All articles by Rory Olcayto
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Building StudyFuture Systems’ Metropolis apartment building is breaking the waves in Copenhagen
The undulating blue facade of the practice’s latest design echoes the sea and sky of its Copenhagen harbourside development
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron's revised Tate Modern extension revealed
Herzog & de Meuron and the Tate today unveiled their substantially revised scheme, now in brick, for the £215 million extension to London's Tate Modern.
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NewsRMJM puts up £1m to make architects of graffiti artists
RMJM has launched a £1 million project to encourage inner-city youths with a passion for graffiti to become architects.
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NewsCredit crunch puts paid to Scottish housing fair
One of the UK’s most innovative housing projects has been delayed indefinitely in a decision blamed on the credit crunch.
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NewsGovernment delays eco-town design competition
Government plans for a competition to “set the design standards” for its eco-towns programme have been delayed by at least a year amid mounting hostility to the 10 proposed developments.
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ReviewStudent summer shows at the Bartlett, Canterbury, London Met & Edinburgh
Wild and practical imaginations fused with inspiring teaching have produced another excellent vintage.
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NewsChipperfield wins first French competition
David Chipperfield has won his first competition in France with this scheme for a new gateway building at HEC School of Management in Paris.
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NewsRobin Hood Gardens will not be listed
Robin Hood Gardens estate will not be listed, the government announced on Tuesday.
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NewsRMJM's Russian tower houses 'hanging' garden
RMJM has unveiled exclusive images of a proposed tower building in Ekaterinburg, Russia’s third largest city, which houses a vertical ‘hanging’ garden – believed to be the only one of its kind in the world.
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NewsBoris pledges to reinstate Parker Morris standards
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has promised to reintroduce Parker Morris space standards for new residential developments in a bid to improve the quality of inner city living.
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NewsExperts blast BRE's 'unproven gimmicks'
Research and innovation dropped in favour commercial growth, say critics
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Building StudyCurve your enthusiasm at Page & Park’s Loch Lomond National Park HQ
Dry stone walls and timber have been combined to stunning effect in a sustainable structure. Photos by Renzo Mazzolini
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Crossrail rejects calls for design champion
Delivery agency is instead set to appoint expert architectural panel
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ReviewFlooded London exhibition imagines the capital in 2090
A new exhibition showcases a future London that has been overwhelmed by rising sea levels.
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NewsNew images of Herzog & de Meuron's Portsmouth stadium
The first images of Herzog & de Meuron’s redesign of the proposed new 36,000-seat stadium for Portsmouth Football Club have been revealed.
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NewsDeveloper challenges Manchester Council’s Jackson Wharf rejection
A major housing development in Manchester by Ian Simpson Architects is set to face a public inquiry after developer Peel Holdings lodged an appeal.
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NewsODA in row over Aquatics Centre legacy provision
A row has broken out between the Olympic Delivery Authority and Newham Council over leisure water facilities as part of the legacy provisions associated with Zaha Hadid’s Aquatics Centre.
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NewsBetter Public Building shortlist unveiled
Denton Corker Marshall’s Civil Justice Centre in Manchester, Allies & Morrison’s Festival Hall revamp and MUMA’s Newlyn Art Gallery in Cornwall are among the 21 buildings shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award, the annual gong that rewards design-led regeneration projects.Credit: Peter Cook Royal Festival Hall, LondonOther firms ...
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NewsSchools strike back at call to change curriculum
Sustainability shouldn’t be the only challenge for architecture schools, say educators
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NewsOMA to build mixed-use scheme around Rotterdam bank building
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture has released an image of its plans for a mixed-use building space in Coolsinge, Rotterdam’s shopping district. It would contain retail, cultural, residential and office space.