All Building Design articles in 29 April 2005
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Opinion
Ticket tout
I was interested to read Allan Murray talking about “stealth” in relation to the new visitor ticketing facilities he’s apparently been “asked to design” for Edinburgh Castle. Reading his article (Culture April 15), I began to wonder how there was going to be space for his stealth booth alongside our ...
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Technical
Super structures
Which building best marries architecture and engineering? In their own words and sketches, six architects make their case
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NewsSpotcheck: North-west
Speedy Sky Benoy’s innovative Sky Bar in Manchester’s Triangle shopping precinct will soon be open to the pubic, after being built in only eight weeks. The steel frame of the £1 million, two-storey building was manufactured off site and transported to the Triangle for re-assembly. The building is supported by ...
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ReviewMetaphor writ large
Kester Rattenbury talks to Charles Jencks about his provocative new book on iconic buildings
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NewsLabour rebuked
Nearly a third of architects are set to vote Liberal Democrat in next week’s election as Charles Kennedy’s party benefits from a surge in support among the profession.
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Opinion
Ian Martin
Another chart shows the key marginal constituencies. Not just architects, but zookeepers, viola players and nuns
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News
On the hustings
Milton Keynes rant Michael Howard criticised the two Labour MPs for Milton Keynes this week for not speaking up against plans to develop 70,000 homes in the area. He pledged to put rural and urban communities in charge of their local development agenda during a visit to the town. He ...
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News
Victory for gatecrasher
An expert on sustainable building materials has gatecrashed government deliberations on the Sustainable Buildings Code.
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Opinion
Fast learner
It’s a nice reward to be regarded as an architect after three or four years’ hard labour getting a first degree, but is it actually possible to be registered in less than seven years, or is Matt Murphy a prodigy? (News Analysis April 22). l Our apologies. Matt Murphy is ...
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News
Probe into Swiss Re panel fall
Foster & Partners is assisting an investigation into why a glass panel fell off its Swiss Re building in central London and dropped 28 storeys to the ground.
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TechnicalDynamic duos
Take a lesson from Koolhaas and Balmond — the architect/engineer alliance is the way forward
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News
Docking in Leeds
The site of this proposed waterside village at Granary Wharf in the heart of Leeds city centre was previously used as a car park. But Carey Jones Architects and regeneration company ISIS have drawn up designs for a mixed-use scheme which includes a new public square that will take up ...
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NewsMather gets cultural
Rick Mather Architects has unveiled designs for a new gallery and cultural centre in Eastbourne. The £8 million project, due to start on site in August, will provide a home for the nationally acclaimed Towner Art Gallery collection, as well as new conference halls, community rooms and a cafe. The ...
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News
Plans for Cube successor
Cabe has joined forces with Manchester City Council, the North West Development Agency and regeneration agency Renew to develop a successor to the Cube architecture centre.
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Building StudyCrystal power
Herzog & de Meuron has returned to Tate Modern to give the gallery a new shop — a little gem that gives a fresh vigour to the north entrance. Ellis Woodman reports.
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NewsCrime pays for heritage wrecker
A £15,000 fine for the man who illegally levelled a grade II listed building has sparked outrage among heritage activists as it was estimated that he could make up to £4.6 million from redeveloping the site.
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