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Calling all inspired photographers
Zumtobel is running its quirky Photographic Competition for the 12th year
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NewsIslington academy goes green
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects is to design a new academy and a special needs school for the London Borough of Islington.
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NewsACA seizes on RIBA letter defending new contract
The Association of Consultant Architects has branded the RIBA’s review of its new standard contract as “extraordinary” after RIBA vice-president Jane Duncan wrote to all her members in an attempt to allay fears about the contract.
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NewsBetter Public Building shortlist unveiled
Denton Corker Marshall’s Civil Justice Centre in Manchester, Allies & Morrison’s Festival Hall revamp and MUMA’s Newlyn Art Gallery in Cornwall are among the 21 buildings shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award, the annual gong that rewards design-led regeneration projects.Credit: Peter Cook Royal Festival Hall, LondonOther firms ...
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NewsJudging the first brief: The Northern Lights Conservatory
Judging the first round of Line of Site 2008 proved to be easily as tough as 2007 for the two judges, Neven Sidor and Dirk Krolikowski
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NewsSchools strike back at call to change curriculum
Sustainability shouldn’t be the only challenge for architecture schools, say educators
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NewsWelcome back to Line of Site
It is a great pleasure to again be inviting architects and designers from around the world to participate in this unique competition.
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NewsArchitects to stage urban intervention at LFA 2008
Parking bays and design aren’t two words which normally trip off the tongue together, but a competition run by Ramboll Whitbybird is using design to draw attention to just how much space is given up to cars in the city.
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NewsByrne transforms building into sound installation
Artist David Byrne has transformed the 9,000 sq ft interior of the Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan into a sound sculpture.
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NewsOMA to build mixed-use scheme around Rotterdam bank building
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture has released an image of its plans for a mixed-use building space in Coolsinge, Rotterdam’s shopping district. It would contain retail, cultural, residential and office space.
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Robin Hood Gardens in the nationals
The campaign to save Robin Hood Gardens has recently featured on the Times and Financial Times letters pages.
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NewsCouncil backs Everton stadium scheme for Kirkby
Knowsley Council has approved Broadway Malyan’s controversial scheme in Kirkby for a new 50,000-seat stadium for Everton FC, and an adjacent retail development led by Tesco.
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NewsDesign for London Urban Design Framework Panel revealed
David Chipperfield, Foster & Partners, Caruso St John and Studio Egret West are among the 26 firms named on the new Urban Design Framework Panel drawn up by Design For London.
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NewsPractices welcome nuclear opportunity
A government move to increase the UK’s nuclear energy capacity has been welcomed by Atkins and the SMC group as a “major” business opportunity which could herald a new era of “colourful” power stations.
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Top names in online tussle over Ronchamp
An online war is pitting some of architecture’s biggest names against each other in a bid to influence the future of Le Corbusier’s world famous Ronchamp chapel.
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NewsLiving in the wood pile
Panter Hudspith Architects has been awarded planning permission by Southwark Council for its Mulberry Park mixed-use scheme at Canada Water.
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Porphyrios wins OK for Islington
Architects Porphyrios Associates has received planning permission for a mixed-use scheme in Islington, north London.
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Hanson promises to shake up RIBA
RIBA presidential hopeful Andrew Hanson has hit out at the institute he wants to lead for inertia among its staff, an appearance of stuffiness, and inadequate investment in IT.
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Farrells scoops latest scheme
Westminster City Council has appointed Farrells ahead of Foster’s, SOM, HOK and BDP to draw up design schemes for one of the final stages of London’s Paddington Basin development.