All Building Design articles in 22 April 2005
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TechnicalTechbrief
Screen savers One product that is aimed at containing infections in hospitals is Troax, UK’s Toldeo range of double-skin modular partitioning systems. The reduction of joints and ledges and the use of flush glazing and coved skirting, lessens the chance of dirt collecting with this system, so a clean ...
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Opinion
Time for Tea
How reassuring that design issues are to be placed “centre stage” in Liverpool (News April 8). The initiatives outlined are very welcome, if not a little overdue.
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NewsSteeling the show
BDP’s new purpose-built northern headquarters got the go-ahead this week from Manchester City Council.
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TechnicalOn the right track
A Swiss hospital is pioneering a revolutionary A&E room that speeds treatment.
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NewsTrongate revival
RMJM has submitted a £3.5 million scheme for a new apartment block in Trongate, Glasgow, for planning permission.
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News
Power play
London mayor Ken Livingstone this week published draft guidance on strategic views in the capital for consultation. The guidance includes 26 designated views of strategic importance to help guide development of tall buildings and their impact on London’s landmarks. Consultation closes on July 15.London practice Project Orange has designed a ...
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News
People
Santiago Calatrava is the only architect to feature in Time Magazine’s list of the 100 most important people in the world. Calatrava, praised for his “transcendent spaces that uplift the human spirit”, was listed alongside actress Hilary Swank, Nelson Mandela and the Dalai Lama.Victorian architect Edward William Godwin is to ...
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Opinion
No to Nuclear
It comes as a shock that David King advocates a new generation of nuclear power generators (Solutions April 15).
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OpinionMike Nightingale
Mike Nightingale of Nightingale Associates has seen bidding for two major PFI projects collapse in the past five months.
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Opinion
Northern light
I refer to the East of England Regional Assembly’s drive to realise the housing ambitions of the the deputy prime minister, regardless of the wishes of local councils and communities.
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OpinionLessons for Longbridge
The imminent closure of MG Rover’s Longbridge plant will create a huge challenge for those working on the regeneration of the area, writes Christoph Elsaesser.
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NewsIts a wrap
French architect Francis Soler has completed a E71 million (£48 million) headquarters for the French Ministry of Culture & Communication in Paris.
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News
Lacy image for Nottingham
Caruso St John’s £13 million Nottingham Centre for Visual & Live Art has been submitted for planning permission.
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Opinion
Ian Martin
Strict vagrancy bylaws mean that poor Dorothy can’t stay overnight in the gated community of Munchkinland…
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Building StudyHumane resources
Does Witherford Watson Mann’s Amnesty HQ present the right public image for a 21st century charity?
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Opinion
Housing hope
Nothing but truth in your heartfelt lament about the quality of new housing developments (News Analysis April 15).
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NewsHit and Miss
Grimshaw has won planning permission for the redevelopment of the former London Stock Exchange building in the City of London (pictured). The scheme, developed by Hammerson, involves the existing Stock Exchange tower being completely reclad.The merger between Aukett and Fitzroy Robinson has won final approval from shareholders. The merger, which ...
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Review
Heavy industry
The water towers, silos and blast furnaces of heavy industry have provided rich material for photographic artists Bernd and Hilla Becher for more than 45 years. Initially focusing on the industrial terrain of the Siegerland in Germany, they have expanded their geographical remit over the decades but always with the ...
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News
Green light for Rover land plans
A Birmingham practice has won planning permission to turn redundant land previously owned by stricken car-maker MG Rover into a technology park and supermarket.