All Building Design articles in 15 February 2008
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NewsBD launches first virtual sustainability event
Free to register Sustainability Now show will focus on key green issues such as the Code for Sustainable Homes and energy
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MultimediaNew York Winter Nights talk: Work Architecture Company
The Architecture Foundation’s project to bring young New York architects to London continued last week with a talk by Work Architecture Company
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MultimediaVideo: Newspaper House by Sumer Erek and Schenk Perfler Architects
An interview with the artist and architects behind the interactive public art installation Newspaper House, which makes use of discarded newspapers collected in London.
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OpinionIs architecture one of the creative industries?
With the government set to unveil details of its creative economies programme on Friday, Ed Vaizey and William Kenealy debate whether architecture should be included
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CompetitionsFor sale - 'Grand Designs' building site off Gloucester Drive near Clissold Park.
Unique opportunity for one off house and garden in leafy backland.
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Review
Robust Buildings - April 8
With Risk becoming a major influence in the way Building Service Engineers design and how building managers and operators should handle the responsibilities of their role, this one day seminar will give an overview of the corporate risks arising from building services. It will also raise awareness of both operational ...
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ReviewTalking Cities: Urban Design Public Lecture Series 2008 – From February 18
In partnership with MADE (Midland's Architecture and Designed Environments centre of excellence) and Atkins, Birmingham City University is hosting five lectures in the newly refurbished Birmingham Town Hall.
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ReviewThe Temple Architecture of India: Adam Hardy - February 26
Giving an overview of the classical traditions of Indian temple architecture, Adam Hardy delves into their unparalleled combination of sensuous appeal and complex formal structure.
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ReviewSet in Stone: Real & imaginary architecture - until April 26
Five contemporary artists (Emily Allchurch, Stephen Carter, Michael Durning, Stefan Hoenerloh & Ben Johnson) present their own interpretations of architecture both real and imaginary.
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ReviewChris Bosse + Anagram Architects - February 26
Sydney based, German architect Chris Bosse, best known for his work with PTW architects in Sydney, as concept architect of the Watercube in Beijing’s Olympic Park; bases his work on the computational study of organic structures and resulting spatial conceptions. Boss will discuss pushing the boundaries of structure and architecture ...
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ReviewCambridge Dutch Public Lecture Series - starts February 12
Cambridge University's series of high profile public lectures on Dutch architecture this month kicks off with Francine Houben 'Dutch Mountains' on the 12th of February. More acts to follow include Rem Koolhass, Winy Maas, Ben van Berkel.
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Building StudyThe Pines Calyx - curvy carbon-neutral conferencing
The Pines Calyx building in Dover, designed by Helionix Designs, is the most sustainable conference and events venue in the UK. With energy consumption figures attached
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NewsMcAslan’s Olympic Energy Centre Unveiled
John McAslan and Partners’ designs for an energy centre to power the Olympic development in east London were unveiled on Tuesday. The centre is part of a scheme to provide electricity, heating and cooling for the entire Olympic site and for the legacy community once the games have finished. ...
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NewsGraeme Massie wins Reykjavik masterplanning competition
Graeme Massie Architects has won a competition to masterplan a 150ha site in Iceland’s capital city, Reykjavik, scooping €60,000 (£45,000) in the process.The Edinburgh-based Yaya runner-up triumphed over French firm Jean Pierre Pranlas-Descours and Dutch architect Studio Irander in the final of the contest, triumphing over other practices from Australia, ...
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News
Last chance to apply for Riba ICE McAslan Bursary
Applications for the Riba ICE McAslan Bursary, which supports environmental or community-focused schemes in deprived areas of the UK or overseas close on March 3.Aimed at students, graduates and newly-qualified architects and engineers, it offers grants of up to £10,000 for projects to be carried out during 2008. Past recipients ...
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NewsPrince Charles labels building 'a dustbin'
The Prince of Wales has once again ruffled feathers in the architectural community by branding a building by Patel Taylor a "dustbin". Speaking to an audience of paratroopers about to leave for Afghanistan, he said: "I understand around 1,700 of you are crammed in what looks like a dustbin from ...
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NewsBerman Guedes Stretton wins Cheltenham Museum extension
Oxford-based practice Berman Guedes Stretton have won the competition to design a £4 million extension to the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum. The new space will include a gallery for temporary exhibitions, educational facilities and a café. The judges said the winning scheme “possessed clarity of vision and an uncomplicated ...
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BlogsNews Junkie — 16 and 17 February
Austerity is good for you darling! This week get rich with property developer lock-ins and fake art. The Icelandic suffer the wrong type of snow and the Essex dustbin gets a royal kicking.
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