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    Hadid on Manhattan public park shortlist

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid Architects has been shortlisted with seven other practices to transform Manhattan institution the High Line into a public park.

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    Spotcheck: Wales

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    A Swansea scheme that will include the tallest residential building in Wales has been worked up by architect practice Latitude. The £53 million mixed-use Ferrara Quay is part of the city's broader waterfront project and will feature a centrepiece 29-storey, 107m-high tower. The proposals, put together by developer Earthquake (UK), ...

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    'Real danger' of new Ronan Point collapse

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    The tragedy of the 1968 Ronan Point housing collapse is in "real danger" of being repeated 36 years later on a north London estate, experts have warned.

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    The 'burbs bite back

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Academia, eager builders and a positive public say suburbs are set to boom. But are architects willing to swallow their pride and head out of town.

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    Make takes collaboration route

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Shuttleworth forges job-specific alliance with RHWL and Carey Jones

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    New study to map out high-density Gateway

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Joint GLA/LDA study to back up Richard Rogers' call to up housing in Thames Gateway

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    McAslan to sell control of his practice to staff

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    John McAslan is to sell more than half of his practice to senior staff.

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    Ritchie's towers go to inquiry

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    The planning inquiry into Ian Ritchie Architects' controversial redevelopment of one of the most prominent sites in Europe began this week.

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    Warning over spend on building

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    State works slowing, industry says

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    Solutions: Surfaces

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Floors walls and ceilings by Niall McLaughlin, James Soane and 6A Architects

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    Plan for Shard square ditched

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Plans for a new public square at the foot of Renzo Piano's 306m London Bridge Tower have been controversially scrapped.

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    Three minutes enough to lose Chinese job...

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Llewlyn Davies has been disqualified from a design competition for a £60 million airport terminal in the Chinese city of Wuhan because its entry was submitted three minutes late.

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    ...but GMW is still in race

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    GMW’s shortlisted competition entry for Wuhan airport in China has two piers on either side of the main terminal building to symbolise welcoming arms to international visitors. The terminal proposed by the practice is clad in blue metallic aluminium with a snakeskin-like pattern. The red structural tubular elements are exposed ...

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    Hit and miss

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

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    People

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    “In the nose cone of this baby, you just know the 21st century has arrived”The Independent’s architecture critic, Jay Merrick, on Swiss Re

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    Power play

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

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    All-new Altrincham

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Ian Simpson Architects has revealed its design submission for a major mixed-use scheme in the North-west town of Altrincham.It will be competing with Faulkner Browns, CDA and Hurd Rolland Partnership, each working with individual developers to transform and extend the Cheshire town centre for client Trafford Metropolitan Borough Council. The ...

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    Scots rocked by Doolan's death

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Architect and developer Andrew Doolan, best known for funding the £25,000 annual Royal Incorparation of Architects in Scotland prize and for his stylish hotel designs, died suddenly on Tuesday at the age of 52.

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    Presidential candidate quits

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    Controversial RIBA councillor Chris Roche this week pulled out of the race to succeed George Ferguson as institute president.

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    Berlin ministry to be rebuilt

    2004-04-30T00:00:00Z

    A series of problems with an award-winning government building in Berlin by a leading Swiss architect has forced civil servants to move out.