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Danish practice wins ‘Next generation of pylon’ contest
Copenhagen-based practice Bystrup has ‘unanimously’ won the competition to design the UK’s new generation of electricity pylons
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Immigration clampdown: Controversy over architect student visas
Architects have spoken out against the government’s new visa system which they claim blocks international students from qualifying and creates an ‘impediment’ to overseas growth
Over half of council towers pose a fire risk
More than half of Britain’s thousands of local authority tower blocks pose a similar fire risk to the one in Camberwell, south London, where a blaze killed six people earlier this month, according to a highly-respected local authority housing expert
Snøhetta scoops prestigious Mies prize
Snøhetta has won this year’s Mies van der Rohe Award for the best building in Europe with its Norwegian National Opera & Ballet house in Oslo
RIBA candidate provokes fury
The race to become the next president of the RIBA has finally sparked into life after the ‘outsider’ candidate risked the wrath of minority groups in architecture.