All Building Design articles in 26 August 2005
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TechnicalTechbrief
Open-and-shut caseGreen Building Store has manufactured a range of windows and glazed doors using Forest Stewardship Council 100% certified timber. Designed in conjunction with the Timber Research & Development Association, the Ecoplus System incorporates the latest lamination and finger joint technology to minimise resource use and improve durability. It also ...
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News
Scottish poll shows shortfall
Standards of design in Scotland are viewed as lagging behind the rest of the UK and Europe, a survey of built environment professionals north of the border has shown.The study, released this week by pollsters Mori, uncovered particular concern over the standards of schools, hospitals and greenfield housing developments, and ...
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People
Architect Frank Gehry (pictured) is among a group of investors that has purchased the Inland Steel Building in Chicago. The Skidmore Owings & Merrill designed building, completed in 1958, is known for its stainless steel exterior.English Partnerships chief executive David Higgins has been tipped by pundits as a likely contender ...
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Making a splash
Last year’s Young Architect of the Year, Austrian firm Querkraft, has scooped two UK commissions, both for Urban Splash.
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News
Just step into a salon
Terry Farrell & Partners has won planning permission for a masterplan that will see the Royal Institution opened to the public. The plan, first commissioned in 1999, aims to create a “salon for science” as well as an exhibition celebrating the heritage of the scientific research body.It includes a new ...
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Opinion
It’s time to return to the new town
Why is it that, in spite of all the interest in urbanism and place-making, we are continuing to build so much of our housing in the form of commuter suburbs? Isn’t there room in the Sustainable Communities Plan for us to build a new town or two? Come to ...
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Opinion
Why does Prescott ignore your talent?
Is John Prescott’s Communities Plan unravelling? Planning committee chairmen in several east London boroughs have admitted their colleagues will do almost anything to block Prescott-inspired plans in their areas.
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NewsHit and miss
Urban Initiatives and Glenn Howells Architects have won planning permission for this key site at Liverpool Lime Street (pictured). The scheme, which includes a 28-storey tower, borders a world heritage site.Hopkins Architects has won planning permission for a £72 million mixed-use scheme at Station Plaza in Hastings, despite local opposition ...
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FeaturesTaking the heat out
With the need to curb global warming becoming critical, computer simulation will increasingly be used to determine whether designs will meet new environmental regulations.
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News
Is it really a Hawksmoor?
The RIBA’s inspection of recently acquired model sparks mystery over Easton Neston’s true designer
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FeaturesNot just a pretty face
The latest version of environmental analysis tool Ecotect goes a long way to bridging the divide between design and analysis modelling. Aedas architect Judit Kimpian took the latest version for a test drive.
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Review
Engineer of his own image
An intriguing book on Brunel may be too eager to believe the man’s own hype