Architects & design News – Page 217
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NewsGrand Piano
As negotiations continue over the Shard, images have been revealed of the first UK project designed by its architect, Renzo Piano, close to Centrepoint tower in central London.
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Oxford University campus attracts star-studded shortlist
Oxford university has shortlisted Bennetts Associates, David Chipperfield, Kohn Pedersen Fox and Wilkinson Eyre for two academic buildings worth £150m.
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NewsStar architects shortlisted for Birmingham library
Foster, Hopkins and Wilkinson Eyre among seven practices vying for £193m scheme
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NewsRenzo Piano unveils central London triplets
L&G/Mitsubishi mixed-use three-building scheme will sit between Covent Garden and Oxford Street
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Report slams Scottish school building programme
A third of schools in poor condition and new schools reveal design problems, despite £3.9bn investment
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NewsThomas Telford's bridge reopens after repairs
National Trust completes conservation work on 182-year-old Conwy suspension bridge
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Lords to debate architecture for first time in four years
Richard Rogers will join fellow peers in debating architecture and design quality
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NewsChelsfield hires OMA as architect for Commonwealth Institute
Rem Koolhaas's practice chosen for radical restoration of grade II building in Kensington
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NewsDuggan Morris wins £11m Liverpool Bay competition
Architect's design chosen for Merseyside observatory and visitor centre near landmark Gormley sculture
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NewsLa Tour Signal
This is one of five shortlisted plans for the Signal tower in Paris’ La Défense district, which were unveiled at Mipim this week.
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NewsJunior Open House seeks design mentors for children
Education charity is recruiting design professionals to inspire a love of architecture among young people
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Capita Symonds turnover up 8.5%
Consultant’s parent group sees turnover and profit both up by 19%
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NewsNetwork Rail backs down over station design template
Rail client to look for architect to produce modular prototype after Cabe attacks in-house version
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NewsHeatherwick bridge is scrapped
Striking structure was to link the Leamouth Peninsula scheme with Canning Town
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NewsPrince of Wales rubbishes lecture hall design by Patel Taylor
Prince Charles launches another attack on architects calling the Ivor Crewe lecture theatre at the University of Essex a dustbin
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NewsPlanners reject Sheppard Robson mega-church
Plan for 9,500-seat church is not suitable for local community says London Thames Gateway Development Corporation
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Ken Shuttleworth set to act as design champion on Crossrail
Crossrail has targeted Ken Shuttleworth to be a design champion for the £16bn project.
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NewsZaha Hadid's Architecture Foundation HQ scrapped
Developer Land Securities drops £5m building after three year saga
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Liverpool Stadium architect in collapse drama at Texas arena
A concrete seating base has collapsed during the construction of the HKS-designed Texas Christian University football stadium
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City planning boss backs Prince Charles’ anti-tower harangue
Prince of Wales finds unlikely supporter in Peter Rees, the City’s long-serving head of planning Rees agrees that the location of tall buildings should be better controlled