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NewsNord wins Urban Splash competition for Stoke-on-Trent waterside
Nord has defeated Studio Egret West and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands transform a site in Stoke-on-Trent for Urban Splash. The project will see the 4.6 hectare City Waterside site - centred on the Caldon Canal - redeveloped to include “iconic new buildings" as well as the refurbishment of a pottery ...
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NewsUrban Splash shortlists six for Birnbeck Pier
AOC, Flacq Architects and Richards Partington Architects are among the practices shortlisted for the Urban Splash/RIBA competition for Birnbeck Island and Pier in Weston-super-Mare.Also in the running are Levitate Architecture & Design Studio, MOH Architects from Vienna and Pierre d'Avoine with White Young Green Planning & Design.Urban Splash announced the ...
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Think Place wins Warsaw regen
Think Place has triumphed in an international competition to masterplan a major Warsaw regeneration project
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NewsNew perspective on St Petersburg
RMJM’s new Gazprom tower design has a public observation deck served by a dedicated lift and irregular triple-glazed windows intended to respond to St Petersburg’s cold winters and described by Kettle as a “fur coat”.
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NewsWestminster wavers on transport masterplan
The £2 billion Victoria Transport Interchange project by architects including KPF, Wilkinson Eyre and Allies & Morrison would “severely constrain” the area’s public realm, Westminster City Council has claimed
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RMJM locks horns with Unesco over St Petersburg tower
NEWS: Defiant RMJM tells Unesco to back off COMMENT: Gazprom battle symbolises Russian politics, argues Elaine Knutt from St Petersburg IN PICTURES: More images of the Gazprom tower
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NewsMayor’s green house goes on show
The Building Centre-designed “Number 1 Lower Carbon Drive” — a public exhibition in Trafalgar Square designed to showcase the mayor of London’s Green Homes initiative — has been unveiled
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NewsSutherland Hussey’s museum gem
Sutherland Hussey has won an international competition to build this £240 million museum for the Chinese city of Chengdu
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NewsGazprom woos international media over St Petersburg skyscraper
In the battle to win over the press, even the British consulate was drafted in
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Six in frame for Walsall library
Fat, Featherstone Associates and Panter Hudspith are among six practices shortlisted in an RIBA competition to design a new landmark library building in Walsall
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Still no guarantee for Foundation HQ
Developer Land Securities has warned that it will not fund Zaha Hadid’s Architecture Foundation HQ building in London unless a “viable” tender is agreed, despite the naming of a contractor
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NewsGillette regen cuts a dash
HOK has won planning approval for the regeneration of Gillette Corner, a grade II listed former razor blade factory.
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Holyrood plays Trump card
The Scottish government has called in Donald Trump’s £1 billion golf complex after an unprecedented backlash against Aberdeenshire Council’s decision to reject the scheme.
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NewsPhotographers Gallery captures the right image
Celebrated Dublin architect O’Donnell & Tuomey has received planning permission for its new £16 million building for the Photographers Gallery, the UK’s national centre for the promotion of photography
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NewsHemingway calls for respect in housebuilding
Speaking at this week’s launch of Cabe and the Home Builders’ Federation’s 2008 Building for Life awards, designer Wayne Hemingway slammed architects and home builders for failing to respect each other’s roles.
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Cabe to revive seaside towns
Cabe is to lead a £45 million scheme to regenerate run-down seaside towns
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Infirmary boosts learning space
Aedas Leeds has been appointed to produce early designs for a conference and learning centre at Bradford Royal Infirmary
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NewsMaggie’s Centres seek funding boost
Cancer care charity Maggie’s has launched a new £15 million fundraising drive so it can build five new centres designed by CZWG, MJP, Wilkinson Eyre, Foreign Office Architects and the late Kisho Kurokawa
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NewsDevon house extension exploits the beauty of its surroundings
Satellite Architects has received planning permission for a pool house and flat extension to a private home in Devon