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FeaturesRichard Rogers: All hail the architectural activist
Richard Rogers has announced his retirement after a career spanning over 50 years in which he became one of the most influential architects in the world. Former colleague Sarah Gaventa considers his legacy
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Word on the street: Westfield architect announces second project in Hong Kong
The architect behind London’s Westfield shopping centre in White City has announced its second project with Hong Kong China Travel Service, a mall in the coastal province of Ningbo. Benoy has unveiled plans for a retail and commercial centre, which will be known as the Ningbo If ...
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Why aren't we building more zero-bills homes?
Building caught up with Bill Dunster to chat about the ideas in his new book, Zed Life: How to Build a Low-Carbon Society Today
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aLL Design: Life after Will Alsop
Following the death earlier this year of their visionary co-founder, Building visited the architect practice to talk about its plans for the future
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Projects: For a new generation
On a vast regeneration site in London’s Wembley Park, developer Quintain is building what it hopes will be the UK’s largest build-to-rent scheme
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Projects: The NHS’ first high-energy proton beam cancer treatment centre
The project to complete the centre, opening this summer at the Christie hospital in Manchester, was filled with a plethora of unusual challenges
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Projects: Centre Point - the ugly duckling
Conran and Partners has converted Richard Seifert’s landmark Centre Point into luxury flats, completing the transformation of the central London tower from rejected pariah to paragon of sixties chic
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Young Architect of the Year 2018: Practice makes perfect
The shortlisted entrants for the Young Architect of the Year award have made big strides so far in a challenging profession - BD Online spoke with these talented young designers
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Projects: 22 Bishopsgate - shaping up
22 Bishopsgate, Lipton Rogers’ replacement for the long-stalled Pinnacle scheme is nearing completion. But it’s been far from simple
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Women in architecture - on a role
Although women still account for barely a fifth of UK architects – and that figure is falling – they are increasingly leaving their mark on the built landscape. Ike Ijeh talks to leading women in the field to find out how they got where they are today
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Projects: BBC TV Centre - no place for daleks
The iconic home of television has been given a new lease of life as housing, offices - and broadcast studios. Ike Ijeh tunes in
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Projects: Hackney town hall
It’s taken 12 years to restore Hackney town hall after 80 years of neglect. Ike Ijeh assesses the results
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Projects: the Cambridge Mosque
One of David Marks’ last projects is a contemplative Cambridge mosque with complex timber geometry
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Projects: Bloomberg HQ, London
Foster + Partners’ HQ for Bloomberg breaks with tradition for City of London buildings by respecting the architectural context of its surroundings
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Housing Project of the Year shortlist
A Victorian chapel, rooftop houses, and a playground in the sky are just some of the innovations that feature in this year’s Building Awards housing shortlist, showcasing the country’s best residential projects
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Housing Design Awards 2017: the winners
It’s good to be reminded of the high quality that characterises much of the new work being produced in housing
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National Gallery of Ireland: Windows of opportunity
Heneghan Peng’s £25m refurbishment of the National Gallery of Ireland is a sensitive and sometimes almost invisible intervention into an idiosyncratic building
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How Brexit got personal
The focus of Brexit so far has been the possible impact on construction’s growing skills shortage. But how is the UK’s vote to leave affecting the EU nationals themselves and what can employers do to ensure that they stay?
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BIM: ‘They just don’t get it’
The latest survey from NBS shows take-up is growing but raises concerns that private clients don’t understand BIM and that the government is failing to enforce its own mandate
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Consultants' salary survey 2017: The bold and the bountiful
Strong hiring intentions and employee caution post the Brexit vote mean those prepared to move jobs could be richly rewarded - as may firms prepared to be aggressive in sourcing new hires
