All Building Design articles in 06 June 2008
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ReviewMaking a splash: MIT’s Digital Water Pavilion opens at Zaragoza
An MIT building with walls made entirely of water will go on display this week at the Zaragoza World Expo in northern Spain, the theme of which is water and sustainable development.
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NewsBetter Public Building shortlist unveiled
Denton Corker Marshall’s Civil Justice Centre in Manchester, Allies & Morrison’s Festival Hall revamp and MUMA’s Newlyn Art Gallery in Cornwall are among the 21 buildings shortlisted for the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award, the annual gong that rewards design-led regeneration projects.Credit: Peter Cook Royal Festival Hall, LondonOther firms ...
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NewsArchitects to stage urban intervention at LFA 2008
Parking bays and design aren’t two words which normally trip off the tongue together, but a competition run by Ramboll Whitbybird is using design to draw attention to just how much space is given up to cars in the city.
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Features
Around the world in 20 architects
The futuristic villa designs of 20 architects for Taiwanese architecture project Next-Gene20 have been turned into film.
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NewsByrne transforms building into sound installation
Artist David Byrne has transformed the 9,000 sq ft interior of the Battery Maritime Building in Lower Manhattan into a sound sculpture.
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ReviewJerwood Contemporary Makers - until July 20
Intended to showcase work by the new generation of contemporary makers in a fresh and unexpected way; ‘Touch’ is the theme this year’s participants are focusing on.
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ReviewFilms of the Glasgow Empire Exhibition- until June 22
'Films of the Glasgow Empire' takes us back in time with a number of amateur films from the Scottish Screen Archive, taken by a token number of some 12.5 million visitors who attended the show in 1938.
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ReviewNational Floor Show - September 2 to 4
The UK’s biggest flooring exhibition, National Floor Show, is back for another year with over 200 exhibitors showcasing a range of different flooring options from traditional to contemporary.
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ReviewDominique Perrault: Architecture- until September 22
French architect Dominique Perrault, is the next installment in an annual series of architect-themed exhibitions, with his large-scale show at the Pompidou Centre.
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ReviewTrevor Dannatt: Works -until September 20
Combining examples of Trevor Dannatt’s architectural models, furniture, drawings and photographs; 'Works' provides a unique insight into the vision of one of the most important British architects of the past 50 years.
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ReviewBreakfast talk: Sustainable by Design- July 1
British architect Tony Fretton will discuss the problem solving capacity of architecture with Henning Thomsen from The Danish Architecture Centre's laboratory for sustainable urban development at a breakfast talk hosted by the Danish Embassy.
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NewsOMA to build mixed-use scheme around Rotterdam bank building
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture has released an image of its plans for a mixed-use building space in Coolsinge, Rotterdam’s shopping district. It would contain retail, cultural, residential and office space.
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News
Robin Hood Gardens in the nationals
The campaign to save Robin Hood Gardens has recently featured on the Times and Financial Times letters pages.
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ReviewNew Bucharest Market: TUB project - until July 20
New Bucharest Market presents the TUB project (Transcentral Urban Bucharest); made up of a collaboration of 14 Bucharest architectural studios all seeking to redefine the city’s identity and the dysfunctional structures left behind by communism, with social, cultural and environmental initiatives.
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NewsCouncil backs Everton stadium scheme for Kirkby
Knowsley Council has approved Broadway Malyan’s controversial scheme in Kirkby for a new 50,000-seat stadium for Everton FC, and an adjacent retail development led by Tesco.
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ReviewJestico + Whiles: A Tale of Five Cities - until June 27
Members of Jestico + Whiles have once again been set the annual task of visiting five European cities – Bregenz, Cologne, Porto, Stockholm and Valencia to spend two days visiting noteworthy buildings for inspiration, whilst recording their experiences by documenting the local architecture. For a fresh perspective, this year ...
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BlogsNews Junkie: 07 and 08 June
Mackintosh internet honour, Foster value engineering in Calgary and Zaragoza’s Expo drowns in its own theme.
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NewsDesign for London Urban Design Framework Panel revealed
David Chipperfield, Foster & Partners, Caruso St John and Studio Egret West are among the 26 firms named on the new Urban Design Framework Panel drawn up by Design For London.
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