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- Chester Roman Amphitheatre: 2,000 years of history and architecture
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- History and architecture of the Chester Roman Amphitheatre
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- Former law courts to be converted into affordable housing
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- Award winning designers rethink the house
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- Buildings made from unusual things
- The growth of micro houses
- Neston and Tarporley present future development plans
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- The Foresight Future of Cities
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- The role of the occupants in eco architecture
- Luxury rooftop suites planned for top Llandudno hotel
- How architects use building information modelling software
- Deansgate’s Lincoln House to be re-developed
- The potential of 3D printing for architects
- Major office building in Chester nears completion
- Pop-up architecture used to experiment with new concepts
- How humanitarian architecture works
- Manser Medal to be rebranded
- How post occupancy evaluation helps architects
- Government minister impressed with Wirral Waters
- Approval granted for 90 new homes in Chester
- Permission for new homes in England at highest level since 2008
- Architectural Apps
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- Record numbers of retirement homes being built across the UK
- Virtual reality comes to architecture
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- Curves and the brain in architecture
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- Exploring the architectural history of Edinburgh
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- Architecture: a chance to have your say
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- Call company to open ‘best’ Welsh office
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- RIBA announces its regional winners
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- Welsh steelworks to be turned into heritage park
- Most architects are currently gainfully employed
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- Planning permission for Broughton Shopping Park finally granted
- Wirral set to get a new business hub by the summer
- A brief history of Chester Racecourse
- Welsh restoration project wins prestigious award
- The life and works of John Douglas
- Top five Grade I listed buildings in Chester
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- Energy-efficient buildings not being run efficiently
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- Confidence in the future is high amongst architects
- RIBA announces plans for an exhibition of Mackintosh’s work
- Review of the Architects Registration Board system released
- Railway shed sees new lease of life as civic building
- Lady Lever Gallery wins Heritage Lottery Fund cash
- 3D printing gathering pace in the construction industry
- Three iconic architects from the last century
- Bidding opens for a share of affordable homes fund
- Plans to turn Liverpool reservoir into a landmark announced
- Vietnamese community space wins World Building of the Year award
- Chester cultural centre gets the green light
- Market for green-building materials to reach several billion by 2020
- North Wales home featured on Grand Designs
- Chester Cathedral – its history and heritage
- English housing starts highest since 1976
- A history of the Deva Stadium
- A look at recent building projects at Chester Zoo
- Chester architects join local design panel
- RIBA trend report shows increasing demand for architects
- Two Wirral Waters projects given go-ahead
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- Six of Britain’s best buildings compete for 2014 Stirling Prize
- Praise for successful redesign of Ditchling Museum
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- Shortlist announced for Welsh architecture award
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- RIBA awards honour large and small projects
- Sao Paulo’s rooftop oasis brings nature into the city
- Wales gains its first Passivhaus school
- So you want to be an architect?
- Public conveniences become private dwelling space
- Five technical terms every architect should know
- Architects reap the benefits of ‘living over the shop’
- Tree planting takes a new direction in Italy
- How Chester’s Roman roots are evident today
- Canadian indoor vertical garden is world’s tallest
- Five things you didn’t know about Chester Cathedral
- Lindisfarne centre wins prestigious award
- Schoolboy creates winning Tour de France bicycle rack
- The Chinese machine that prints houses
- Vietnamese house wins Building of the Year award
- Acclaimed New Zealand building combines green design and Maori culture
- Welsh designs in the running for award
- Freeing up urban space with a vertical railway station
- Architect advises failing areas to stop focusing on retail
- Flavours Orchard offers a taste of the future
- French architects devise a floating farm that runs on icebergs
- Passivhaus scheme goes ahead in Sussex
- Cost of building zero carbon homes halves
- Three options for expanding on existing home space
- Organic bricks build winning design in Young Architects Program
- Houses of the future inspired by trees
- Inventing work space: finding the balance between aesthetics and practicality
- New Chinese skyscraper is a wheel of fortune
- Bullitt Center in Seattle hailed as world’s most sustainable building
- Three shining lights of modern architecture in North Wales
- Futuristic Apple HQ almost ready for take-off
- How modern architecture is shaping Chester
- A staircase with a living balustrade breathes life into a Soho office
- America’s best sustainable buildings named for 2013
- Retrofit Expo recognises updated buildings in the UK
- Work could soon begin on innovative floating city
- The Wirral: an architectural hotspot
- Niall McLaughlin Architects’ graceful chapel wins 2013 Wood Award
- Tradition and technology combine in United Arab Emirates
- Castles: the architectural gems of North Wales
- Innovative Passivhaus techniques help to cut fuel bills
- Google continues the search for its ideal HQ design
- Battersea plans give more power to the public
- Could Chester be a future UK City of Culture?
- Chicago architects’ adaptable design wins World Expo competition
- Chester’s architecture: the top five things to see
- Amazon’s bio-domes bring a touch of science fiction to Seattle
- Austrian students create Solar Decathlon’s winning house
- Building of the Year inspired by New Zealand wildlife
- A history of architecture from the Roman era and its influence
- Architectural interests in Chester
- Futuristic green space features in Sydney building project
- Revamped castle wins the RIBA Stirling Prize
- Brutalist buildings join National Heritage List
- Major building expo unveils entry shortlist
- Birmingham’s ornate library marks a new phase of regeneration
- Car parks drive architecture to new heights
- Royal Academy celebrates the work of Richard Rogers
- Nouvel’s stroke of luck gives China its art museum
- Expert’s low carbon home uses wood fibre insulation
- The outlook may be cloudy for campers
- Libeskind to design physics building for Durham
- Ancient solution found for modern India’s water needs
- Councils introduce pre-application charges
- Eco-districts could transform San Francisco
- Young Architects Programme won by ‘bam!’
- RIBA considers awards for lasting designs
- North West buildings win RIBA awards
- Sou Fujimoto’s climbable cloud makes a magical pavilion
- Possible most sustainable building in the country given green light
- Smart building to fight pollution
