All Building Design articles in 2 June 2006
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Opinion
Traditional values
I found myself mentally wrestling with Charles Thomson's recent emphatic No Poundbury OK! (Letters May 5). Why does the profession behave as if modernism is written on tablets of stone, and why the need to reinvent the wheel each time before architectural desires are gratified?
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Opinion
Sub-standard
John Gummer's proposal to scrap the Building Regulations to encourage "innovation" in construction (News May 19) has a familiar ring.
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NewsSimpson to stop whistle
Contractor Carillion and Ian Simpson Architects have pledged to silence the "whistling tower", otherwise known as the 47-storey, 168m Beetham Tower in Manchester, Europe's tallest residential tower.
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NewsShanghai on Thames
The Architecture Foundation is attempting to answer the question "What would the capital look like if planning controls were removed?"
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NewsMénage à Trois
Architectural connection: Three of the band's four members trained as architects, meeting at UN Studio, where Matt Johnston and Alicia Velazquez still work.
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NewsParadise in the parking lot
English Partnerships has produced a toolkit that aims to revive our streets. But will this new road map for better car parking design be enough to steer housebuilders in the right direction?
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Opinion
PFI is killing school-building
News that the government's huge Building Schools for the Future programme is already experiencing difficulties (News May 26) should come as no surprise.
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Opinion
Joined-up writing
Paul Morrell makes some very important points (Soapbox May 26), not least when he asks: "Why aren't we more actively engaging and involving children in the development of the schools they will be using?"
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OpinionIan Martin
I want something 'ard. And legacyable. Think on, I'll be back in an hour or so. I've got to sort out a diary entry..."
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NewsHörstreich
Architectural connection: Frontman Martin Obst is a fully qualified architect, who has worked in several practices in Germany and Switzerland.
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News
Presidents Medals hit the road
The annual show displaying work by students nominated for the RIBA President's Medals could go as far as Australia next year.
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NewsThe Hipshakes
Architectural connection: The band's guitarist, Dan Russell, is a second-year architecture student at Sheffield University.
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News
Highways officials ‘stuck in the past'
Highways officers are thwarting innovative ways to incorporate parking space in new residential developments, according to English Partnerships and Design for Homes.
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Opinion
Take our place at heart of invention
The soapbox I am standing on is made of Aerogel. It is strong enough to take my weight, yet so light it is easy to carry. This versatile material is used by Nasa to catch stardust, but it can be specified to create translucent building envelopes with a very low ...
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ReviewHans Hollein
It's impossible to put a single label on this master of sixties experimentationz
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NewsThe Farmscape Production Line
Architectural connection: Three of the band have worked at Frederich Gibberd Partnership, and are or were architecture students.