All articles by Anna Winston – Page 38
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News
Broadmoor blames listed status for patient suicides
Broadmoor Hospital has blamed its grade II listed status for a series of suicides.
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NewsUK branch of KPF makes bid to go solo
The UK branch of Kohn Pedersen Fox is reported to be set to split from its parent company in the US by buying itself out.
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NewsSlough £450 million masterplan wins planning
The £450 million Heart of Slough masterplan, which includes a dramatic new library building by 3DReid, has won planning permission from Slough Borough Council.
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NewsFoster and Koolhaas to develop Hong Kong cultural district
Norman Foster and Rem Koolhaas' practice OMA have been selected to develop a $2.7 billion cultural district in Hong Kong.
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Blogs
Odds on the Stirling
There are so many architectural awards these days, it's getting hard to keep track. But the daddy here in the UK is still the Stirling and the much-anticipated shortlist is due to be unveiled on BDonline on Thursday. So who are the hot tips for this year's prize?BD's own Ellis ...
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Heathrow expansion masterplan up for tender
BAA has launched an open competition to develop a masterplan for the extension of London’s Heathrow Airport which will include a third runway and new terminal building.
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NewsBarnet Council halts £4bn Allies & Morrison masterplan
Local opposition grows to Brent Cross Cricklewood regeneration
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Blogs
An Obamy urban policy?
It has finally happened; Obama has remembered that Urban regeneration was a key part of his pre-election policies. You can watch the video of his speech on the White House website, but cynics like News Junkie will want actions rather than words.Elsewhere, Murcutt blames fusty planning officials for lacklustre architecture ...
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NewsGovernment cuts threaten Tate and British Museum extensions
Proposed extensions to the British Museum by Rogers Stirk Harbour, and Tate Modern by Herzog & de Meuron, are under threat after the government admitted it could not guarantee funding for arts developments.
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Blogs
Students and pavilions...
It's rare that architecture students get to see one of their projects realised and it's also rare for the architectural press to print photos of architectural projects being admired by their creators. So here's a short News Junkie picture special of the AA pavilion on the day it was unwrapped... ...
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Blogs
The Pink Plinther
Modern art is a funny thing. One minute it's photo realistic paintings of meat and the next it's an inflatable lobster. Architecture tends to be a little bit more staid.But when art meets architecture, anything can happen. In this case that anything is pink and public.On Thursday architect and bicycle ...
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RIBA's choice of Stirling sponsor 'undermines UK firms'
Outcry as Chinese visualisation company Crystal is picked as a sponsor of Stirling Prize
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NewsBid to list Goldfinger Kensington estate
The Twentieth Century Society has launched a bid to list Erno Goldfinger’s Cheltenham Estate, part of the original complex around the grade II* listed Trellick Tower in north Kensington
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Blogs
Zaha Hadid reveals more about Zaha Hadid
Someone mentioned in passing the other day that they can't remember seeing an issue of bd that didn't mention Zaha Hadid. It's certainly true that Hadid gets an awful lot of media coverage for someone who has built so little in the UK.But Hugh Pearman nicely sums up the ...
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Bleak outlook for architects in Europe, shows survey
The economic outlook for the architectural sector across Europe is getting progressively worse, according to the Architects’ Council of Europe’s quarterly survey.
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News3XN designs eco-friendly pavilion for Denmark’s Louisiana museum
Danish practice 3XN has designed an eco friendly pavilion for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark.
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Blogs
I.M. Pei is falling down?
There are some architects whose reputations seem Teflon coated - Renzo Piano and I.M. Pei are perfect examples. But, as this news round up reveals, no-one is that perfect.I.M. Pei's much celebrated National Gallery in Washington appears to have some $40 million of structural problems, while Piano's designs are being ...
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NewsCF Moller and Kristin Jarmund win Oslo triple tower competition
Danish practice CF Møller and Norwegian practice Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter have won a competition to design a three-tower development in the Norwegian capital Oslo.
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NewsZaha Hadid's Manchester music hall opens
Work has been completed on Zaha Hadid’s temporary chamber music hall, designed specifically to host solo performances of Bach’s compositions as part of the Manchester International Festival.
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Seven shortlisted to design Greenwich University architecture school
David Chipperfield, Bennetts Associates and Rafael Viñoly have been shortlisted to design a new £60 million architecture school and library for the University of Greenwich in south-east London.