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Rogers, Prasad, Smith on bikes
Richard Rogers, RIBA president Sunand Prasad and designer Paul Smith have become patrons of Cycle to Cannes for the epic event’s third year.
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NewsFoster and Libeskind bet on Las Vegas...
Foster & Partners, Daniel Libeskind and Helmut Jahn of Chicago-based Murphy Jahn Architects have designed three neighbouring buildings as part of an $8 billion development in Las Vegas, touted as the largest privately financed project ever constructed in North America.
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NewsFoster’s Beijing ‘gateway’ opens
Foster & Partners’ Beijing Airport terminal (pictured above) opened on Tuesday.
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NewsMedicine ball by FOA
Foreign Office Architects has revealed the final designs for its Institute of Legal Medicine in Madrid.
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NewsThink Place’s Warsaw stadium scheme avoids lung damage
Think Place has unveiled the first images of its 21ha Park Swiatla masterplan in Warsaw, Poland.
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NewsArchitecture ‘is a key creative industry’
Hodge said that the DCMS Creative Britain report, published last Friday, was still relevant to the profession — despite the fact that not a single detailed mention of architecture appears in the document.
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London architecture festival boosted by Arts Council cash
This year’s London Festival of Architecture, set to take place between June 20 and July 20, has secured a £90,000 funding boost from Arts Council England.
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NewsBSF schools approved despite Cabe criticisms
£2 million design review panel seen as ‘hindrance rather than a benefit’
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All new homes to be future-proofed for the elderly
Every new home built in England will have to be designed to suit the needs of elderly people, the government announced this week.
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News44 Westgate wins planning
Planning permission has been granted for this £30 million office development in Newcastle city centre, designed by Carey Jones Architects.
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NewsClavell Tower moves 25m inland
Clavell Tower, the historic folly at Kimmerage Bay, Dorset, was topped out on Monday.
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NewsMinister fails to commit to 2020 zero-carbon housing target
Housing minister Caroline Flint has failed to commit to making new non-domestic buildings zero carbon by 2020, a key target of the UK Green Building Council.
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NewsDemolition would be a “real tragedy”, says Rogers
Spurred into action by BD's campaign, Richard Rogers has written to culture secretary Andy Burnham calling Robin Hood Gardens one of the greatest modern buildings in Britain and protesting about its “appalling” neglect.
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Heatherwick wins project in Leeds regeneration
Mixed-use scheme will be practice’s biggest UK commission
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NewsVenturi, Scott Brown and Hutton among over 500 supporting BD campaign
Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown, Louisa Hutton of Sauerbruch Hutton, Herzog & de Meuron's Harry Gugger, Benedetta Tagliabue and Tony Fretton are among the international names to join BD's campaign to save Robin Hood Gardens.In an extraordinary response from the profession, more than 500 people have added their weight ...
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NewsEco-towns can't replace cities, says TCPA chief David Lock
Ministers have opened a “Pandora’s box” with plans for eco-towns, a senior government adviser on the controversial policy has warned.Town & Country Planning Association chairman David Lock, author of a report on the proposals, told delegates at the Architecture Foundation’s New New Town conference last week that the contribution such ...
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NewsBD launches first virtual sustainability event
Free to register Sustainability Now show will focus on key green issues such as the Code for Sustainable Homes and energy
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NewsAll new homes to be 'future-proofed' for the elderly
Every new home built in England will have to be designed to suit the needs of elderly people, the government announced today.Ministers at the Department for Communities & Local Government said that in light of the country's ageing population, all new homes should be “future proofed” to include 16 features ...
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NewsBig names join BD’s campaign to list Robin Hood Gardens
Writer Alain de Botton, property developer Stuart Lipton and architectural historian Alan Powers have all added their weight to BD’s Rescue Robin Hood Gardens campaign. Within hours of BD launching its campaign to list the landmark Alison and Peter Smithson housing estate, dozens had joined the fight.Peter Cook, Joseph Rykwert, ...
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