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Mount Foster
This is the Green Mountains conservation area, a 200,000 square mile region of Libya that is being masterplanned by Foster + Partners. The architect will work with the Libyan government to redevelop the region’s ancient monuments and build eco-friendly hotels, farms and tourist centres. The project is thought to be ...
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Once upon a time in Mexico
This is Rem Koolhaas’ design for the Torre Bicentenario (Bicentennial Tower) in Mexico City, commissioned by developer Grupo Danhos. The $600m (£300m) tower will be the tallest building in Latin America at 300m. It will comprise 73,000m2 of commercial space over 85 floors. It will be completed in 2010, when ...
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NewsSeven star 'Jungle' hotel tempts developer in Dubai - images
Hotel designed by Sybarite Architects would feature a two-storey jungle at the top of the 28-storey building
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NewsRMJM submits masterplan for regeneration of Leith Docks
Architect reveals design for largest planning application in Edinburgh’s history
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NewsWilly Wonka would be proud
Architect Rojkind Arq reveals design for Nestlé chocolate museum in Mexico
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NewsFoster Malaysian scheme picks up Aga Khan award
UK architect is among nine who have been awarded the 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
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NewsVivid interior for Gordon Ramsey's TV restaurant - image
Vivid Interiors completes fit out for F Word studio in under four weeks
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NewsLeadbitter secures two sports contracts worth £46m
Contractor will work on sports complexes in Uxbridge and Harlow
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FeaturesThe building that wasn’t there
LSI Architects’ visitor centre in Cley in the Norfolk marshes works hard not to be noticed
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NewsThe seven that came second …
The race to design the 2012 velopark, which was won by Hopkins Architects last month, was the most hotly contested Olympic contract so far.
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NewsFAT in Paradise
These are the first images of architect FAT’s pavilion project for Grosvenor’s £750m Paradise Street project in Liverpool.
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NewsRoof installed on Snowdon's mountain-top cafe
Carillion successfully install Corus Kalzip roofing system on Snowdon's famous tourist attraction
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NewsWembley Hilton Hotel wins planning
The five-storey development will face Wembley Stadium and include student accommodation and retail space
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NewsSpinning round the Serpentine
Pavilion at the Serpentine Gallery has been topped out by contractor Bovis Lend Lease
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FeaturesAnyone for Hopkins?
With the National Tennis Centre in south-west London, Hopkins Architects has taken a lumbering and guileless building type and instilled in it the grace and finesse of a Roger Federer. Martin Spring admires the architect’s all-round game
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NewsSpinning round the Serpentine
This year’s temporary pavilion at London’s Serpentine Gallery has been topped out for completion at the end of this month.
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NewsSheffield on show
Architect Carmody Groarke has won a RIBA design competition with these proposals for the Sheffield festival centre.
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NewsAlsop reveals design for Canada's FILMPORT
Architect and Quadrangle to design commercial office building at new film and media centre in downtown Toronto
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NewsStargazing project lands on Kielder - images
Contractor Stephen Mersh starts work on the Charles Barclay-designed observatory in Northumberland
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NewsBlack beauty
HBG has been appointed as contractor on the £120m Mann Island scheme on Liverpool’s waterfront.