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Entry call for school awards
Architects have been invited to enter next year’s British Council for School Environments’ Industry Awards.
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BBC seeks workspace architects
The BBC has issued a notice calling for architects to design the workspaces for its flagship building, Broadcasting House in central London. Sheppard Robson, current architect on the project, is doing some of the fit-out as part of its contract with builder Bovis. The workspace architect would work directly with ...
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NewsArchitects strike out over New Forest rejections
Architects exasperated at the “draconian” planning policies of the New Forest Park Authority have set up their own mock design review panel in protest over plans to further tighten development control rules.
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Work begins on £30m academy
Work has begun on a £30 million further education building in Bristol by local firm AWW.
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NewsUK firms on shortlist for 2012 venue conversions
British architects including Lifschutz Davidson Sandlilands, Flacq, Hawkins Brown and David Morley Architects have made it onto a shortlist for one of the last major slices of 2012 Olympic work — a contract worth £350 million to convert existing venues.
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Pylons removed from 2012 site
Work has begun on the removal of 52 pylons that dominate the site for London’s Olympic Park between Hackney and West Ham.
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NewsEra of Parker Boris dawns as mayor sets minimum space standards for London housing
Mayor Boris Johnson will introduce minimum space standards for new homes in his upcoming London Plan.
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NewsCarmody Groarke's double vision opens
The Double Club installation, conceived by artist Carsten Höller, and realised by 2007 Yaya winner Carmody Groarke, will open in London this weekend.
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NewsRoyal College of Art appoints Paul Thompson as rector
Paul Thompson, a former director of the Design Museum, has been unveiled as the rector of the Royal College of Art.
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RIBA opens Singapore chapter
RIBA's first international chapter in 11 years has officially opened in Singapore.
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NewsBDP Khandekar's first Dutch job
BDP Khandekar has beaten four other Dutch practices to win its first project in the Netherlands just seven weeks after establishing a Dutch architecture studio.
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NewsBoris makes Farrell buddha of suburbia
Role as voice of design for outer London signals break with Livingstone’s inner city focus
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NewsFoster's latest plans for Ealing
Foster & Partners has revealed its latest design for a landmark residential tower in the London borough of Ealing.
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AIA billings index tumbles
October figures from the Architectural Billings Index compiled by the American Institute of Architects have dropped five points to the lowest level since records began.
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NewsArchitects reveal designs for Whitechapel Gallery extension
Belgian architect Robbrecht en Daem and former Yaya nominee Witherford Watson Mann Architects have unveiled their designs for a wide-ranging extension and renovation of the Whitechapel Gallery.
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NewsRogers chosen for New York port tower
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners has been appointed to design a new office tower on top of the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York.
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NewsCredit crunch bites into Middle East architecture projects
In a sign of the weakening market in Dubai, state-owned developer Nakheel has announced it is to scale back projects in the emirate.
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NewsMake and KSS sign for Spurs’ new stadium
Make and KSS have clinched the contract to design new premises for Tottenham Hotspur FC in north London.
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Part-time architecture education in question after EU ruling
Arb is seeking legal advice over a new EU directive that could prevent those who studied part time being recognised as architects.