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NewsArundel pays homage to Jones
The Collector Earl’s Garden, a new garden at Arundel Castle in Sussex designed by Isabel and Julian Bannerman and Russell Taylor Architects, was opened by the Prince of Wales last week.
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Architect of the Year – could it be you?
Architects are this week invited to submit entries to BD’s Architect of the Year Awards 2008, the only industry awards scheme that recognises the practices setting standards for others to follow rather than individual buildings.
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NewsTesco adds local colour
Cabe has given its backing to a controversial new Tesco store designed by Lyons, Sleeman & Hoare for Hadleigh in Suffolk.
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NewsSimmons to give panel added beef
Scrutiny of the designs for the government’s planned eco-towns received a boost this week after it emerged that Cabe chief executive Richard Simmons has been appointed to a panel overseeing developers’ proposals.
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Aedas-designed academy opened
The Aedas-designed Petchey Academy in Hackney, east London, was officially opened by Ed Balls, the children, schools & families secretary, last week.
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NewsCutty Sark faces £3.7m shortfall
The chief executive of the Cutty Sark Trust, the organisation behind Youmeheshe’s £25 million restoration of the historic tea clipper in Greenwich, has warned that without a further £3.7 million, funds will run out in September.
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News2012 Velodrome set to ditch timber roof
Hopes that the London 2012 Olympics might be a beacon for the use of sustainable wood could be dashed after it emerged that the Hopkins-designed Velodrome is set to boast a steel roof rather than a timber one as originally planned.
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NewsIOC gives London 2012 preparation “clean bill of health”
Preparations for London 2012 were given a clean bill of health yesterday at the end of a three-day visit by an international team of Olympic inspectors.
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NewsSoane’s Pitshanger to have £8.2m makeover
Pitshanger Manor, the grade I listed house designed by John Soane, is to be restored as part of a £8.2 million project led by Ealing Council.
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NewsRogers attacks eco-towns as a big mistake
Richard Rogers has launched an extraordinary criticism of the government’s eco-towns project calling it one of the government’s “biggest mistakes”.
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NewsBerlin Philharmonie concert hall hit by fire
A blaze at the Philharmonie concert hall in Berlin was believed to be under control this morning, but the full extent of damage to the Hans Scharoun-designed building is still unknown.The fire, thought to have been caused by welding work, struck the world renowned structure yesterday lunchtime after a concert ...
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NewsCaruso St John and dRMM among seven architects picked to join 2012 Athletes Village team
Seven leading architects have been appointed to join the team designing the £2 billion London Athletes Village amid a renewed focus on design quality.As the International Olympic Committee visited the capital to check on 2012 progress this week, Athletes Village developer Lend Lease announced it had appointed de Rijke Marsh ...
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NewsLipton warns that London's planning sector is over-reliant on Australians
Developer and former Cabe chairman Stuart Lipton has warned MPs that London’s planning sector is over reliant on short-term agency staff from Australia — a situation he claimed is creating a “stop-go” development culture.Speaking at a Parliamentary debate on Monday hosted by the All Party Parliamentary Built Environment Group, Lipton ...
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NewsRobert Gordon University picks BDP as sole designer for new campus
BDP is to design the campus for Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University and six of its buildings, including a new school of architecture. The university’s director of estates Mike Berry said that while it was unusual for one architect to design all the buildings within a masterplan, this approach would help ...
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NewsEnglish Heritage defends its failure to back Robin Hood Gardens
EH chair says estate 'fails as a place for human beings to live'. Read the statement; watch the video
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NewsFire devastates Delft architecture faculty
Coffee machine short circuit causes blaze; Delft students and former students share their comments
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NewsEisenman: computers dumb down design
Peter Eisenman used the platform at RIAS 2008 to bemoan a culture of passivity among students of architecture
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Students show social projects
An exhibition of student projects funded by the RIBA/ICE McAslan bursary will be held at the Dreamspace Gallery at recruitment firm Adrem during this year’s London Festival of Architecture.