All Building Design articles in 20 July 2012
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Features
CPD 2012 Module 9: Vinyl floor tiles in education projects
Vinyl floor tiles provide a durable and easy-to-install surface that can replicate the appearance of natural materials, making them particularly suitable for education projects. This CPD module is sponsored by Karndean Designflooring
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News
Top ranking architects in the UK – August 2012
The most active architecture practices in the UK based on the value of projects that have received planning permission*
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Analysis
What architects need to know about Building Regs changes
Regulatory changes will be phased in with the introduction of the Green Deal in October
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Analysis
Planning laws give architects more flexibility
The NPPF heralds a radical change to the planning system and has placed new emphasis on local and neighbourhood plans. Here are the aspects that will affect architects most
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Features
Architecture student shows 2012: Liverpool University
This year’s show embarks on an investigation cultural context of architecture and urban scale and form
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Opinion
How nice to hear Pouillon’s name
Adam Khan is to be applauded for reviving interest in Fernand Pouillon.
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Opinion
Architects are prostitutes, says Will Self
Well, of course architects are prostitutes (“Top architects lack principles, says Will Self”, News July 13)
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Opinion
Conservation views are too far away from reality
Thank you for publishing Peter Howell’s letter regarding the rejection of a planning application for a comparatively small and seemingly quite inoffensive extension to a house in the conservation area of Moseley.
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Opinion
Memorial clarification
I had not intended the piece on Bomber Command (Letters June 29) as a comment on “style over substance”.
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News
Roger Sanchez immortalises Zaha Hadid in 'tech-house' song
US DJ plans series of tracks inspired by his favourite architects
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News
Land trust scheme to be pilot for Olympic site
John Thompson’s Mile End project will be London’s first community land trust project
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Building Study
Mae Architects wins planning for King's Lynn housing
The 350-home estate regeneration will see some parts of the town’s Hillington Square complex demolished and the flats upgraded
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Opinion
The real Olympic effect is only just beginning
The Olympic Park is an extraordinary achievement, but even more impressive will be the slow regeneration of east London
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Opinion
Spanish siestas, Venetian loans and Stirling observations
Chipperfield takes a break, Spanish architectural woes and the Stirling Prize finds a media partner
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Opinion
Architects are drifting away from democracy
The profession’s aversion to interference may end up doing it harm
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Opinion
Should the South Bank Centre be listed?
Yes says Henrietta Billings, it is a versatile, intriguing architectural composition, no says Robert Adam, to survive it needs to be useful, robust and liked by the community- not just architects, art historians and their camp followers