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World-class design planned for Headingley pavilion
Yorkshire County Cricket Club has announced plans to rebuild the famous Headingley cricket ground, starting with a pavilion to rival the impact of the Sydney Opera House or the Bilbao Guggenheim.
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£250k for Eastern promise
Four schemes in a design competition to establish a new landmark in East Anglia have shared £250,000 to go towards feasibility studies. They include: steel sculptures rising out of the sea to mark the site of the lost city of Dunwich by Anne Niemann and Johannes Ingrisch; a moveable bridge ...
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NewsBridge over River Cam unveiled
The river Cam in Cambridge is about to get its first bridge in 40 years, designed by the winning team Whitbybird in collaboration with sculptor Gerry Judah.
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Size not important for schools
Small practices should take advantage of the government’s £2 billion school building programme, a BD seminar on education opportunities heard last week.
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Libyan campus interest
Thawing diplomatic relations between Libya and the west have prompted new interest in late modernist James Cubitt's Benghazi University campus in the country.
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Lisbon masterplan
Richard Rogers Partnership and Atkins have started to masterplan a major urban centre in Lisbon. The project, focusing on the Almada docklands area, encompasses a public transport strategy, housing and a maritime museum.
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City design grants at LSE
Two new scholarships worth a total of £25,000 are available for the London School of Economics’ City Design & Social Science MSc. The scholarships are funded by the Mercers’ Company, a City of London livery company, and are targeted at students from inner city areas.
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Firms study station
Stephen Taylor Architects and Stanton Williams have been appointed to conduct a feasibility study for a new travel interchange at Rainham Station, Essex. The £12 million redevelopment also includes 120 new flats, a bridge over the railway and a new library.
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Most excellent awards
The American Institute of Architects London/ UK Excellence in Design Awards have been won by: One Centaur Street by de Rijke Marsh Morgan; Jubilee School in Tulse Hill by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris; Black Rubber Beach House in Dungeness by Simon Conder Associates and Bridge of Aspiration in Covent Garden ...
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Expanding schools
Design guidelines for building schools have been amended this month to specify larger spaces with wider access. The change is partly intended to accommodate the needs of pupils with disabilities and to allow for out-of-hours activities. For details, go to www.teachernet.gov.uk
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Schwartz talks
Landscape architect Martha Schwartz will give a talk called “I Hate Nature” on April 20 at the RIBA. Boston-based Schwartz first gained attention through her “Bagel Garden” in 1979, and is known for her use of unusual materials and dramatic colour. e-mail gallery@inst.riba.org
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Newnham College
A £5.6 million library for Newnham College in Cambridge, designed by John Miller & Partners, has been completed. The space is organised around twin barrel vaulted aisles.
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NewsAlexander Redhouse, Lasdun partner, dies
Alexander Redhouse was the last surviving partner from Denys Lasdun, Redhouse & Softley.
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Prince's influence grows
The Prince's Foundation is advising three hospitals in Cornwall, Liverpool and London on new healthcare schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
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NewsDublin giant-killers Henghen Peng triumph again
Irish practice Heneghen Peng has won its second major international competition after beating Daniel Libeskind and SOM to redevelop the Carlisle Pier in Dun Laoghaire harbour.
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NewsHolyrood costs 'kept secret'
Wife defends Enric Miralles as a 'genius' in last week of inquiry into Scottish Parliament building
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NewsAgricultural loopholes delay planning
Grazing cattle and fields of corn are the latest obstacles faced by beleaguered architects in the increasingly bizarre challenge of getting planning permission.