All Building Design articles in 16 March 2007
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CompetitionsHoliday let - Umbria/Tuscany border
Troscione - A refurbished Farmhouse & Barn with swimming pool Unspoilt rural setting, 10 minutes sublime Lake Bolsena, 30 minutes stunning Orvietto hill town. 100 km south of Sienna, 100km north of Rome Swimming pool, games room all beds en-suite Farmhouse and barn together sleeps 14 Book Farm only or ...
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CompetitionsFor sale - Oak flooring
Classic Oak flooring, single piece solid wood, not laminate or engineered. Tongue and grooved all round, 18mm thick , 57mm finished face width.
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Review10% off the five best books on suburbia in the city
Every month the RIBA bookshop will be recommending the best titles on a different subject and offering BD readers a 10% discount. This month's selection features the five best books about ‘suburbia in the city’ to accompany Patrick Lynch’s seminars at the Ideal Home Show
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FeaturesBD's new Archibabble Award
BD is calling for nominations for its award for the worst architectural goobledegook. Enter our competition to match the waffle with the author for a chance to win an I-Tunes token
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OpinionMipim blog: The decadent dangers of Mipim
What's the abiding impression one had from Mipim 2007? Decadence. Something akin to the last days before the Fall of the Roman Empire. And this was not just manifested in the usual gargantuan consumption of booze. The amount of cash that was sloshing around Cannes, be it in the lavish ...
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News
Farrell weighs into King's Cross debate
Terry Farrell has weighed into the debate over the future of Argent's £2billion Kings Cross development, saying the decision should not have been left solely to local councillors. In an interview with the Islington Tribune, Farrell says the scheme should have been referred to London mayor Ken Livingstone. And he ...
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OpinionMipim blog: Movie madness
Our hero in Cannes Sean Griffiths survives a brush with Goldfinger, a musical developer and fire on the tracks
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NewsNews Junkie: 17 and 18 March
In this week's News Junkie... why Norman Foster prefers his own company, how Anglican churches are channelling porn, and what's in David Cameron's wheelie bin...
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Building StudyAlsop Finch and Lyall's Riverside Studios
More 1984 photographs from the BD archive of Alsop and Lyall and their Riverside Studios scheme that failed to see the light of day
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ReviewOlafur Eliasson
The Scandinavian artist, working in collaboration with Kjetil Thorsen of Snohetta, has replaced Frei Otto as the designer of this year's Serpentine Pavilion. Heidi Ancell discovers more about him
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ReviewManchester's miniature marvels
A-models' gilt miniatures of Manchester's key new schemes form the centerpiece of the city's stand at this year's Mipim property fair
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OpinionLawyers: blood-sucking devils...
Construction lawyers make it their business to prevaricate, obfuscate and complicate, argues Nick Johnson
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Opinion...or guardian angels?
In a retort to Nick Johnson's latest blog entry, construction lawyer Tony Blackler argues his profession's first priority is to serve the client not rake in the cash
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Opinion
Off the wall
Ellis Woodman’s excellent coverage of Buschow Henley’s St John’s Therapy Centre (Works February 16) was accompanied by a meticulous axonometric which showed the make-up of the external walling.
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News
Tenders take too long, says report
PFI contracts take too long to tender for and are attracting bids from too few consortia, according to a new report from the National Audit Office.
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NewsLiverpool Waters is ‘pie in the sky’
A £5.5 billion plan by Chapman Taylor Architects to transform Liverpool’s waterfront over the next half a century has been dismissed by observers as a “pie in the sky” project that will never be built.
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NewsMipim told new-builds should be ‘last resort’
DEGW chairman calls for end to new developments, as conference focuses on sustainability
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NewsTrust helps to house refugees
A project to house refugees on the Burma/Thailand border has won more than £7,000 funding from the RIBA and Institution of Civil Engineers’ McAslan bursary.