All Building Design articles in 21 September 2007
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NewsBath arts complex contest comes down to Fretton and MUMA
RIBA judges call Bath University competition too close to call
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NewsSMC Group reports first-half losses of £4.5 million
SMC Group has revealed it lost £4.5 million in the first six months of this year. The figure, published today in its interim results for the six months to the end of June, compares with a profit of £1.8million for the same period in 2006. SMC Group also confirmed that ...
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NewsGovernment to hold competition for design of eco-towns
The government has revealed plans to launch an international competition to find architects and designers for its 10 proposed eco-towns
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FeaturesBlog: Travels in Toon Town – part 2
Rory Olcayto continues his exploration of architecture in comics with a guide to Mega City One – the futuristic city depicted in the pages of British weekly comic 2000AD.
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Review
Stained Glass By Xavier Barral I Altet
Illustrated history of international stained glass over the last hundred years and how it has been put to skilful and subtle use by such master architects as Antoni Gaudi and Frank Lloyd Wright
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ReviewThe Other Venice Secrets of the City By Predrag Matvejevic
Everyone thinks they know Venice but in this book the author reveals hidden aspects of the City from hidden gardens to wells in the city squares, boat moorings, inns and bread-makers.
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ReviewGlass House Buildings for Open Living By Nicky Adams in association with Arcaid Picture Library
This book showcases the inspirational contribution of glass to the architecture of the modern home; among the buildings featured are Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House in Illinois and Richard Roger’s own home in Chelsea.
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ReviewNew York Calling. From Blackout to Bloomberg Edited by Marshall Berman and Brian Berger
New York in the 1970s was a different city from that of today. This book is like a Rough Guide to a city receding into a dim life but brought to life by an amazing group of writers.
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ReviewManufacturing Processes for Design Professionals By Rob Thompson
An encyclopaedic guide to manufacturing processes that explores established, new, emerging and innovative production techniques that have, or will have, an important impact on the design industry
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ReviewGreat Modern Structures By David Littlefield and Will Jones
One hundred years of engineering genius. A compendium featuring 75 of the most awe-inspiring, engineered structures built between 1900 and the present day.
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The Baroque Architecture of Sicily By Maria Giuffre and Melo Minnella
A commanding exploration of Sicilian baroque in the 17th and 18th centuries, following an intensive surge of building in the wake of the devastating earthquake of 1693.
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ReviewExtensions by Adam Mornement.
The vast majority of architects cut their teeth designing small-scale additions to private homes.
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ReviewArchitecture of the Absurd. How “Genius” Disfigured a Practical Art By John Silber
This is a volume of spirited criticism of contemporary Architecture by a wll-known figure, John Silber, who was president of Boston University for 25 years.
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NewsNews Junkie 22 and 23 September
Harrods might get a zoo. Will Alsop wants to eat his dinner straight off the table. Peter York's talking doorbells. The Virgin Mary now officially can't be seen up a tree in Surbiton. It's all going on...
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CompetitionsFor sale - VectorWorks Architect 12.5 (Mac edition) with dongle.
Site license - no documentation. Two or possibly three copies.
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NewsWireless switch wins BD's Building Product Innovation Award
Ivory Egg has won BD’s Building Product Innovation Award with its wireless, battery-free, maintenance-free switch. The Enocean switch beat nine other products in the running for the award which was judged at the 100% Detail show on Friday.Five years in development, the switch can be used to control lights, blinds, ...
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NewsImages of 2012 Olympic Village site unveiled
The images show some of the 4,000 homes, as well as the parks, public squares, and transport, education and health facilities proposed for the area after the Olympics have taken place in 2012.Olympic Delivery Authority chief executive David Higgins said: “The 2012 games are about more than a summer of ...
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NewsErick van Egeraat designs artificial islands in the shape of Russia
Erick van Egeraat has revealed his designs for a 330ha artificial archipelago in the shape of Russia, to be built in the Black Sea near Sochi.Federation Island, is scheduled to be completed in time for the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi. It will consist of seven main islands, over a ...
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Review
100% Detail - Until Sunday September 23
It’s that time of year. 100% Design, London’s coolest interiors event for the contract market is upon us again. It show is at Earls Court 1 and 2 to trade and press, until Sunday, when it is open for one day only to the general public.
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NewsHeatherwick to design UK pavilion at Shanghai Expo
A team led by Heatherwick Studio has won the Foreign and Commonwealth Offices' competition to design the £10 million UK pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo in 2010. Heatherwick beat a six-strong shortlist, that included Marks Barfield, Zaha Hadid Architects and Eight, a collaboration between John McAslan and young ...