All Building Design articles in 01 June 2012
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NewsIn pictures: London 2012 Olympic cauldron by Thomas Heatherwick
Closely guarded design steals the show at Olympics opening ceremony
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NewsYoung Architect of the Year Award 2012
Don’t miss your chance to be in the running for the leading award for young architects in the UK
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NewsArchitect of the Year Awards 2012: Public Realm
Find out how your practice can win the recognition it deserves
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NewsArchitect of the Year Awards 2012: Sports and Entertainment
Find out hwo to enter one of this year’s most hottly contested awards
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NewsArchitect of the Year Awards 2012: Public Building
Get tips on entering from last year’s award winners
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NewsArchitect of the Year Awards 2012: Small project/ International Breakthrough
BD unveils two new categories for this year’s awards
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup nomination — Novotel and Ibis Hotels, Blackfriars Road, London by HKR Architects
Have your say on this year’s shortlist
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OpinionKensington a right royal mess
Last bank holiday (miserable and rainy) my wife and I decided to cheer ourselves up by visiting the newly refurbished Kensington Palace to check out quite how the £12 million had been spent (Buildings May 18).
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OpinionSchools muddle is a huge failure
I found Michal Cohen’s (Debate May 25) defence of Michael Gove’s school-building strategy a rather weak apology, especially compared with the straightforward account by Yasmin Shariff.
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OpinionCompetitions do test design skill
Your leader (May 25) on why competitions won’t solve procurement problems for small practices completely misses the point, which is that the thing that differentiates a useful architect from a not-so-good one is that the former knows the trick of using design to solve a client’s problems.
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OpinionBim overlay is for everyone
I would like to clarify a few points raised by architects and readers of BD regarding the RIBA’s new Bim Overlay to the Plan of Work (Letters May 25).
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Building StudyNorwegian farmhouse inspires Haptic Architects' mountain spa
Simple pitched forms capture dramatic views in Sognefjorden, Norway
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NewsFun on the Filling Station forecourt
Carmody Groarke turns a former BP petrol station into a diner-style restaurant and exhibition space
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OpinionTime to change the guard at Buckingham Palace
Sixty years of regal indifference to architecture have left a rather doubtful legacy
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OpinionWhy leftists should look back in anger
Yes, the left is lacking an urban vision, but the past few decades have left it with few means to develop one
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OpinionA marriage of convenience?
Not all practices can move easily into a foreign country, but Pringle Brandon found a way