All articles by Anna Winston – Page 34
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NewsCouncil still backing Brent Cross scheme
Allies & Morrison’s troubled Brent Cross Cricklewood scheme in Barnet, north-west London, has again been recommended for approval by council officers despite receiving received more than 700 objections from local residents.
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NewsGazprom tower protestors take to the streets
Thousands of people have staged a public rally in St Petersburg in opposition to RMJM’s proposed Gazprom tower.
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NewsRichard Murphy's Cass School opens
Richard Murphy Architects’ third building for the University of East London, the £5.5 million Cass School of Education, has officially opened.
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Blogs
Nightmare Playgrounds
Much has been made, in recent years, of including public realm improvements in larger architectural schemes.But the Dark Roasted Blend blog's special on nightmare playgrounds serves as a warning to all - beware public art and designing for children...Dark Roasted's Architectural Horrors series has been proving thoroughly entertaining. New Junkie ...
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NewsDenton Corker Marshall's Stonehenge centre goes for planning
English Heritage has submitted for planning the proposed Stonehenge visitors centre designed by Denton Corker Marshall.
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NewsDudley Zoo on World Monuments Fund's watchlist
Dudley Zoological Gardens, designed by Berthold Lubetkin and Tecton, has been placed on the World Monuments Fund’s 2010 watchlist alongside Machu Picchu in Peru and Gaudi’s Sagrada Familia.
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NewsPei: ‘A giant in the canon of the greats’
Architects react to the RIBA’s choice of IM Pei for the 2010 Gold Medal
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RIBA 2010 fellowships unveiled
Robbrecht & Daem, Alejandro Aravena and AA director Brett Steele will be among the recipients of the RIBA fellowships next year.
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Blogs
An angry Venturi and Mayne's floating home
There appear to be two big talking points in the architectural press in America right now and both involve Pritzker winners.The first is the new plans for the Barnes Museum in Philadelphia which have attracted the wrath of none other than the great Robert Venturi. The other is Thom Mayne's ...
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NewsCurtains up for Toh Shimazaki
Toh Shimazaki has won planning permission for an eight storey mixed use development on Curtain Road in Shoreditch, east London.
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NewsIM Pei awarded RIBA Royal Gold Medal
Chinese-born American architect IM Pei has been named as the recipient of the 2010 RIBA Royal Gold Medal.
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NewsKoolhaas Glasgow Maggie’s Centre wins planning
Maggie’s has won planning permission for a new £2.1 million cancer care centre in Glasgow designed by Rem Koolhaas and the Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).
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NewsBamboo football inspires UN Studio’s Chinese stadium winner
UN Studio has won a closed competition to design a 38,500sq m, 40,000-seat football stadium for Chinese super league team Dalian Shide FC.
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Blogs
Richard Rogers trivia - a guilty pleasure
An interview with Ruth Rogers in The Sunday Times Style magazine has revealed previously unknown facts about the life of the man behind the public image.News Junkie loves it when someone reveals some trivia on people whose public image is very serious. Yes, we are admitting to a not very ...
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NewsSauerbruch Hutton's prototype low-carbon city block
Berlin-based German practice Sauerbruch Hutton has beaten four other shortlisted teams to win the commission to design a low-carbon prototype city block in Helsinki, Finland.
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Blogs
A heavyweight Pritzker prize theme park
We're all used to hearing about starchitectural new developments in the middle east; huge projects like Saadiyat cultural island which attract some of the biggest names in modern architecture to build architectural theme parks. But in the south of France the Chateau La Coste winery has been quietly building its ...
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Heritage groups welcome Tory lottery pledge
Conservation groups have welcomed a pledge from the Conservatives to channel an extra £40 million of lottery money directly into built environment heritage projects.
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FeaturesPopulous wins Russian Olympic stadium contract
Populous, formerly known as HOK Sport, has won the commission to design the main stadium for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia.
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NewsRIBA and Arb both freeze rates
The RIBA and Arb are to freeze their rates for 2010 as part of a move to support architects through the recession.
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FeaturesA little goes a long way
The boom was great for allowing small practices to flourish, but what will they do now? We meet three from around the UK that are taking a novel approach to business in a recession