All Building Design articles in 24 Aug 2012
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MultimediaVenice video: Folk in a Box
David Knight and Cristina Monteiro on bringing flat-pack gothic architecture to the Biennale
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NewsCampaigners vow to fight on for Bancroft's Elliott School
Council approves Hawkins Brown redevelopment
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NewsCost fears over Olympic Stadium refit
Architects claim it’s cheaper for West Ham football club to start from scratch
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NewsLouis Kahn’s New York park to open after 38 years
Four Freedoms project was derailed by near bankcruptcy of city in 1970s
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NewsMichael Squire triumphs over Terry Farrell in Vauxhall 'prize fight'
Communities secretary Eric Pickles rules in favour of Squire & Partners’ scheme
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Building StudyHadspen Estate studio plans approved
Architect to build archive for Niall Hobhouse at Somerset farm
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OpinionCelebrity politics distracts us from the real issues
Terence Conran is the latest household name produced to camouflage the government’s lack of credibility on the built environment
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OpinionBritain should try the Red Viennese waltz
The government needs to learn from Vienna’s example of how to create inclusive social housing in city centres
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OpinionShould the Olympic Stadium be demolished?
Yes, says Paul Bower, it’s at risk of being another white elephant. But London’s deputy mayor for planning Edward Lister says the 2012 stadium could be a national treasure
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FeaturesThe mane attraction at London Zoo
Adam Khan’s lion-shaped Empire Studios mezzanine prompted us to look back to when BD featured London Zoo’s Lion Terraces
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OpinionOlympic coverage
Angela Brady’s continuing battle against the marketing ban and the long wait for a comprehensive theory of architecture
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OpinionLook to Europe for legacy design
Three things are needed to ensure good design gets a voice at the table for the Olympic legacy, and they’re not what Daniel Moylan has in mind (News August 10).
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OpinionThe hole in the V&A's argument
The V&A’s Moira Gemmill describes the Victorian Society’s suggestions to reduce the number of openings to the Aston Webb screen as creating an “architectural solecism” (News August 10).
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OpinionHadid has the technology
Eli Abt (Letters August 10) suggests Zaha Hadid might have avoided his discomfort had she drawn a few sections through her Aquatic Centre to check that all attending had a full and uninterrupted view of all that was going on in the pool.
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OpinionGlass bridge is worth the money
The £5 million cost of Heatherwick’s glass bridge for King’s Cross, which has now been dropped (bdonline July 30), is peanuts for Argent, which has been given every possible licence to make money from this site.
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NewsScrap affordable housing quotas, says government report
‘We need build-to-rent sector,’ says housing minister Grant Shapps
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NewsDiller Scofidio & Renfro's Aberdeen city garden project scrapped
£140 million scheme is rejected by city councillors
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