All Building Design articles in 14 August 2009
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Setback for prince as council rejects Simpson’s Kensington Palace entrance
Classical plans for the redevelopment of Kensington Palace have been knocked back by planners despite the backing of Prince Charles’ own architecture charity.
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Council rejects Hopkins' Greenwich Market revamp
Hopkins Architects’ plan to revamp south-east London’s historic Greenwich Market has been unexpectedly thrown out by council planners.
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Engineers suggest attaching tubes of algae to buildings
Transparent plastic tubes filled with green algae should be attached to the side of buildings to help limit carbon dioxide emissions, according to the Institute of Mechanical Engineers (IME).
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LDA draws up plans for 2012 park revamp
LDA Design has drawn up a masterplan for a £10 million revamp of an east London park expected to be a key route into the 2012 Olympics.
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DLG's RAF scheme to be grounded
DLG Architects' scheme for a new headquarters for the RAF Benevolent Fund is set to be rejected by Westminster Council.
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Wigglesworth for London theatre
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects has been hired to draw up plans to transform the former Livesey Museum for Children in south London into a new base for a community theatre.
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Five up for Southend Pier
Wilkinson Eyre, HOK International and Swedish firm White Arkitekter BV are among the five firms shortlisted to redevelop fire-ravaged Southend Pier.
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Greening the garden
Edward Cullinan Architects’ new visitor centre at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh includes a host of green features such as wind turbine and rainwater collection.
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Hadid’s Chicago pavilion opens two months late
Zaha Hadid’s Burnham Pavilion in Chicago has finally opened to the public after weeks of delay.
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Six on shortlist to design Welsh Passive House
John Thompson & Partners is among six designers shortlisted in the competition to design the Welsh Passive House.
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RIBA welcomes government plans to hire a new construction tsar.
The RIBA has welcomed the creation of Chief Adviser on Construction, dubbed the “construction tsar”.
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Glasgow's Lighthouse in administration
Board members of The Lighthouse, the Scottish centre for architecture and design, have put the centre into adminstration.
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Purcell Miller Tritton to design Lewis Carroll visitor centre
Purcell Miller Tritton has won a commission for a Lewis Carroll Interpretation Centre, to be built at the Cheshire church where the Alice in Wonderland author was born.
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Slight drop-off in gloom according to RIBA trends survey
Levels of optimism among architects about the future of the industry are holding steady, according to the latest RIBA trends survey.
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Work set to start on Austin-Smith Lord’s Guildford arts complex
Austin-Smith Lord is behind this design for a new arts and entertainment complex in Guildford, Surrey.
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Competitions
To Let: Room in the Balfron tower
We are looking for q clean and organised flatmate to move into our cool top floor flat in the iconic Balfron Tower.
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Row over Simpson's 'twee' plans for Kensington Gardens
A row has erupted over John Simpson & Partners' "embarrassingly twee" plans to revamp Kensington Palace and Kensington Gardens.
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Review
BD's guide to your cultural week- August 24 to August 30
Take a closer look at London's inhabitants when Getty Images throws open its archive or try your hand at a spot of mentoring to encourage young people to build their vision for the capital in BD's guide to your cultural week.
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Herzog & de Meuron designs new Parrish Art Museum
Herzog & de Meuron has unveiled designs for a new home for the Parrish Art Museum, in New York state.