All Building Design articles in 1 July 2005
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Opinion
Suzi Towel
I told Eamonn Holmes all architecture has merit, as it expresses culture. He seemed genuinely impressed
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ReviewA tantalising slice of Price
An exhibition of Cedric Price’s work may prompt a visit to Montreal, writes Samantha Hardingham
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News
Power play
Communities minister David Milliband has launched an action plan called Together We Can, to pass power from central government to local communities.Tory peer Kenneth Baker has attacked Broadway Malyan’s Vauxhall Tower plans in the House of Lords. The plans already have planning permission and have been backed by deputy prime ...
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Opinion
PII protraction
I am just one of those 27,000-odd architects trying to make a living out there, and what I see is the equivalent of arguing about angels dancing on pinheads. PII is to “provide protection to the general public” (our clients), and to provide a shell of protection to us, ...
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Opinion
In praise of Pei
I cannot understand why the RIBA doesn’t give the Gold Medal to IM Pei. His “Pyramid” in Paris is an absolute gem, as are many others of his — the brilliant Hong Kong skyscraper, the extension to Washington’s National Gallery, the Hancock Tower… the list goes on.Pei is not only ...
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Opinion
Stop the pedantry
I fail to see what is wrong with a statutory regulator requiring proof of the insurance we are required to carry to protect our clients. Why so much publicity for a few self-important barrack-room lawyers stirring up trouble by refusing to comply, when they appear to have had PII all ...
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NewsPortuguese men-of-war
As the Serpentine’s summer pavilion opens to the public, Ellis Woodman talks to its architects, Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura
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Opinion
Lost in translation
The comparison Ellis Woodman made between the new City Lit building and the Palazzo del Té is interesting (Works June 17). Giulio Romano’s mannerism is derived from the struggle to make architectural sense of alterations to an existing building. You can almost feel that tension exploding from the very stones ...
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NewsSpotcheck: Northern Ireland
Giant’s contest More than 150 architects from as far afield as Australia and Mexico visited the Giant’s Causeway this week as part of an architectural competition to design a new visitor centre for the World Heritage site. Northern Ireland’s Department of Enterprise, Trade & Investment expects about 470 practices to ...
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NewsHit and miss
Hakes Associates Architects’ Mobius Bridge (pictured) at Finzels Reach in Bristol has won planning permission. The bridge is part of the £200 million Finzels Reach scheme by HDG Mansur. Its design is based on a dynamic, continuous tied structure which will be completely independent from either riverbank, both physically and ...
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Opinion
Nationalisation will help home
James O’Shaugnessey makes a number of valid points about the quality and size of British homes, and the inappropriate sanctity in which farmland is often held (Soapbox June 24). But his finger of blame appears to waver between the planners and (somewhat embarrassedly) housebuilders who can build and sell anything. ...
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Opinion
Going public
Architecture Week presents a unique opportunity to raise public awareness of architecture, so it was disappointing to find some events in Liverpool woefully under-attended due to lack of promotion to the public. The only people I managed to have an engaging conversation with on a debate on tall buildings were ...
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News
Surfbury goes for modern
Prince Charles’s follow up to his Poundbury village is set to be thrown open to contemporary design in an apparent softening of the heir to the throne’s attitude towards modern architecture.
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News
Glam pavilion leaks
The great and good of architecture got a little more than they bargained for when they turned up for the glitzy opening of Alvaro Siza and Eduardo Souto de Moura’s Serpentine Pavilion on Tuesday.
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Opinion
By George!
The photographs of St George’s Hall are stunning (Works June 24) and Gavin Stamp’s article is a welcome reminder of Liverpool’s world heritage architecture. Stamp might be interested to know that a classically trained group of Liverpool sculptors have, for several years, been attempting to reinstate the missing pediment ...
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News
Zaha Hadid eyes social housing
Zaha Hadid wants to design social housing in Britain, she told BD this week.
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EH image problem
English Heritage’s most pressing challenge is an image problem, its chief executive has admitted.