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NewsMikou's competition winning Dunkirk theatre
Paris-based practice Mikou Design Studio has revealed images of its competition winning design for a £13.4 million theatre renovation project in Dunkirk.
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Dexter Moren plans budget hotel for London’s Trocadero
Dexter Moren Associates has drawn up plans to turn London’s beleaguered Trocadero into a “pod” hotel.
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NewsMayor gives new hope to Make’s rejected Southall project
London mayor Boris Johnson has called in Make’s 33ha mixed-use scheme on a former gasworks site in Southall, west London, which was rejected in November.
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NewsTurkish-American practice completes Istanbul arts centre
Work has completed on the Borusan Music & Art Centre, a refurbishment project in the heart of Istanbul by Turkish-American practice Global Architecture Development.
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SOM's Burj Dubai set for opening
SOM’s 828 metre tall Burj Dubai skyscraper, part of the $4.1 billion (£2.5 billion) Downtown Dubai development, is set to open its doors to the public today with a lavish ceremony in Dubai.
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NewsChipperfield, Hoskins and Ferguson recognised in New Years Honours List
David Chipperfield, former RIBA president George Ferguson and architect Gareth Hoskins have received honours in the New Years Honours List.
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UK post-tsunami construction work praised
Reconstruction work funded by the UK public following the Boxing Day tsunami five years ago was among the best of its kind, a new report has found.
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NewsHappy Christmas
Happy Christmas and best wishes for the New Year from bdonline. We’ll be taking a short break over the holiday season, with normal service set to resume on January 4.
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NewsReiach & Hall to design British nuclear archive building
Edinburgh firm Reiach & Hall has beaten competition from rivals including Gareth Hoskins to design the UK’s nuclear archive in Caithness, Scotland.The £15 million facility, in Wick, is expected to hold between 20 and 30 million digital, paper and photographic records on the history, development and decommissioning of the country’s ...
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News3D Reid’s Lancaster scheme thrown out by communities minister
Heritage groups are celebrating after a £140 million retail scheme in Lancaster by 3D Reid was thrown out by secretary of state John Denham.The North Canal Corridor project, for developer Centros, involved creating a new shopping centre connected to the city centre via a pedestrian bridge but also the destruction ...
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NewsDiller Scofidio & Renfro museum bubble
This 145ft bubble billowing out of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden on Washington’s National Mall is from the desk of New York firm Diller Scofidio & Renfro.
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NewsK2's Liverpool eco-house goes for planning
K2 Architects has submitted plans for a new eco-house on Merseyside.
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NewsRogers wins Australian competition for £3bn Sydney waterfront development
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners is celebrating a successful end to 2009 by winning a major international competition in Australia.The practice, working with Lend Lease, beat a team comprising Foster & Partners and Brookfield, to land the £3.3 billion redevelopment of Barangaroo, part of Sydney’s waterfront formerly reserved for shipping ...
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Critics blast RIBA’s new register of conservation architects
Plans to create new register of conservation architects by the RIBA have been sharply criticized by experts in the sector.The RIBA said its new register, which will go head to head with the existing Architects Accredited in Building Conservation (AABC) register, would strengthen the credibility of the profession in conservation.It ...
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NewsSteffian Bradley’s Durham care centre completes
Steffian Bradley’s £12 million primary care centre for adults and children in County Durham has been completed.
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NewsVarious Architects' eco-office inspired by Copenhagen
Oslo’s Various Architects AS and Pollen Architecture of Texas have designed Norway’s most efficient office building yet.
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NewsBrady Mallalieu Architects docklands housing scheme completes
A housing scheme designed by Brady Mallalieu Architects in the shadow of London’s Canary Wharf has been completed.
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NewsWork resumes on Pelli's Chile tower
Work has finally resumed on Cesar Pelli’s 300m-high Torre Gran Costanera in Chile after an 11-month delay caused by the financial crisis.
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NewsPoet Liz Lochhead made RIAS honorary member
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has awarded an honorary fellowship to Glasgow’s poet laureate, Liz Lochhead.
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NewsFive shortlisted for urban landscape award
Five schemes have been shortlisted for a combined UK and German landscape architecture prize.