All Building Design articles in 03 July 2009
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Review
Student shows: Kent School of Architecture
Judging from the work on display this year, the school encourages self-generated as well as directed assignments, allowing the students the opportunity to think twice: what is expected from me? What do I expect?
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ReviewStudent shows: Cambridge University
Undergraduates rose to the challenge in the absence of more mature diploma-level work
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ReviewStudent shows: Royal College of Art
The work of this year’s students is cogent, daring and refreshingly resolved
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ReviewStudent shows: Bath University School of Architecture
Technical finesse makes up for the show’s regimentation
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News
Prince Charles’s Dimbleby Lecture sets challenges for more sustainable architecture
Prince Charles has made a fresh call to architects and planners to put nature and traditional thinking at the centre of how new settlements are designed.
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Mayor sets minimum housing space limits
The London mayor’s housing guide has set out minimum internal floor space standards for all future developments in the capital.
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Judge reprimands Aukett's for cover-up after project architect quit
A High Court judge has reprimanded Aukett Fitzroy Robinson for misleading a billionaire client after the architect working on his high-profile scheme quit.
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NewsODA chief backs Olympic stadium retaining full capacity after 2012
The chief executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority has increased speculation that the main 2012 stadium will stay at its games capacity for some years by admitting he now doesn’t expect it to be dismantled immediately.
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NewsCouncil asks OMA to scale down Commonwealth Institute
OMA and West 8’s contentious plans to redevelop the former Commonwealth Institute building have been sent back to the drawing board, amid concerns about the scale of the scheme.
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Building StudySanaa's Serpentine pavilion shows a lightness of touch
If Sanaa’s buildings can be said to share a defining quality it lies in their marriage of a startling economy of means and a gleeful abandon in those means’ deployment — a strategy that imbues their best work with something of the impossible loveliness of a child’s drawing.
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Bleak outlook for architects in Europe, shows survey
The economic outlook for the architectural sector across Europe is getting progressively worse, according to the Architects’ Council of Europe’s quarterly survey.
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Architects to look at making housing better for elderly
Architects Richard MacCormac and managing director of PRP Architects Roger Battersby are to look at making Britain's housing stock more elderly-friendly.
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News3XN designs eco-friendly pavilion for Denmark’s Louisiana museum
Danish practice 3XN has designed an eco friendly pavilion for the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Humlebæk, Denmark.
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NewsCF Moller and Kristin Jarmund win Oslo triple tower competition
Danish practice CF Møller and Norwegian practice Kristin Jarmund Arkitekter have won a competition to design a three-tower development in the Norwegian capital Oslo.
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Housing agency gives £32 million to kick-start London housing schemes
The Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) is to invest more than £32 million to kick-start two major London housing schemes.
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NewsZaha Hadid's Manchester music hall opens
Work has been completed on Zaha Hadid’s temporary chamber music hall, designed specifically to host solo performances of Bach’s compositions as part of the Manchester International Festival.
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NewsLondon Olympics Athletes Village – new images revealed (fly-through)
The ODA has unveiled its latest images for the 2012 Athletes Village, saying it will be "gold medal standard".
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ReviewStudent shows: The Bartlett School of Architecture
The Bartlett Show is impressive. The level and quantity of dexterity on display is extraordinary and presumably this is but a small proportion of the year’s work.
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NewsBUJ Islington tower wins planning
BUJ Architects’ scheme for a £175 million skyscraper development in London’s latest cluster of tall buildings has been approved.
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NewsEducation Now virtual fair kicks off
BD's Education Now, a free virtual event for the education sector, kicks off this Wednesday with a series of discussions and videos on funding, acoustics and the primary school design programme.