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NewsChrist & Gantenbein Swiss Church refurbishment goes the white way
Construction work has begun on Swiss practice Christ & Gantenbein’s £2 million refurbishment of the grade II listed Swiss Church in London’s Covent Garden
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NewsCash plea by special needs college hit in LSC debacle
An appeal has been made to further education minister Kevin Brennan to support a college for people with learning difficulties in what could be a test case for institutions hit by the Learning & Skills Council fiasco
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NewsGrow your own bridge
Chetwoods has won the RIBA international ideas competition to redesign London Bridge with a “living” crossing including space for allotments and a farmers’ market
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Board of trustees proposed for RIBA
The RIBA could be radically restructured if members approve a proposed by-law ahead of a special general meeting next week
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NewsBid to list Goldfinger Kensington estate
The Twentieth Century Society has launched a bid to list Erno Goldfinger’s Cheltenham Estate, part of the original complex around the grade II* listed Trellick Tower in north Kensington
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Competition for Bexhill seafront
The RIBA has launched a competition to design a series of shelters and a kiosk on East Sussex’s coast
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NewsCivic Trust awards need £50,000 to keep going
The popular Civic Trust awards look set to continue but will need a further £50,000 to be held next year
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Class of 2009 nominations
Once again, BD has asked all the UK's architecture schools to submit their top diploma student for consideration in our annual student awards. From the projects documented here, our jury will select six that will comprise our Class of 2009, to be published in the July 31 issue of ...
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Prince Charles’s Dimbleby Lecture sets challenges for more sustainable architecture
Prince Charles has made a fresh call to architects and planners to put nature and traditional thinking at the centre of how new settlements are designed.
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RIBA database will help students find work placements
The RIBA has launched an online database to help architecture students find practices willing to provide work placements. Called HostPractice, the scheme is intended to help students who may be struggling to find a placement during the economic downturn. It will also introduce graduates to universities that have highlighted ...
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Mayor sets minimum housing space limits
The London mayor’s housing guide has set out minimum internal floor space standards for all future developments in the capital.
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Judge reprimands Aukett's for cover-up after project architect quit
A High Court judge has reprimanded Aukett Fitzroy Robinson for misleading a billionaire client after the architect working on his high-profile scheme quit.
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NewsODA chief backs Olympic stadium retaining full capacity after 2012
The chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority has increased speculation that the main 2012 stadium will stay at its games capacity for some years by admitting he now doesn’t expect it to be dismantled immediately.
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NewsCouncil asks OMA to scale down Commonwealth Institute
OMA and West 8’s contentious plans to redevelop the former Commonwealth Institute building have been sent back to the drawing board, amid concerns about the scale of the scheme.
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Bleak outlook for architects in Europe, shows survey
The economic outlook for the architectural sector across Europe is getting progressively worse, according to the Architects’ Council of Europe’s quarterly survey.
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Architects to look at making housing better for elderly
Architects Richard MacCormac and managing director of PRP Architects Roger Battersby are to look at making Britain's housing stock more elderly-friendly.
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News3XN designs eco-friendly pavilion for Denmark’s Louisiana museum
Danish practice 3XN has designed an eco friendly pavilion for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark.