All Building Design articles in 04 April 2008
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NewsHadid wins Vilnius Guggenheim
Zaha Hadid has won the competition to design the new Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania, beating Daniel Libeskind and Massimiliano Fuksas
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NewsCredit crunch could lead to more architects being sued, insurer warns
Architectural practices are at greater risk of being sued by contractors and developers because of the strains of the credit crunch, a leading insurance company warned this week.Howden, an insurance broker which specialises in architectural professional indemnity insurance (PII) policies, said on Monday that clients would look for any way ...
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Review
The Five Modes of Nagara Temple Architecture: Adam Hardy - April 17
The lecture will illustrate the five principal types or modes of Nagara (north Indian) temple architecture: Valabhi, Phamsana, Latina, Shekhari and Bhumija. Adam Hardy will discuss their architectural principles, their respective origins, evolution, and means of expression, and their interrelationships.
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Competitions
To let - desk spaces, Angel, Islington
Up to 3 desk spaces to let in small Design office shared with creative Architects and Designers.
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ReviewAmenity Space: Resonance FM – April 10
Amenity Space the architectural radio show is back for another 6 week run starting this Thursday at 1pm on Resonance 104.4 FM.
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NewsFirst images of Taiwan architect-designed villas released
MVRDV, Kengo Kuma and Julien De Smedt are among the 20 architects designing 20 villas on the island of Taiwan. The Spaniard Fernando Menis, Berlin and LA based Graft, as well as 10 Taiwanese practices are among the other architects taking part.The first images of their designs for Next-Gene20 have ...
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ReviewBeyond Measure: conversations across art and science - until June 1
Geometry is used by architects, artists, astronomers, bio-chemists, engineers, surgeons, physicists and mathematicians - among many others - as a means to understand, explain and order the world around us. It draws parallels between the artist's studio, the laboratory and the study, as equivalent places for thinking, imagining and creating.
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ReviewWitchcraft by Joanna Baillie - until May 10
17th century Scotland. As the sister of the Laird of Dungarren lies mysteriously stricken with illness, the whispers of witchcraft start to grow. In the rising tide of hysteria, the women of the estate seize the chance to turn this paranoia into the power that they desperately desire – only ...
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NewsBlackpool, Dover and Torbay are first to benefit from Cabe seaside cash
Culture secretary Andy Burnham announces the first seaside towns to benefit from Cabe’s £45 million regeneration project, amid questioning as to whether the sums can have any real impact.The Sea Change scheme, which also involves English Heritage, Arts Council England and lottery bodies, will see £15 million delivered each year ...
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ReviewIsa Genzken: Ground Zero - until May 17
Having been recently hailed by Monopol magazine as the ‘world’s most important artist’ , the core of Genzken’s show will be the presentation of the artist’s long-awaited architectural proposals for Ground Zero, taking the form of architecturally induced sculptures. Each model can remarkably, be realised to the approximate scale ...
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ReviewCJ Lim creates a wonderland at the V&A
Alice in Wonderland is the inspiration for CJ Lim’s subterranean rose garden
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BlogsNews Junkie — 05 and 06 April
Margaret Hodge’s listing intray, Natural disaster shortage and modesty towers in Bahrain.
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Competitions
Holiday let - apartment with private pool in Costa Dorado Tarragona Spain.
50 miles from Barcelona. Quiet semi rural residential location. 15 minutes from Beach
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ReviewRichard Woods: Flora & Fauna - until September 21
Well known for his long running history of architectural intervention and transformation, artist Richard Woods, in his first solo exhibition in a British public gallery, comes to Milton Keynes gallery in June.
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NewsA rock for Wellington
Amid the chaotic launch of Heathrow’s £4.3 billion Terminal 5, New Zealand architects Studio Pacific Architecture and Warren Mahoney have revealed their design for a new international terminal at Wellington Airport, dubbed The Rock.
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News
Slowdown threatens housing targets
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors has cast doubt on the government’s ability to meet its own housing targets after publishing a report showing a dramatic slowdown in the construction industry.
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NewsGordon Russell museum opens
Terence Conran will today officially open the new Gordon Russell Museum at Broadway in the Cotswolds.
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Opinion
Olympic gold
Verdicts from the joint Cabe and Design for London panel on the first five major Olympic projects (News March 28) demonstrate how far the architecture of the 2012 games has come in a year.
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OpinionGive it some jelly
Leading architects including Rogers Stirk Harbour, Grimshaw and Make are limbering up for their toughest (or should that be softest?) contest yet.
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NewsGreenwich homes by Flacq win permission
A residential development designed by Flacq on the Greenwich Peninsula has won planning permission from the local council.