All articles by Anna Winston – Page 39
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NewsMSA takes wing with Lincolnshire parrot sanctuary
London-based practice MSA has teamed up with the National Parrot Sanctuary in Lincolnshire to fundraise for its design for a new 2.7ha sanctuary on the Lincolnshire Fens
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NewsDismay at Unesco glee over Dyson Academy
Unesco has come under fire for celebrating the scrapping of Wilkinson Eyre’s design for the Dyson Academy in Bath during the 33rd World Heritage Committee meeting in Seville
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NewsSutherland Hussey's Chinese ski resort gateway
Sutherland Hussey has completed work on its first building in China, a gateway to the Xiling ski resort near Chengdu.
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Blogs
Fantastic Norway
Surrealism and architecture don't often go hand in hand. There is little that is really surreal about most buildings, whatever some of the more high-minded architecture critics might argue.But the rather appropriately named Fantastic Norway seem to be on a one practice mission to change all that and prove that ...
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NewsOutdoor classrooms complement Architype’s Herefordshire village school
Architype has won planning permission for a new £1.8 million village primary and pre-school in Staunton-on-Wye, Herefordshire.
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Blogs
Benetton has designs on Tehran
Benetton has made a name for itself by being controversial. Its clothes might be mind-numbingly dull, but its advertising campaigns were unforgettably shocking in the early 90s. And now the fashion brand has found a new way to attract attention - although it can't possibly have predicted quite how controversial ...
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NewsCouncil rejects Levete's News International scheme
Amanda Levete’s proposal for the redevelopment of the 4.4ha News International site in Wapping, east London, has been sent back to the drawing board by the local authority.
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NewsCepezed lifts curtain on temporary theatre in The Hague
Netherlands-based practice Cepezed has unveiled plans for a temporary 5,000-seat theatre on the Malieveld, a 10ha lawn in The Hague.
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Blogs
America's climate change bill, architectural sudoku spin off and Gehry's new shack
It's been a busy few days in the architecture journalism world; Frank Gehry, airports in India, an Israeli architect's Sudoku spin off, America's Climate Change bill, Guerrilla architects in Sydney...It's a bumper edition of international news junkie, but one we hope will leave you very satisfied indeed.House Passes Bill ...
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NewsHeatherwick unveils final design for Shanghai Expo pavilion
Thomas Heatherwick today unveiled the final design for the £13.2 million UK pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo.
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NewsWestminster Abbey to launch architectural competition
Westminster Abbey is to launch an architectural competition to design a new £10 million corona for the roof of the building which will be built for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2013.
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NewsUS construction recovery stalls, according to AIA figures
Hopes for an early recovery of the American construction industry have stalled, according to the latest figures from the American Institute of Architects’ Architecture Billings Index.
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NewsCarmody Groarke transforms Natural History Museum gallery
Former Yaya winner Carmody Groarke’ latest project has opened to the public – a temporary gallery conversion at London’s Natural History Museum for a modern art exhibition inspired by Charles Darwin’s book The Expression of Emotions in Man.
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NewsCourt ruling fails to stop work on Zaha Hadid’s Seville library
Zaha Hadid Architects is to continue working on its €4 million Seville library project, despite a court ruling in favour of local residents who objected to the scheme.
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NewsSheffield council rejects eco-home plan
London practice Parritt Leng is to appeal to the communities secretary after being refused planning permission by Sheffield City Council for a £7 million rural eco-home project
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RIBA unveils new hardship scheme for students
The RIBA has unveiled a new hardship scheme for students, the Walter Parker Bursary, which will provide 40 bursaries of £500 to help Part 1 students in professional experience.
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NewsNicholas Hare scoops top school design award
Nicholas Hare Architects has been named best school architect at the British Council for School Environments Awards.
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NewsGolden Square gets green light
A team including Bryant Priest Newman Architects, Capita Lovejoy and artist David Patten have won a competition to design a new square in the Jewellery Quarter in Birmingham.
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NewsDSDHA's Guildford schools unveiled
The DSDHA designed Christ’s College Secondary School and Pond Meadow Special Needs School in Guildford, Surrey, have been formally opened by the Duke of Edinburgh.
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NewsJohn Robertson go to town on circus
John Robertson Architects has completed the £64 million refurbishment of the Grade II listed Park House on London’s Finsbury Circus.