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Chipperfield BBC HQ up for RIAS prize
Stirling Prize winner David Chipperfield could pick up an RIAS award for his troubled BBC building in Glasgow.
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NewsBradford awards deadline looms
Architects have just a week-and-a-half left in which to enter Bradford’s bi-annual architecture awards, organised by Bradford Council and the RIBA.
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NewsMinister refuses to list at-risk school
The Welsh heritage minister has refused to list an acclaimed 1970s school building in Newport despite appeals by leading names including Richard Rogers, David Chipperfield, Zaha Hadid, Peter Cook and Richard Rogers.
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NewsFirst associate directors at firm
Eric Parry Architects has announced the appointment of two associate directors, Roz Barr and Justin Sayer (pictured) and six associates.
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NewsOne of these architects could be your next president
Andrew Hanson, chairman of RIBA London (pictured), Paul Davis, past president of the Association of Consultant Architects, and Ruth Reed, former president of the Royal Society of Architects in Wales, are running for the RIBA’s top job.
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NewsEx Milton Keynes’ architect hits back over school designs
Former head of design says department was scapegoated, as council prepares for sell off
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NewsPiano sceptical on anti-terror design
The architect behind London’s tallest planned skyscraper has criticised government efforts to “design out” terrorism.
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NewsRIBA three open up on presidential ambitions
Steering the profession away from “starchitecture”, giving the regions a stronger voice and tackling the thorny issue of architectural copyright are just some of the issues exercising the minds of the three figures vying to become RIBA president in 2009.
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NewsOmbudsman dismisses housing fair allegations
One of the country’s most exciting housing schemes has received a huge boost after accusations of maladministration were officially rejected.
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NewsFuksas cleared for take-off after contest to design Chinese airport
Leading Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas has won a global competition to design a £1.2 billion international terminal for Shenzhen airport in China, beating practices including Foster & Partners, Foreign Office and Japan’s Kisho Kurokawa.
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NewsSchool turns up volume to mark its 450th anniversary
Birmingham architect Michael Payne Group is to design a £3 million music centre for Solihull School, which will mark the school’s 450th anniversary in 2010.
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Design for London shortlists 40 firms
Design for London has shortlisted more than 40 practices for its forthcoming framework panel, including Marks Barfield, Foster & Partners, Studio Egret West and David Chipperfield.
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News3XN fury at Liverpool museum successor
The original architect of the flagship Museum of Liverpool has accused its successor of “manipulating the client” to take control of the ongoing £68 million project.
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£102m business park commission
Scott Brownrigg Architects has been commissioned to design a business and technology park in south Hampshire for Countryside Properties.
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£1bn station masterminds chosen
Allies & Morrison and Foreign Office Architects have been appointed by British Land and Network Rail for a £1 billion regeneration of Euston Station.
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£1,000 prize for Georgian drawing
The RIBA’s traditional architecture group has teamed up with The Georgian Group and the Prince of Wales’s drawing school to launch a competition to create a measured drawing of a Georgian building.
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NewsProfession calls for action on OFT cartel allegations
Leading figures in the architecture profession have called for a full inquiry after the Office of Fair Trading alleged that 112 construction companies had been involved in the rigging of bids for major projects.