All Building Design articles in 06 Sep 2013
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FeaturesArchitecture Football League match report: Foster 456 V Grimshaw
Julian Bennetts reports from a key match in the inaugural London AFL season
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TechnicalProduct spotlight: Architectural Mesh
Two examples of metallic mesh used in a Munich church and Chipperfield’s Hamburg cocktail bar
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FeaturesThe 10 books every architecture student should read
With the doors about to open at architecture schools across the country, BD selects 10 architecture books from the last 50 years that every student should read
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Features'Vanity height' and six other new phrases for architects
As the Oxford English Dictionary adds the words ‘twerk’ and ‘selfie’, BD looks at new terms for the architectural lexicon
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NewsArchitects sign up for Maggie's Cultural Crawl
Architects from Zaha Hadid, Foster Partners and Wilkinson Eyre among this year’s night hikers
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NewsNew RIBA president launches major project to prove value of architecture
‘What’s missing is the evidence,’ admits Stephen Hodder
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AnalysisStephen Hodder: 'I want to focus on a few small things and deliver them well'
New RIBA president is not promising fireworks, just carefully judged reform.
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NewsRIBA Competitions launches second Science Central project
Newcastle University wants to attract world-class scientists
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OpinionYour chance to change procurement
Architects must engage with consultation on the EU’s new directive, says Ellis Woodman
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OpinionWill prefab sprout a solution to the housing crisis?
The time may have come at last for prefabricated homes, but don’t expect them to solve all our problems, says Denise Chevin
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OpinionThe prince is not our real problem
Have we architects got it all wrong about the involvement of the Prince of Wales with buildings and the townscape that they relate to? (“ Richard Rogers claims developers run projects past Prince of Wales ” bdonline August 23).
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OpinionNotoriety is what Redcar needs
I personally was somewhat disappointed that the Redcar Beacon was not successful in winning the Carbuncle Cup competition (August 30).
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OpinionDo student housing standards need an overhaul?
A hall of residence winning the Carbuncle Cup has sparked a wider debate about what is and is not acceptable in university accommodation
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OpinionFlats highlight planning flaw
A real issue here with student accommodation (“ Students in storage ” News August 30), and the planning process in general, is the lack of any avenue for objection by those affected once permission has been granted, except for judicial review of issues of law.
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OpinionStandards fail to take wider view
Surely the point of a consultation on building standards is to determine in what way the recommendations are limited ( Debate August 30 )?
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OpinionThrow new light on Birmingham
I have been concerned about the external cladding (grillage) since the first images of Mecanoo’s Library of Birmingham were made public (Buildings August 30).
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NewsRIBA reveals 2013 Manser Medal shortlist
Stirling Prize nominees Witherford Watson Mann up for housing prize
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NewsDesign competition launched to restore James Stirling's Florey building
New facilities will also be added in vicinity of the building