the games complex.