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NewsKoolhaas wins competition to restore Commonwealth Institute
Rem Koolhaas’s firm OMA is set to restore London’s iconic Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington, after beating competition from architects including Rafael Viñoly, Eric Parry and Caruso St John.
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NewsPRP finishes first Masdar building
PRP has delivered the first building for Masdar in Abu Dhabi, planned by Foster & Partners.
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NewsSimpson ‘shocked’ as Beetham Tower called in
DCLG expresses concern over Simpson's landmark London tower despite the scheme’s backing by EH and Cabe
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NewsPrince Charles’s ‘dustbin’ wins award
A university lecture hall likened by Prince Charles to a “dustbin” has won an architectural gong from one of his charities.
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Arup Design wins Co-op masterplan
Arup Design has beaten KPF, BDP and Heneghan Peng to lead a team masterplanning a prestigious 8ha site in Manchester city centre in a competition organised by the Co-operative group.
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NewsMuseum of rural conservation has natural approach to design
Mitchell Taylor Workshop has won planning permission for a new Museum of Rural Conservation Techniques in Aynhoe, Northamptonshire.
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Boris urges better design of affordable housing
London mayoral favourite Boris Johnson has launched his housing manifesto, calling for a renewed focus on the design of affordable housing.
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NewsEH acts to save historic buildings in Liverpool
Two buildings on Liverpool’s threatened world heritage site have been listed as part of the biggest review of a city’s historic building stock ever undertaken.
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EH acts to save historic buildings in Liverpool
NEWS: EH lists two buildings in Liverpool's world heritage site as concern grows over pace of development COMMENT: Must we twist Liverpool's arm?
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NewsRMJM reveals Aberdeen energy centre
RMJM has unveiled the first images of its proposed £35 million energy centre on Aberdeen’s seafront.
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Industry doubts over Budget’s CO2 aims
Industry bodies have cast doubt on measures to curb carbon emissions contained within chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling’s first budget announcement.
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NewsCZWG looks to the future with eight new partners
CZWG has revealed a massive expansion as its founders put in place their succession strategy.
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NewsLibeskind’s China boycott a ‘stunt’, says van Egeraat
Daniel Libeskind’s boycott of work in China on ethical grounds has been slammed as a “publicity stunt” by leading Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat.
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NewsKoolhaas wins competition to restore Commonwealth Institute
Rem Koolhaas and Reinier de Graaf of Dutch firm OMA are set to restore London’s iconic Commonwealth Institute building in Kensington, having beaten competition from architects including Rafael Viñoly, Eric Parry and Caruso St John.
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NewsOlympic site will become London’s largest park for a century
The Olympic Delivery Authority has unveiled plans to convert London’s Olympic site into the largest new urban park in London since the Victorian era, following the end of the 2012 games.The plans, designed by LDA Design and US-based landscape designer George Hargreaves, will also promote more sustainable and active lifestyles ...
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NewsBlears calls in Simpson’s 51-storey Beetham Tower
Hazel Blears has called in Ian Simpson’s Beetham Tower, planned for a prominent site on London’s South Bank. In a call-in letter sent to Southwark council on Monday (March 10), the communities secretary questioned whether the proposed location of the One Blackfriars Road tower, close to the banks of the ...
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NewsQueen opens Rogers’ T5 – images
Twenty years after it first went in for planning Richard Rogers Terminal Five building at Heathrow airport will finally be opened by the Queen.
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Mixed response on Hips – survey
Six out of ten homebuyers in home information pack (Hip) trial areas did not see a Hip last year, according to government research.
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NewsFat wins in Walsall
Fat has triumphed in an RIBA competition to design a community library facility in Walsall, the first time it has won a competition to design a public building.