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1930s cinema faces demolition
The interior of a much-loved 1930s cinema in Edinburgh is set to be demolished under schemes by three of the city's leading architects.
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Architects urged to infiltrate planning
The government must find ways to persuade more architects to become planners, RIBA president George Ferguson urged last week.
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Architect fined £7,500 for piracy
Architects are among the worst-offending computer software pirates in the UK, industry watchdog the Business Software Alliance told BD this week.
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NewsTable for Toronto
Design students at the Ontario College of Art & Design in Toronto were this week acclimatising to their new Alsop Architects-designed home as they installed equipment in what has been dubbed the "flying tabletop".
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Ferguson heads China mission
RIBA president George Ferguson and Will Alsop are to spearhead next month’s RIBA-USA trade mission to China.
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NewsAdjaye wins first major US commission
Architect David Adjaye has finally bagged a major project in the US after winning a competition to design an art gallery in Denver, Colorado.
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NewsCullinan visitor centre for Botanic Garden
Edward Cullinan Architects is designing an ambitious £10 million visitor centre for the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
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Shed KM goes prefab
Designs by Liverpool-based Shed KM for 102 residential apartments at Castlefield in Manchester will be the first for private sale to be built off site, manufacturer Yorkon claimed. Developer Urban Splash has ordered the prefabricated apartments with Yorkon, a subsiduary of Portakabin.
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'Too many fingers in the Gateway pie'
Richard Rogers has warned that the government is interfering too directly in the Thames Gateway and is fuelling confusion among architects over who is in control.
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The Smithsons and their purrfect client
Alison and Peter Smithson, two of the greats of modern architecture, revelled in a private fantasy that one of their top clients was a pet cat called Karlchen.
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Comeback for Tardis
A new generation of mini police buildings could be on the way after planning permission was gained for a small glazed structure in the centre of London.
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News'Treasure of the province'
Priestman Architects has unveiled its shortlisted design for the landmark Guangdong Museum in China.
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Small investment for Gateway
Small practices should "become clients" and invest money in small schemes in London's Thames Gateway, the RIBA's small practice conference was told last week.
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Threat to Get Carter car park
The Twentieth Century Society has protested over the planned demolition of a Gateshead car park made famous by the cult gangster film Get Carter.
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NewsTallest viaduct
Foster & Partners has unveiled this latest picture of the Millau Viaduct, which is under construction in southern France. The multi-span cable-stayed viaduct will span the Tarn Gorge, completing the A75 motorway, which will link Paris to Barcelona. The E310 million (£200 million) project, developed with French engineer Michel Virlogeux, ...
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Design skills lacking
Lack of design skills in planning departments is still a big factor leading to many poorly designed schemes winning approval, a Cabe survey revealed last week.