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NewsChile practice Elemental scoops Brit Insurance Design Award
Elemental’s Monterrey housing development has beaten the likes of David Chipperfield, Tony Fretton, Herzog & de Meuron and Zaha Hadid to scoop the architecture category in the 2010 Brit Insurance Design Awards.
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NewsNew University Centre in Grimsby unveiled by Ryder Architecture
Ryder Architecture has unveiled images of its £25 million University Centre for higher education organization the Grimsby Institute in South Humberside.
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Court battle over Exhibition Road looms
The charity Guide Dogs has been given permission to apply for a judicial review of Dixon Jones’ Exhibition Road scheme.
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NewsEH demands action over Lubetkin health centre
English Heritage has written to the owner of Lubetkin’s threatened Finsbury Health Centre demanding a meeting to discuss its worsening state of repair
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NewsMather Oxford plan fails to win over EH
Watchdog speaks out over proposed demolition in Keble campus scheme
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NewsPrince’s barracks remarks ‘ignorant’
A letter from Prince Charles which described Richard Rogers’ designs for Chelsea Barracks as “brutalist” and helped thwart the landmark development was condemned as ignorant and dangerous this week
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NewsGlass buildings are set to become ‘pariahs’
Days may be numbered for showcases such as Foster’s Gherkin, warns Cambridge expert
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NewsBad reception at the Beeb
The NAO’s scathing report on the corporation’s building projects may offer short-term schadenfreude to certain architects — but what are the longer-term consequences for the profession
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NewsCity farm to go on site of van Egeraat scheme
A “pop up” city farm is to be created on the site of Erick van Egeraat’s multi-billion-pound masterplan to regenerate east London’s Canning Town and Custom House, which starts in 2012
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NewsHCA sees scores for Kickstart rocket
Kickstart-funded housing developments given low Building for Life scores by Cabe were reassessed for the Homes & Communities Agency and subsequently scored far higher
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NewsEnvironment key to shaping university’s £1.2m design centre
Work has started on Niall McLaughlin Architects’ £1.2 million Centre for Design at Cranfield University in Bedford
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NewsNew cladding competition launched for Guy's Hospital
Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London has launched its second architectural competition in less than a month, seeking expressions of interest for a £21 million cladding project.
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NewsMarsh plants seeds of Meadows
Nottingham-based practice Marsh Grochowski has revealed images of its £8 million 38-home sustainable housing development for developer Blueprint.
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Home emissions plan welcomed
The RIBA and the UK Green Building Council have welcomed the government’s latest strategy to reduce household energy emissions.
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Bomber memorial design on show
Liam O’Connor has unveiled his design for a £3 million memorial in London’s Green Park to the 55,573 men of the Bomber Command air crew who died during the Second World War.
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NewsCyclists gear up for Cannes ride
Riders participating in Cycle To Cannes, the annual sponsored bicycle ride to Mipim, have reached the last leg of fundraising before the ride starts next Thursday.
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Fretton associate forms new practice
Sandy Rendel, an associate at Tony Fretton Architects, has announced that he is to set up a new London-based Sandy Rendel Architects.
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NewsBattersea Power Station project threatened by heritage row
A row has erupted over a little-known pumping station that threatens to derail Rafael Vinoly’s entire £5.5 billion redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.
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Strong shortlist for new Design Museum
Tony Fretton, Stanton Williams, David Chipperfield, John Pawson, Caruso St John, Haworth Tompkins and Dutch firm Claus en Kaan are in the race to create a new home for the Design Museum inside London’s former Commonwealth Institute building.