All Building Design articles in 03 May 2013
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Multimedia“The remarkable thing to me is how optimistic students of architecture are.”
A new film from the US shines a thoughtful, critical light on the architecture education studio system with interviews from Shigeru Ban, Thom Mayne and Aecom CEO Jow Brown
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NewsDeveloper pins Convoys Wharf hopes on Farrells re-jig
Revised masterplan replaces Aedas plan for south-east London site
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Building StudyToynbee Street housing by Matthew Lloyd Architects
Architect has designed a mixed-use development for the historic Spitalfields area of London
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OpinionFarrell won’t set the Thames on fire
The latest plan for Convoys Wharf fails to address the development’s basic flaws, says Ellis Woodman
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OpinionRIBA campaign is more heat than light
The housing crisis is about quality, not just dimensions says Hank Dittmar
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OpinionAre architects doing enough to encourage housebuilding?
Get stuck in to property development, urges Dickon Robinson… bourgeois balderdash, says Simon Allford
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FeaturesAnother glass act at Kew Gardens
We look back to when Gordon Wilson’s Princess of Wales Conservatory was built in 1985
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OpinionGove needs to learn his history
Michael Gove should read Catherine Burke’s recent book on Mary Medd to learn how our school designs evolved in a genuine effort to reduce child mortality and deliver utopian ideals that drew on ideas from America and Scandinavia ( Analysis April 26 ).
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OpinionWhere are these cash-rich firms?
We’ve worked with community land trusts trying to secure land and finance for local people to build their own houses, but — surprise, surprise — there was no finance available ( News April 26 ).
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OpinionWhat am I losing by leaving RIBA?
Although I do not have direct evidence, I firmly believe that small and sole practitioners in the vicinity of the major RIBA offices do indeed benefit — not just from the reflected glory that membership brings, but also from practical help and resources ( Debate April 26 ).
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FeaturesFive things every architect should know about copyright
A bill to modernise UK copyright law has been given Royal Assent but will it protect architects?
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NewsChipperfield's Geffrye museum extension rejected by councillors
Architect suffers setback after councillors side with campaigners
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NewsArchitects fear school design standards
Architects have raised concerns that the first batch of privately funded schools could result sub-standard buildings because there is no centralised mechanism for design review in place. The first three lots of the Priority Schools Building Programme, announced last week, include seven schools in Hertfordshire, Luton and Reading with ...
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NewsZumthor to unveil $650m plan for LACMA next month
Project will be one of his first projects outside central Europe
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InspirationsDavid Marks and Julia Barfield's inspiration: Palm House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
David Marks and Julia Barfield hail the flowering of Victorian innovation at the Palm House, Kew Gardens
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OpinionSchools cost-cutting will be an education for us all
The real issues raised by the new PFI schools will become clear in the long term, says Amanda Baillieu
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FeaturesCarme Pinós: ‘More rules are not necessary’
The founder of Estudio Carme Pinós on the Smithsons, Le Corbusier and Venice