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NewsFuture Systems to design Wapping HQ for News Corporation
Future Systems is to design a new corporate campus for News Corporation at the global media organisation’s site in Wapping, London.
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NewsNew innings for SMC Alsop
A £17 million cricket pavilion at Headingley Carnegie Cricket Ground in Leeds by SMC Alsop has won planning.
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Towers will aid growth, says BPF
Skyscrapers bring dramatic economic benefits which should be considered alongside aesthetic and heritage considerations in making planning decisions, a new report from the British Property Federation recommends.
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NewsMcAslan, AHMM and BDP top shortlist for BD’s Architect of the Year Awards
The finalists for BD’s Architect of the Year Awards 2008 have been announced, with Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, BDP and John McAslan & Partners all gaining four nominations.
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NewsNew images of RSHP’s sports centre revealed
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ Chelsea Barracks scheme will include a £40 million community sports centre, it has emerged.
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Regional funds to boost waterfront
The Northwest Regional Development Agency has granted £1.9 million to the second phase of Liverpool city centre’s Waterfront Connections project.
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NewsSite work starts on Swanke Hayden Connell academy
Work has begun on site on Swanke Hayden Connell Architects’ City of London Academy in Islington, north London.
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ACA publishes its rival client contract
The Association of Consultant Architects has published its new client contract, in direct competition with the RIBA’s new standard form of agreement.
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Historian Paul Overy dies aged 68
Art and architecture historian Paul Overy has died aged 68 from pancreatic cancer.
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Call for design ideas to encourage cycling
The London Cycling Campaign and the Cycle to Cannes charity are calling on architects, planners and designers to submit ideas to improve public space and encourage cycling in the capital.
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York Council rejects Red Box chocolate factory redevelopment
Councillors in York have gone against planning officers’ recommendations and rejected the application for a £200 million scheme by Red Box Design Group to redevelop the former Terry’s chocolate factory.
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NewsAlsop wins go-ahead for Southwark school
Southwark Council has granted planning permission for the SMC Alsop-designed Michael Faraday Community School in the centre of the Aylesbury estate.
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NewsAdam hails start of a classical revolution (video)
Traditional architecture prospers as New Palladians exhibition launches
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NewsJohn Lewis expansion put on hold
Stores by O’Donnell & Tuomey and Acme mothballed amid slowdown
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NewsCost-cutting fears over Zaha's Glasgow museum
Zaha Hadid’s flagship transport museum in Glasgow is undergoing a further round of value-engineering, a report to the city council’s finance committee has revealed.
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Architecture degrees leap in popularity
The annual number of students applying to study architecture has jumped by almost 10,000 in the past four years, making architecture degrees more popular than ever.
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Hugill to leave Lend Lease
Athletes' Village developer Nigel Hugill is to resign from his post as chairman of Lend Lease Europe in order to “pursue other opportunities”.
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NewsShortlist for RIBA special awards unveiled
The shortlist for RIBA's special awards, which will be awarded alongside the Stirling Prize, has been revealed.
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NewsNatural History Museum unveils images of CF Møller’s extension
The Natural History Museum has released the first pictures of the second phase of its state-of-the-art Darwin Centre, a scientific research and collections facility designed by Scandinavian architect C F Møller.
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HOK Sport to split from parent group
HOK Sport, the architect behind London’s Wembley and Olympics stadiums, is to split from parent group HOK under a management buy-out.