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NewsCelebrating the art of timber
Hawkins Brown has revealed designs for the redevelopment of an artists’ complex on a rural site near Cambridge.
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Mersey vision
RHWL has received planning permission for its £100 million St Paul’s Square development in Liverpool.
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Hopkins rues Dubais terrible new-builds
Leading British architect Michael Hopkins has branded the new architecture emerging in Dubai as “terrible” and claims it makes the task of designing a new building in the city “very hard”.
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NewsEllen who?
Forget Ellen McArthur’s world record, one of the most prestigious prizes in sailing remains up for grabs this year at the Little Britain Challenge Cup regatta held from September 8-11 at Cowes on the Isle of Wight.
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Shabby suburbs in need of regeneration, say experts
Architects, developers and masterplanners have called on the government to focus more on the plight of run-down suburbs rather than city centres.
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Shard signs up hotel group
Renzo Piano’s dramatic plans for a 70-storey tower next to London Bridge station took a step closer to reality last week when developer Sellar Properties signed a pre-letting agreement with a hotel group to take 18 floors.
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Mackintoshs Daily Record office to become cafe and pub
A derelict listed building in Glasgow designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh is to be refurbished and brought back into use.
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NewsPrescott bows to US
Rogers left out in the cold as Prescott makes new urbanism the hot topic at the Manchester summit
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NewsThe Zaha way
Women must stop hiding, take charge and demand more, says Zaha Hadid. Zoë Blackler interviews architecture’s leading lady.
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NewsJencks on Johnson
Remembering one of the 20th century’s most provocative architects. Robert Booth speaks to Charles Jencks after the death of Philip Johnson
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RIBA claims victory over planning policy
Government capitulates as good design is enshrined in new ODPM guidance
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Green light for second Poundbury
Prince Charles-backed village scheme in Bradford gets go-ahead
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Planning crisis in N Ireland
Northern Ireland’s planning system is in the grip of a severe and worsening crisis largely of its own making, prominent architects claimed this week.
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Olympic bid lifts public-space hopes
The RIBA and English Heritage are using a presentation to the International Olympic Committee to try to kick-start the long-delayed regeneration of London’s public spaces.
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NewsHadid talks tough
Britain’s leading female architect, Zaha Hadid, has added her voice to the clamour of support for the 50/50 Campaign.
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NewsZahas competition wins keep on flowing
Zaha Hadid has continued her spectacular series of competition wins by clinching the commission for the Aquatics Centre for London’s 2012 Olympics bid. Hadid, who won the competition for the Architecture Foundation’s new headquarters last month, has come up with a sinuous S-shaped roof inspired by the flow of water.The ...
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Extreme sports touted for Skelmersdale
A forgotten new town stuck between Liverpool and Manchester will finally find its place on the map as the British home of extreme sports, according to architect Broadway Malyan.