All Building Design articles in 13 May 2005
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NewsSkater shelter
Birmingham-based practice Sjolander da Cruz Architects has received planning permission for an innovative new youth shelter in a skate park in Wolverhampton.
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Opinion
Scottish traditions
I was encouraged by Mary Wrenn’s comment (Talkbox, May 6) regarding the need to make the traditions of Scottish architecture appeal to younger members of the profession.
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News
Powerplay
● British Waterways, whichowns the freehold of the east London site WoodWharf and manages the surroundingdocks, is to lodge anobjection to the 104m-high office tower planned on the siteby property developer Hammerson.● GeraldRonson’s company,Heron, has abandoned its anticipated hostile takeover bid for housebuilder Crest Nicholson.●Developers Golfrate, CIT, JER Partners, Precis ...
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ReviewPower struggle
The influence of architectural spaces on exhibitions within them is examined at an AA exhibition
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NewsYuck! Porridge
Much of today’s new housing resembles a prison, say the Hemingway family. There must be a better way…
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News
People
● The founding partners of Buro Happold, Ian Liddell and John Morrison (pictured),have retired. They were twoof six engineers, led by Sir Edmund Happold, who established the first Buro Happold office in1976. Both will continue to work with the firmas independent consultants.● Journalist Rod Liddle has launched an impassioned defenceof ...
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News
Pods of learning
Will Alsop has completed an unusual science research centre and teaching facility for Queen Mary, University of London, in east London.
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Opinion
Ian Martin
What does the modern city need? Grim, free-range cyclists elevated to the status of an urban aristocracy
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News
Housing stops tram in its tracks
Plans for a tram station in London’s Peckham have been thrown into doubt following the start of construction for a housing association on the proposed site.
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Opinion
Lammy springs hope, but you hold the key
Steadily and surely, the Labour Party is building a core of ministers switched on to the importance of the city and the built environment.
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News
Hit and miss
●A model of Nicholas Hawksmoor’s famous house, Easton Neston, in Towcester, Northamptonshire, will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s this week. The model, built in 1690, features adetachable roof and upper floor to display the interior details and is expected to fetch between £80,000 and £120,000.● The Kings Waterfront schemein ...
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OpinionMastering his universe
Given that the Pritzker Prize has historically been given to recognise a career of exceptional design, but with no particular emphasis on sustainability, the attendance of some 410 people at 2002 winner Glenn Murcutt’s lecture on May 3 at the RIBA was perhaps the most unequivocal endorsement of the Australian ...
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News
Go-ahead for Glasgow Pacific
A high-density masterplan for the 24ha Pacific Quay site in Glasgow by local practice Gareth Hoskins Architects has been given the green light by the city council.
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News
Getting more zeds in
Eco-pioneer Bill Dunster Architects has won planning permission for its largest lowenergy development yet, which Dunster proudly says “breaks every design code in the book”.
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TechnicalWhy we should step on the gas
Biogas could help solve the UK’s energy and waste problems, argue Adam Ritchie and Bill Watts
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Opinion
Ugly future
Sarah Wigglesworth’s Classroom of the Future may be packed full of interesting ideas, but it is unremittingly ugly, and misses a huge opportunity to teach children about architecture.
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TechnicalI wish Id done that... ventilation system
David Lloyd Jones on Buckminster Fuller’s Wichita House