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NewsShortlisted scheme
Three shortlisted teams have unveiled designs for a mixed-use development in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, which features a 60-bed hotel, office, retail and residential space. The Scheme pictured above by Aukett were selected by a panel comprising Rother District Council, the De La Warr Trust, the Regional Design Council and local ...
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Towers must be stopped, London City Airport told
Ten proposed tall buildings in London's Docklands have been thrown into doubt after the Civil Aviation Authority moved to prevent London City Airport from supporting skyscrapers that penetrate the flight path. Planning applications for the towers have been held back because the CAA has clamped down on the airport's approach ...
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New EH church powers could stifle future work
Work on 20,000 listed places of worship worth tens of millions of pounds a year for architects could be lost under government proposals to give English Heritage more power over religious buildings.
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New Islington lake faces funding threat
A Will Alsop-designed lake expected to form the centrepiece of a much-vaunted new community in Manchester is in doubt after British Waterways refused to maintain it unless a lump sum, which could run into "several million pounds", is given to cover its expenses.
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First architecture biennale will celebrate Clerkenwell heritage
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Young Architect of the Year Award
Five practices under 40 were shortlisted for the BD/Corus Young Architect of the Year Award.
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Querkraft wins YAYA
The crowded British architecture scene just got busier. Vienna-based practice Querkraft scooped the BD/Corus Young Architect of the Year Award 2004 on Thursday night, pocketing £5,000 and the chance to work for one of the UK's most coveted clients, Urban Splash. Asked whether they were ready to take on the ...
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Hadid toasts first English job
Zaha Hadid has celebrated winning the prestigious Pritzker Prize this week by securing her first commission in England.
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RIBA set to lobby for competitions code
The RIBA is hoping to persuade the government to adopt its own competitions procedures across all public procurement as part of a bid to stamp out what it sees as exploitation of architects stemming from badly run contests.
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Foster and Nouvel unite
Norman Foster and Jean Nouvel are to collaborate on a major new office and retail development in the City of London. Nouvel and Foster have been appointed by Legal & General to lead the redevelopment of the company’s 1.2ha Bucklesbury House site close to Mansion House and the Bank of ...
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Aberdeen public space contest
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland is running a sketch competition sponsored by Aberdeen City Council to redesign its public spaces.
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Glasgow gets taller
Copper Cromar is to design Scotland’s tallest building, a 39-storey, £100 million mixed-use development in Glasgow. The 134m-high development, known as Elphinstone Place, will stand 9m taller than the city’s Science Centre Tower. The building, for Glasgow-based consortium Elphinstone, will replace the Strathclyde Regional Council offices.
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HLM UK buy-out
HLM Design’s UK business has been acquired by its directors in a management buy-out, after the US-owned architectural firm went into receivership. The new company will trade as HLM Architects and retain the 120 staff in its existing offices in London, Sheffield, Glasgow and Guildford.
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Northampton list
Six design teams have been shortlisted for the next stage of the competition to redevelop Northampton’s Market Square. The architects leading the teams are Letts Wheeler, Snell Associates, Panter Hudspith, Ash Sakula, Alsop Architects and John McAslan & Partners. The winner will be announced in May.
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Student bursaries
The RIBA’s Education Fund is offering bursaries and grants for up to 30 students for the next academic year. Applications from students in their final year of study or from groups under-represented in architecture, such as women and ethnic minorities, are encouraged. Send a large, stamped addressed envelope to RIBA ...
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Penzance fund boost
A project by McInnes Usher McKnight Architects to renovate Newlyn Art Gallery and create a new exhibition space at the Exchange building in Penzance, Cornwall, has moved a step closer after the Arts Council awarded the scheme £1.2 million. The gallery now has three-quarters of the funding in place.
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Aukett rebel rejects client walkout claim
The rebel shareholder bidding to take control of Aukett has rubbished claims by the board that the listed practice would lose work and credit lines if he succeeds (News March 19).