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Shigeru Ban to build “pagoda in the park” as his first UK building

January 15, 2018 Amy Frearson 0

Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has teamed up with cross-laminated-timber expert Waugh Thistleton to design his first UK building – a five-storey house that will be built beside London’s River Thames. Southwark Council last week granted planning approval for the so-called “pagoda in the park”, which is proposed at Potters Fields, behind City Hall and a

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Bulldozer demolishes Frank Lloyd Wright medical centre in Montana

January 12, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Despite major efforts from preservation groups, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Lockridge Medical Clinic in Whitefish, Montana, has become the architect’s first intact building to be destroyed in over 40 years. The Lockridge Medical Clinic was bulldozed overnight on 10 January 2018, after nearly a year of campaigning from the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy (FLWBC) and

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Bulldozer demolishes Frank Lloyd Wright medical centre in Montana

January 12, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

Despite major efforts from preservation groups, Frank Lloyd Wright’s Lockridge Medical Clinic in Whitefish, Montana, has become the architect’s first in-tact building to be destroyed in over 40 years. The Lockridge Medical Clinic was bulldozed overnight on 10 January 2018, after nearly a year of campaigning from the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy (FLWBC) and

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AIA announces best projects by American architects in 2018 Honor Awards

January 12, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

An angular museum in a Canadian forest, buildings for New York’s dump trucks and road salt, and a girl’s school in Afghanistan are among the 17 winners in the American Institute of Architects’ Honor Awards this year. The 2018 AIA Institute Honor Awards recognises the best projects across three categories: architecture, interior architects and urban design. These can be

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AIA announces best projects by American architects in 2018 Honor Awards

January 12, 2018 Eleanor Gibson 0

An angular museum in a Canadian forest, buildings for New York’s dump trucks and road salt, and a girl’s school in Afghanistan are among the 17 winners in the American Institute of Architects’ Honor Awards this year. The 2018 AIA Institute Honor Awards recognises the best projects across three categories: architecture, interior architects and urban design. These can be

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Architectural Association redundancies go ahead despite high-profile protests

January 12, 2018 India Block 0

Redundancies in the Architectural Association’s publications and exhibitions departments have gone ahead, despite protests from luminaries such as David Adjaye and Richard Rogers. Ten of the sixteen staff members whose roles had been up for redundancy have left the architecture school, as reported in the Architects’ Journal. Dezeen understands that Tom Weaver resigned from his post as editor

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Architectural Association redundancies go ahead despite high-profile protests

January 12, 2018 India Block 0

Redundancies in the Architectural Association’s publications and exhibitions departments have gone ahead, despite protests from luminaries such as David Adjaye and Richard Rogers. Ten of the sixteen staff members whose roles had been up for redundancy have left the architecture school, as reported in the Architects’ Journal. Dezeen understands that Tom Weaver resigned from his post as editor

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Architectural Association redundancies go ahead despite high-profile protests

January 12, 2018 India Block 0

Redundancies in the Architectural Association’s publications and exhibitions departments have gone ahead, despite protests from luminaries such as David Adjaye and Richard Rogers. Ten of the sixteen staff members whose roles had been up for redundancy have left the architecture school, as reported in the Architects’ Journal. Dezeen understands that Tom Weaver resigned from his post as editor

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Donald Trump snubs new US embassy in London

January 12, 2018 Jessica Mairs 0

Donald Trump has cancelled his visit to London to open Kieran Timberlake’s new £750 million US embassy, and criticised the “bad deal” that saw its predecessor sold for “peanuts”. The US president was expected to attend a ribbon cutting at the new embassy building, which completed last month, but the visit has now been cancelled, with no

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