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NewsRobin Partington plans for Swindon submitted
Robin Partington Architects’ plans for the redevelopment of Swindon town centre have been submitted to the council for approval
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NewsZogolovitch launches mews housing scheme in south-east London
Developer Roger Zogolovitch has announced his latest project, a private mews of three detached, contemporary houses designed by local practice MW Architects in south-east London.It is the third project by Solidspace, the developer led by Zogolovitch and his son Gus.Its first, One Centaur Street, designed by dRMM, won the RIBA ...
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News3XN's skyline-changing Copenhagen hotel opens
Scandinavia’s largest hotel, designed by Danish practice 3XN, has opened in Copenhagen.The 814-room Bella Sky Hotel was designed to create a distinctive new profile on the city’s skyline.To maximise views from the hotel, its two 76.5m towers lean out 15 degrees in each direction - 11 degrees more than the ...
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NewsIngenhoven Architects to design Google's new California HQ
Google has appointed German practice Ingenhoven Architects to design new sustainable offices next to its existing “Googleplex” in Mountain View, California.It is the first time the web giant has commissioned a building, having previously moved into existing reconditioned offices.Google, which has a rapidly expanding workforce, won outline planning from Mountain ...
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NewsCity agrees air-rights deal to secure future of Viñoly's Walkie Talkie
Extraordinary planning powers will be used to protect Rafael Viñoly’s Walkie Talkie tower from possible objections
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NewsSpurs launches second Olympic stadium legal challenge
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has launched a second judicial review attempt over its failed bid to secure a lease on the Populous-designed Olympic stadium
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NewsWiny Maas of MVRDV awarded Légion d'Honneur
Winy Maas, founding partner of Dutch practice MVRDV, has been awarded the highest French decoration for his work in France.He was presented with the Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur by the French ambassador to the Netherlands at the French residence in The Hague.As well as designing many projects in France, ...
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NewsConran & Partners to design 1 Tower Bridge interiors
Conran & Partners has been appointed as interior designer at One Tower Bridge, the controversial development designed by Squire & Partners.
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NewsFive new British embassies to be opened
The UK is to open or re-open up to five new embassies around the world as part of a major reassessment of its diplomatic priorities.El Salvador, Kyrgyzstan, Madagascar, Southern Sudan, and even Somalia if the security situation improves, will all get British embassies, foreign secretary William Hague announced today.Staffing in ...
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NewsSlowscape Collective - Shadowboxing gallery installation
A team of Royal College of Art postgraduate architecture and design students have collaborated to create a temporary installation for a two-week exhibtion
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NewsMagma Architecture reveals designs for Olympic shooting
Events will be held in temporary venue at Woolwich
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NewsTony Meadows' 10-year wait ends as Borough Market viaduct installed
The most visible section of the Borough Viaduct has been lowered into place a decade after it was designed by Tony Meadows Associates
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NewsArchitect bids to protect Bristol's Kings Weston House
An architect has formed a community group to try and protect the grade I listed building and find its missing statue
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Scott Brownrigg wins KPMG work in Leeds
Scott Brownrigg has won the contract to design KPMG’s headquarters in Leeds, replacing Ian Simpson Architects’ plans for a pair of “kissing towers” on the same site.
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NewsType3 Studio wins green belt consent for Bedfordshire housing
Type3 Studio has won planning permission for four zero-carbon houses on green belt land in central Bedfordshire
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RCA student Joseph Deane awarded RIBA Stephen Williams Scholarship 2011
Royal College of Art student Joseph Deane has been awarded the third RIBA Stephen Williams Scholarship, to complete his Masters degree in Architecture
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NewsWilkinson Eyre wins competition to design Battle of Britain memorial
Practice picked from shortlist of 13
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NewsCardross Seminary set to be saved after being bought by arts charity
Gillespie, Kidd & Coia’s St Peter’s Seminary at Cardross near Glasgow could be saved after public arts charity NVA purchased the property from the Archdiocese of Glasgow.The Grade A listed scheme, near Loch Lomond, was completed in 1966 but has since fallen into disrepair.NVA now plans to refurbish the seminary, ...
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NewsFive schemes selected for £52 million lottery funding
Rogers Stirk Harbour’s British Museum extension and dRMM’s Hastings pier included
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NewsCampaign - Kirk Originals flagship shop, London
London-based design studio Campaign has created a dramatic interior for eyewear company Kirk Originals on Conduit Street