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Installation: Sun Pavilion

Design firm Generator Studio builds a photovoltaic installation for the 'World's Fair' exhibit at the Nelson-Atkins. Through Aug. 19.
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5 days ago

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Atkins opens new Qatar outpost

Atkins has opened a new office in Qatar after trebling its headcount in the country in 12 months
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2 weeks ago

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Bam Nuttall issues £43m busway counterclaim

Atkins drawn into Cambridge Guide Busway bust-up between Bam and county council
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3 weeks ago

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Review: Generator Studio’s Sun Pavilion at the Nelson-Atkins

The curators of Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs 1851-1939 spent years tracking down the 200 objects now on view at Kansas City’s Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
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4 weeks ago

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Kansas City Solar Pavilion Opens, Puzzles

The Sun Pavilion, winner of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art’s design competition in conjunction with their Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World Fairs, 1851-1939, is now open. Completed in  81 days, the pavilion is an expression of the innovation that reflects the ideals...
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1 month ago

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Five years ago…

Five years ago this week Herzog & de Meuron received planning permission for their extension to the Tate Modern gallery in London and construction began on Jean Nouvel’s 100 11th Avenue development in New York. We published images showing the construction of Zaha Hadid’s MAXXI m...
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2 months ago

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MIPIM 2012: Hammerson London portfolio sales to be invested

Hammerson chief executive officer David Atkins today said that much of the money raised from the sale of its London portfolio will be invested in France.
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3 months ago

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Atkins-Skanska JV secures road project in UK

A joint venture between UK-based Atkins and Sweden-based infrastucture company Skanska has secured a strategic roads contract in South West UK.
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3 months ago

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Skanska-Atkins scoop £400m highways asset support job

Balfour/Mott MacDonald loses out to Skanska/Atkins in race for first cost-saving ASC contract in the south west
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3 months ago

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Atkins’ Qingdao ‘dream plaza’ starts on site

Atkins has said it is chasing luxury mixed-use work in China as construction of the company’s 300,000m² Pacific Dream Plaza scheme commenced in the north of the country
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3 months ago

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Steven Holl Architects Chosen to Design Houston Museum of Fi

photo of the Nelson Atkins Museum by Steven Holl Architects The Houston Museum of Fine Arts has just chosen Steven Holl Architects to design a new building for their expansive institution. One of our longtime favorite firms in sustainable design and recent winner of the American Institute of Arch...
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4 months ago

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Atkins team escape to Alcatraz

Consultant wins job to oversee repair work on infamous American prison
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4 months ago

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Generator Studio Wins Pavilion Competition in Kansas City

The Nelson Atkins Museum has just announced that Generator Studio has won the competition to design a temporary pavilion on its grounds. The pavilion will be part of an upcoming exhibition Inventing the Modern World: Decorative Arts at the World’s Fairs 1851-1939, which opens on April 14. K...
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4 months ago

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£1.5bn Network Rail signalling deal awarded

Balfour Beatty/Alstom, Atkins and Invensys come up trumps on national signalling framework
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4 months ago

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Glittering Louvered Ad Astra Skyscraper is Topped With a Pyr

Atkins Architecture has proposed a gorgeous new mixed-use tower overlooking the Black Sea on Georgia’s coast for clients Sustainable Growth Investments. Called the Ad Astra Building, the glass and steel structure will glitter on the Batumi skyline. The skyscraper’s louvered facade reduces...
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4 months ago

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"Organic architecture to spring up in Jakarta"

'Highly sustainable mixed use complex in Indonesia presented by Atkins Global'
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5 months ago

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"Atkins takes off in Georgia"

'Heliport crowns Atkins' planned Ad Astra Tower in coastal Georgian city of Batumi'
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5 months ago

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David Atkins to judge £150 Movember competition

With two days left in Movember, and the property industry’s moustaches at their most lustrous, Hammerson and Property Week are offering you the chance to win £150 of shopping vouchers for you furry face furniture.
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6 months ago

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Atkins sheds 878 staff as UK profits drop

Atkins has announced an eight per cent reduction in its UK workforce in the year to September as its revenue suffered a £34.3 million drop
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6 months ago

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Atkins sees another 878 staff leave

UK operation continues to struggle as group turnover and profits increase
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6 months ago