All Building Design articles in 01 Feb 2013
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How to Win Work – Local Customs
Many countries offer prizes, not just to the winners but also to the runners up in a competition. In Switzerland, for example, the Andermatt masterplanning competition run last year had prizes of 30,000 Swiss francs (currently worth £20,000) for each of the five shortlisted firms. The sums are not ...
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How to Win Work – In the Clients Shoes
Every architect with a scintilla of ambition will believe in their design skills and that the client will benefit hugely from appointing them. There are other things, however, that clients want — and even design skills have to be communicated. Caroline Cole of architectural management consultancy Colander warns: “Architects ...
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How to Win Work – Deciding what to enter
There are two major decisions that a practice has to make before deciding to enter any kind of competition. They are: Is the competition any good? And, is the competition appropriate? In other words, should anybody enter this competition? And, is the competition right for us? Alongside this is ...
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FeaturesHelp us uncover the truth about the state of employment in architecture
Take our employment survey and be in with a chance of winning a LEGO® Architecture kit
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Building awareness with clients
All architectural work has to be won. The old-school approach where architects met clients on the golf course and were given work that way has long disappeared. Some work does still come through personal relationships and recommendations, of course, particularly at the smaller end of the scale. And that work ...
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NewsPRP and CF Moller get planning for Cambridge housing
The scheme for Skanska features 273 new homes
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TechnicalHow to win the top green ratings
Breeam ratings are more important than ever. We look at the most cost-effective ways of achieving the highest three standards in five common sectors
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Introduction to How to Win Work
The best buildings are generally designed by the best architects — however you choose to define “best” — but it is not always true that the best architects are appointed to the projects. Winning work is not only about being good at design — and sometimes that hardly figures at ...
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TechnicalIsaac Newton Academy by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
The practice overcame space restrictions for a new east London secondary school by constructing its sports facility over an existing council car park
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NewsSpace Group Architects complete private home
The project is called Wedges to describe the way the extension fits into the tight site
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NewsMake and De Matos Ryan on shortlist for Millennium Point
Quixotic, BDP and K4 also make the grade
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Building StudyAbbey Park by Buckley Gray Yeoman
The architect has received permission to masterplan a business park extension on a grade II* listed parkland in Warwickshire
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OpinionRed tape is not holding up growth… and Gove knows it
The education secretary should not blame the planning system for the stalling of his own big idea
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OpinionArgument for new terraced housing is easily demolished
Knock down the high-rises to solve Britain’s social problems, says a thinktank — advice as impractical as it is outdated
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OpinionIs it too late to save the British pub?
Yes, says Paul Nuttall, state meddling has killed a great British tradition; but David Knight believes the pub’s community role can come to the rescue