All Building Design articles in 15 June 2007

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    Traditional Smoking Shelter by Peter Francis

    2007-06-21T16:39:00Z

    Peter Francis' traditional smoking shelter designs seats between 15 and 22 people and is around 4 x 5m by 2m high and can be constructed in a range of materials.

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    Bar Toke by Lewis and Hickey

    2007-06-21T16:24:00Z

    Lewis and Hickey’s sunken garden aims to create a beautiful and dynamic exterior room, “a relaxing and contemplative environment resplendent with foliage and running water”.

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    Mush-Room by Lewis and Hickey

    2007-06-21T16:17:00Z

    Mush-Room is a demountable, easy to erect exterior function room. The structure would be heated and could include up-lighting and a floor plinth for cabling.

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    The Modular Smoking Shelter by RGC Partnership

    2007-06-21T15:27:00Z

    In order to design a smoking shelter which is at least 50% open to the elements and yet still maintains a level of enclosure and protection to its users, the RGC Partnership has used a louvered façade system. The modular smoking shelter can be prefabricated and installed quickly in a ...

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    Smoking Tube by George Sneghkin

    2007-06-21T15:11:00Z

    The idea behind the Smoking Tube by George Sneghkin, a Russian architect living in St Petersburg, was, he says “to create a space, a simple one, that somehow would celebrate the very smoking process”.The smoking tube will give protection to people outside of it as well as uniting those within ...

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    Smoking Shed by The Intervention

    2007-06-21T14:58:00Z

    The Intervention’s proposal creates a smoking “zone” centred on an oversized, picturesque, 2400x900mm planter box with a sand trough behind it to collect cigarette butts. The size of the planter relates to a standard car space (2.4 x 4.8m) so that as much car parking is retained.The planter box acts ...

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    Seductive Smoking by Tim Stephens

    2007-06-21T14:29:00Z

    “Who says smoking isn't sexy,” says Tim Stephens. His smoking shelter promises to embody all that is seductive provocative in the art of smoking. With an aesthetic, he calls “reminiscent of a fine cigarette” the exterior shell, constructed of ply laminate, wraps around the space. The interior is constructed of ...

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    Cloud Cover by Grant Nahorniak

    2007-06-21T14:24:00Z

    An interactive artform, Cloud Cover provides both shelter and a place to meet people for smokers and non-smokers alike. The cloud is made from a formed clear plastic, and from its suspended position collects smoke from the smokers below to create an almost child like depiction of a cloud ...

  • Building Study

    Blog: Mimes, tutus and oligarchs

    2007-06-20T19:47:00Z

    Peter Murray enjoys the theatre at Foster and Partners' groundbreaking ceremony in St Petersburg

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    Playlist: More songs about cities

    2007-06-20T18:32:00Z

    Jon-Marc Creaney of GCA Architects wins a iTunes music token for his selection of songs about cities

  • Review

    Dilemmas in the Evolution of the City by Rem Koolhaas

    2007-06-20T17:44:00Z

    In his contribution to the Global Cities exhibition, Rem Koolhaas outlines what we stand to lose through the regeneration of our cities

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    Seductive Smoking by Tim Stephens

    2007-06-20T15:00:00Z

    “Who says smoking isn't sexy,” says Tim Stephens. His smoking shelter promises to embody all that is seductive provocative in the art of smoking.

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    Smoking Shed by Bjorn Dunlop

    2007-06-20T14:30:00Z

    Bjorn Dunlop’s smoking shed is like a shell with a folding cover that opens up when in use.

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    Flat Pack Shack by Edge Design Workshop

    2007-06-20T14:22:00Z

    As the name suggests, the ‘shack’ is a lightweight, demountable shelter intended to accommodate up to 40 people, with cantilevered recycled plasting seating for up to 12.

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    Smoking shed by Eduardo Soares

    2007-06-20T14:10:00Z

    Designing his smoking shed, Eduardo Soares’ main concern was to treat the ashtray as the centre of a socializing gathering.

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    Smoke Stack by Solid Air

    2007-06-20T13:34:00Z

    This proposal aims to create a space for smokers that retains some of the character of smoky places. A combination of bluesman's front porch and dark and moody jazz club, the design seeks to evoke memories of well-worn interiors where rays of sunlight become solid in the dense atmosphere.

  • Nigel Coates' Mixtacity exhibit
    Review

    Revamped Global Cities show takes the biscuit

    2007-06-20T13:28:00Z

    Ellis Woodman gives a thumbs up to Tate Modern's Global Cities exhibition which opens today

  • Features

    Choker by Michael Laviano

    2007-06-20T13:22:00Z

    Ring around the rosies,Pocketful of posies.Ashes, ashes.We all fall down.

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    Chimney Pot by Matt Ball

    2007-06-20T13:08:00Z

    Viva la chimney is a self supporting structure made out of a single piece of reinforced/light-weight fired clay (‘clay’ as it happens being an early term for a cigarette).

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    Silver Screen by Popular Architecture

    2007-06-20T11:27:00Z

    Popular Architecture’s smoking shelter takes inspiration from a time when smoking was perceived in a different way - glamorous, seductive, and mysterious.