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Five months of US growth ends with April fall

23-May-2012 | By Greg Pitcher

US architecture workloads fell last month, dampening hopes of a recovery.

BIG's 49-storey mixed-use tower project in downtown Vancouver, Canada - the scheme houses 600 homes

'Go to Canada now!', says Ingenium supremo

23-May-2012 | By Greg Pitcher

UK architects have been urged to make the most of the Canadian market while it remains strong.

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Russian property to remain above pre-crash levels

22-May-2012 | By Greg Pitcher

Property investment in Russia is expected to remain above pre-economic crisis levels in 2012, according to new research

Broadway Malyan Architects' new headquarters for high-yield rice producers Grand Agriseeds Technology in Hainan, China

New high-yield rice HQ revealed by Broadway Malyan

22-May-2012 | By Greg Pitcher

Broadway Malyan is to design a series of buildings for a rice production firm on a 35-acre site in southern China

Musée de la Romanité, Narbonne - competition -winning scheme by Foster + Partners (internal wall)

Foster wins museum contest in Narbonne

17-May-2012 | By Richard Waite

Number one AJ100 practice Foster + Partners has won an international competition to design a new museum for Roman artefacts in Narbonne

Qatar

Aedas limbers up for Qatar World Cup work

11-May-2012 | By Greg Pitcher

Aedas chief executive David Roberts hopes the UK-based practice will expand its presence in Qatar – and is sizing up a bid for a World Cup stadium

Vancouver City, Canada

Canada records 14% housing boom

11-May-2012 | By Greg Pitcher

A wave of condo building pushed Canadian housing starts up 14 per cent in April, figures have revealed

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Overseas earnings up for AJ100 companies

10-May-2012 | By Michelle Price

This year’s survey shows practices are increasingly running international projects from UK offices, as overseas earnings rise to £86.9 million despite a decline in the number of architects employed abroad

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Warning to British architects to guard reputation overseas

10-May-2012 | By Greg Pitcher

British architects have been urged to fiercely guard their reputation for seeing designs through to building completion – or lose out in the new world order

Auckland, New Zealand

Latest figures shows continued boom in New Zealand housing

10-May-2012 | By Greg Pitcher

The New Zealand housing market has seen its best month since the global downturn began

Hongqiao Central Business District by BDP

BDP wins Shanghai business district job

10-May-2012 | By Richard Waite

BDP has won an international competition to design a new business district in Shanghai, China

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Major contest launched for Greek museum

8-May-2012 | By Greg Pitcher

A major competition has been launched to find an architect for a museum and public spaces at Athens’ largest port

BIG's vision for Cross # Towers

BIG reveals tower scheme for Seoul masterplan

8-May-2012 | By Michelle Price

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has joined the all-star team working on Daniel Libeskind’s Yongsan masterplan in Seoul

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Euro 2012 kicks off Polish boom time

4-May-2012 | By Greg Pitcher

UK architects have hailed a mini-boom in Poland as it gears up to co-host this summer’s European Football Championships

Capita Symonds' Heritage Place plans, Nigeria

Capita lands office scheme in 'buoyant' Nigeria

4-May-2012 | By Greg Pitcher

Capita Symonds has secured a large office scheme in Nigeria as the practice continues to progress in Africa

Foster + Partners' Shanghai Bund International Financial Centre

Revealed: Heatherwick and Foster's Shanghai Bund Finance Centre

4-May-2012 | By Richard Waite

The AJ can reveal the first images of Thomas Heatherwick and Foster + Partners’ huge 420,000m2 Shanghai Bund International Financial Centre in China

Izquierdo's new visitor centre © Åke Eson Lindman

Brassed on: new visitor centre unveiled in Lund

3-May-2012 | By Michelle Price

Spanish architect Carmen Izquierdo has completed this new brass alloy-clad visitor centre, in the Swedish city of Lund

South Korean housing

Korean homes growth goes on, but future uncertain

2-May-2012 | By Greg Pitcher

South Korean house prices have continued to grow – but an uncertain period looms, according to analysts

French presidential contenders Nicolas Sarkozy and François Hollande

New French housing pledges could open doors to Brits

2-May-2012 | By Greg Pitcher

British architects stand to benefit from pledges from both French presidential candidates to stimulate house building, says a leading French architect

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Japan still vibrant says Far East guru

1-May-2012 | By Greg Pitcher

Japan remains an attractive market for architects because its government takes a long-term view of developments, according to a leading industry figure

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