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British Museum set to launch controversial revamp competition
The British Museum has announced a 7,500m² redevelopment competition after it signed a highly-contentious £50m funding deal with fossil fuel giant BP
Tag: Avanti Architects
Avanti completes housing and special needs school for Lewisham Council
The development in Sydenham, south-east London, provides 26 homes for families with temporary housing needs and six assisted living units as well as a specialist school
Avanti completes council residential infill scheme across three sites in Dover
Avanti has completed a development for Dover District Council offering a mix of social-rent, shared ownership and private units intended to set a benchmark for inclusive, tenure-blind housing in the region
British Museum names architects on new £45m framework
London’s British Museum has named four architects for its £45 million construction consultancy services framework: Avanti Architects, Dannatt Johnson Architects, Nex Architecture and Wright & Wright Architects
AJ 40 under 40 stars picked for Hackney regeneration panel
Hackney Council has named the 30 panellists chosen to serve on its influential Regeneration Design Advisory Group (RDAG) over the next four years. The list includes five AJ 40 under 40 architects
Avanti completes £113 million mixed-use development in Shoreditch
The scheme offers 175 residential units, a school, gallery and new public space
Scottish government refuses to rescue Grade A-listed Cardross seminary
The Scottish Government has decided that the state will not look after Gillespie Kidd & Coia’s derelict seminary in Argyll and Bute
Stirling’s Florey Building gets listing boost, but future still uncertain
The future of James Stirling’s iconic Florey Building in Oxford is once again under the spotlight after the government upgraded its heritage protection
Scottish laird bids to resurrect Cardross seminary rescue plan
Scottish laird John Bute has called for public money to help save Gillespie Kidd & Coia’s derelict seminary in Cardross
Don’t give up on Cardross seminary, architects tell church
Architects behind the cancelled restoration of the derelict Cardross seminary in Scotland have said the Roman Catholic Church is being ‘unduly pessimistic’ over the building’s future