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RIBA Awards debate: What is being built today, and is it any good?
Are the RIBA award winners really the best buildings in the UK and what do they say about the state of architecture today?
Astudio’s Raine’s Foundation School overhaul completes
Richard Hyams’ practice Astudio has completed the £22 million overhaul and extension of the Raine’s Foundation School in Bethnal Green
Corby Cube: 'financial and project management was poor'
A damning report by auditors KPMG has slammed Corby Borough council for its handling of Hawkins\Brown’s problem-hit Corby Cube project
Hampshire County Council reveals woodland activity centre
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + DATA] Hampshire County Council Architect’s outdoor centre alongside the Basingstoke Canal scooped a RIBA Regional Award last week
Government dithers over Part L update
Due to be announced in May, experts now say revised Part L is unlikely to appear until April 2014
Revenue falls at Atkins
Atkins has revealed a minor fall in annual revenue – with Asia and the UK bucking the trend
SANAA to design Jerusalem design campus
Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese practice Sejima and Nishizawa and Associates is to design a major new design campus in Jerusalem
For Sale: Richard Rogers' parents home
The Richard and Su Rogers-designed grade II*-listed home in Wimbledon has been put on the market for £3.2 million
Studio Egret West bags Roehampton masterplan
Studio Egret West has been chosen to masterplan the regeneration of the Grade II*-listed Alton West housing estate in south west London
3XN extends Copenhagen courthouse
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] 3XN’s municipal courthouse in Danish capital has been awarded a RIBA EU Award
UK's tallest residential tower stumbles at first hurdle
A decision on Squire and Partners’ planning application for a 75-storey tower in London’s Docklands has been unexpectedly put back
Olympic stars Heatherwick and Kapoor on Queen's honours list
ArcelorMittal Orbit tower mastermind Anish Kapoor and Thomas Heatherwick, who designed the 2012 Games’ Olympic cauldron, have been named on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list
Eco-refurbs increase property values
Making energy efficiency improvements boost property values by up to 38 per cent
AJ contest: Choose your Stirling Prize shortlist
Vote for the six RIBA Award winning projects you think will be included on the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist
Jane Wernick wins Women in the Built Environment Award
Strucutral engineer Jane Wernick of Jane Wernick Associates has won this year’s First Women Award in the Built Environment
Panellists sought for Olympic legacy review panel
The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) is seeking new panellists for its Quality Review Panel
Opinion
The moment you block a design award for One Hyde Park on political grounds, you are sunk
If buildings are going to be eliminated [from awards] because they are only available to the wealthy, where will the line be drawn? writes Paul Finch
Long-term vision and strategy are missing from the coalition’s attack on red tape
The coalition is launching schemes and slashing red tape faster than we can type, says Christine Murray
Re-realming can be overwhelming
Ian Martin creates a prototype idealised model of collectivised open-plan space
What does your practice’s organisation say about your architecture?
No wonder students formed the Architectural Association to promote architectural education, writes Paul Finch
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