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NewsFrank Lloyd Wright's Robie House joins Lego set
Frank Lloyd Wright’s Robie House in Chicago has become the latest building to be recreated for Lego’s architecture series. The model will be launched at Robie House on August 27 and will be on sale in the UK in September. Robie House is the 10th addition to the series and ...
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NewsGreen light for Salford University arts building
Stride Treglown has been granted planning permission for its £38 million arts building for Salford University in Manchester.The seven-storey building will act as a gateway to the site and will include theatre and performance spaces, a café, tuition areas and studio facilities. Work also includes a public square and links ...
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Building StudyEast London's Greenway by Adams & Sutherland Architects
Adams & Sutherland’s sensitive approach has seen east London’s Greenway updated for its new Olympic role, without losing its sense of place.
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NewsTAG chair to discuss Cabe 'bias' with Design Council
Meeting follows Traditional Architects Group anger over Finch’s Olympic comments
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NewsTimothy Hatton Architects unveils London Design Festival pavilion
Exhibition will showcase quick-drying concrete cloth
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NewsTwentieth Century Society backs calls to list Banksy graffiti
The Twentieth Century Society has thrown its weight behind calls for graffiti by street artist Banksy to be listed.Research by Bristol University’s law school claims the artist’s graffiti could be legally protected in light of the financial and cultural values that have been placed on his work in recent years.Catherine ...
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NewsKonishi Gaffney wins Scottish village competition
Proposals to be used as template for rural regeneration north of border
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NewsKohn's Room for London will charge living exhibits £120 a night
A nautical-themed one-bedroom hotel perched on the Queen Elizabeth Hall in London will charge guests £120 a night to become living exhibits.David Kohn Architects and artist Fiona Banner designed the boat hotel, named A Room for London: Roi des Belges, which will take bookings throughout next year as part of ...
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NewsFarrells appointed for Leicester University masterplan
Terry Farrell & Partners has been appointed to produce a masterplan for Leicester University’s city centre campus.The London practice is working with engineer Buro Happold on the project.Neil Bennett, partner at Farrells, said: “[Our] work with the university on the masterplan is an opportunity for the University of Leicester to ...
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NewsWilkinson Eyre on board for 2016 Brazil Olympics
Aecom and Wilkinson Eyre have won a competition to work as masterplanners for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics.
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NewsArb fines Kent architect £1,000
The Arb has fined Kent-based architect Philip John Paul Dadds £1,000 after a home improvement scheme went more than 50% over budget.At a hearing earlier this month, the board found Dadds’ company, Philip Dadds Architects & Associates (PDA), based in Ramsgate, guilty of unacceptable professional conduct and serious professional incompetence.The ...
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NewsRogers to draw up London tower plans for Foxtons founder
Foxtons founder has hired architect Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners to design a luxury residential and mixed-use tower on the Albert Embankment in south London.
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NewsNew homes could threaten Jodrell Bank Observatory, says astronomy expert
Plans for new homes near Macclesfield, Cheshire, have been opposed by scientists at Manchester University over fears they could harm the operation of the radio telescopes at the renowned observatory.
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NewsMPs slam PFI as "poor value"
Treasury select committee report says PFI more expensive than borrowing
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NewsZMMA chosen for V&A Europe galleries revamp
The V&A Museum has appointed London-based ZMMA to design the new Europe 1600-1800 galleries as part of the second phase of refurbishment.
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NewsEH wants 2012 sponsor logos dropped from Tower Bridge
English Heritage has said it is against sponsors’ logos adorning Tower Bridge during the London Olympics.
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NewsVinoly's Oxford job starts work
A new academic building on the site of the former Radcliffe Infirmary for Oxford University by Rafael Vinoly Architects has broken ground.