All Building Design articles in 01 August 2008
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NewsFletcher Priest Stratford mall enters planning process
Designs for a 140,905sq m shopping centre to be sited between the international and regional train stations near the Olympic Village in Stratford, east London, have been submitted for planning approval.
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Competitions
Design entrepreneur competition deadline looms
There is a week to go before entries close for UK Young Design Entrepreneur of the Year 2008 (UKYDE).
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Multimedia
Watch the building of Rogers Stirk Harbour's Oxley Woods development
This video shows the superfast construction of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ Oxley Woods housing development in Milton Keynes, which scooped the award for best large house builder from the Department of Communities and Local Government last month.
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ReviewOfficial Beijing buildings book
Drawings, plans and dramatic photos show how Beijing was constructed in time for the 2008 games
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News
RIBA form leaves firms vulnerable, says insurer
An insurance specialist has warned architects not to use the RIBA’s new standard form of agreement, claiming it could lead to bankruptcy in the event of an uninsured claim being made against them.
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NewsGlass facade of OMA's CCTV completes in time for Olympics
The glass facade of OMA's CCTV headquarters in Beijing has been completed – just in time for the opening of the Olympic Games.
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NewsThirteen practices shortlisted for RIBA South West awards
Thirteen practices will battle it out in the seventh annual RIBA South West Town & Country Design Awards next month.
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NewsAdjaye's London Design Festival pavilion
David Adjaye has designed this pavilion as part of London Design Festival 2008’s Size and Matter initiative. It will be open to the public 24 hours a day in Southbank Centre Square for a month from mid-September.
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ReviewAt Home with Mme Le Corbusier- July 10 August 14
Last chance to see the Architecture Foundation's temporary Closet Gallery in Bankside and a little more intimate side to the great man himself and the exclusive wife of modernism’s most influential architect.
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News
Mecanoo wins Birmingham Library competition
Mecanoo has won the competition to design the new Birmingham Library, beating fellow Dutch stars OMA along with Foster & Partners, Foreign Office Architects, Hopkins, Wilkinson Eyre and Schmidt Hammer Lassen.
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BlogsNews Junkie: 2nd and 3rd August
Herzog & de Meuron, Olympic venues, KPF office and Zero Carbon classicism
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NewsFoster scheme has clear run in Croydon
A 150,000sq m scheme by Foster & Partners now looks likely to be built at south London’s Croydon Gateway site after communities secretary Hazel Blears effectively ruled out rival plans by Michael Aukett Architects.
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NewsHadid designs Singapore’s largest ever housing scheme
Zaha Hadid Architects has designed Singapore’s largest ever residential development. The seven 36-storey residential towers and 12 villas will be built on a 78,000sq m site at Farrer Road, a prominent site within the city.
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NewsKen blasts Boris for ditching 100 Public Spaces programme
Former mayor of London Ken Livingstone has launched a stinging attack on his successor Boris Johnson, accusing him of cost cutting and “hypocrisy” following BD’s revelation that he has axed the 100 Public Spaces programme.
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NewsCarmody Groarke reveals 7/7 memorial
Architect Carmody Groarke has revealed its designs for a permanent memorial to the victims of London’s 7/7 bombings.
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NewsWeston pier pavilion owners vow to rebuild
The owners of Weston-super-Mare’s grade-II listed Grand Pier have vowed to rebuild its famous pavilion after it was destroyed by fire on Monday.
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Opinion
Overexposed
Intriguing that Gillespie, Kidd & Coia was included as a culprit in Tony Leitch’s rather excitable critique of the “raw concrete aesthetic” of sixties buildings (Letters July 25).
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FeaturesThe Midas touch of the Olympics
In the race for gold, authoritarian governments in Beijing and London have overlooked the need for subtle planning in our cities
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News
Mayor moves on Waterloo towers
Boris Johnson has branded as “unacceptable” proposals for three Allies & Morrison-designed towers to be built close to Waterloo Station.