All Building Design articles in 13 July 2007
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Review
Win a copy of The Site by Andrew Dawber
As a member of the Book Club we'll be offering advance copies of forthcoming titles for you to review for publication on bdonline. Our first offer is The Site by Andrew Dawber.
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Competitions
For sale - Prinz Atlanta XL
35mm slide projector (Dixons clone of a 1970s Leitz model.)
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FeaturesThe Bartlett’s blog
The Barlett selects its own highlights from its summer show, which this year included work from over 450 students.
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FeaturesAberdeen University blog
Images from the degree show at the Scott Sutherland school of architecture and built environment at Aberdeen’s Robert Gordon University.
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MultimediaAnimated fly-through of Hopkins' Olympic Velodrome
Take a trip round Hopkins' winning design for the London 2012 Olympic Velodrome.
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NewsBrighton street scheme makes blind people "confused and fearful"
Jan Gehl criticised by his own client for Brighton shared surfaces scheme
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Competitions
Wanted - Flat to share/rent
Looking for like minded people, relaxed & pleasant to share flat/accomodation. 27 years old architect from India, work for a design consultancy in King's Cross.
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Review
Silvia Ullmayer interviews Neave Brown – July 18
On July 18th as part of the AF Gold Lectures, Silvia Ullmayer of Ullmayer Sylvester interviews Neave Brown, best known for his work as leading architect at the London Borough of Camden. Brown’s contribution to both the quality and longevity of British housing design remains unrivalled to this day.
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Review
Charlie Hussey and Charlie Sutherland interview Isi Metzstein – August 1
As part of the AF’s Gold Lecture series, Charlie Hussey and Charlie Sutherland of young practice Sutherland Hussey discuss the Macallan Club with Isi Metzstein.
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Features
What we've been enjoying on YouTube
Seen something you like on the web? Send us a link to bdonline@cmpi.bizAnimated film of Rem Koolhaas' CCTV buildingPeter Markli's La Congiunta museum in GiornicoLina Bo Bardi's Museu de Arte de São Paulo Frank Llloyd Wright talks about the Marin Civic Centre (1958 film)Festival of Britain footage (1951)
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FeaturesBristol block of flats nominated for the Carbuncle Cup
Andrew Lynch has nominated Wallace Place on Granby Hill in Bristol. Originally designed by HLN of Cardiff, it was finished off by ESHA Architects. The developer was Edward Ware Homes."This block of flats is a carbuncle that diminishes the Regency terrace next to it," Lynch writes. "Poor detail design on ...
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News
Superdense housing must avoid mistakes of the past, warns architects’ report
A new wave of “superdense” urban housing estates must be developed with great care to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past, warns a report by four of Britain’s largest housing practices.The study, Recommendations for Living at Superdensity, claims that schemes of between 150 and 500 homes per ha are ...
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Building StudyRichard Hywel Evans's luxury villas in the Seychelles
Richard Hywel Evans has designed twenty five Bond-style villas on the island of Felicite in the Seychelles
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ReviewCUBE's Open Exhibition - until August 25th
Cube hosts Open, its first open submission exhibition on the urban built environment.
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NewsNews Junkie: 14 and 15 July
The world goes mad, again. China's caused a shortage of British wind turbines, London's on the isostatic rebound, and now we're all living in Billy Joel's uptown world. On a 'raft of flaws...'
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Opinion
Twist of Tate
Former Design Museum director and the Observer’s architecture critic Stephen Bayley has revealed that the museum’s aborted attempt to join forces with the Tate is a case of history repeating itself.
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Opinion
Tickets to ride
At a reunion of this year’s Cycle 2 Cannes event this week Boots was impressed with riders who raised £275,000 for charity.
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ReviewPrice with real value
This must-read book is so riveting, it seems at times like a thrilling historical movie, writes Kester Rattenbury