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NewsYeang takes on UK
Superstar architect Ken Yeang has teamed up with a multi-disciplinary British practice to spearhead his expansion in Europe and specifically the UK.
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NewsRaising the roof
An elegant £150 million retail scheme in Leeds by Scottish Parliament architect EMBT and British practice Stanley Bragg Partnership has received strong backing from the city council.
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Support clue to Paris airport roof collapse
A construction fault in concrete supports could have caused the collapse of Terminal 2E roof last week at Paris's Charles de Gaulle airport, according to an expert engineer who worked on an adjoining terminal.
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Koolhaas China doubt
Speculation is mounting that Rem Koolhaas’s China Central Television headquarters in Beijing has been shelved by China’s leaders.
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Indemnity insurance premiums set to fall
Professional indemnity insurance premiums are set to fall this year because new underwriters are entering the market, it emerged this week.
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Scottish teachers feel unconsulted over PFI
A survey has revealed that teachers in Scotland feel they were not properly consulted on the first phase of a £2 billion Public Private Partnership/PFI scheme to build and refurbish Scottish schools.
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Lift process ‘led to lower design quality’
Fears that the introduction of a private finance process has badly affected the design quality of a north London surgery and community centre have been partly recognised by the local authority.
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NewsFootball star
HOK Sport’s €120 million (£80 million) new stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, will host England’s first game in the Euro 2004 football tournament next month. The 65,500-seat stadium, called the Estadio da Luz, or Stadium of Light, is the venue for the England v France game on June 16. The stadium, ...
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Candidates slam city hall design
Foster & Partners’ City Hall was this week branded an “appalling building” and a “waste of space” by Tory candidate for London mayor, Steve Norris.
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Foster in running for Harvard
Foster & Partners is in the running to masterplan the future development of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts.
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NewsA touch of glass
Terry Farrell’s new £244 million building for the Home Office on Marsham Street in London is nearing completion. The coloured glass canopy was designed in collaboration with Turner Prize nominee Liam Gillick to animate the street frontage without the security risk of shops and cafes in the complex. The scheme ...
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Page & Park refurb for Dundee galleries
Major alterations are to be made by Page & Park to George Gilbert Scott’s McManus Galleries in the centre of Dundee.
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NewsThe ‘carbuncle’ effect
On May 30 1984, Prince Charles’s speech at Hampton Court shook up the profession and caused at least one building to be scrapped. But 20 years on has he had any lasting effect, asks Pamela Buxton
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Profession fails on race
Cabe report highlights alienation and high drop-out rates among ethnic minority architecture students