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NewsA new battle sight
Visitors to the Gareth Hoskins-designed Culloden Battlefield Memorial Centre will get an experience that culminates in a panoramic view of the site of the dramatic 1746 battle.
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NewsPortable premises
Lifschutz Davidson’s £1.6 million community facility for Southwark Council will start on site next month.
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Planning minister backs Poundbury model
Housing minister Keith Hill MP was given a guided tour of Poundbury by the Prince of Wales last week.
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Guerrilla architect strikes with seats across London
A mysterious architect has installed a series of architecturally striking public seats across London.
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NewsNew Jersey remembers
Ground has been broken on Frederic Schwartz Architects’ 9/11 memorial in New Jersey.
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UK firms fail to make Ground Zero shortlist
Britain’s leading practices have failed to make two superstar shortlists for theatres and museums on the Ground Zero site in New York.
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NewsMaking it all add up in wake of Holyrood
Budget-busting Portcullis House should have been a warning to Holyrood. It cannot be allowed to happen again, writes Charlie GatesBudget-busting Portcullis House should have been a warning to Holyrood. It cannot be allowed to happen again
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News‘I’d do it all again’
Relief for architects as Holyrood inquiry lays blame with clients, but design team still suffers biting criticism
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NewsFacing the morning after
As Cabe prepares to celebrate its fifth birthday, Zoë Blackler asks where next for a watchdog at the crossroads
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Size does matter as Peter Cook joins HOK
Archigram veteran and Stirling-shortlisted architect, Peter Cook, will next week launch a surprise career in commercial architecture when he starts work at HOK in London.
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Big Brother gets bigger
Design watchdog Cabe is looking to regional development agencies for help in reviewing building projects
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Tube listing scuppers Farrell
Hopes of developing a mixed-use scheme above South Kensington tube station now look slim after the building was listed.
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NewsGuess who?
Alsop’s back with designs intended to regenerate the leafy London borough of Harrow. Already they have been criticised by a local conservation society.The concept-stage proposals, centred on Harrow on the Hill tube station, involve a new bus and rail terminal, a pedestrian link across the tracks, homes and retail and ...
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Arb ups fees again
The right to use the title architect will cost £3 more from next year if the Architects Registration Board votes to raise fees for the third year in a row this week.
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NewsVote for top client
They spend all year scrutinising your performance, now it’s your turn as we ask you to nominate the client of the year for 2004.
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NewsHit and miss
The glazed Allies & Morrison headquarters at 85 Southwark Street has won the RIBA London Building of the Year Award. The A&M- designed building beat competition from 18 other London practices that had won RIBA awards earlier this year.Eight practices, including Alsop Architects, Allies & Morrison, David Chipper-field Architects and ...
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People
A Jean Nouvel-designed table is part of a new range for Habitat, the store has revealed. The £1,200 item is part of the VIP (Very Important Products) range celebrating Habitat’s 40th anniversary and including designs by actor Ewan McGregor, boxer Lennox Lewis and fashion designer Paul Smith.A memorial to the ...
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Power play
Shadow construction minister Henry Bellingham MP has promised any future Conservative administration would act on the “shortcomings” of the PFI initiative. Announcing a Fair Deal for Construction, Bellingham also criticised framework agreements that exclude smaller local firms in the industry.RIBA and the Institution of Civil Engineers will join forces to ...