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NewsNouvel towers over Paris competition
Jean Nouvel has beaten Foster & Partners and Daniel Libeskind in a competition to design a landmark tower in Paris’s La Defense district. At 301m tall, the Signal Tower will be only 23m lower than the Eiffel Tower in the city centre.Credit: EPADAn internal view of shops inside Nouvel’s towerNouvel, ...
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NewsRitchie hits out at Southwark Council over Potter’s Field
Ian Ritchie has spoken out against Southwark Council’s decision to engage a new architect for Potter’s Field.
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NewsView from the terrace
Planning permission has been awarded for a £1.5 million mixed-use development in the London Borough of Islington by Platform 5 Architects.
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NewsWait pays off for new-build scheme
After four years of trying, David Nossiter Architects has won planning consent for a new-build timber and glass house on a prominent corner of Honor Oak conservation area in south-east London.
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NewsVictorian museums refurb rest
Construction has started on Allies & Morrison’s £10 million refurbishment and extension of the Royal Albert Memorial Museum & Art Gallery in Exeter.
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Southampton model open to public
Southampton has become the first city outside London to exhibit a scale model of its built environment to the public.
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Johnson snubs planning role
The Green Party has slammed London mayor Boris Johnson for giving his unelected deputy, Ian Clements, delegated powers to make planning decisions.
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Sheffield’s Sorby House opens
Bond Bryan Architects is celebrating the opening of Sorby House in Sheffield, a centrepiece project for the 10-year regeneration of the Burngreave area.
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NewsGreenwich gets spirit of Trafalgar
Eva Jiricna has designed a £12 million hotel close to the Maritime Greenwich world heritage site in south-east London.
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Get into palaces’ secret places
Historic Royal Palaces is auctioning a range of experiences at its major attractions on eBay to raise cash for conservation work.
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NewsMCM is London’s greenest firm
MCM Architecture has topped a poll of the best green companies in London in the inaugural Sunday Times Green List.
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NewsWeb to help design out construction wastage
Architects must play a key role in reducing waste in the construction industry, according to a government-funded waste reduction and recycling programme.
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City’s status could survive tower
Unesco world heritage chief Francesco Bandarin this week signalled that St Petersburg could retain its heritage status even if RMJM’s controversial Gazprom tower goes ahead.
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Squire & Partners chosen for Potters Field
Squire & Partners has been chosen as the new architect to design the Potters Field development project on London's South Bank.
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NewsCartwright Pickard mill homes sold
Ledgard Mill, Cartwright Pickard Architects’ award-winning housing project with developer Binks Vertical at Mirfield, West Yorkshire, has been completed and fully sold.
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NewsEx heritage minister calls for RHG listing
Margaret Hodge must reject advice from English Heritage and grant Robin Hood Gardens the grade II listing it deserves, MPs and former Labour heritage minister Alan Howarth have demanded.
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NewsSt Helens go-ahead snubs Cabe
BDP’s £25 million scheme for a new stadium for St Helens Rugby League Club has won planning permission, despite being slammed by Cabe’s design review panel last year.
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You can nominate a building at risk
The Victorian Society has launched this year’s search for the 10 most endangered Victorian or Edwardian buildings in England and Wales.
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Aukett submits Norwich plan
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has submitted a detailed planning application for two new office buildings in Norwich city centre.