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De Botton holiday rentals launch
Living Architecture, the organisation set up by Alain de Botton and former Peabody Trust development director Dickon Robinson to bring contemporary architecture to the holiday rental market, has opened for bookings.
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2,000 sign up for Facebook group
The Facebook group Architects Against Low Pay has passed the 2,000-member mark just four weeks after it was founded.
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NewsFraser slams Maldevic demolition
Architect Malcolm Fraser has spoken out against plans by Edinburgh Council to demolish the listed Maldevic electric car factory in the Granton area of the city to make way for new houses.
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NewsKing’s Cross go-ahead for Chipperfield, Allies & Morrison and Porphyrios
Camden Council has given planning approval to three office buildings — by David Chipperfield, Allies & Morrison and Porphyrios Associates — at London’s £3 billion King’s Cross Central scheme.
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NewsTurley Associates plans canal bridge for Hungerford
Urban design firm Turley Associates is set to submit a planning application for a 100m-long footbridge in Hungerford, Berkshire.
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NewsFoster’s to masterplan Imperial War Museum site
The Imperial War Museum has appointed Foster & Partners to masterplan its main site in London.
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Top practices fail to make Guy’s cancer centre shortlist
Foster & Partners, Zaha Hadid and Will Alsop have been knocked out of the star-studded race to build a new £90 million cancer treatment centre in London.
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NewsChetwoods offers students and new architects free London work space
Chetwood Associates is opening up its offices to students and newly qualified architects who need a London base as they try to establish themselves.
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NewsArchitect to row from Big Ben to Eiffel Tower
Architect Andrew Jones is attempting to row 480 miles from Big Ben to the Eiffel Tower – down the Thames, across the English Channel and up the Seine.
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NewsAedas school wins Manchester Society of Architects’ design awards
Aedas has won the Manchester Society of Architects’ 2010 design awards with a small primary school in the shadow of the Blackpool Tower.
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NewsAngela Brady set to run for RIBA presidency
Angela Brady is making a bid to become RIBA president, becoming the first person to publicly throw their hat into the ring.
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NewsRIBA London chair resigns
Chair of RIBA London Azar Djamali resigned last night at the start of a meeting in which she was expected to face a vote of no confidence.
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NewsSunderland to approve the tallest bridge in UK
Spence Associates’ plans to build the country’s tallest bridge were expected to win approval from Sunderland City Council this week — five years after the architect won an RIBA competition to design it
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NewsUngar negotiates green belt and pub garden to rethink cottage
London-based practice Ungar Architects has won planning permission for a 290sq m four-bedroom family house to replace an 1860s cottage in Mill Hill, north-west London
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NewsKiwis raise the baa on lateral thinking
Jestico & Whiles is one of a dozen practices that has been flown to New Zealand and challenged to design a concept hotel… made from wool
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NewsCouncil defies Cabe advice over Epsom development
Planners have ignored stinging criticism from Cabe of a “low quality” mixed-use redevelopment, which it said should be thrown out
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NewsHotel boom withstands bust as UK work soars
Architects in the UK are enjoying the benefits of a recession-proof boom in hotel-building projects, according to new figures
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NewsTwo more architects standing in election
Two more architects are standing in next week’s general election taking the total number in the profession bidding to become MPs to six
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NewsSnøhetta performing arts centre on site in Ohio
Work has started on site on Norwegian practice Snøhetta’s $40 million (£26 million) Wolfe Centre for the Performing Arts in Ohio