All Building Design articles in 21 May 2004
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NewsSpotcheck: South-west
Torquay practice Kay Elliott has unveiled designs for a £10 million Eden Project-style rainforest dome at Paignton Zoo in Devon. The practice specialises in leisure facilities and has worked on other projects for the same client, including the £7 million Living Coasts marine aviary in Torquay. The scheme, which has ...
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NewsShopping in style
Foster & Partners' new flagship store for luxury retailer Asprey opened to the public this week. The practice has created a glass-roofed courtyard at the heart of the store on Bond Street by restoring Georgian facades at the back and clearing existing structures on the roof. The practice has also ...
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FeaturesSetting the standard
Richard Hyams moved from Foster & Partners to become design director at Aedas. He tells David Littlefield about the challenges of overseeing the work of nine offices and the role of the new Aedas Studio.
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Tate tower site for sale?
Residents fighting a proposed high-rise residential tower near the Tate Modern in London claim its developer is poised to sell the site to a rival firm.
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NewsIf I were president . . .
Voting for the next RIBA president starts next month. BD asked the candidates what they stand for
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Opinion
Safety in numbers
Your article “Architects ‘blithe’ on safety” (News May 14) quotes a RIBA statement I do not recognise. The Health & Safety Executive and practice department at the RIBA are in talks to increase the clarity of guidance to designers. Most of the issues flow from specification of materials, coupled with ...
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ReviewIn urgent need of treatment
Thomas Muirhead fears for design standards in the healthcare sector
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Opinion
Missing the point
I fear Alexander Thompson may have missed the point (Letters May 7). It is the profession that is demanding universities change tack and teach the basic skills of practice, not the students. I completely agree that university is the place for stretching the mind and I am happy to learn ...
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Opinion
Minority support
You arrive at university to take the first step to an exciting career as an architect. But you feel alone because there is no one else with your background. You find it harder than most to make ends meet. You discover that you are four times less likely than the ...
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News
Make way for Paradise
Paradise Street in Liverpool, set to be Europe’s largest retail development, has won approval for compulsory purchase orders that clear the way for construction to begin on the £800 million project.
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NewsDoes this man want your job?
Terry Hill and Cecil Balmond have taken the helm at Arup at a time of burgeoning expansion into China and the US, but will they compete with or work for architects?
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Opinion
Ian Martin
Every architecture critic in the world is gathered. It's like the Teddy Bears' Picnic, with the same sewn-in expressions
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Opinion
Home from home
Opposition to the government’s plans to build 200,000 homes in the South-east has a new social strata of shock troops. The posh activists, including billionaire venture capitalist Ben Goldsmith, son of the legendary tycoon James, and Lady Tracy, Marchioness of Worcester, have formed the Manuka club to fight Prescott’s plan. ...
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Government rejects tougher green targets
A highly anticipated government report has shrunk back from delivering radical new targets to reduce carbon emissions from buildings.
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NewsFuturistic star gazing
Studio E Architects celebrated the opening of its revolutionary Classroom of the Future project on Tuesday, which features an ETFE-covered observatory.The £600,000 low-energy scheme for Kensington & Chelsea council, at the St Francis of Assisi primary school in north Kensington, includes a telescope, indoor tropical garden and a wireless network. ...