All Building Design articles in 24 June 2005
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Opinion
Roman ruination
Vetruvius’s mantra of “commodity, firmness and delight” has been so long established that to contradict it seems almost heretical. But that’s exactly what Architecture Foundation director Rowan Moore did at this week’s Elements of Architecture event at the Tate Modern. Moore labelled the ancient Roman’s insight as “the most boring ...
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NewsScience revival
A month after the opening of her BMW plant at Leipzig, the interiors of Zaha Hadid’s next major scheme have been revealed. The Phaeno Science Centre is located in Wolfsburg, Germany — a city that already boasts significant buildings by Aalto, Scharoun and Schweger.
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News
Power play
- Nicholas Lacey, director at Nicholas Lacey & Partners, burst out laughing in disbelief and shock when he was told that a group of MPs had proposed to send “yob” families to live in specially designed steel containers following the reported success of a similar initiative in Kamper, Netherlands. Lacey, ...
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NewsPeople
- Artist Richard Wentworth (above) will be in conversation with Joe Kerr at Tate Modern on Thursday June 30. The event is part of the Elements of Architecture series and will take place in the Starr Auditorium at Tate Modern at 6.30pm. Tickets are £7 (£5 concessions), booking is recommended. ...
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Opinion
Nude urbanism
And finally to gorgeous George Ferguson, just back from an edifying junket, I mean conference, on new urbanism, on the US west coast. We always knew the RIBA president had a penchant for this stuff, but we are sorry to report his head has been fully turned. “New urbanism rocks,” ...
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TechnicalRelaxing lyrical
Gross Max had to work around a maze of underground services to create Lyric Square, writes Pamela Buxton
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Building StudyLiverpool renaissance
A legend in English architectural history, Liverpool’s St George’s Hall became the country’s grandest white elephant. But Purcell Miller Tritton’s refurbishment is set to change that, writes Gavin Stamp.
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Review
Leafing through
Brian Clarke has become one of the world’s leading architectural artists, collaborating with architects such as Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid and Future Systems.
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Opinion
Positive lead
With reference to your item regarding my presidency of the AA (News June 17), possibly the result of a bad mobile phone connection, “bossing” other schools was the opposite of my intended comment, which was to suggest the positive role model of the design studio system, and its essential relevance ...
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Opinion
Vic labours on
Ever since Brad Pitt announced his intention to turn his hand to architecture and help his old mate Frank Gehry design Hove’s King Alfred development, it seems the stars can’t get enough of buildings. Comedian Vic Reeves is working as a labourer on a construction site for a new performing ...
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News
John McAslan & Partners
John McAslan & Partners’ £225 million masterplan for the University of Manchester includes a £40 million student centre (left).
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ReviewThe making of modern Italy
Terry Kirk’s study of Italian architecture is a rich contribution to the subject, says Thomas Muirhead
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Opinion
Ian Martin
In order to save money, English Heritage bosses have stopped replacing retired workers with other retired workers
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NewsSpotcheck: Yorkshire & Humberside
Media demolition The original St Peter Buildings in Huddersfield are to be demolished and replaced by business accommodation for the city’s expanding media centre. The former YMCA building will escape demolition and be integrated into the £3 million scheme financed by regional development agency Yorkshire Forward. A developer for the ...
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NewsHow Ken pulls London’s strings
Five years after taking control of London’s development, Ken Livingstone’s influence can be felt across the city. Ellen Bennett examines what it means for architects
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NewsHit and miss
- Waring & Netts has won a competition for the £750,000 refurbishment of Pelaw metro station (pictured) near Gateshead. The practice used the Jubilee line extension as inspiration for its design.- CZWG’s plans for the Almeida Village in Islington have been rejected by the council’s planning committee. But developer Sager ...
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News
Herzog scents success
As one half of the architectural dream team behind Tate Modern and Munich’s new football stadium, Jacques Herzog is well used to the smell of success.
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Opinion
Out of the Gutter
Website The Gutter, which describes its writing as “ill-mannered commentary on the architectural arts”, really doesn’t like Daniel Libeskind’s Hyundai HQ in Seoul. Describing the building as a monstrosity and an “ugly dog”, it also shows a lack of respect for the great architect himself.“We always thought Danny Libeskind was ...
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NewsRIBA makes room for paying guests
Staff moved to nearby offices so RIBA can cash in by letting out space