All Civic articles – Page 23
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Building Study
Library of Birmingham by Mecanoo
The flashy exterior of Birmingham’s new library overshadows an interior that is rich in ingenuity and style
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News
Architect sought to redevelop Mies van der Rohe's only public library
Shops, flats and six storeys could be added to Martin Luther King Library in Washington
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Building Study
Bibliothèque Nationale de Luxembourg by Bolles & Wilson
Architect unveils developed design for a competition won in 2003
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News
Bennetts appointed to Edinburgh Library refurb
Plans include a new cultural hub under the vaults
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News
BDP triumphs in council HQ contest
Northampton design contest caused controversy with local boy Will Alsop
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News
Five shortlisted for Canterbury Cathedral landscape competition
Teams led by Purcell and Michael Lee Architects make the cut
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News
Gehry's Eisenhower Memorial gets thumbs up
Architect agrees to reconsider removing two tapestries
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Technical
Britten-Pears Archive by Stanton Williams Architects
Two intersecting volumes house composer Benjamin Britten’s archive in Aldeburgh
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News
3XN's United Nations regional HQ completes
Eight-pointed star ‘reaches out to all corners of the world’
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Building Study
Vartov Square, Copenhagen, by Hall McKnight
Hall McKnight’s elegant remodelling of Copenhagen’s Vartov Square brings a humble-looking but historically significant almshouse building back into the heart of the city’s story,
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Building Study
Westkaai Towers 5 & 6 by Tony Fretton Architects
Architect has submitted plans to the City of Antwerp for two waterfront residential towers
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Building Study
TNG Youth & Community Centre by RCKa
The translucent skin of RCKa’s south London youth centre encloses a building in which the architect’s involvement extends far beyond the design
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News
‘Cutting-edge architecture’ needed for next generation prisons
Policy Exchange report calls for new ‘hub prisons’ and redevelopment of Victorian stock
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Analysis
Are libraries living on borrowed time?
Britain’s public libraries grew out of an age of civic pride and self-improvement. Now, adrift in a privatised digital world, their architectural presence needs celebrating more than ever
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News
Green light for John McAslan's Camberwell library
Triangular-shaped site includes a civic space made up of three distinct areas
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News
Vatican criticises church architects who put awards before God
Architects ‘don’t consult with congregations’, says cardinal
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News
Walter Jack and Atkins chosen for Lincolnshire Bomber Command memorial
Feilden Clegg Bradley and Place miss out