All articles by Anna Winston – Page 30
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NewsMartos wins $200,000 Driehaus classical architecture prize
Spanish architect Rafael Manzano Martos has won the 2010 Driehaus prize for achievements in classical architecture in the contemporary built environment.
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Stop and search ruled illegal
The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that the stop-and-search powers recently used by police to detain architectural photographer Grant Smith are illegal.
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NewsRIBA awards open for entries
The RIBA has issued a call for entries for its annual regional and international building awards.
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"A defining achievement to the citizens of Miami, America, and the world..."
There can be few architects out there who, looking at the Burj Khalifa in awe and wonderment, think "but it's not quite tall enough."If you are among them, you'll love this new proposal for a 3,200ft skyscraper in Miami.It seems that in America, nothing was big, gold and dumb enough. ...
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Public Service announcement
Although the snow has melted in central London leaving us with a grey, slushy memory of a pretty winter scape, vast swathes of the UK and Europe are still struggling under the snow and ice. And some of our best buildings are suffering...So thank the lord for the Georgian Group. ...
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NewsYoung people signing up for construction diploma doubles
The number of young people signing up to study for a Diploma in Construction & the Built Environment has doubled
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NewsViñoly's Brooklyn masterplan goes for planning
Rafael Viñoly’s masterplan for a 260,000sq m mixed use scheme in Brooklyn, New York, has taken a step closer to approval with the scheme being submitted up for public review.
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NewsARK's Southport housing scheme starts on site
Construction work has begun on a £1.4 million, 1,300sq m affordable housing development in Southport by Manchester-based ARK Design and Architecture.
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Kevin McCloud's happy communities
The Grand Designs presenter has returned from a stint in Mumbai's infamous Dharavi slum, which provided the background for Slumdog Millionaire, with some profound inspiration for the future of Britain's housing stock...McCloud was in India filming Slumming It, a new documentary about Mumbai's architecture, as part of Channel 4's Indian ...
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Competition seeks ideas for London’s forgotten spaces
An ideas competition has been launched to find development proposals for unused and forgotten pockets of land in London.
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NewsConstruction starts on Herzog & de Meuron's Tate extension
Construction work has begun on the £215 million Herzog & de Meuron designed Tate Modern extension on London’s Southbank.
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'Climate of fear' over student visas
New stricter monitoring of university students attendance is fostering a climate of fear and paranoia among architecture students, it was claimed this week.
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Practices with blogs
Just before Christmas one of New Junkie's favourite bloggers Swiss Miss asked her readers to name architectural practices with a blog integrated into their website...She got 103 replies, of which a few were either not architects at all or weren't worth the effort to click on the link. But the ...
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NewsMikou's competition winning Dunkirk theatre
Paris-based practice Mikou Design Studio has revealed images of its competition winning design for a £13.4 million theatre renovation project in Dunkirk.
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NewsMayor gives new hope to Make’s rejected Southall project
London mayor Boris Johnson has called in Make’s 33ha mixed-use scheme on a former gasworks site in Southall, west London, which was rejected in November.
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NewsTurkish-American practice completes Istanbul arts centre
Work has completed on the Borusan Music & Art Centre, a refurbishment project in the heart of Istanbul by Turkish-American practice Global Architecture Development.
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Living Architecture - something to look forward to in 2010
So another year is here and it's straight back to work for us at BD. This first week is traditionally quite a slow one - everyone seems to spend most of their time listening to their voice mails and going through their inbox. But it should be the perfect ...
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SOM's Burj Dubai set for opening
SOM’s 828 metre tall Burj Dubai skyscraper, part of the $4.1 billion (£2.5 billion) Downtown Dubai development, is set to open its doors to the public today with a lavish ceremony in Dubai.
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Gingerbread architecture
This was one of News Junkies favourite stories last year, and this year promises to be no different - yes it's time for the next batch of gingerbread architecture.BD's own wonky attempt at recreating Tate Modern last year didn't seem to inspire many of you to try your own, but ...
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Drink and be squiffy
News Junkie was sad to miss out on a trip to architectural foodmongers Bompas and Parr's architectural punch bowl last week at 33 Portland Place, just up the road from the RIBA hq.However the friendly duo have sent us a video, so we can share the experience with everyone else ...