All Building Design articles in 08 May 2009
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ReviewBD’s Guide to your cultural week: May 18 to May 24
Learn first hand what life was like working with Le Corbusier, stretch those legs and explore the post-war housing of the Camden under architect Sydney Cook, or take a trip across the pond to visit Frank Lloyd Wright’s retrospective at the Guggenheim, in BD’s guide to your cultural week.
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RIBA trends survey confirms fears women hit hardest by slump
Fears that woman architects are being hardest hit by the recession were today heightened by the RIBA’s latest Future Trends Survey.
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Athletes Village to be entirely publicly funded
The government has confirmed that the 2012 Olympic Athletes Village development will not now receive any private funding.
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Chester University plans £30m student accommodation project
The University of Chester has issued an OJEU notice to find a multi-disciplinary team to design and deliver a £30 million student accommodation project.
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Ideas competition launched by RIBA and Wrap
The RIBA and Wrap – the government's waste & resources action programme – have launched a joint ideas competition to find ways to reduce construction waste through design.
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NewsYoung practices team-up for shot at school design work
Duggan Morris, Glowacka Rennie, Gort Scott, Harry Dobbs Design and Matthew Springett Associates have formed a consortium to bid for work designing primary schools, and to hold design charettes with education departments of local authorities.
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NewsDownturn threat to Pathfinder scheme
The government’s £2.2 billion Pathfinder project to regenerate some of the most run-down parts of England is “being hit hard by the recession and may struggle to recover”, the Audit Commission warned this week.The Pathfinder scheme’s remit is to use public money to breathe new life into sink suburbs in ...
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NewsArchitype wins Herefordshire library competition
Architype has beaten Feilden Clegg Bradley, Richard Murphy, Davies Sutton and Panter Hudspith in a competition to design a new £2.9 million library and refurbish an existing Grade II* listed building in Ledbury, Herefordshire.
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NewsStonehenge visitor centre set for Airman's Corner site
Architecture minister Barbara Follett today announced that the long-delayed temporary visitor centre for Stonehenge will be built at Airman's Corner, 2km away from the stones, and outside the world heritage site (WHS) at a cost of £25 million.
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CompetitionsHoliday let : Two bedroom apartment in the French Alps
Well equipped two bedroom apartment with large south west facing terrace in the village of Les Houches at the foot of Mont Blanc.
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NewsCalatrava presents latest design for Ground Zero transport hub
Santiago Calatrava has unveiled the latest model of his design for the World Trade Centre transport hub, the train and bus station at the heart of the Ground Zero regeneration plan.
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NewsPrince Charles warns of 'gulf' between architects and society
Plaudits for RIBA president’s robust defence of modernist architecture
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Government to set minimum design standards for all public buildings
The government is setting minimum design standards for every public building in the country.
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NewsFire hits Hadid’s Guangzhou Opera House in China
Work on Zaha Hadid’s Guangzhou Opera House in China has temporarily stalled after a fire started on site.
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NewsStudio Tamassociati's Sudanese prayer centre
Italian architect Studio Tamassociati has designed a minimalist prayer and meditation pavilion for a free health-care centre in Khartoum, Sudan.
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NewsPrince Charles's speech will emphasise architects' role as place makers
Prince Charles will use his RIBA lecture tomorrow night to tell architects that they are “first and foremost place makers and not designers of buildings”.
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TechnicalBritish Artist Marries Photography with Ceramic Tile
Following an industrious career as a photographer in world of advertising and design for the likes of Benetton, IKEA and Formica, British born Michael Banks moved to Barcelona to focus on producing contemporary fine art
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TechnicalTile of Spain Update: CEVISAMA Review - May 2009
CEVISAMA 2009, the 27th International Exhibition for Architectural Ceramics and Bathroom Furnishings, took place in February 2009 at the Feria exhibition centre in Valencia