All Building Design articles in 25 April 2008
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NewsPrince Charles leads Chinatown revolution
Move to remodel London’s Chinese quarter seen as way of making amends for Olympic snub
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NewsHappiness is not entering competitions
Bauman Lyons director Irena Bauman gives her tips on how to be a happy architect in a new book
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NewsGareth Hoskins' Scottish pavilion is stairway to Venice
Hoskins' structure saw off competition from more than 50 other schemes: more pictures
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NewsCouncil injunction halts demolition of Derby Hippodrome
Plans to demolish Derby’s grade II listed Hippodrome have been stopped in their tracks after the High Court imposed an injunction — the first time a theatre has been protected in such a way.BD reported last week that owner and developer Christopher Anthony of Grafton Square, Clapham, had come under ...
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NewsStanton Williams scoops Olympics contract for Eton Manor
Stanton Williams has won the last of the major architectural design contacts for the London 2012 Olympics.The firm's “rational and holistic” proposals for a cluster of venues and facilities at Eton Manor helped it beat competition from David Adjaye and Bennetts Associates among others to land the contract. The other ...
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ReviewRichard Rogers + Architects: From the House to the City – until August 25
Covering such high-profile projects as the Pompidou Centre, the headquarters for Lloyd’s of London, the Millennium Dome and the National Assembly for Wales.The Design Museum presents a detailed survey of most influential British architects of our time; right back from the early years at Team 4 in the 1960s with ...
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Features
Foster and Rogers both feature in rich list
Norman Foster is the highest ranked architect on this year’s Sunday Times Rich List, with a personal fortune of £250 million after tax.The £250 million fortune makes Foster the UK’s 325th richest person this year, down 76 places on 2007 when his war chest was valued at £295 million.Last week ...
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NewsWill Alsop to aid Palestra's bid to generate its own power
Will Alsop has been parachuted in to help retrofit his award-winning Palestra office building in central London as part of an innovative plan to see it generate more of its electricity on site.Transport for London, which is the building’s main occupier, is installing a combined heat and power (CHP) plant ...
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Competitions
To let – office/desk space Drayton Park, N5
Sun-filled, airy, spacious Architect’s office in Highbury, London. Four desk spaces: two are in a self-contained office, two in the main office area.
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Competitions
For sale - AO size drawing board with cable type parallel motion system
With adjustable high rise drawing board stool with adjustable back
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BlogsNews Junkie — 26 and 27 April
Political confusion as Londoners prepare to vote. Foster slips down the rich list into Lake Geneva and Liverpool builds secret beast.
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CompetitionsTo let - mews property Paddington
South facing 1 bedroom property with parking space in private mews close to Paddington Station.
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Review
Time to build on the green belt? - 30 April
From 'eco-towns' to redeveloped brownfield sites, are the government's plans really able to address the chronic housing shortage? and are the environmental concerns influencing housing policy inhibiting development and construction? Do we need to rethink our priorities? If so, should we unbuckle the green belt and let the developers build? ...
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Opinion
Be transparent
Further to Renzo Piano’s comments on the RIBA/Home Office workshops (News April 18), it has been erroneously reported that these and guidance encourage the creation of no-go urban fortresses.
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OpinionSweat and tears
I was startled to see the photo used to illustrate the Debate on April 18. Captioned “Team working at Bennetts Associates”, it looked more like a call centre or dealing room.
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Opinion
Word perfect
The rewriting of history is always interesting, but John Kinsley protests too much (Letters April 18) when seeking to chastise BD for describing the EMBT/RMJM joint venture on the Scottish Parliament building as dysfunctional.
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OpinionOut of the loop
“Good” can also come out of the dodgy wording of the General Permitted Developments Order (“Mockery of the planning system” Letters April 18).
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News
Industry rates poorly for mothers
The construction industry has been ranked 10th out of 11 in a league table of employment sectors for mothers returning to work.