All Building Design articles in 26 June 2009
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BD’s guide to your cultural week: July 6 to July 12
A chance to see the controversial artists, Gilbert and George’s new work at the White Cube, or arm yourself with the tools to construct a makeshift emergency shelter out of timber. For those who don’t already have Chelsea Barracks fatigue, there is the chance to debate the saga further at ...
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Sutherland Hussey's Chinese ski resort gateway
Sutherland Hussey has completed work on its first building in China, a gateway to the Xiling ski resort near Chengdu.
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Framework firms lash out at LSC 'nightmare'
Nearly half of the 13 colleges bailed out following the Learning & Skills Council rebuilding fiasco will be built using architects not on the framework it set up to carry out the work.
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Civic Trust Awards to continue
The Civic Trust Awards are to continue despite the charity going into administration in April.
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Mayoral nod for Newham homes
London mayor Boris Johnson has approved the 750-home Barrier Park East development in Newham, designed by Allies & Morrison.
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Assembly attacks 2012 legacy plans
The London Assembly has attacked legacy plans for the 2012 Olympic park in Stratford, warning that the main stadium risks becoming a “white elephant” without a credible post-games tenant.
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Students reach new heights in Leeds
One of the world’s tallest student accommodation blocks has been completed.
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Cost cutting could mean more jobs to go at Archial
The chief executive of Archial has admitted more jobs could go at the company in order to save the architectural giant £2 million.
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Outdoor classrooms complement Architype’s Herefordshire village school
Architype has won planning permission for a new £1.8 million village primary and pre-school in Staunton-on-Wye, Herefordshire.
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Harry Rich appointed as new RIBA CEO
A former deputy chief executive of the Design Council has been appointed as the new chief executive of the RIBA.
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Council rejects Levete's News International scheme
Amanda Levete’s proposal for the redevelopment of the 4.4ha News International site in Wapping, east London, has been sent back to the drawing board by the local authority.
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Government puts £1.5bn towards new affordable housing
Gordon Brown has pledged £1.5 billion to build an extra 20,000 new affordable homes over two years.
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Cepezed lifts curtain on temporary theatre in The Hague
Netherlands-based practice Cepezed has unveiled plans for a temporary 5,000-seat theatre on the Malieveld, a 10ha lawn in The Hague.
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Boris calls for London public space ideas
Mayor Boris Johnson has called on London boroughs to submit their ideas for revitalising public spaces in the capital as part of his Great Spaces initiative.
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Heatherwick unveils final design for Shanghai Expo pavilion
Thomas Heatherwick today unveiled the final design for the £13.2 million UK pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo.
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Westminster Abbey to launch architectural competition
Westminster Abbey is to launch an architectural competition to design a new £10 million corona for the roof of the building which will be built for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2013.
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O’Donnell & Tuomey wins competition for LSE student centre
Leading Irish practice O’Donnell & Tuomey has won the RIBA’s design competition for a new £21.5 million student centre at the London School of Economics.
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Review: Liverpool One, by David Littlefield.
Written in the euphoria of the opening of Liverpool One, a shopping centre that opened, ironically, just as we hit the worst retail recession for 80 years. All those moody shots of… shop fronts and escalators.
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Review: Eco-Urbanity: Towards Well Mannered Built Environments, edited by Darko Radovic
The word "Sustainable" is a frequently used term, but can be very vague and misleading and sometimes of little help when trying to understand the underlying factors of what embeds sustainability into a place.
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Review: The Complete Zaha Hadid, by Aaron Betsky.
The Complete Zaha Hadid is clearly intended as the budget option for those not able to afford Zaha Hadid: The Complete Works. It may be useful as a glossary, but it will leave frustrated those readers wanting to gain deeper insight into the work of Zaha Hadid.