All Building Design articles in 04 July 2008
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Review
Gehry's Serpentine Pavilion unveiled
Frank Gehry's much anticipated first structure in England, his summer installation at the Serpentine Gallery in central London’s Hyde Park, was unveiled to the press on Wednesday in monsoon-like conditions.
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News
FaulknerBrowns reveals its 2012 White Water Canoe Centre
The Olympic Delivery Authority has unveiled designs for the Broxbourne White Water Canoe Centre by FaulknerBrowns Architects. The scheme, which also includes landscaping by Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates, has now been submitted for planning.
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Review
Experts enthuse over the Hayward 40 years on
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its opening, the Hayward Gallery invited a panel of experts to muse on the building’s great achievements and what it means to them. BD picks some of the best quotes.
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News
Bloomsbury LFA installation becomes interactive
Mobile Studio's London Festival of Architecture installation at Bloomsbury hub drew in the families at the weekend.
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News
Boris to ditch 50% affordable housing target in changes to London Plan
Boris Johnson has published a major report setting out his priorities for revising the London Plan.
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News
London mayor axes flagship Parliament Square plans
London mayor Boris Johnson has scrapped ambitious plans to transform Parliament Square into a pedestrianised piazza.
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News
Rogers Stirk Harbour reveals Wood Wharf
Outline plans have been unveiled for Rogers Stirk Harbour’s long-awaited Wood Wharf mixed-use scheme in the London Docklands.
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News
Campaigners slam UIA over failure to expel Israelis
Lobby group Architects & Planners for Justice in Palestine has vowed to continue with its campaigning after a move to expel Israeli professionals from the International Union of Architects (UIA) failed.
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Features
Portsmouth School of Architecture Blog 2008
Third year architecture student Vinesh Pomal takes a look at his fellow students' third year and diploma shows at Portsmouth University.
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Technical
Jacobsen’s embassy showcases the best of Danish sustainability
A modernist gem and visions of sustainability jostle for attention at the sust-DANE-able exhibition, part of the London Festival of Architecture
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News
RIBA launches drive to help large practices
The RIBA has launched a new drive to engage with large practices across the UK, claiming it has not done as much as it could for bigger firms.
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News
London mayor pledges £60m to bring neglected buildings back into use
Architects stand to benefit from a new £60 million fund to help bring discarded London properties back into use.
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Multimedia
Pringle launches campaign to rebuild Skylon tower (video)
The campaign to rebuild the famous Skylon tower has been officially launched this week, as part of the London Festival of Architecture.
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News
Carmody Groarke’s sky walk forms centrepiece of London Festival of Architecture hub
A 160m-long installation, commissioned by New London Architecture, formed the centrepiece of the King’s Cross, Bloomsbury, Fitzrovia and Covent Garden London Festival of Architecture hub at the weekend. The sky walk, designed by architects Carmody Groarke rises 4m high and zigzags across Montague Place, creating new public spaces, a viewing ...
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Review
Chipperfield's Neues Museum restoration on show at the Soane
David Chipperfield’s controversial restoration of Berlin’s Neues Museum is the subject of a new exhibition at Sir John Soane’s Museum in London.
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News
Shed KM’s Chimney Pot Park takes top Housing Design award
Shed KM’s Chimney Pot Park scheme for Urban Splash in Langworthy, Salford has been named the overall winner at the Housing Design Awards.
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News
Architects in the running to win Scottish healthcare work
Nightingale Associates, BDP and Reiach & Hall are among the architects in the running to win a slice of a £900 million deal to build hospitals and major healthcare facilities across Scotland.
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News
Southwark approves Simpson's Chambers Wharf design
Southwark Council has approved Ian Simpson Architects’ plans for a major new residential development at Chambers Wharf in Bermondsey.
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Multimedia
Channel Four: Is RHG's problem that it's a sink estate? (video)
A report on Channel Four news at the weekend, takes a look at the campaign to Save Robin Hood Gardens and asks whether the real answer is a fresh look at the problems of sink estates in general.
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Review
Exhibition imagines London after climate change
As Gordon Brown meets other world leaders at the annual G8 summit in Tokyo, architectural visualiser GMJ has launched an online exhibition to spark public debate about climate change.