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NewsLeading architects fail to save Welsh school
Newport High School set to be demolished after appeal by figures including Zaha Hadid and Peter Cook fails
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New Covent Garden Market architects unveiled
Foster & Partners and Neil Tomlinson Architects have been revealed as the architects selected to redevelop the New Covent Garden Market site near Battersea Power station.The team will develop and deliver a new design for market facilities and infrastructure for the Covent Garden Market Authority (CGMA) in a project led ...
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NewsOmbudsman rejects complaints over Highland Housing Fair
One of the country's most exciting housing schemes has received a huge boost after accusations of maladministration were officially rejected.BD reported in February that the Highland Housing Fair, to be built near Inverness, was being investigated by the Scottish Public Service Ombudsman over claims that it had not properly followed ...
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NewsIan Ritchie dropped from Southwark's Potters Field housing scheme
Architect Ian Ritchie has been dropped from Berkley Homes' prominent Potters Field housing scheme near Tower Bridge.The decision was announced last night (Monday) by Southwark Council, which recently signed a co-operation agreement with Berkeley Homes after years of opposing the developer's scheme. The council said a new architect would be ...
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NewsDesign for London shortlists 40 practices for framework panel
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.The shortlist, which attracted more than 180 submissions, is competing to be named on DFL's Architecture, Landscape and Urban Design panel, plans for which were ...
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NewsAA pavilion marks 10 years of design research lab
Alumni of the Architectural Association have completed an innovative pavilion designed to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the school's design research lab.The competition-winning scheme, which sits outside the AA's Bedford Square premises, was designed by 2002 graduate Alan Dempsey and Alvin Huang of the class of 2004. It was developed ...
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NewsCouncil admits it has not costed Robin Hood Gardens refurbishment
Tower Hamlets Council has admitted it has not fully costed the refurbishment of Robin Hood Gardens, despite its repeated claims that demolition is the most economic option.
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NewsWatchdogs roll over in name of progress
Bosses at three of the UK’s four design watchdogs have met in Belfast in a sign of increasing collaboration.
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Rollercoaster inferno
The oldest rollercoaster in Britain has been razed to the ground in what police are describing as an arson attack.
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NewsV&A hosts wonder wall
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is the inspiration for CJ Lim’s installation, Seasons Through the Looking Glass, which opened last week at the Victoria & Albert Museum.
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Hadid wins Vilnius Guggenheim
Zaha Hadid has won the competition to design the new Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania, beating Daniel Libeskind and Massimiliano Fuksas.
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Materials giant joins green lobby
The world’s largest construction materials group has joined the UK Green Buildings Council (UK GBC).
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NewsThis was the Smithsons’ vision for Robin Hood Gardens, what’s yours?
BD and the Architecture Foundation release the brief for the competition to rethink Robin Hood Gardens
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NewsMoscow goes fruity
Foster & Partners has revealed its latest scheme in Russia, a bold mixed-use building for central Moscow, dubbed Project Orange.
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NewsFoster’s Orange would squash Soviet masterpiece
Russian architecture experts have condemned an iconic design by Norman Foster because it involves the replacement of a Soviet-era building considered by some as the “best in Moscow”.
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NewsScheme tailored to Muslim faith
An innovative sheltered housing scheme for older people in Bristol has been completed by Quattro Design Architects.
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PRP looks to Europe for eco-town inspiration
Housing practice PRP has revealed a major bid to win eco-town work following the government’s announcement that 15 sites have been shortlisted.
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NewsLiverpool ‘not as good as Dubai’ remark sparks row
Architects and planners have slammed as “ignorant” comments made by urban regeneration company Liverpool Vision suggesting that the city council should accept architecture below the standard of that found in Dubai.
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Prasad joins the eco-town dozen
RIBA president Sunand Prasad will sit on a panel of experts charged with shaping the future of the 10 planned eco-towns, the government announced this week.