All Building Design articles in 07 September 2007
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NewsAnger as Birmingham council axes Cottrell & Vermeulen library design
Award-winning architect Cottrell & Vermeulen has attacked former client Birmingham City Council after it scrapped plans for the practice’s Birchfield Library.Director Richard Cottrell revealed the innovative £6 million scheme, which beat rivals including van Heyningen & Haward, Penoyre & Prasad and DRMM in an RIBA competition (News November 3, 2006), ...
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NewsTake part in BD's political survey
As the conference season begins, we want to know which party you think is doing most for the built environment
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NewsTories' Quality of Life report gives architects a leading voice
The Conservative Party will give architects a seat at the political top table if it wins the next general election.Under plans for a “green revolution” set out in the Tories’ Quality of Life policy report, the party would support the institute’s bid to become a leading voice in Whitehall.“The RIBA ...
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NewsLondon launches competition for new iconic bus shelter
Design for London has won a major victory in its battle to transform the capital’s public realm with the launch of a competition to redesign its 12,000 bus shelters.The contest, launched by sister organisation Transport for London and aimed at architects and product designers, follows the abandonment of the hi-tech ...
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NewsFarrell launches broadside against planning in the UK
Britain’s planning system suffers from a "tragic" lack of vision, Terry Farrell has claimed.
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Review
Scandinavian Furniture By Judith Gura
A detailed sourcebook of classic designs for the 21st Century.
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Review
Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson By Madeleine Grynsztejn
Eliasson’s gigantic ‘Sun’ installation in The Tate Modern’s Turbine hall- The Weather Project- was one of the most popular exhibitions in London and furniture design.interest in this artist continues to run high.
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Review
Donald Judd, Architecture in Marfa, Texas by Urs Peter Fluckiger.
A symbiosis of art and architecture: a comprehensive survey of Donald Judd’s architectural work.
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Architecture in Detail . The Building Design Book of Details by Graham Bizley.
Detailed studies of recent construction projects, which have been selected for their use of innovative techniques.
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CompetitionsThe shortlist for BD's Architect of the Year Awards
The architects shortlisted for BD's Architect of the Year Awards 2007 have been announced
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FeaturesThe Little Britain Challenge Cup
How did the architects perform at this year's construction industry regatta? We bring you the results
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Competitions
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FeaturesBlog: Bottoms up at Little Britain
Land lubber Helen Crump donned her yachting gear for this year's industry contest in the Solent, but found more drawn to the bar than the ship's deck
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Review
London Design Festival - September 15 to 25
Encompassing the usual heady mix of trade shows and talks plus gallery and shop events.
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ReviewAnthony Caro: New Sculptures – September 13 to October 27
Once assistant to Henry Moore, Anthony Caro went on to become one of the leading sculptors of the 20th century and collaborated with Sir Norman Foster on the once-wobbly Thames footbridge. Now in his 80s, he is showing new galvanised work in this latest exhibition.
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ReviewNeutral: Moving Space - Until October 13
Architecture Foundation’s Yard Gallery, www.architecture foundation.org.ukEstablished in 1998, film-makers Neutral have established a reputation for innovative use of digital animation with real footage in interpreting and communicating architecture for clients including Zaha Hadid and Herzog & de Meuron.
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ReviewBauhaus 1919-1933 - until February 17
The massively influential art and design school is the subject of a new show by MIMA, with material including loans from the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin and the Tate Gallery in London.
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FeaturesBlog: Travels in Toon Town
From the high rise towers of Mega City One to the airship landing docks of Watchmen's parallel New York, BD's new reporter Rory Olcayto has inhabited the world of comic books since childhood. To introduce his Toon Town blog series he picks some of his favourites
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NewsBdonline has been shortlisted...
...for the Association of Online Publishers' Awards for business website of the year.