West Midlands
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RIBA West Midlands Regional Awards shortlist announced
Feilden Clegg Bradley, Patel Taylor & dRMM are named among the 12-strong RIBA West Midlands Regional Awards shortlist
Emerging duo wins Millennium Point Visibility contest
Architect Jonathan Schwinge and Daniel Madeiros have won the RIBA-backed ideas competition to design a new ‘marker’ for Grimshaw’s Millennium Point complex in Birmingham
Take three: K4 wins planning for Central Fire Station scheme
K4 Architects has finally won the go-ahead for its contentious redevelopment of Birmingham’s disused, Grade II-listed Central Fire Station
Bye bye Brum library: £450m Paradise Circus overhaul approved
Glenn Howells Architects has won approval for its £450 million makeover of Birmingham’s Paradise Circus, spelling the end for John Madin’s Birmingham Central Library
Architype bags Passivhaus school hat-trick in Wolves
Architype has received planning permission for its third Passivhaus school in Wolverhampton
Buildings
Architype reveals plans for UK’s largest Passivhaus development
[FIRST LOOK] Architype has submitted a planning application for the largest Passivhaus development in the UK
Red brick music box: Bramall Music School by Glenn Howells Architects
The secret to Glenn Howells Architects’ Bramall Music School’s auditorium acoustics is its low ventilation noise, writes Felix Mara. Photography by Edmund Sumner
Planning
Localism Act and Local Plans lose out to NPPF
The High Court has confirmed the NPPF will take priority over the Localism Act and local development plans
Awards
RIBA West Midlands Regional Awards shortlist announced
Feilden Clegg Bradley, Patel Taylor & dRMM are named among the 12-strong RIBA West Midlands Regional Awards shortlist
Competitions
Coventry Council seeks architects for primary school extensions
[Requests to participate due 8 March] Coventry City Council is looking to appoint an architect-led team for extensions to five primary schools in the city
Students
Birmingham School of Architecture’s Co.Lab creates space for film festival
The Co.Lab initiative at Birmingham School of Architecture worked with Flatpack Festival to convert Victorian church into a temporary cinema
Student Shows 2012: Birmingham School of Architecture
Laura Mark is disappointed by the lack of emphasis on hand-drawing at Birmingham
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