All Building Design articles in 01 April 2010
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News
McAslan to chair Saltire awards
John McAslan has been named the first-ever guest chairman of the judging panel of the annual Saltire Society Housing Design Awards.
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Black to extend site of ICE's HQ
Black Architecture has submitted a detailed planning application for the complete refurbishment and environmental renewal of a grade II listed building in central London for the Institution of Civil Engineers.
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Carey Jones finishes Candle House
Carey Jones’s £19 million cylindrical Candle House development in Leeds has been completed.
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BBC client role attacked again
The BBC’s competence as a client has been questioned for the second time this year.
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Raumlabor bubble floats around London's parks
German architecture and artist collective Raumlabor-Berlin has created a mobile, bubble-shaped pavilion that will tour London’s parks this summer.
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Architects swing behind Tories as election approaches, poll suggests
Architects’ support for the Conservative Party has almost trebled in the last decade
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Practices urged to take charity interns
A charity that helps high-achieving youngsters from deprived backgrounds into the professions is appealing for architectural practices to offer internships this summer in Manchester, Birmingham and London.
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Hadid’s 2012 Aquatics Centre pools are tested
These pictures released by the Olympic Delivery Authority show the pools in Zaha Hadid’s Aquatic Centre being tested.
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Developers under fire over size of new homes
Private developers are routinely building homes up to a third smaller than best-practice benchmarks, a new study has found.
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Features
Polyark this week; Man vs Nature and David Chipperfield Architects visit Portsmouth
Polyark welcomes a small flurry of new members from Portsmouth School of Architecture this week.Unsurprisingly, most of them are signing up to attend the forthcoming lecture at their university by Andrew Phillips of David Chipperfield Architects on April 15.
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Eric Parry's St Martin-in-the-Fields wins European Union prize
Eric Parry’s restoration of central London’s St Martin-in-the-Fields church is one of just two UK projects to be awarded a European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage.
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London property tycoon declared bankrupt
Property tycoon Simon Halabi has been declared bankrupt, it has emerged.
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HOK loses director
HOK director Richard Spencer has left the business after more than 15 years at the firm to set up his own consultancy.
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Mackenzie Wheeler's floating wall wins planning
Mackenzie Wheeler has won planning for a scheme involving the addition of a floating wall to the front of a mixed-use building in Shoreditch, east London.
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Tonkin Liu unveils 14m-high metal flower
Tonkin Liu’s metal Future Flower sculpture has been unveiled on the banks of the River Mersey in Cheshire.
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Brixton Market listed
Brixton Market, the symbolic heartland of London’s Caribbean community, has been given grade II listed status, despite its lack of architectural merit.
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Review
BD’s guide to your cultural week – April 6 to April 11
Head off to Fitzrovia to see Peter Murray’s enamel artworks about movement in London.
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Competitions
Holiday let: In hill top Tuscan village
Set within the Lunigiana region of northern Tuscany, this 3 bedroom village house sleeps 6 – 8 people.
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Competitions
Holiday let: Typically Quercycoise Villa, South of France
Secluded location, guaranteeing peace and quiet, yet the property is within easy reach of all that this lovely region has to offer.