All Building Design articles in 17 June 2005
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Opinion
A vital trauma
The tutors I feared the most during crits at Dundee University were all female, and what’s more, the female students in my year were more than capable of giving it right back to them.
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TechnicalTechbrief
A climate of change The second edition of Architecture in a Climate of Change (Architectural Press) reflects recent advances made in the field of sustainability. Author Peter Smith provides the most up-to-date principles of sustainability. He includes new material on wind generation, domestic water conservation and solar thermal electricity. ...
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News
Power play
Planning minister Yvette Cooper has launched a three-year study of the new system for making local development plans. She said: “It will enable us to assess progress and to share best practice.”The UK’s 21 urban regeneration companies will deliver 1.5 million sq m of commercial floorspace, 30,000 city centre homes, ...
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NewsPeople
Selina Mason (pictured) has been appointed as Cabe’s head of design review. Mason has been acting head since the departure of Peter Stewart in December.Peter Roberts has been made chair of the new Academy for Sustainable Communities in Leeds. The aim of the academy is to improve skills among built ...
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Opinion
Peer pressure
The crit should be heralded as a central and vital part of the development of architectural ideas. If your work does not stand scrutiny by your peers, go and do something else.
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Opinion
Old school ties
If asked to picture a school, the chances are most people will think of a Victorian building: in urban and rural locations they so often have a place right at the heart of a community
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NewsSeeing the light
Carey Nieman Architects is one of four winners of the “Light at the End of the Tunnel” open ideas competition to find new uses for London’s railway viaducts.
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Opinion
Ian Martin
Asked what Le Corbusier is famous for, people seem to think it’s either stylish cookware or a saucy nightclub
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NewsHit and miss
The troubled Portcullis House offices for MPs were once again struck by flooding this month. Water poured into the main courtyard space during the recent heavy rains and formed large puddles. Maintenance staff at the Michael Hopkins-designed building blamed the latest leaks on the automatic air vents not being able ...
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Opinion
Modern hero for the man on the street
The sense in which the modern movement in architecture can claim to be truly innovatory has been in dispute ever since the phrase itself, with all its political undertones, was invented.
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Opinion
Walking a grey tightrope to inflexibility
You probably haven’t met Richard Hastilow. Let me introduce you. He is the chief executive of the RIBA, a bolt-upright former naval officer who doesn’t make a habit of shooting his mouth off unnecessarily. He also has the unenviable job, common to RIBA bosses, of playing politics with the Architects ...
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CompetitionsThe YAYA generation
As we launch this year’s Young Architect of the Year award, five young architects speak out about life and work a decade after qualification.
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NewsThe great glass garden of Italy
Stanton Williams has beaten a shortlist of architects including David Chipperfield to design an ambitious £7 million garden project in Italy.
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NewsFirst movement
Foster & Partners’ twin towers scheme in the Vivaldi urban quarter of Amsterdam has started on site. Commissioned by ING Real Estate, the 87m-high, 24-storey buildings have a distinctive lattice that scales the entire facade.