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News
Rogers ‘parachuted in’ to save Hammersmith Town Hall regen
RSHP drafted in to take on redevelopment after Sheppard Robson and Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands schemes stall
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Building Study
Maggie's Centre, Kirkcaldy by Zaha Hadid
In 2006, Zaha Hadid’s first UK building opened. It was a Maggie’s cancer care centre in the grounds of a Kirkcaldy hospital and BD’s then architecture critic Ellis Woodman found that it took excellent advantage of a quirky site to create architecture of a very high order. This is what ...
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Building Study
Evelyn Grace Academy, Brixton, by Zaha Hadid Architects
The aggressive swagger of Zaha Hadid’s Evelyn Grace Academy reflects the hard-edged dynamism found within the school itself
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Building Study
Dokk1 by Schmidt Hammer Lassen
Based at the heart of a regeneration of Denmark’s second city Aarhus, Dokk1 library rejects tradition for innovative design that borders on science fiction. But is this the library of the future?
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Building Study
School House at St Elizabeth primary school, Bethnal Green, by Scabal
Scabal’s skill in extracting maximum value from the budget to create an after school club building is the antithesis of the free school movement’s anti-architect doctrine
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News
Woods Bagot wins Perth Airport expansion project
Woods Bagot has landed the first phase of an airport scheme in Australia with a deal to expand Perth Airport’s international terminal.
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News
Sheppard Robson scheme sparks fury
Sheppard Robson’s plans for a mixed-use development in west London have sparked outrage from local residents
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News
The head, heart and tail of Zaha Hadid’s Chengdu art centre
Zaha Hadid Architects has unveiled its plans for the largest cultural building in China, the Chengdu Contemporary Art Centre in Sichuan province
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News
Wilkinson Eyre towers over Guangzhou
Wilkinson Eyre’s £290 million Guangzhou International Finance Centre, the tallest building ever designed by a British architect, is nearing completion
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News
Last of the big spenders - Schmidt Hammer Lassen's City of Westminster College
Against news of higher education cuts the finishing touches are being made to a college building from another era – Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s City of Westminster College
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Technical
Simon Conder Associates’ Eastcliff houses
Two houses on the windswept Cornish coast rely on traditional passive solutions
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Building Study
Evelyn Grace Academy, Brixton, by Zaha Hadid Architects
The aggressive swagger of Zaha Hadid’s Evelyn Grace Academy reflects the hard-edged dynamism found within the school itself
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News
Wilkinson Eyre bags planning for controversial Tesco
Wilkinson Eyre’s controversial Tesco development for Sheringham in Norfolk has won planning permission after a heated six-hour meeting in which the committee chairman had to use a casting vote.
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News
Longlist for Papworth rebuild announced
Six teams including HOK, Allies & Morrison and BDP have prequalified to rebuild one of the country’s most famous hospitals in a deal worth £165 million
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News
Zumthor to design next Serpentine Pavilion
The 2009 Pritzker Prize laureate Peter Zumthor has been chosen to design next year’s Serpentine Gallery Pavilion.
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News
Sheppard Robson's Orange building reaches milestone
The external envelope of Sheppard Robson’s Orange building at MediaCity:UK in Salford has been completed.
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News
Cabe slams Squire’s One Tower Bridge plans
Doubt voiced over desire to create high-profile cultural destination
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S333 wins planning in Plymouth
Plymouth city planners have backed a multi-purpose building by S333, combining offices, car parking and retail.
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Features
Stirling reactions: 'the UK entries didn't stand a chance'
The dust has settled and Zaha Hadid has found a spot on her perfectly parametrical shelf for her new award, but how popular was the judges decision? BD asks other architects what they thought of this year’s Stirling and takes a look at how the award was covered by the ...