All Building Design articles in 14 January 2005
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Technical
Techbrief
Set sail Tensile expert Fabric Architecture has created a type of flexible cladding that will give PVC and PTFE a run for their money. Made from silicone glass, the cladding material has been adapted from ventilation duct lining, to create a series of sails that can be fixed to a ...
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Building StudyScribble theory
Will Alsop’s new visual arts complex for Goldsmiths College succeeds as an urban landmark but fails to live up to its billing as either art or architecture
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Opinion
Numbers up
BD got the numbers wrong in its report. Oxford Architects has two women out of a total of 24 fully qualified, not 57 as stated.
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News
Laws of nature
Richard Rogers Partnership’s £87 million European law courts in Antwerp, Belgium, are due for completion in June.
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Opinion
Vive la revolution
Go it BD. Recruit a few hedonistic binge-drinking ladettes; we could do with them to gee up some of our slower subbies.
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Opinion
Maybe its nothing
The real issue is not gender-based discrimination, but a professional culture dominated by an idiotic “something for nothing” mentality wedded to a competitive ethos that may be more male than female, but is basically capitalist.
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NewsNew New Islington
ISIS Waterside Regeneration has submitted a planning application for this scheme, by Broadway Malyan, at New Islington, Manchester.
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Opinion
Ian Martin
Even if my quality of life doesn’t improve, at the very least I’ll have moved up a bra size by summer
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Opinion
We love long hours
Although you were so right to call attention to the shortage of women in architecture, some of the comments are unlikely to contribute much to an improvement in this dire situation.
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News
Zaha hits London
Profession delighted as Pritzker winner makes London debut with architecture centre
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Opinion
Full support
As an experienced job-running architect and mother of two, your article made uncomfortable reading for me in more ways than one.
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Opinion
Feeling wanted
The problems that women face aren’t only experienced by women, but we, as a profession, have a bad habit of not wanting to make a fuss and stand out from the overworked crowd.
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Opinion
A small part to play in tsunami effort
Nothing is more frustrating than being a small organisation trying to offer help in the midst of a world crisis.
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News
McAslans height of diplomacy
John McAslan & Partners has been appointed to design the new British Embassy in Algiers.
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News
Foster’s square dance
Norman Foster has once again proved to the world that he remains at the top of his game by securing the prestigious commission to redesign Parliament Square — the heart of British democracy.