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NewsDissing & Weitling designs squiggly bridge for Glasgow
Dissing & Weitling, working with a team including Atkins and Halcrow, has designed a distinctive new bridge to span the River Clyde, part of a £33 million regeneration scheme for Tradeston in Glasgow
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NewsLondon icon schemes hit by local backlash
Two flamboyant schemes, by Make and ColladoCollins, hang in the balance this week after angry backlashes from conservation groups and residents
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NewsCroydon’s ‘third city’ project is in disarray
Some of Britain’s leading firms have seen their landmark developments for Croydon collapse or stall as they fall victim to the recession. The string of projects, by architects including RTKL, Sheppard Robson and Rolfe Judd, had been intended to create London’s “third city”
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NewsHoxton block takes its influence from sixties and Tudor heritage
East London-based practice PH Plus has won planning permission for a 1,000sq m seven-storey residential and commercial scheme on Pitfield Street, Hoxton
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NewsArb set to overhaul elections
The Arb is to overhaul its electoral processes following the controversy that engulfed the election for board members earlier this year, during which RIBA president Sunand Prasad was accused of unfairly influencing the result
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NewsBDP strikes back in Wimbledon row
Building Design Partnership has placed the blame for alleged defects dogging the media and broadcast centre at Wimbledon on its client, the All England Tennis Club
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Details of new embassy revealed
The first details of the size and scale of the US Embassy in Battersea have emerged from the outline planning application submitted earlier this month
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NewsArchitect sought for historic baths
Islington Council and leisure consultant Synergy are seeking architects to draw up plans for a £16 million renovation of one of London’s oldest Turkish baths, after commissioning early designs from S&P Architects
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Decisions under way on LSC funds
Consultants employed by the Learning & Skills Council are scrutinising applications for £300 million in emergency funding announced for its college rebuilding programme in last month’s Budget
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NewsNew drama for Niall McLaughlin
Niall McLaughlin Architects has designed an £8 million new base (pictured) for London Academy of Music & Dramatic Arts in Hammersmith, west London
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NewsDelisting process to be reassessed
Hereford House controversy prompts minister to look for improvements
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Archial to design Curling academy
Archial Architects is to design a National Curling Academy in Kinross, Scotland
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Council declares for Edgbaston
Birmingham City Council has approved Broadway Malyan’s controversial plans to redevelop Edgbaston cricket ground a month after the planning committee deferred making a decision
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NewsAlsop's Blackfriars hotel in for planning
Alsop Architects' proposals for a £250m hotel development next to Blackfriars Station on the banks of the River Thames have been submitted for planning.
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NewsHeatherwick to judge Stirling Prize
Thomas Heatherwick – whose latest design is on the front page of this week’s BD – is to be one of the judges for this year’s Stirling Prize.
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NewsFarrell warns over Edinburgh 'complacency'
Edinburgh is at risk of losing its status as one of Europe’s greatest capital cities, Terry Farrell has said.
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NewsRIBA 2009 awards winners unveiled
Allies & Morrison and Niall McLaughlin Architects are the big winners in this year’s RIBA Awards, collecting four prizes each for architectural excellence.
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NewsDeveloper hitch delays prince's eco-home
The chief executive of the Prince’s Foundation has admitted its Natural House project will open three months late after it had to switch developers.
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NewsSchmidt Hammer Lassen’s Barking revamp wins planning
Danish firm Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s plans to revamp part of Barking in east London have been given the all-clear.