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NewsKhoury's pair of Solihull homes make light of underground living
Birmingham-based practice Khoury Architects has submitted designs for planning for a pair of homes sunk into the ground on a garden site in the West Midlands
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NewsCouncil rejects Hopkins' Greenwich Market revamp
Hopkins Architects’ plan to revamp south-east London’s historic Greenwich Market has been unexpectedly thrown out by council planners.
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Engineers suggest attaching tubes of algae to buildings
Transparent plastic tubes filled with green algae should be attached to the side of buildings to help limit carbon dioxide emissions, according to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IME).
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LDA draws up plans for 2012 park revamp
LDA Design has drawn up a masterplan for a £10 million revamp of an east London park expected to be a key route into the 2012 Olympics.
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DLG's RAF scheme to be grounded
DLG Architects' scheme for a new headquarters for the RAF Benevolent Fund is set to be rejected by Westminster Council.
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Wigglesworth for London theatre
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects has been hired to draw up plans to transform the former Livesey Museum for Children in south London into a new base for a community theatre.
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Five up for Southend Pier
Wilkinson Eyre, HOK International and Swedish firm White Arkitekter BV are among the five firms shortlisted to redevelop fire-ravaged Southend Pier.
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Six on shortlist to design Welsh Passive House
John Thompson & Partners is among six designers shortlisted in the competition to design the Welsh Passive House.
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NewsRIBA welcomes government plans to hire a new construction tsar.
The RIBA has welcomed the creation of Chief Adviser on Construction, dubbed the “construction tsar”.
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NewsGlasgow's Lighthouse in administration
Board members of The Lighthouse, the Scottish centre for architecture and design, have put the centre into adminstration.
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Purcell Miller Tritton to design Lewis Carroll visitor centre
Purcell Miller Tritton has won a commission for a Lewis Carroll Interpretation Centre, to be built at the Cheshire church where the Alice in Wonderland author was born.
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Slight drop-off in gloom according to RIBA trends survey
Levels of optimism among architects about the future of the industry are holding steady, according to the latest RIBA trends survey.
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Row over Simpson's 'twee' plans for Kensington Gardens
A row has erupted over John Simpson & Partners' "embarrassingly twee" plans to revamp Kensington Palace and Kensington Gardens.
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Hopkins' Greenwich Market plans on course to be approved
Hopkins Architects' controversial plans to revamp south-east London’s historic Greenwich Market look set to be approved next week.
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NewsMake's Vauxhall tower in crossfire over mayor's Crossrail levy
Make’s plans for its 42-storey Vauxhall Bondway tower have been caught up in a row between London Mayor Boris Johnson and a local council over the levy for Crossrail.
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NewsHuge losses at Foster & Partners revealed
Norman Foster calls the last financial year "one of the most challenging" since the architecture practice was founded.
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NewsCesar Pelli's One Park West building fights Carbuncle Cup nomination
Liverpool building to receive a ‘group hug’ in a show of support organised by developer Grosvenor
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NewsRethink for OMA's Commonwealth Institute revamp
OMA's controversial designs to revamp the former Commonwealth Institute have been substantially overhauled in response to criticism from English Heritage, Kensington & Chelsea council and local residents.
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Collado Collins launches new hotel design service
Architect joins engineers and designers to exploit Olympic-inspired hotal building boom
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NewsMecanoo modifies designs for Birmingham library
Significant revisions have been made to Mecanoo’s design for a new public library for Birmingham.