17 February 2012
Building Design
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False reports of death in Venice
17 February 2012
In your curiously anonymous profile of Jeremy Till (“Manning the Barricades” February 10), his 2006 Venice Biennale was yet again carelessly “savaged”.
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‘A hotel is a microcosm of a city’
15 February 2012
KBB seminar speaker Patrick Reardon tells us why a good hotel design reflects all aspects of life
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A Valentine's card for architects
14 February 2012
Design inspired by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown
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Adam Khan and 5th Studio make Pensthorpe shortlist
21 February 2012
Four teams vie for Norfolk nature reserve’s visitor centre
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Allies and Morrison’s Westfield extension approved
20 February 2012
Hammersmith mixed-use scheme wins go-ahead despite neighbouring borough’s concerns
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An Afternoon with BD at KBB
15 February 2012
BD is hosting An Afternoon with BD on March 6 from 2-4pm in the ContractSpaces area of KBB
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An Irish night at the RIBA
17 February 2012
RIBA awards dinner, Serota waives his bonus and problems with big cats
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Architect revealed as source of West Ham Olympic bid complaint
20 February 2012
Designer behind legacy plan was concerned about risks to taxpayer
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Architects advise Cameron on city design
21 February 2012
Richard Rogers, Thomas Heatherwick and Bjarke Ingels meet PM
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Architects' bikes: Geoff Rich, partner at Feilden Clegg Bradley
22 February 2012
BD lends its support to C2C and Cities fit for cycling
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Architects' cracking ideas for Great Egg Hunt
21 February 2012
Zaha Hadid, Rogers Stirk Harbour and Wilkinson Eyre design charity eggs
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Architects' desks: Daniel Rosbottom, director at DRDH
21 February 2012
BD takes a look at the workspaces of architects
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Are architects doing enough to be bim leaders?
17 February 2012
Yes, says Simon Johns, 95% of architects are using or planning to use bim; while David Light says practices must seize the moment or miss their chance to lead
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Ash Sakula low-carbon homes win competition
16 February 2012
London practice Ash Sakula has won a competition to design a series of carbon-neutral homes for an eco-town in Hampshire.
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BDP set to win Alder Hey hospital rebuild
20 February 2012
Liverpool PFI scheme is worth £288 million
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BFLS Dalston tower slammed by local architects
22 February 2012
18-storey luxury housing development accused of ‘greenwash’
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BIG lands Utah arts work
14 February 2012
Kimball Art Centre scheme to start next year
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Cabe slams Robin Hood Garden plans
16 February 2012
Plans “lack clear logic” and will have “detrimental impact”, concludes design review panel
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Can my employer monitor my private Facebook pages?
20 February 2012
Legal expert David Matheson explores the rules regarding use of information gathered from social media outlets
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Clay Farm community centre, Cambridge
24 February 2012
Cambridge City Council seeks a design-led consultancy team for its Clay Farm community centre project
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Confidence grows but dole queue lengthens
17 February 2012
Large and London-based practices more likely to predict rise in workload
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Conservationists mount legal challenge to OMA plan for Venice palazzo
15 February 2012
Benetton wants to turn 16th-century palazzo into department store
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Culture secretary commissions report on landmark construction
21 February 2012
Hunt hopes to sell British expertise abroad
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Damien Hirst reveals Devon eco-village plans
20 February 2012
Rundell Associates appointed to design Ilfracombe extension
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Design Council Cabe considers charging for national design review
22 February 2012
New director is ‘exploring options’
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Drawing Board: Blythe House, London, by Haworth Tompkins
16 February 2012
Architects Jim Reed and Beatie Blakemore of Haworth Tompkins talk about their restoration of a former Post Office building to create a textiles and fashion study centre for the V and A
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Dump tick-box procurement system, Cabe urges MPs
21 February 2012
Design Council Cabe proposes database of standard PQQ answers
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Engineers need a new team spirit
17 February 2012
Confusion over the engineer’s role arises because our system only recognises single authorship
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English Heritage has no plans to relax Battersea Power Station listing
16 February 2012
Developers not expected to ask for grade II* listing to be changed
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Even Boris wouldn’t risk grands projets
17 February 2012
The machismo of mayoral ambition has been reined in by times of austerity
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Exhibition Road needs more trees
17 February 2012
If ever there was an opportunity missed to plant proper trees in a London street, Exhibition Road was it (Buildings February 3). It will not, I hope, be taken by future designers of streetscapes as a good example of urban landscape architecture.
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Farrell to apply to demolish parts of Battersea Power Station
17 February 2012
Proposal would slash cost of preserving grade II*building, claims architect
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Festival House, Blackpool, by dRMM
14 February 2012
De Rijke Marsh Morgan Architects’ seafront wedding chapel is the most successful of Blackpool’s efforts to reinvent itself architecturally
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First look: Adjaye Associates’ African American History & Culture museum
17 February 2012
The Smithsonian Institution’s new building has broken ground this week
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Floods no threat to Baca’s amphibious house
15 February 2012
Thames-side structure will rise with the river
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Fobert creates galleries
17 February 2012
Jamie Fobert Architects will this month complete the Womens Designer Galleries at Selfridges in central London.
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Fobert’s Hackney Wick scheme wins approval
27 February 2012
Aecom and Jamie Fobert’s plans for a major redevelopment of Hackney Wick in east London have secured approval, despite concerns raised by the council and local residents.
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GHM Rock Townsend unveils East End youth facility
22 February 2012
Osmani Centre in Tower Hamlets made of dark stock brick
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Heady mix proposed for Blackpool
17 February 2012
In 1995 Gillespies’ proposals for the resort’s seafront included this giant head
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High fees cost Foster’s a £45m Indian gallery win
16 February 2012
Maki wins job over judges’ preferred design
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ICA redesigns its cinemas
17 February 2012
Theatre consultant Charcoalblue has overseen a major refurbish-ment of the cinemas at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London.
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Immigration rules hit part II students
16 February 2012
Overseas architecture graduates must earn over £20,000 or leave the country
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Knightsbridge Lacoste store with a twist
17 February 2012
Lacoste has appointed designLSM to develop a concept for its flagship Knightsbridge store.
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Leon Krier attacks Gehry's Eisenhower Memorial
17 February 2012
Richard Driehaus recruits traditionalist architect to his cause
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Let architects design while the police tackle real crime
20 February 2012
Police are needed on the streets, not telling architects what to do
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Life class: Michael Russum
16 February 2012
The Birds Portchmouth Russum partner on magic carpet rides and Johnny Cash
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Littlehampton seeks third seafront landmark
27 February 2012
Resort builds on reputation begun by Heatherwick and Studio Weave
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Livingstone backs Ministry of Sound in tower row
14 February 2012
Mayoral candidate opposes Allies & Morrison building
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Lloyd brings technology to RSA’s Georgian purity
17 February 2012
Work has begun on Matthew Lloyd Architects’ refurbishment of the Robert Adam-designed RSA House in London.
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Ministry of Sound renews attack on Allies and Morrison’s Eileen House
17 February 2012
Nightclub lambasts “poorly planned and ill conceived” proposals
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New chapter opens for Fosters' New York Public Library
20 February 2012
$1 billion plan back on track
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Number of jobless architects rises
15 February 2012
Dole figure breaks back through the 1,000 mark
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Olympic Village is inclusive first
17 February 2012
Without exception, the 2,500-plus flats in the development are all designed to Lifetime Home standards, which allow flexibility for change, and around 10% of units are designed to meet the needs of wheelchair users.
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OMA breaks ground on Taipei Performing Arts Centre
20 February 2012
£116 million project on site three years after OMA won competition
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One-on-one music venue unveiled by architect
15 February 2012
Folk in a Box will tour country in 2012
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Pollard Thomas Edwards completes Deptford hub
15 February 2012
Centre contains school, housing and a library
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Project Orange takes a new angle in Sheffield
17 February 2012
£1 million scheme reinvents neglected Victorian factory building
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PRP London housing scheme wins go-ahead
21 February 2012
£150 million project to replace Lambeth estate is one of the last housing PFIs
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RCA launches ‘rigorous’ interiors MA
21 February 2012
The Royal College of Art’s relaunched Masters in Interior Design will aim to shed the subject of its reputation as a “soft option”, according to its head of programme Ab Rogers.
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RIBA Awards discount for emerging practices
17 February 2012
Reduced fee for first time entry of small projects
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Room to grow old in style
16 February 2012
The designs on show at KBB 2012 show how an ageing demographic is driving innovation, says Pamela Buxton
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Saatchi’s new image
22 February 2012
Archer Architects has received planning permission for the remodelling of advertising giant M&C Saatchi’s London headquarters in Westminster.
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Sainsbury to ditch prize-winning Greenwich store
15 February 2012
Stirling-nominated eco building no longer meets supermarket’s requirements
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Spurs wins approval for new stadium
14 February 2012
£400 million ground due to complete in 2016
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Squire and Partners secures planning for Chelsea Creek
22 February 2012
New canal system will connect scheme to Thames
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Studio Egret West leads way at Old Vinyl Factory
16 February 2012
First phase of £250 million renovation approved by Hillingdon council, subject to section 106 agreement
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Study raises questions on using design to cut crime
20 February 2012
Design Council Cabe criticises gated developments
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The death of Archaos
14 February 2012
Student body to be replaced by Architecture Students Network
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Thierry Henry's Hampstead house plans criticised
21 February 2012
DMFK Architects proposals include a four-storey fish tank
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Two years in Metzstein's lab
17 February 2012
I trust this is not too late for a tribute to Isi Metzstein.
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UK's tallest city fountain opens in Bradford
22 February 2012
Will Alsop masterplanned vision takes shape
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Vote for Assael for Arb’s board
17 February 2012
We have endorsed John Assael for election to the board of Arb as an independent and tenacious candidate with a successful track record in getting things done, and a stated agenda for change.
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Whitby forces RCA to retract architecture head’s CV claim
17 February 2012
Charles Walker took sole credit for award-winning bridge
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Will bim make architects more vulnerable to being sued?
21 February 2012
We’ve read some horror stories about architects’ liability regarding bim. Is this just scaremongering or will bim make architects more vulnerable to being sued?
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Win a VIP Pass to The ARC Show
15 February 2012
Get your hands on exclusive passes to the BD panel and networking event at this year’s ARC Show
