All Building Design articles in 19 September 2008
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FeaturesZaha's shoes launch (animation)
Zaha Hadid's famous shoes were officially launched during London Fashion week at the end of September.
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TechnicalThe environmental cost of leaving the lights on
If all UK offices switched their lights off at night the carbon savings could be phenomenal according to recent research. Time to acts writes Henrietta Lynch
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News
Arb imposes 10% fee hike to help fund spending spree
Regulator to consider scrapping profession’s right to elect architect board members
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CompetitionsTemporary modular accommodation for sale
Temporary modular accommodation : comprising 22No steel chassis / timber framed units each measuring 3.6m x 8.3m approximately, currently arranged in two blocks each with central corridor and toilet / washing facilities at either end.
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News
Cabe unimpressed by latest BSF designs
Another Building Schools for the Future school design has been deemed ‘mediocre’ by Cabe’s dedicated review panel and a further three have been labelled ‘not yet good enough’ in the most recent publication of results.
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CompetitionsSunny 1st Floor 2 Bedroom Flat for Rent in Kensal Rise
Sunny, 1st floor, 2 bedroom flat for rent in Kensal Rise
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CompetitionsHouse For Sale: SW France, Beaumont De Lomagne
Beaumont de Lomagne is a pleasant market town in SW France with 14th Century covered market and castle-like church, 45 minutes north west of Toulouse airport
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Young designers challenged to 'fix our energy addiction'
A £5,000 competition run by Metropolis, a New York design magazine is challenging young designers to 'fix our energy addiction'.
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NewsPelli Clarke Pelli Architects' Selborne House submitted for planning
Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects' Selborne House development on Victoria Street, London has been submitted for planning by Land Securities.
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NewsWilkinson Eyre building dropped in Land Sec’s latest Victoria Transport Interchange proposal
Land Securities has submitted a slimmed-down planning application for its Victoria Transport Interchange scheme in central London.
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NewsRace Cottam’s Bexley waste plant gets under way
Construction has begun on a multimillion-pound riverside waste treatment facility for London by Race Cottam, which is expected to generate enough energy to power 66,000 homes.
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NewsAMA on The Pulse in Hong Kong
Andy Martin Associates has won the competition to design a beach-side development in Repulse Bay, Hong Kong, set to be the largest commercial development outside the centre.
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NewsViñoly completes Brooklyn museum extension
Rafael Viñoly Architects’ expansion of the Brooklyn Children’s Museum has been completed, doubling the museum’s space to 102,000sq ft.
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Virtual Graduate Fair for architecture students launches
A three-day Virtual Grad Fair for those interested in the built environment industry has been launched by the publishers of BD.
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NewsSix compete for Weston’s 'modern' pier
Six architects including Grimshaw, Stride Treglown, Atkins and Acanthus Ferguson Mann are competing for a redevelopment of Weston Super Mare’s burnt-out Grand Pier. The project will be worth at least £10 million.
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BlogsNews Junkie: 20 and 21 September
RIBA President Sunand Prasad and the British Council for School Environments claim the government’s Building Schools for the Future programme is failing because of a lack of proper consultation between architects and teachers.
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News
Solano Benitez wins Swiss Architectural Award
Paraguayan architect Solano Benitez has won the first £50,000 BSI Swiss Architectural Award, beating British architects David Adjaye and Thomas Heatherwick.
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NewsKohn Pedersen Fox designs vast terminal for Abu Dhabi airport
Plans for one of the world’s largest airport terminals at Abu Dhabi International Airport have been unveiled by Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates.
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Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands to redevelop London fire station
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has been selected to refurbish the listed 8 Albert Embankment building on London’s South Bank.
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OpinionSaarinen style
I feel I should correct Dennis Sharp’s piece on the American Embassy (Debate August 29) when he calls Eero Saarinen a “Finnish” architect. His father may have been, but Eero was an American when he competed for the embassy project.