All Building Design articles in 10 September 2010
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ReviewFrom drawing boards to debt: Harri Williams-Jones
In the final installment in our series, architecture student Williams-Jones talks about facing a future in architecture
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NewsOlympic clock set for Trafalgar Square
Plans for a giant clock in Trafalgar Square counting down the time until the start of the 2012 Games are set to be approved by the City of Westminster.
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NewsAuthorities to review Gazprom tower plans
Russian authorities are set to review RMJM’s Gazprom Tower in St Petersburg following a report from Unesco’s World Heritage Committee.
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NewsAdjaye's Moscow revolution
This Sunday sees the opening of Adjaye Associates’ building for Moscow School of Management in the district of Skolkovo.
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NewsGove waxes lyrical over Amanda Levete
Education Secretary Michael Gove described Amanda Levete as “Britain’s best architect” when he opened the practice’s Globe Academy in south London this week.
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NewsCardiff Bay visitor centre to be dismantled
Alsop & Lyall’s £500,000 Cardiff Bay visitor centre (pictured) is being dismantled to make way for a new road.
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Disgraced architect forged notes
Robert Lindsay, the first architect ever struck off by the Arb, has been caught forging doctors’ notes to avoid attending a trial at Carlisle Crown Court.
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ReviewFrom drawing boards to debt: Polly Damen
Assael’s associate director on working abroad during a recession and how the attitude to female architects has changed.
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NewsHemp construction put to the test
A single-storey building made from hemp-lime has been built at Bath University to test its potential as a building material.
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NewsShapps insists localism will see more houses built
The government has insisted it will get more housing built by handing power back to local authorities despite reports that plans for new homes are being abandoned across the country.
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NewsBarbara Weiss creates new home for Holocaust archive
Work has begun on Barbara Weiss Architects’ £1.5 million project to provide a new home for the Wiener Library, one of the world’s most extensive archives on the Holocaust.
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NewsMalcolm Fraser tops Housing Expo people's choice poll
Malcolm Fraser Architects’ house design for Scotland’s Housing Expo has been named the people’s favourite.
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NewsTheresa May steps in over War Graves Commission HQ allegations
Home secretary Theresa May has written to the director general of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission over allegations that she was misled about the original significance of its headquarters.
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NewsHCA names practices for new framework panel
Broadway Malyan, Atkins, BDP, Aecom and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios will now all be in line for local authority and government work.
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NewsV&A launches competition for new extension
The V&A has launched a design competition to create a new gallery to house temporary exhibitions on its Exhibition Road site in Kensington.
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NewsJestico & Whiles completes Hackney technology college
Jestico & Whiles has completed a £15 million technology college in east London.
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Levitt Bernstein wins Islington Housing competition
Levitt Bernstein has won the Islington Housing Design Competition, beating finalists Avanti Architects and Brady Mallalieu.