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Public Building Architect of the Year
The winner turned in an impressive body of work including the refurbishment of the Royal Festival Hall on London’s South Bank, and the planetarium and centre for modern astronomy at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The judges said it was clear that public buildings remain at the heart of Allies & ...
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Public Housing Architect of the Year
Over the past 10 years, Peter Barber Architects has blazed a trail through the UK public housing scene with radical and innovative projects, from the large scale including Tanner Street Gateway, Barking, and Donnybrook Quarter in east London, to beautifully crafted projects like the Cedars Road Pavilion in south-west London.The ...
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Single Dwelling Architect of the Year
The judges felt the practice had used the one-off house in a very particular way, which had led to the development of three different house typologies. Nevertheless, each house was a careful and well judged response to the restrictions of the site, and the judges felt this was just as ...
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Industrial/R&D Architect of the Year
The judges praised the winner for the range of projects it was tackling, from huge masterplans and complexes requiring production facilities, to small light industrial workshops. The judges said the work was “thoughtful and worthwhile”, and noted that the practice was proud of working in a sector that lacks a ...
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Retail Building Architect of the Year
The judges said that the winner had “managed to pull off a series of contextual buildings that really raised the bar in this sector”. While the judges were critical of the general standard of retail design, they said John McAslan & Partners was working on projects that demonstrated “the positive ...
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BD Client of the Year Award
The client for Heart of Penoyre and Prasad's Hounslow Centre for Health — a beautiful building which demonstrates how much wonderful airy architecture can contribute to the sense of wellbeing in patients, staff and visitors — it is also setting high standards for others in the health sector to emulate. ...
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Feilden Architect of the Year Award
Allies & Morrison’s work varies in range from conservation to commercial offices but is utterly consistent in its quality, said the judges on their decision to award the practice the 2007 Richard Feilden Architect of the Year Award. In looking for the “best of the best”, the judges wanted to ...
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World Architect Award
The practice is working in 27 countries and its percentage of work abroad has risen from 57% to 70%.The international network of satellite and project offices has increased from 16 to 21, adding Copenhagen, Milan, Moscow, St Petersburg and Abu Dhabi, as well as new permanent offices in Dublin, Istanbul, ...
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FeaturesLearning by doing
Andrew Mawson tells Paul Wheeler how fostering an entrepreneurial culture among residents is the secret to securing a long-term legacy in the Lower Lea Valley
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FeaturesFrom here to eternity
Tayo Bilewu of Housing 21 believes older people’s issues are being sidelined in the Thames Gateway.
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FeaturesDare to be different
While Britain’s high streets continue to clone into retail sameness, and new housing looks the same from Inverness to Cornwall, we mustn’t forget that distinctiveness is what makes places work, argues Neil Lee
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FeaturesSilos and ivory towers
UrbanBuzz is on a mission to breakdown the silo mentality that hinders the creation of sustainable communities in the Thames Gateway
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NewsEnergy demand in Code causes concern
Online poll shows worries amongst professionals on hitting Code for Sustainable Homes standard
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Britannia Contracting Services sues developer
Liquidators for building company go to court over £100k outstanding payment
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NewsSkanska to build Heron Tower
Contractor was favourite to construct Gerald Ronson's 46-storey Heron Tower
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How to survive… being 'too old' in the workplace
You feel 16, you might even look 21, but the cruel hard truth is that if you’re over 40 you’re old… in the eyes of colleagues and employers at any rate. So how do you overcome this ever-increasing hurdle? Do you sink or swim? Just follow our 10-point plan to ...
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Legal spat over 78-week delay on luxury home
Partner Projects is being sued for £200k after work on five-bed house and pool missed deadlines
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NewsTaylor Wimpey's reports reservations slowdown
Housebuilder warns that poor market conditions have dented its reservations rates