All Building Design articles in 11 May 2012
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Technical
Will bio-plastic change the face of design?
Lighting company unveils first commercial product made of sugar waste
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Technical
Womens Designer Galleries, Selfridges by Jamie Fobert Architects
Jamie Fobert Architects layer of marble is the complete antithesis of the classic department store floor
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News
How the AA was fleeced out of £1 million
Mis-sold office equipment leases are likely to catch out more architecture schools
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News
MCK Associates submit plans for deaf ‘embassy’
Proposals are for a three-storey building at Deafway’s base in Preston
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News
David Miller Architects gets green light for Aldgate hotel
23-storey building sits in City Fringe regeneration area
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Opinion
Fraud fiasco, 'fake' design and fierce criticism
Boots looks in on the AA, the Serpentine and the Maxxi
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Building Study
First look: Channing School, Highgate, north London by Buckley Gray Yeoman
Architect has received planning permission for new sports facilities, teaching rooms and music and arts department
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News
Serpentine pavilion scheme fails to uncover foundations
Plans have been used to recreate the foundations of previous pavilions
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Opinion
Can Ferguson end our cynicism about mayors?
Mayors have the power to revitalise our cities, but politicians are seen as incapable of delivering change
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Opinion
Serpentine team digs deep for magic
A pavilion that focuses on a hole in the ground and some rainwater is going to need that extra something
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Opinion
Russia needs a new type of revolution
Standoffs, rows, split ownership and corruption are taking their toll on Moscow’s constructivist buildings
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Opinion
Should the government fund public projects?
Yes, says Lewis Goodall, private finance alone is not enough; but Steve McGuckin feels it is time to explore alternatives models of funding
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Features
Way In to a new era of designer shopping
Architect Jiricna Kerr Associates refurbished Harrods’ clothing store in 1985 in black and grey
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Opinion
Public forgotten in station design
Owen Hatherley (Opinion May 4) states that “public comfort is low on the list of things required in a contemporary transport hub”.
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Opinion
Demolition aims to erase the past
The news of the threat both to John Bancroft’s listed school in Wandsworth and to the archives of the Women’s Library and the Trades Union Congress Collection in the not-so-safe-keeping of the London Met gives rise to musings on the importance of the collective memory.
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Opinion
Self-build needs to be affordable
We too share the government’s enthusiasm for self-build houses (Leader May 4).
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Opinion
Does Fat win the popular vote?
As ever with Fat, the “jokey” architectural language is overlaid with some pretty intelligent planning (Buildings April 27).
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Tablet only
The inbox: May 11 2012
A call out to aspiring journalists, project news a success and AYA opens for entries
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Features
Value your PR – they could make you famous
How to make best use of your public relations staff