All Building Design articles in 05 June 2009
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Schools programme a ‘tall order’ for government, say MPs
The government’s programme to redevelop England’s schools buildings has been beset by over-optimism and will struggle to deliver all schools on deadline, MPs have claimed.
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Alsop tops list of world’s most creative people in architecture
Will Alsop has beaten Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid and Herzog & de Meuron to be named number one in a list of the world’s 10 most creative people in architecture.
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BD launches new freelance recruitment site
Looking for contract or temporary architecture work?
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Council strongly backs Rogers' Chelsea Barracks scheme
Prince Charles’ attempts to derail the controversial £1 billion redevelopment of Chelsea Barracks have been dealt a major blow.
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High Line turns railway to park
The High Line, a new park space designed by Diller Scofidio & Renfro and landscape architect James Corner Field Operations on a 1.45-mile stretch of New York’s disused steel freight railway, opened to the public on Tuesday.
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Rescue plan for Viñoly’s Colchester arts centre
A rescue plan to save Rafael Viñoly’s troubled Colchester visual arts centre was unveiled this week in a move that will see the project delivered up to three years late.
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Beijing buildings dominate Lubetkin shortlist
The RIBA has announced a six strong shortlist of nominees for the Lubetkin Prize for the best international building by a RIBA member, selected from the list of 15 RIBA International Award winners.
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Work begins on McAslan's King's Cross concourse
Work has begun on John McAslan’s huge semi circular-shaped concourse for King’s Cross Station, due to open in time for the 2012 Olympics.
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Wilkinson Eyre’s dramatic plans for Science Museum revealed (fly-through)
Business secretary Peter Mandelson has unveiled new plans by Wilkinson Eyre for London’s Science Museum.
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Review
Review: Beyond the Bubble: The new Japanese architecture, by Botond Bognar
Botond Bognar's book attempts to explain why Japanese architecture is unique - not only in terms of the buildings' spatial qualities but also their use of materials – and how it has arrived at its current status. This overview of Japanese architecture offers a good starting point for novices.
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Zaha to design Cairo Expo City
Zaha Hadid Architects has beaten Norway's Snohetta to win a competition to design Cairo Expo City, a 450,000 sq m exhibition and conference complex.
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Rescue plan to save Victorian concrete house
A rescue plan has been drawn up to save one of London’s most unusual houses.
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£7m bid to give new life to Manchester towers
City South Manchester Housing Trust has revealed its £7 million plans to refurbish four landmark towers in the city’s Hulme area
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Newcastle rail bridge restoration wins heritage award
Network Rail has won a £8,600 (€10,000) prize at the Cultural Heritage and Europa Nostra Awards for its £40 million restoration of Robert Stephenson's High Level Bridge in Tyneside.
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Developer ditches Gehry basketball arena for New York Atlantic Yards
Frank Gehry’s design for the New York Nets basketball arena, at the centre of the troubled $4 billion Atlantic Yards scheme, has been scrapped.
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Features
BD's guide to the 2009 graduate shows
Another year, another crop of fresh talent from the architecture schools across the country.
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Kay Andrews to chair English Heritage
New culture secretary Ben Bradshaw has named Kay Andrews as the new chair of English Heritage.
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Six win RMJM Harvard scholarship
Six young people from under-privileged backgrounds have won places on a six week architecture course through RMJM’s Architecture for Everyone scheme.
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Architects to design tower block – for animals
Leeds-based Garnett Netherwood Architects has won a quirky competition to design a tower block for animals.
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Go-ahead for Gloucestershire large-scale eco housing scheme
The country’s first large-scale housing scheme to be built to level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes has won planning permission.