All Building Design articles in 17 February 2006
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FeaturesStunned into silence
Hundreds of architects assembled at the British Museum to hear what emerged from the latest Smartgeometry workshop in Cambridge.
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Technical
What's new in sustainability
Will the mayor's energy targets work? and what can we learn from chilled wine?
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NewsShipwreck off Margate
As the Turner Contemporary slips into oblivion and the public's worst fears about iconic architecture are confirmed, Ellen Bennett uncovers a saga of vaulting ambition, a designer usurped and £6 million down the pan
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Opinion
Neighbour from hell
Why is the back page so coveted? Because it is the most fertile page in the whole magazine for taking the piss
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News
RIBA group to tackle planning
The RIBA is to challenge planning rules with a new think-tank in response to rising concern over the "crisis" in the country's planning system.
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Building StudyGloom with a view
Gianni Botsford's St John's Mews house is crafted on a tricky inner-city site. But while the clients are happy, Graham Bizley finds it lacks the soul and intimacy of a family home. Photos by Hélène Binet
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NewsGlasgow Harbour plan
Chapman Taylor Architects has unveiled its revised masterplan for the £1.2 billion regeneration of Glasgow Harbour, including this 30-storey residential tower
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NewsWinner of ‘floating' vote
Zaha Hadid Architects this week unveiled its latest European win - a 160m-long "floating" library in southern Spain.
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Fantasy island
Foster & Partners has won a competition to design a new mixed use complex on a triangular island in Saint Petersburg, Russia.
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TechnicalA new era for Europan
The chance of a winning Europan scheme being built in the UK has traditionally been poor. Until now. This year, the government wants to see all three projects to completion, and it just might happen.
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Opinion
The rising tide of impossible dreams
You can see what the attraction was for Margate's civic leaders. Here was a town with very little to shout about architecturally while all around the world the economic fortunes of towns and cities appeared to be transformed by the introduction of one architectural icon or another.
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FeaturesRoadtest: PDFs enter a new dimension
Adobe is launching a 3D version of the PDF file. Aaron Casey, design visualisation manager at Sheppard Robson, discovered a few glitches
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News
Tate's tall neighbour runs into difficulties
Plans for a controversial tower next to London's Tate Modern have suffered a new blow after the local authority blocked plans for permanent cleaning equipment on top of the building.