All articles by Anna Winston – Page 37
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Feeling seasick
What is it about super yachts and architects? First there was Norman Foster for YatchPlus, a big, matt grey hulk of a boat that looked like it might belong in Michael Bay's Transformers films. And now this...CNN compares the Oculus yatch to a killer whale, which is a bit unfair ...
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DEGW to merge with cost consultant
Office specialist DEGW has agreed a deal to merge with cost consultant Davis Langdon.
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NewsAllies & Morrison to open office in Qatar
Allies & Morrison has announced plans for its first office outside the UK with a new base in Doha, Qatar, opening this autumn.
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New planning rules scrap applications for minor extensions
The government has taken its first step towards adopting the recommendations from the Killian Pretty report by announcing a series of changes in the planning process.
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NewsLifschutz Davidson Sandilands' Jewish centre revealed
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has unveiled images of its plans for the 3,250sq m Jewish Community Centre for London.
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NewsBritish Museum turned down
Camden rejects Rogers’ extension as £100m black hole in DCMS funding threatens future of major arts projects
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NewsBritish firms shortlisted in Architecture for Humanity competition
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studio and engineering firm Gifford are among the eight finalists in Architecture for Humanity’s international competition to design the classroom of the future.
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Liverpool Everyman wins lottery funding
The future of Haworth Tompkins’ £28 million redevelopment of Liverpool’s Everyman Theatre has been secured after the project won a £12.8 million grant from the Arts Council.
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Blogs
Glancey in the Hood
While Robin Hood Gardens has prompted a concrete modernist handbags-at-dawn style showdown over on Twitter this week, The Guardian has been preparing a more considered take on the debate.Last week saw the launch of the 20th Century Society's exhibition on RHG at the RIBA, a swanky affair with lots of ...
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Assael re-elected to RIBA council
Sheppard Robson’s head of sustainability, Alan Shingler, and former Conservative MP Sydney Chapman are among the RIBA’s newly elected council members.
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A shiny shortlist and fast-tracking the registration process in Japan and New Zealand
If only all competitions made the shortlist public... the entries for the Calgary National Music Centre tell you nearly everything you need to know about the practices on the shortlist.In other news, the UAE struggles to produce innovative architects says a local tutor (not really news, but nice to ...
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Blogs
Design loses out to security and the slow death of a much loved bookshop
It's another busy news round up today, with one of the US's best architecture bookshops under threat, some more depressing news for Australian architects and the biggest-ever Bauhaus exhibition.Also making headlines is Switzerland's attempt to trademark itself, with Zumthor name checked among those who have helped create the 'made in ...
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NewsChipperfield to masterplan Geffrye Museum extension project
David Chipperfield has beaten five other practices including Long & Kentish and O’Donnell & Tuomey to design a masterplan for the £12 million development of east London’s Geffrye Museum.
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NewsOMA designs pixellated tower for Bangkok
OMA has revealed images of practice partner Ole Scheeren’s design for the MahaNakhon skyscraper in Bangkok, Thailand.
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NewsLondon museum projects at risk due to DCMS budget shortfall
A budget shortfall of £100 million at the Department of Culture Media & Sport could threaten publicly funded projects including Rogers Stirk Harbour’s British Museum extension and Herzog & de Meuron’s Tate Modern extension.
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AIA billing index dashes recovery hopes for US construction and architecture industry
The American Institute of Architects’ monthly billings index has dropped sharply, dashing hopes of a recovery for the sector in the US.
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NewsDevelopment is putting Russia's architectural heritage at risk, says Moscow preservation society
The Moscow Architectural Preservation Society (MAPS) has warned that the city’s identity and architectural heritage is at risk from the furious pace of development in the Russian capital.
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Blogs
The march of BIM and 'ghost architecture'
While some people (News Junkie included) still value the old-fashioned architectural drawing, there's no denying BIM has some advantages and planners love it. Wisconsin is just the latest area of the world to begin demanding BIM models in the early stages of planning.Meanwhile in New York, there are signs of ...
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NewsUNStudio unveils Raffles City development
Dutch practice UNStudio has unveiled images of its design for the Raffles City development in Hangzhou, China.
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Blogs
The future is wooden
It seems that the days of concrete high-rises and brick houses may be numbered - especially in disaster prone urban environments - as experiments show that wood could be the most economical (and eco friendly) earthquake resistant building material.Elsewhere on the world wide web, the New York Time's Nicolai Ouroussoff ...