All Building Design articles in 17 March 2006
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Technical
Techbrief: windows
Residential pack RIBA Publishing has launched the Domestic Project Pack, which includes all the documentation for architects and clients embarking on residential projects from minor alterations to new-build.
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Features
Platform: Profits and products
Earlier this month Autodesk, the software giant of the architecture and engineering industries, announced whopping profits - again.
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NewsIn the running for Runcorn's new look
Designs by Sutherland Hussey, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Broadway Malyan have been unveiled as part of a high-profile competition to transform the town of Runcorn in Cheshire.
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FeaturesHow to be a model student
A group of south London schoolchildren are working with a specially devised 3D program to help local architects design a building for their local park.
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Technical
Green notebook: Footprints are the first step
How energy labels are defining clients' briefs and why Sweden is leading the sustainability pack
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NewsGreenhouse effect
Bennetts Associates' new Greenhouse office scheme will be one of the first buildings built within the King's Cross scheme.
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NewsYoung guns dumped
Small firm M2R left fuming after Virgin abandons its design for VIP Heathrow terminal
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NewsMake way for the Dojo
Believe it or not, this exclusive picture is the first completed building from the practice that has made its name with images of eye-catching skyscrapers.
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ReviewOrder and disorder
A new book sets the precision of Joseph Gandy's drawings for John Soane against his chaotic life.
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News
Olympic designs in planning setback
2012 park delayed and Zaha's Aquatics Centre faces further redesign
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Opinion
The eight-week rule hinders good design
Perhaps it isn't surprising that so many architects moan about the planning system. You can't legislate for good design.
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Opinion
Virgin sacrifices young design talent
"Don't rock the system," pleaded one successful architect, worried that Building Design's story on the way a young practice has been treated by one of the UK's most successful companies will be a warning to other clients not to use young firms at all.
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NewsSudjic for Design Museum
The Design Museum has appointed architecture critic Deyan Sudjic as its new director.
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News
Design watchdog slams Farrell Edinburgh plans
Scotland's design watchdog has delivered an embarrassing blow to Edinburgh design champion Terry Farrell, attacking flagship designs by his practice for an extension to the Edinburgh International Conference Centre.
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NewsLivingstone defends Rogers over Jewish row
London mayor Ken Livingstone has sprung to the defence of his design adviser, Richard Rogers, who has been embroiled in a transatlantic row since allowing a pro-Palestinian architectural pressure group to meet in his offices.
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ReviewCulture vulture: Geoff Shearcroft
How would you spend the day indulging in cultural pursuits? I would start with coffee in bed, listening to The Archers omnibus and Desert Island Discs. A quick pide for lunch from the local Turkish restaurant, then off on a wander with friends, on foot or bike. A recent cycle ...