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Architecture Week scrapped
Architecture Week has finally been scrapped, 17 months after Arts Council England (ACE) withdrew funding and announced an extensive and wide-ranging consultation on the beleaguered event.
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Cross party condemnation as Heritage Protection Bill dropped
MPs from all three main parties have criticised the government's axing of the Heritage Protection Bill from next year’s parliamentary programme, amid claims historic buildings are being put at risk.
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NewsReject environmentally harmful work, says engineer Mark Whitby
Leading engineer Mark Whitby has called on design professionals to boycott work from environmentally harmful clients.
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NewsHOK Sport's windmill inspired Mexican stadium
HOK Sport has released new images of its design for a "spinning" sports stadium in Monterrey, Mexico.
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NewsJørn Utzon: 1918-2008
Tributes were paid from both ends of the globe this week to Jørn Utzon, the legendary Danish architect who has died at the age of 90.
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NewsFOA resigns from Madrid project citing lack of funding
Foreign Office Architects have resigned from the Madrid City of Justice project, citing "insufficient levels of funding".
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NewsMcDowell & Benedetti wins RIBA contest for JCB factory site
London-based architect McDowell & Benedetti has beaten Glenn Howells Architects in the final stage of a competition to redesign a 9ha factory site in Uttoxeter, Staffordshire.
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NewsPiano completes Chicago Art Institute extension
Ambitious project will ‘levitate’, says designer
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NewsPatel Taylor and Kinnear Landscape Architects shortlisted for Libeskind’s Imperial War Museum North exterior spaces
UK practices Patel Taylor and Kinnear Landscape Architects have made it onto the shortlist for an RIBA international competition to develop proposals for the external spaces at Manchester’s Imperial War Museum North.
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NewsReid Jubb Brown’s Northumberland Lake House goes for planning
Reid Jubb Brown has unveiled plans for Lake House, a country house near Morpeth in Northumberland, which will have a curved outer shell made from green oak.
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NewsMore construction jobs cut in Dubai
One of Dubai's biggest developers Nakheel has announced 500 job losses after revealing that a number of its projects have been put on hold.
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NewsWeymouth's sailing academy is first 2012 venue completed
Work has been completed on the first venue for the 2012 Olympic games at the Weymouth & Portland National Sailing Academy (WPNSA).
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NewsMake slashes workforce and closes Edinburgh office
Make architects has cut its headcount from 130 to 100 and has closed its Edinburgh office.
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NewsSydney Opera architect Jørn Utzon dies
Jørn Utzon, the Danish architect who designed the iconic Sydney Opera House, has died.
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NewsLondon’s 11.04 to build Nigeria charity HQ in Rivers State
London-based practice 11.04 has won the go-ahead to build the headquarters of a new charitable foundation in Nigeria after helping to raise £5 million for the project at a single fundraising event.
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NewsRavensbourne sets a pattern
Construction work has begun on Foreign Office Architects’ £50 million Ravensbourne College of Design & Commun-ication, on the Greenwich peninsula in London.
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NewsSchool’s cool pool
Architect Mackenzie Wheeler has won planning permission for this £2 million swimming pool at Feltonfleet School in Cobham, Surrey.
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Conran reappointed as trustee
The Design Museum has reappointed Sebastian Conran (pictured), one of the sons of the museum’s founder, Terence Conran, as a trustee.
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Foster’s Lewisham College plan
Lewisham College has chosen Foster & Partners to design its £150 million skills centre in south-east London.