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Education project 2013: Leeds East primary school
Leeds East primary school is the first in the UK to be constructed from an innovative pod system, which comprises a series of structurally independent steel-framed classrooms
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Cultural project 2013: Tate Britain
In this time of austerity, Caruso St John鈥檚 extensively reconfigured Tate Britain is a considerable achievement considering its dependence on public funding.
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Industrial project 2013: Arla foods
Arla Foods has built something incredible: the world鈥檚 first zero-carbon dairy near Aylesbury, which was switched on for the first time this year.
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Commercial project 2013: Leadenhall
20 Fenchurch Street - or the Walkie Talkie, has somewhat overshadowed the Leadenhall building. A shame, as the Cheesegrater represents some of the best in sensitive design
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Projects 2013: Six of the best
We pick out the most impressive projects of 2013, from a graceful City tower (that doesn鈥檛 melt cars) to the world鈥檚 first zero-carbon dairy
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The greenest building in China
Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley has been awarded the first BREEAM 鈥渙utstanding鈥� rating for any building in China
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CIOB picks finalists for Art of 黑洞社区 competition
See the shortlist of 15 built environment photographs from around the world for the CIOB annual Art of 黑洞社区 photography competition
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PwC's London office: Highest BREEAM-rated building ever
When PwC decided to refurbish its unloved central London office, it thought it would be doing well to achieve a BREEAM 鈥渆xcellent鈥� rating. Then it realised it could do rather better than that 鈥�
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New Victorians
A 19th-century primary school in Dulwich came with the usual set of problems associated with old buildings. To solve them, Edward Cullinan Architects took a pragmatic and piecemeal approach
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Al Wakrah stadium: The big heat
Despite pressure to move the 2022 World Cup to the winter, Qatar is soldiering on with plans to hold the games in the summer. So how will the new stadiums cope with the scorching temperatures, and carbon neutral and legacy goals?
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Review: Tate Britain's refurbishment
Caruso St John鈥檚 redevelopment of Tate Britain contains no dramatic interventions. Rather, it is a masterclass in creating modern, vibrant spaces within the context of a venerable institution
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Betteshanger Sustainable Parks scheme: Park life
Sheppard Robson reveals plans for 121-hectare regeneration scheme in east Kent
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Scottish Crime Campus
With its DNA-inspired design concept, BMJ and Ryder Architecture鈥檚 拢82m Scottish Crime Campus provides compelling evidence that police buildings don鈥檛 have to be grim high-security compounds.
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Banham relocates
Allies and Morrison secure planning permission to develop brownfield site into new headquarters for security firm
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Bristol Old Vic
Architect Haworth Tompkins submits plans for the refurbishment of Bristol鈥檚 1760s theatre
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Parkview Green: What a performance
Arup-designed building in Beijing, China, is among projects shortlisted for the 2014 黑洞社区 Performance Awards
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Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre roof, Athens
Athens鈥� vast 拢500m Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre is being crowned with a 10,000m2 ferrocement canopy, designed by Expedition Engineering. Why did the UK practice settled on this unusual choice of material?
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WWF HQ: 'Stringent is an understatement'
At the World Wildlife Fund鈥檚 new HQ in Surrey, Willmott Dixon has taken sustainable construction to new levels of rigour, forensically tracking the carbon content of every single element, and even building an FSC-certified workshop on site. So has the result been worth it?
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Danish Maritime Museum: Method in the Madness
Bjarke Ingels Group Architects鈥� 拢34m Danish Maritime Museum has been built entirely underground - in a former dock in Elsinore. The challenge was building underneath the water level without Hamlet鈥檚 old castle sinking into oblivion
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Six stadiums that tell the story of English football
The Football Association is 150 years old this week and, to celebrate, 黑洞社区 picks out some of the architectural highpoints of English stadiums