All Building Design articles in 06 July 2012
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NewsDesign contest launched for Chelsea cafe
Architects sought for £2m redevelopment of cafe in Duke of York Square
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MultimediaBD Cycle Safety Campaign - the driver's view
In the last of our videos, we join the driver of a 13-tonne tipper truck for a driver’s eye view of London’s cyclists
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ReviewThe London Square: Gardens in the Midst of Town by Todd Longstaffe-Gowan
Todd Longstaffe-Gowan’s book explains why London’s garden squares are still appealing
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NewsPiercy & Company to rejuvenate fire damaged building
Facade to be recreated from remains of Victorian building
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NewsRud Sawers Architects completes North Somerset school scheme
Primary and nursery school linked in renovation project
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OpinionLocal uproar, Kansas City Olympics and Piano's got soul
Fat and Grayson Perry cause a local stir
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FeaturesArchitecture student shows 2012: Central St Martins
This years show considers the position that architecture is about people and the built environment is a consequence of a complex networks and processes
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OpinionDon’t write off modern Bristol
While it is true that, as Rob Gregory says, Bristol has not figured highly in the annals of contemporary architecture since around 1907 (Culture June 22), as the joint organiser of two recent one-day tours of “modern” architecture in Bristol for the Twentieth Century Society, I would not want anyone ...
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OpinionStop sniping at local planners
It makes good copy, of course, but Apec Architects’ Ken Fisher’s views on what he perceives to be the failings of his local planning authority do him, and his profession, a disservice (News June 29).
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OpinionA simple plaque would suffice
Bryan Avery (Letters June 29) obviously has not seen the recent critical comments of Liam O’Connor’s Bomber Command memorial design by Brian Sewell and Simon Jenkins in the Evening Standard and Ross Clark in the Times — as well as Gillian Darley (Opinion June 8).
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OpinionRIBA is colluding in this free-for-all
Your front page story and leader (June 29) state that the RIBA has complained to the prime minister about project managers offering architects’ services for free, whiletaking a management fee for arranging design competitions.
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Building StudyCharterhouse Quarter gateway scheme quietly complements its historic surroundings
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands gains planning permission for commercial development on several protected viewing corridors
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OpinionThe path to a lasting legacy
Without pedestrian access the Olympic Park will yield no benefits for the people of east London
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OpinionDesigning fear out of communities
Feeling safe in buildings and outside spaces could be all in the mind
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OpinionAre project managers to blame for bad procurement?
Yes, says Tony Skipper, procurement reform is necessary; while Steve McGuckin sees no advantage in not playing fair
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FeaturesSpitting image
As we review the latest addition to Poundbury, we take you back to 1981 when its masterplanner had a replica of his head sculpted in plaster
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OpinionOnly the RIBA can put the prize back in the spotlight
If no broadcaster is going to bring the Stirling Prize to the public, the task falls to the institute itself
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NewsPringle Richards Sharratt Architects' William Morris Gallery completes
Architect refurbished listed building and created new extension