All Building Design articles in 19 August 2016
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TechnicalIs hardwood the future of timber construction?
As Alison Brooks Architects’ gravity-defying installation at the London Design Festival shows off the structural benefits of cross-laminated hardwood, Amanda Birch examines the growing uptake of CLT solutions
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NewsCollapse of concrete contractor delays £150m HLM hospital
Edinburgh children’s hospital faces six-month delay after Dunne Group enters administration
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NewsChipperfield plans 'will damage' US Embassy
Twentieth Century Society says scheme will harm listed building
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ReviewWhy can’t architects write in a language normal people can understand?
A good book on a great architect is let down by its impenetrable prose, laments Balazs Endrodi
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NewsVote shows pride in Scotland's contemporary architecture
More than half the nation’s top 10 buildings are from last 35 years
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News'We need your support,' anxious Garden Bridge bosses tell minister
Trust chairman admits it is ‘crucial time’ for scheme, adding it would be ‘tragic’ if government pulled funding plug
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NewsVictorian Society opposing Royal Exchange revamp
Heritage group says Aukett Swanke plan will damage historic murals
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TechnicalSmart floors: Step-by-step care
Sensor technology embedded in floors could be about to revolutionise patient monitoring in elderly care and dementia homes
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NewsSellar wants Renzo's new look Paddington Cube to repeat King's Cross success
Developer says plans will transform the area
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NewsBuckley Gray Yeoman plans South Ken Tube development
Architect is latest to have a go at Victorian station
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OpinionBirmingham’s planners display a shocking lack of care for their city
Birmingham needs to wake up to its own worth if it’s going to turn things around, says Ben Flatman
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NewsArne Jacobsen's Danish Embassy to open doors
National Trust announces three embassies to welcome public
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NewsHolder Mathias gets OK for Centre Parcs' first village in Ireland
Leisure company hopes to open outpost in 2019
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NewsVAT man’s £1.6m demand hits RIBA Enterprises' profits
Commercial arm of RIBA disputing HMRC bill
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NewsInvesting in proactive planning ‘could alleviate Brexit uncertainty’
Three-quarters of planners say government meddling and cuts have made their job harder
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: 5 Broadgate by Make Architects
Big and brash, this building dominates the public space at the heart of London’s Broadgate development