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NewsFirst images of Peter Zumthor's Serpentine Pavilion revealed
Dutch designer Piet Oudolf will create a garden for the Serpentine Gallery’s summer pavilion, designed by last year’s Pritzker winner.
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NewsMies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House goes Lego
German modernist Ludwig Mies van der Rohe has had his masterpiece Farnsworth House immortalised in Lego
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NewsReed speaks out over RIBA chief executive ousting reports
RIBA president Ruth Reed has refused to deny reports that she made a failed bid to oust chief executive Harry Rich at a board meeting earlier this year.
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NewsNew architecture school head for Birmingham City University
Ex-student and acting deputy head Kevin Singh appointed to role
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Syria unrest hits museum scheme
The uprisings spreading across north Africa and the Middle East have led to the postponement of a conference to discuss the future of museums and heritage sites in Syria.
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NewsUS Architecture Billings Index slows
The American Institute of Architects’ Architecture Billings Index (ABI) slowed in the early part of this year, after making steady progress for three months in a row.The ABI showed a tiny increase between January and February. The score in February was 50.6, up slightly from a reading of 50.0 the ...
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NewsStudio RHE's east London tower wins planning
Newham Council has approved designs by Studio RHE to build a 24-storey tower in the Royal Docks area of east London.Work on the £80 million scheme, called Silvertree, will start in the summer and is due to finish at the end of next year.The 161-apartment complex will be wrapped with ...
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NewsPhilanthropist's estate boosts Stowe House restoration
The Paul Mellon Estate is to donate $250,000 (£156,000) toward the restoration of part of the grade I listed Stowe House in Buckinghamshire.Stowe House, a neo-classical building, was first constructed in the 17th century and remodelled through the 18th century by architects including Vanbrugh, Gibbs, Kent and Soane.Paul Mellon, who ...
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NewsToronto backs Rogers' city market scheme
The City of Toronto has confirmed funding for the redevelopment of St Lawrence Market to designs by Rogers Stirk Harbour and local architect Adamson Associates.
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NewsHaikou shortlist put to public vote
Zaha Hadid, Wilkinson Eyre and Broadway Malyan are among eight teams competing for a landmark development in Haikou, a city in the Chinese province of Hainan.
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NewsInternational intelligence: Qatar
The 2022 World Cup has focused Qatar’s glittering development plans
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NewsNeighbouring council backs barracks plans
Plans by Squire & Partners, Dixon Jones and Kim Wilkie Associates for Chelsea Barracks have won the provisional approval of neighbouring council Kensington & Chelsea.
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NewsEnd of Stephenson Bell name as debts mount
Manchester practice Stephenson Bell has entered into a company voluntary arrangement (CVA) after accruing £500,000 worth of bad debts.
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NewsMP slams Farrell’s Earls Court scheme
Terry Farrell’s multi-billion-pound plans to redevelop 31ha of land around Earls Court have been attacked by the local MP.
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NewsRIBA pledges to kick out wage abuse firms
Brady promises to ’go after’ practices that fail to pay students at least minimum wage
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NewsDesign review process comes under scrutiny
Former London Development Agency design director Peter Bishop is examining the way Cabe carries out design reviews as its new parent looks to make the design watchdog self-financing.
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NewsArchitects must win bim race, warns Reed
Architects are in a race with contractors to harness the enormous potential of building information modelling (bim).