All Building Design articles in 12 October 2007
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Review
The Grand Shrine of Ise: Photographs by Haruo Nakano - until December 12
Haruo Nakano is the official photographer of Ise Jingu or the Grand Shrine of Ise, the largest and most revered Shinto shrine in Japan.
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Review
Join David A Bailey and David Adjaye at Rivington Place on 18 October at 7pm for an evening of conversation.
David A. Bailey, Senior Curator at Autograph ABP , speaks to David Adjaye, designer of the landmark building Rivington Place regarding the range of his influences from African art and architecture to contemporary art and music.
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Multimedia
Video: The installation of Channel 4's Big 4
Watch designer Freestate's Big 4 sculpture take shape
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News
Kurokawa's Maggies Centre - images
Kurokawa, who died last week, has designed a Maggies Cancer Care Centre for Swansea
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Features
Kurokawa’s holiday time capsule
Recalling BD’s 1979 interview with Japnese architect Kisho Kurokawa, who died last weekDate 1979Location JapanArchitect Kisho KurokawaKisho Kurokawa, who died last week, found fame early. He was only 26 when he became the leader of the Metabolist Group, and his dynamism as well as his ambition meant very few people ...
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Features
Kisho Kurokawa, 1934-2007
After Kurokawa’s death last week, his friend of 40 years, Charles Jencks, talked to bdonline editor Zoë Blackler by phone about the man, his pioneering work and his legacy.
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News
Goldschmied to bail out Alsop from SMC
Exclusive: Troubled practice in jeopardy as it faces loss of star designer to ex-RRP partner
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News
David Chipperfield reveals new Turner gallery design - images
Stirling Prize winner David Chipperfield has revealed his latest designs for Turner Contemporary at the Theatre Royal in Margate.Since the designs were last shown in June, the building has evolved and now comprises six rectangular interlocking forms. Positioned on a plinth and on two floors rather than three, the ...
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Competitions
To let - 1 bed Studio Apartment in Crawshawbooth near Manchester
Set over two floors (900 sq ft) in newly converted Victorian Property containing 8 Apartments in total.
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News
Koolhaas on shortlist for Olympic legacy masterplan
The shortlist for the Olympic legacy masterplan team has been announced and looks set to be another Dutch bonanza, with Rem Koolhaas in the final cut.
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News
Kurokawa dies aged 73
Kisho Kurokawa, the Japanese architect who pioneered the Metabolism movement, has died of heart failure aged 73.
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Features
Recognition for Ted Cullinan, our architectural dad
With the award of the Gold Medal, the RIBA has honoured a great architect and inspirational teacher, says Richard Murphy
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News
Quinlan Terry fined £25,000 for destroying two listed buildings
Leading neo-classical architect Quinlan Terry has been fined £25,000 for destroying two listed buildings in London’s Regent’s Park. Terry, 70, pleaded guilty to three breaches of planning laws at the City of Westminster Magistrates’ Court. Contractor Walter Lilly and Co was also fined £20,000.The two Regency Gatehouses were destroyed in ...
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News
International competition launched for new Birmingham cultural centre and library
Plans have been unveiled for a £193 million West Midlands Cultural Centre which will revamp Birmingham’s Repertory Theatre and provide a long-awaited library for the city.An international competition will be launched for the 31,000sq m centre, which will include a new-build library and a 300-seat auditorium on the north side ...
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Features
60 seconds with...Richard Meier
As a retrospective of his work opens at the Louise T Blouin Institute, Helen Crump talks to Richard Meier about his artistic inspirations, grand pianos and missed opportunties
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News
Rogers warns of environmental apocalypse
Architects must engage with technology and politics to combat the threat of environmental apocalypse, Richard Rogers has warned.The Pritzker Prize-winning architect made the remarks at the RIBA's Annual Discourse talk at Portland Place last week, which focused on the profession's societal and environmental responsibilities. Speaking about global warming he said: ...
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News
News Junkie: 13 and 14 October
Why has Quinlan Terry been fined £25, 000? Why was Ken Livingstone kissing Zaha Hadid? Why is a classics teacher in Buckinghamshire suffering from nausea and headaches? It's a busy, busy built environment out there...
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News
SMC and Aukett drop merger plans
Architects SMC and Aukett Fitzroy Robinson have called off their proposed merger after the two firms failed to agree on a deal. In statements this morning, both companies said they had been “unable to agree satisfactory terms” for the merger proposal, and discussions had ceased.SMC, which two weeks ago unveiled ...
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Features
60 seconds with...David Mackay, MBM Arquitectes
With this month's BD Magazine profiling three of the practices hoping to design housing for the 2012 Olympics, Elaine Knutt caught up with the masterplanner of the 1992 Olympic village in Barcelona
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News
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