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Finalists announced for 2013 Mies van der Rohe Award
5 February 2013A city hall in Ghent, Belgium by Robbrecht en Daem architecten and Marie-José Van Hee architecten, and a home for elderly people in Alcácer do Sal, Portugal by Aires Mateus Arquitectos are among the five buildings nominated for the 2013 European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award.
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Extraordinary stories
5 February 2013A new display of the Design Museum’s extensive permanent collection of contemporary design and architecture reveals intriguing insights into some of the exceptional as well as everyday items in the museum’s possession.
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The art of getting listed
5 February 2013The Sainsbury Centre for visual arts at the University of East Anglia – one of Norman Foster’s first completed buildings – has been given Grade II* listed status by heritage minister Ed Vaizey, who called the building ‘a highpoint in the British high-tech movement’.
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Students score for public hub
4 February 2013Students from the RCA have designed a new community building for the district of Wembley, north-west London.
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Don’t cut the lighting budget
29 January 2013Simon Fisher highlights growing concerns within the lighting industry that high-quality specifications are increasingly being compromised when the dreaded budget axe falls
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United Visual Artists creates pyramid of light for Dubai Mall
28 January 2013United Visual Artists has created a sculpture for the shoe section of a shopping centre in Dubai.
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Internship opportunity at FX
24 January 2013FX is looking for an intern to work alongside the editorial team for between two and four weeks.
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Top 5
23 January 2013Pick of the best new products
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Aisles of places to meet busy people
22 January 2013Architect@Work, an international exhibition and meet-up series geared up exclusively for architects and interior designers, is coming to London for the first time. Taking place at the Earl’s Court exhibition centre 30 and 31 January, the show organisers recognise that while architects worldwide are keen to find out about the latest concepts and products, they are also often too busy and overbooked to do so.
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Social 1, DELFT
21 January 2013It’s the people who use this unique work training space that mattered to the designers, who used colour islands to provide a stimulating and positive environment for them
