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NewsDuggan Morris Architects' reveals east London scheme
Duggan Morris Architects’ plans to expand a Georgian building in east London are set to be recommended for approval by planners at Hackney Council.The project would create 1,858sq m of commercial space on 141-145 Curtain Road in Shoreditch. An existing three-storey brick building will be retained, crowned by a three-storey ...
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BlogsJunya Ishigami’s Architecture as Air
Junya Ishigami’s spider-web-like creation, on display at the Barbican, feels a little insubstantial
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NewsKapoor and Isozaki create mobile concert hall
Project will tour earthquake-damaged Japan with artistic performances
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FeaturesArchitects' Desks: Jose Esteves De Matos, co-director at De Matos Ryan
BD takes a look at the workspaces of architects
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NewsLevete's plans in doubt as News International puts Wapping up for sale
Amanda Levete Architects’ designs for the redevelopment of News International’s Wapping site look likely to be scrapped after the media giant put its East London headquarters up for sale.Rupert Murdoch’s UK publishing arm wrote to staff today announcing that the decision had been taken after a review of the company’s ...
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NewsFormer RMJM director joins Pringle Brandon Drew
The former operations director of RMJM, Miriam White, has joined Pringle Brandon Drew as director. White, who left the Scottish practice earlier this summer, will work alongside John Drew, managing partner at Pringle Brandon Drew. The pair worked together on the £282 million Bishops Square project while employed at Foster ...
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NewsLiverpool's A2 Architects calls in administrator
Liverpool practice A2 Architects is to carry on trading despite going into administration. The firm, which was set up in 1995, has been hit by a string of bad debts in the past three years which have topped more than £500,000 following the collapse of a number ofproperty firms. Last ...
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NewsMailen Design wins planning for green-belt nursery
Architect Mailen Design has obtained planning permission for a children’s nursery located in Northumberland’s green belt.The £400,000 project, which was developed together with creative agency GrafikM, will see the conversion of an existing stone farmhouse and the design of a new single-storey building on the site of the old stable ...
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BlogsWatching the paint dry
With the RIBA president’s offices soon to be painted magenta, it’s a great fascination to me how leaders choose to furnish their interior spaces
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NewsOsborne and Pickles pledge to press on with planning changes
George Osborne and Eric Pickles have launched a spirited defence of the government’s proposed planning reforms, amid mounting criticism from countryside campaigners and growing speculation that a U-turn over the policy could be imminent.In a strongly-worded article in the Financial Times (FT) today, the chancellor and the communities secretary wrote: ...
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BlogsPatently stupid?
Sorry Frei Otto you owe me 1% of the contract value of the Munich Olympic stadium
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FeaturesTop 10 unbuilt towers: Millennium Tower, by Norman Foster
As plans for the mile-high Kingdom Tower in Saudi Arabia are unveiled, London’s Shard is nearly sheathed, and the Walkie-Talkie, Cheesegrater and Pinnacle all begin to emerge from the ground, we look back at 10 projects that weren’t quite so fortunate in their bids to make it off the drawing ...
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NewsGrimshaw unveils Manhattan project
Grimshaw Architects has revealed designs for two Manhattan city “superblocks” as part of New York University’s city-wide development programme.
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NewsBDP wins two major projects in China
BDP has won two major projects in Suzhou, China via its Shanghai studio.The largest of the two projects is the Suzhou Dushu Lake masterplan. This will involve designing a retail and residential development with high-rise office and ground-level commercial uses including 3,000 homes, 135,000sq m of offices and two 220-bed ...
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NewsBaca wins funding to research flood-proof buildings
Aecom and Penoyre & Prasad also backed by climate-change design initiative
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NewsVan Heyningen & Haward's bird hide opens in Essex
A bird hide designed by Van Heyningen & Haward for the RSPB has officially opened at Rainham Marshes in Essex.The hide, built entirely of timber, including timber piles, is the second building the practice has built for the RSPB following the 2006-completed environment and education centre.Project partner Chris Wilderspin said: ...
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NewsVinoly on board for Park Avenue tower
Property investor CIM Group and developer Harry Macklowe have confirmed that Rafael Viñoly has been hired to draw up plans for a 70-storey tower in New York.
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NewsRogers tower on hold after UBS pulls out
Plans for a Richard Rogers-designed tower at the World Trade Centre site will be subject to further delays after prospective tenant UBS pulled out of talks.
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NewsLondon mayor announces £100 million retrofit fund
Public building works create potential workstream for architects