All Building Design articles in 27 February 2009
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NewsDelivering Future Healthcare Estates
A one-day conference (plus pre-conference workshop) focusing on overcoming design, construction and procurement challenges to capitalise on emerging opportunities.
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NewsZaha Hadid Architects to cut jobs
Zaha Hadid Architects has become the latest big name practice to announce redundancies.
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NewsRadical plans to streamline the planning process announced
Radical plans to streamline the planning process to help small firms weather the recession were announced by government today.
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Multimedia
Primary schools: Interview with Jane Briginshaw, DCSF (video)
Jane Briginshaw, head of design for capital projects at the Department for Communities Schools and Families talks to BD’s Amanda Baillieu about new opportunities for architects as the primary capital programme gets underway.
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CompetitionsFor sale: pair of Rolf Benz 2500 sofas + footstool
Pair of Rolf Benz 2500 sofas and matching footstool in dark blue Alcantara (29.718).
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NewsBoris Johnson's plan to retrofit London (video)
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has announced plans to help retrofit the capital with the launch of a new skills academy.
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NewsEnglish Heritage faces critics at Robin Hood Gardens debate (audio)
At a debate on Robin Hood Gardens at Ecobuild yesterday English Heritage was outnumbered four-to-one by those in favour of listing the estate.
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NewsGareth Hoskins makes music on Shetland
Construction on Gareth Hoskins’ £10 million music and cinema venue in Shetland is due to start next month, nine years after the project for the remote archipelago community was first conceived.
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NewsBishopsfield housing estate saved
The 1960s Bishopsfield housing estate in Harlow is being recommended for listing at grade II after it was saved from demolition by the credit crunch.
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NewsGehry admits to 50% cut in staff
Starchitect Frank Gehry has been forced to cut his staff count by 50% over the past year, the architect, who turned 80 this week, has revealed.
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ReviewThe Urban Housing Handbook, by Eric Firley and Caroline Stahl
A real treasure trove, the Urban Housing Handbook explores 30 historic models of housing from around the world, alongside modern interpretations.
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ReviewPhilip Johnson: The Constancy of Change, edited by Emmanuel Petit
To be bad, powerful and morally corrupt is extremely attractive. At least, that is what it was to Philip Johnson, architect, narcissist, erstwhile fascist and New York socialite.
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ReviewMaps, by Nigel Peake
The drawings in Nigel Peake’s new collection are all “maps”, though this is not immediately obvious. Thanks to the contents page, we know that real places outnumber Calvino-esque fictions in this book, but the distinction matters little. In every case, what is depicted is a tapestry of imagination-documentary, bounded by ...
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ReviewInfill: New Houses for Urban Sites, by Adam Mornement and Annabel Biles
Defined as an industry term for the development of small-scale vacant parcels of land within built-up areas, this book features 39 examples of “infills”, covering projects in Australia, Europe, North America and Asia.
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News
MPs: DCLG is failing to deliver
The Department for Communities and Local Government is failing to deliver some of its key policies and needs to raise its game to become a "big hitter" in Whitehall, a select committee report claims.
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NewsExplorations Architecture's twin bridges
Explorations Architecture has won an RIBA competition to design a new foot and cycle bridge across the River Soar in Leicester.
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Aedas's John Nordon and this year's Cycle to Cannes
Aedas's John Nordon, one of the founding riders of Cycle to Cannes, will be covering the event live this year for BD. Here he talks about how the event has developed and calls for donations – even if it just a fiver.
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Architects Benevolent Society campaign to help those made redundant
The Architects Benevolent Society is to launch a new campaign to help architects who have been made redundant.