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India set for five year construction boom
India’s incredible construction boom will continue for at least another five years, according to research
Knight scoops Helsinki bridge job
Knight Architects has beaten finalists Amanda Levete and Ben van Berkel in an open contest to design a 3km-long bridge in Helsinki
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
Grant Associates masterplans Sydney's Botanic Gardens
Bath-based landscape design firm Grant Associates is to work on a new masterplan for the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney
Canadian housing starts hits six-month high
The annualised rate of Canadian housing starts has broken the 200,000 barrier for the first time this year
3XN extends Copenhagen courthouse
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] 3XN’s municipal courthouse in Danish capital has been awarded a RIBA EU Award
Meier unveils Italian beach condo
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] American starchitect Richard Meier has completed this 74 apartment block on the Adriatic coast
Amin Taha recreates Belle Epoque in bronze with winning Costa Brava design
London-based Amin Taha Architects has won the international competition to design a seafront spa and apartment building in Canet de Mar on the Costa Brava
Thailand expects construction boom
Construction in Thailand is expected to grow at the equivalent of almost 7 per cent per annum for the next five years, according to a new report
Grimshaw unveils new Tirana images
Grimshaw has revealed the first detailed proposals within its competition-winning masterplan to extend Tirana’s 1930s central boulevard
In pictures: AMBS reveals Baghdad Library scheme
[First look + plans + project data] London and Baghdad-based AMBS Architects has unveiled plans for a 45,000m² library in the Iraqi capital
Cash windfall kickstarts Nobel HQ contest
The contest to design a new headquarters for the Nobel Prize in Stockholm will be re-started next week thanks to a SEK800 million (£78m) donation
New Zealand house building hits highest levels in 10 years
Home building in New Zealand has seen its biggest quarter of growth in a decade
Fosters unveils images of Einstein Museum
Foster + Partners has revealed images of the Einstein Museum it is designing in Jerusalem
Opportunity knocks in Moscow for firms willing to commit to long term
The collapse of the ambitious plan to double the size of the Russian capital has given rise to a flood of more manageable projects, writes Greg Pitcher
Foster unwraps completed Calgary tower
Foster and Partners has completed this 237m-tall office tower in the Canadian city of Calgary.
New practices: Office S&M
The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or redundancy
Herzog & de Meuron named in Segal’s Israel National Library high court claim
Swiss stars added to list of respondents in high court claim to competition award brought by Israeli architect ousted from prestigious library scheme
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