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Elemental wins architecture accolade at Brit Insurance Design Awards   The seven category winners of the Brit Insurance Design Awards 2010 have been announced, with the overall winner to be revealed at the Design Museum on 16 March. Shark tank springs a leak at Dubai Mall   Total construction to be down by 23 percent in 2010 Dubai Mall had to be evacuated recently when a giant shark-infested aquarium sprung a leak.   In their Annual Review, Davis Langdon PKS predicts the Irish construction industry will see a decline of approx 23% in 2010. Cities should be focus of infrastructure development   Architect graduates present designs for city square project A new report by Engineers Ireland states development should focus on the eight principal city regions to meet 2030 island population of eight million.     A group of young graduates from the Robert Gordon University in Aberdeen have released a range of designs for the City Square Project. GOING IT ALONE? Have you, either through choice or redundancy, set up on your own recently? Plan Online is organising a series of profiles on practices who've decided to go it alone. Contact denise@planmagazine.ie for more information. Davide Marchetti proposes rammed earth office for Leeds New student accommodation defined by slit-like opening Danish architects completes centre for entrepreneurs Italian architect Davide Marchetti has submitted a design for an office building with a punctured rammed-earth facade for a competition in Leeds. Japanese architects Nakae Architects and Ohno Japan have created student accommodation in Tokyo where slits run round the building near the top of each storey. Danish architects C. F. Møller have completed a centre for entrepreneurs in Horsens, Denmark, where a green fibre-cement staircase spirals round the central atrium. The Recovery Lounge London industrial designers Priestmangoode have identified a way of showing how cost savings and greater efficiency in the UK health service can be achieved through clever design. Zaha Hadid reveals designs for Amman cultural centre Zaha Hadid Architects is to design the new King Abdullah II House of Culture & Art in the Jordanian capital of Amman. The cultural centre will include a 1600-seat concert theatre, 400-seat theatre, educational centre, rehearsal rooms, and galleries. Studio 4 completes new NHS adolescent treatment centre Architectural practice Studio 4 has designed new and much-improved facilities for Simmons House, a clinical unit treating teenagers with complex emotional and mental health problems. 5 questions for… RIBA President Ruth Reed Facing into a recession-riddled New Year as RIBA President might unnerve some people, but not Ruth Reed. She talks to Plan about her priorities for the next two years, why students shouldn’t work for free and the help that’s available for small practices. Brit Insurance Designs Awards Showcasing some of the most forward thinking designs from around the world, the Brit Insurance Designs Awards exhibition opens 17 February. Architecture still an attractive career Department head at WIT, Maire Henry, urges school leavers and mature students not to overlook a professional career in architecture because of concerns about the impact of the recession Container Graveyard Basing their approach on the cradle-to-cradle principle, Danish architects MAPT has developed a sustainable container-pavilion for the North Harbour Exhibition in Copenhagen. Ekokook Victor Massip and Laurent Lebot, designers at French studio Faltazi, have designed a conceptual system where water is recycled and waste is broken down by worms inside the kitchen. Christ + Gantenbein wins Kunstmuseum extension competition Swiss architects Christ + Gantenbein have been awarded first prize in a competition to design an extension to the Kunstmuseum in Basel. Rafael Viñoly designs first airport in Uruguay Rafael Viñoly Architects has designed the new Carrasco International Airport in Montevideo, Uruguay. The firm’s first completed airport and its largest project in Viñoly’s home country, the new building was created to expand capacity and spur commercial growth and tourism in the surrounding region. Sustainability – the great debate There is no doubt that the word “sustainability” is overused and misunderstood in many areas of the market but in fact what we should be discussing is sustainable development that “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs” says Lennart Jonsson. New Covent Garden Market images revealed The latest images of the redevelopment of New Covent Garden Market have been revealed, showing all of the Market functions bought together onto the main site in four new market buildings along with a new Flower Market.   Culture vulture French Architects RMDM have completed a cultural centre near Paris, clad with horizontal strips of poplar wood and ceramic tiles. Golden Swing Award for Madrid The City of Madrid has won the "Golden Swing" award for 10 children’s playgrounds located in the Salon de Pinos.

Cities should be focus of infrastructure development Total construction to be down by 23 percent in 2010 Sanaa-designed Rolex Learning Center opens The Recovery Lounge Is this the beginning of the end of the recession? Yes No

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