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NewsFloating ideas for London
This surreal design of temporary floating islands in the River Thames by architect Tomas Klassnik is a vision of London in the future, as it adapts to the pressures of climate change and soaring summer temperatures.
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Save loses Guildhall fight
Campaigning group Save Britain’s Heritage has lost its High Court battle against Westminster council’s decision to permit the conversion of the listed Middlesex Guildhall into a Supreme Court— to be designed by Feilden & Mawson.
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Mosque drops Mangera
Young Architect of the Year runner-up Mangera Yvars’ flagship project — a huge mosque in east London — was in serious doubt this week after a shock announcement by client and evangelical Islamic group Tablighi Jamaat.
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NewsJohnson is new project director
Lend Lease director Rob Johnson has been appointed project director at Greenwich Peninsula, one of the country’s biggest regeneration schemes.
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Viñoly inquiry ends with daggers drawn
English Heritage’s attack on the design of Rafael Viñoly’s “walkie talkie” tower was hotly contested in the two sides’ final submissions to the public inquiry on Monday.
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RMJM designs Napier campus
RMJM is to design a £55 million new development for Napier University’s Faculty of Health, Life & Social Sciences in the south-west of Edinburgh.
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NewsTrack energy performance — Cabe
Cabe chair John Sorrell (pictured) used this week’s launch of the 2007 Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award to urge ministers to ensure that all new public buildings meet the UK’s climate change obligations.
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NewsLobbyists urge review of BSF design failings
The government’s £45 billion Building Schools for the Future programme should be subject to an independent review because of its design shortcomings and “wasteful” procurement process, a key lobby group has claimed.
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NewsSt Botolph’s strong links
Work has begun on this mixed-use scheme in Bishops Square in London by Matthew Lloyd Architects. It includes the conversion of the nearby grade II-listed St Botolph’s Hall.
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NewsBig hitters join Bishop’s team
London design director Peter Bishop signalled the beginning of a new era for design in London this week by unveiling a high-powered and diverse set of architect advisers.
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NewsCabe blasts ‘dumbed down’ BBC HQ design
The BBC has been accused of “dumbing down” the final phase of its flagship headquarters designed by Sheppard Robson.
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NewsCondensation works hit troubled Bath Spa
Grimshaw Architects’ Bath Spa project has been hit by new problems after operators admitted that part of the complex may have to be shut down to carry out essential repair works to the steam rooms.
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NewsBad hair day comes good
This tangle of timber is the winner of the AA’s second summer pavilion, inspired by a student’s experience of drying a mass of wet hair.
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RIBA call to arms in Leeds
Four up-and-coming practices have been short-listed in an RIBA contest for a scheme at Britain’s oldest national museum.
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NewsSalisbury takes on Arb over proof of insurance
Arb critic and former board member Ian Salisbury has revealed legal advice that he hopes will stop the Arb board disciplining architects who fail to provide evidence of their professional insurance.
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NewsTate Modern extension approved
Southwark council’s planning committee has green-lighted Herzog & de Meuron’s daring extension (pictured) to the Tate Modern on London’s South Bank.
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Adjaye teams up for Manchester art gallery
David Adjaye is to design his first regional art gallery in the UK as part of a £55 million collaboration with architect Maurice Shapero and regeneration specialist Urbed.
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NewsRogers adds Pritzker prize to busy year
Richard Rogers has won the Pritzker Architecture Prize for 2007, becoming only the fourth British architect to take the award after James Stirling, Norman Foster and Zaha Hadid.
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NewsEH marks the abolition of slavery
English Heritage is marking the bicentenary of the ending of slavery in Britain with a web offering which highlights buildings with links to the slave trade and its abolition.
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NewsGehry wins in Hove, but protesters vow to fight on
Council approves scheme by one vote as residents say they’ve been ignored