All Building Design articles in 28 January 2011
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The top 10 blogs of 2011
Our bloggers tackled a diverse range of subjects in 2011, from Amanda Baillieu’s breakdown of why Tories hate architects through to BIM gadgets, a call for the return of the apprentice and why crits don’t always bring out the best in architecture students
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Hopkins' 2012 Velodrome tipped to win 2011 RIBA Stirling Prize
No virgin firms make this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist
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The Angel Building by AHMM
AHMM has given an ailing 1980s hulk a new lease of life in Angel, north London, in a speculative development for Derwent.
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Bjarke Ingels unveils New York pyramid
Danish practice BIG has revealed designs for a pyramid-shaped apartment building on New York’s West 57th Street.Designed around a courtyard space, the 80,000sq m building achieves its unusual shape by keeping three corners of the block low, while the north-east corner rises to a peak height of 137m. The shape ...
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LDA Design's revamp of Burgess Park gets go-ahead
Planners have approved LDA Design’s £6 million scheme to give a major south London park a new identity.The firm won a competition in November 2009 with its “ambitious but achievable” plans to inject new life into Burgess Park in Southwark.These included removing unnecessary roads, improving the entrances and the boundary ...
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Tom Dixon's Royal Academy restaurant opens
Tom Dixon and his Design Research Studio have created a new interior for the restaurant at the Royal Academy, in London’s Piccadilly.
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Prince Charles driven 'insane' by classicist label
Work with the Foundation for the Built Environment not about style, HRH insists
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BDP colleagues launch tributes to Joanna Yeates
Annual design prize to be set up in landscape architect’s memory
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Allies & Morrison to design Vauxhall Square scheme
£250 million project will include two towers and a public square
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Michael Gove in new attack on 'award-winning architects'
Secretary of State for Education again uses public platform to accuse profession of getting rich at public expense
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Make submits masterplan for Newcastle's Science Central
Make has submitted its masterplan for Science Central, a new quarter for Newcastle which aims to help the city shed its reliance on public-sector jobs.The project, on the 9.7ha former Scottish & Newcastle brewery site, focuses on science, and will include business, research, residential, retail and leisure accommodation.Science Central is ...
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Woods Bagot completes 'ice cube' building in Hong Kong
Woods Bagot has completed Cubus, a 25-storey podium tower in Hong Kong’s central Causeway Bay area.
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Stuart Lipton leads investigation into strengthening localism
Former Cabe chairman to examine how cities can cut ties with Whitehall
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Jurgen Mayer H unveils new airport in Georgia
New landmark for Central Asia was designed and constructed within three months
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Steven Holl's design for New York library approved
Steven Holl’s scheme for a library in Queen’s has been approved by the local library board of trustees, paving the way for construction to start early next year.The Hunters Point community library will occupy a prominent site across the East River from the United Nations HQ, and will be one ...
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The Top 10 building studies of 2010
The most read building studies from the last 12 months - including Renzo Piano’s Central St Giles, Nouvel’s One New Change, Foreign Office Architects’ Ravensbourne College, Chiswick House Cafe by Caruso St John and the International Space Station
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The rise of Renzo's Shard
’Future photography’ project reveals a new angle on the 300mtall behemoth
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Legal victory for Hampton Court Palace development
Architect fails in bid to stop Quinlan & Francis Terry hotel development
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London architects set to benefit from retrofit fund
Small and medium-size firms in London including architects are set to benefit from a £10 million scheme promoting best practice in the capital’s retrofit market.Small builders, plumbers and electricians will also be able to receive learning and business support via a network of professional bodies including the RIBA. The scheme, ...
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Steel price could rise by two thirds this year
Steel prices could go up by two-thirds as raw material costs rocket and suppliers look to recoup profits hit by the recession.Big rises in iron ore and coking coal used to produce steel are being blamed as well as increasing demand as the world economy begins a recovery from recession ...