All Building Design articles in 14 May 2004
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Technical
Techbrief
Faux clay Kingspan’s new insulated roof panel (KS1000 RT) looks like a traditional clay tile but is in fact a steel-faced panel system. The insulated roof panel is lightweight and can be installed easily and efficiently. It fixes directly to purlins so there is no need for battens, roof felt ...
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Opinion
Time to stand up for the suburbs
Your article "The 'burbs bite back" (April 30), which reinforces the subject of my postgraduate studies, brings to light the importance of addressing suburbia as a housing condition in opposition to the predominant focus of the architectural profession in the urban domain or the bespoke house in the countryside.If we ...
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Opinion
A sound solution
Following your article “Heavenly sounds” (Solutions May 7) and the piece on Arup Acoustics’ Sound lab (Technical March 26), which both highlight the potential use of sound in architectural spaces, we thought that you might be interested in our experience.As architectural sound designers, our company Liminal, has carried out a ...
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Opinion
Shard stance
Shard developer James Sellar was reported as saying that Cabe “had an agenda to make a stand for Cabe Space” in criticising plans for the public space around the Shard (News April 30). Cabe’s comments have been consistent since the scheme was first reviewed in 2000 – three years before ...
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Opinion
Say no to samey
While I quite agree with Robert Booth and David Lock (Editorial and News April 30) that we must pursue specificity not global sameyness, I must point out that he was not "the original masterplanner of Milton Keynes". This was, of course, the Llewelyn-Davies team, myself included.Lessons from Milton Keynes (when ...
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Opinion
Serving the rich
I was interested to see Nec Teymur’s response to Charles Jencks’s plea for a moral stance by architects (Letters May 7). The fact of the matter is that architectural practice seems devoid of any kind of moral imperative. As Teymur points out, architects go where the money is, whether it ...
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News
Small towns set for shopping revolution
The British Council of Shopping Centres has commissioned the Bartlett School of Planning to investigate how small towns can benefit from retail-led regeneration.
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News
Tower restored
Richard Griffiths Architects has completed the refurbishment of the grade II* listed Freston Tower near Ipswich, Suffolk. The six-storey tower overlooks the mouth of the river Orwell and was built in 1578. The restoration was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, English Heritage and individual donations. The building is now ...
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News
RRP raises the roof
The dramatic roof of Richard Rogers Partnership's £86 million Antwerp Court House in Belgium is taking shape.Fitting the roof is a major milestone in completing the complex, which includes 36 hearing rooms, offices, library, dining room, underground parking and a public hall in the middle of the complex. The crystalline ...
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Opinion
In praise of resin
I was mortified to read of a fly getting caught in James Soane’s floor (Solutions April 30), but I must put the record straight. I love my resin floor, which was laid onto a standard 50-year-old screed, about six months ago. It not only looks gorgeous, but it is very ...
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News
Power players
What connects Margot Walstrom, Herzog & de Meuron and Hu Jintao? They’ve got what almost everyone wants — power. This trio, from Denmark, Switzerland and China, star in the first-ever BD Power 40 this week: a list of the people with the most power and influence over architecture today and ...
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Opinion
Scratched out
Wondering about the ones that got away in our Power 40? Most disappointing for our Edinburgh contributor Malcolm Fraser will be the exclusion of reggae great Lee "Scratch" Perry. Malcolm reckons he proves "it's not things that matter, not notes or walls, but the space between them, the emptiness that ...
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News
Spotcheck: The North-east
Hypostyle Architects'£70 million masterplan for a housing and commercial scheme on Farringdon Row in Sunderland has been submitted for outline planning permission. The first phase includes 90 apartments and 2,800sq m of office space on the site of the former Vaux transport depot owned by Sunderland City Council. The scheme ...
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Technical
Roar of the quiet man
Laurie Abbott is the force behind RRP's remarkable solution for Barcelona. But, as with most of his work, he likes to keep quiet about it.
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News
Tax plan for Sunderland makeover
A striking new plan to transform Sunderland city centre includes a proposal to tax major developments in order to fund cultural attractions.
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Building Study
Room at the inn for modernism
Keith Williams checks out Rab Bennetts and Eric Parry's new hotels