All Building Design articles in 27 January 2006
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NewsThis Week
Hit and missRichard Rogers Partnership has unveiled concept designs for the first phase of expansion for the Javits Convention Center in New York (above). The masterplan and design concept includes proposals for a park and 120,000sq m of new exhibition space.The London Development Agency has issued an Ojeu notice for ...
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NewsRiverside views
The Interim Olympics Delivery Agency has revealed these images of how the Lower Lea Valley will look in just six years time.
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Opinion
Usurping the RIBA
Until the majority of chartered architects realise the threat Arb poses, we will watch as our institute is increasingly usurped - its responsibilities for education, CPD and its influence on the climate in which we practice colonised, diminished and possibly removed.
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Opinion
Register a protest
Will Hurst might think the issues highlighted by the Arb Reform Group are an "arcane debate" (News January 20) but then he isn't being targeted with increased fees to pay for more red tape and threats of legal action.
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Opinion
No power strategy
Peter Rees is very much mistaken that I have asked government for the power to become the strategic planning authority for London (News January 13).
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Rem's pavilion puzzle
Architect Rem Koolhaas and his new employer the Serpentine Gallery posed a tricky philosophical question this week: When is a pavilion not a pavilion?
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NewsOlympic recycling
Architecture Association student Kim Minseok has won the second annual KPF/ Architecture Foundation student travel award with his designs for converting Olympic stadiums into a spaghetti junction-style road system once the games have finished.
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NewsSporting life
Portuguese architect Alvaro Siza's stunning new sports centre has set a bold new standard for the architects of the London 2012 Olympics.
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Planning reform set for large schemes
Large, complex planning applications will be streamlined in 30 pilot areas announced by the government this week.
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Opinion
Landing place
Has Oscar Niemeyer's Niteroi Art Gallery landed on Foster's Supreme Court of Singapore (News January 13)?
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Opinion
Ian Martin
The site is a quiet, traditional Himalayan valley - the perfect spot for the Himalayan Hold 'Em Poker Temple
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Building StudyGood sports
Alvaro Siza's world-class sports centre in Barcelona is a model of urban planning. Can London achieve something similar for 2012? Graham Bizley takes a look. Photos by Morley von Sternberg
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Government silent over Gateway role
The government is to appoint a chief executive of the massive Thames Gateway project next month after an independent report slammed the leadership behind the scheme.
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Opinion
Negotiating the politics of the games
The tensions that will define the Olympics project were laid bare on a platform at Canary Wharf this week.
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NewsMeet the fixer
In the tight-knit world of City development, Simon Harris is the broker who matches the best architects with the best developers. Ellen Bennett took a ride in his convertible to find out what lies behind his little-known power
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Opinion
Relief education
We read with great interest the article on the relief effort in Pakistan (Focus January 20).
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FeaturesDeveloping nicely
What you see on these four pages is the fruit of the ninth BD/ Zumtobel photo competition which gives Building Design readers the chance to show off their photo skills with nothing more than a disposable camera.
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News
Foster to design new Heathrow terminal
Norman Foster's dominance of the world's airports was confirmed this week with his firm's selection as designer of the new Heathrow East terminal.