All Building Design articles in 24 February 2006
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NewsTime is on your side
This 60m-high structure, dubbed the Solar Pyramid, will be the UK's largest work of art, its creators claim.
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NewsSilver screen
The Richard Rogers Partnership has revealed new images of its bold revamp of Silvercup Studios in New York.
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Regs in a ‘soup'
Housing and planning minister Yvette Cooper said this week the building regulations "resemble an alphabet soup", as she announced a period of grace aimed at helping the industry deal with new environmental regulations.
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NewsSquare peg
London-based EPR Architects has designed this mixed-use scheme in Fitzrovia for London Merchant Securities, a property development and investment firm.
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Opinion
Onward and upward
I am one of the judges in the Fabulous International Skyscraper Design Competition 2006.
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New PFI meeting resistance
A celebrated and innovative alternative to PFI for new hospitals in Northern Ireland is faltering amid political opposition.
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NewsMcAslan sued over library
John McAslan is being sued by the London Borough of Camden for more than £500,000 over his acclaimed refurbishment of Basil Spence's iconic Swiss Cottage Library.
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TechnicalTime Test: Loxley House, Nottingham
John McRae, a director of ORMS Architecture Design, revists the interior surfaces in the atrium of Loxley House in Nottingham, the UK headquarters of Capital One
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NewsSearching for great urbanism
This week, the Academy of Urbanism begins a search for the greatest town, street, neighbourhood and place in Britain and Ireland. Five BD readers get the ball rolling
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TechnicalTulip goes straight to the heart
Wood panels and creative lighting put warmth and energy at the ‘heart' of office life.
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Opinion
Soapbox: Something's got to give over height
Here are three questions one could ask about a new building: Does it provide useful accommodation? Is it well-proportioned and pleasing to the eye? How tall is it?
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Olympic manager role to expand
The Olympic Delivery Agency (ODA) has massively expanded the scale and scope of the programme manager contract for the Olympic Park.
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TechnicalI wish I'd done that...
Surface: Helen Berresford on Peter Zumthor's gneiss stone Thermal Baths in Vals, Switzerland
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Housing density rules thin on vision
A former head of planning at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister has condemned vital new planning guidance for failing to provide inspiration or deal with complex issues such as the designated housing growth areas.
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ReviewWolf in sheep's clothing
Coop Himmelb(l)au's arrival within the establishment has not mellowed it, Wolf Prix tells Zoë Blackler