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NewsJestico & Whiles to create new Playboy Club for London
Jestico & Whiles has been hired to design a new Playboy Club in central London for porn king Hugh Hefner.
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NewsOlympic Park will be no ghetto, say chiefs
The Olympic Park will not become a middle-class ghetto once the Games are over and residents move in, the woman in charge of the legacy has vowed.
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NewsMcAslan completes Olympic energy centre
John McAslan & Partners’ energy centre on the Olympic site in east London has been officially opened by the mayor of London, Boris Johnson.
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NewsMP hits out at Viñoly's 'Golden Banana'
The MP for Colchester, Bob Russell, has launched a scathing attack on Rafael Viñoly and his beleaguered visual arts centre – which he dubbed “the most hated building in the city”.
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NewsArtist riffs on Piano's Shard of Glass
Artist Stephen Wiltshire has drawn a picture of Renzo Piano’s Shard of Glass, which is under construction at London Bridge.
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RIBA President's Awards for Research announced
The RIBA has announced its President’s Awards for Research 2010, which reward and encourage outstanding research in architecture.
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NewsCapita, HLM and Scott Brownrigg £13bn defence project scrapped
The Ministry of Defence has cancelled plans for a £13 billion armed forces training academy in south Wales, by Capita, HLM and Scott Brownrigg.
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NewsCollado Collins wins permission for Olympia makeover
Collado Collins has won planning consent for a major revamp of London’s huge Olympia Exhibition & Conference Centre.
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NewsFoster unveils first images of east Croydon scheme
Foster & Partners has unveiled new images of its Ruskin Square masterplan in east Croydon.
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NewsGovernment will not scrap Arb
The government has confirmed the Arb will be retained as an independent body, following months of lobbying from the RIBA to take on its functions.
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NewsConstruction to start immediately on Viñoly's Walkie-Talkie
Land Securities has finalised its joint venture agreement with developer Canary Wharf Group to build Rafael Viñoly’s Walkie-Talkie tower.
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NewsAukett Fitzroy Robinson wins planning for controversial Imperial College scheme
The first phase of a new campus in Hammersmith designed by Aukett Fitzroy Robinson for Imperial College London, has been granted planning consent despite a hammering from Cabe.
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NewsMalcolm Fraser triumphs in West Lothian housing competition
Malcolm Fraser Architects has won a competition to a design sustainable housing scheme in West Lothian.The architect beat a strong shortlist - including Elder & Cannon, Gareth Hoskins, HTA Architects and RMJM - in the contest run by the RIAS for developer Morston Assets.The practice’s design for the site at ...
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NewsBryden Wood wins planning for Circle hospital
Multi-disciplinary firm Bryden Wood has been granted planning consent for its private healthcare project for client Circle Health.
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NewsSadler Brown plants 'solar trees' in Cambridge
Cambridge University Library has installed a series of “solar trees” to help power its archive stores.
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Pollard Thomas Edwards wins best building in Rose Awards
Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects’ Gunpowder Mill in Essex has won the title of best new building outside London at this year’s Rose Design Awards
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NewsWilkinson Eyre bags planning for controversial Tesco
Wilkinson Eyre’s controversial Tesco development for Sheringham in Norfolk has won planning permission after a heated six-hour meeting in which the committee chairman had to use a casting vote.
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NewsRIBA lobbies to take over Arb’s functions
Ruth Reed met minister to argue for registration board’s abolition
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NewsFinal go-ahead for Gazprom tower
RMJM’s long-proposed Gazprom tower in St Petersburg is now on course to become the highest building in Europe after being given the final go-ahead by the authorities
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Atkins expects job cuts after spending review
Hundreds of jobs at multi-disciplinary giant Atkins could be at risk following next week’s comprehensive spending review