All Building Design articles in 29 July 2005
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Opinion
Store wars
Just in case readers are under the impression that John Lewis adheres to higher and more tasteful standards in architecture (News July 22), here is a photograph of a model of the Waitrose store that John Lewis proposes to build in the heart of the Marlow-on-Thames conservation area. Needless to ...
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FeaturesTalent show
These are the best diploma students graduating this year — even if they are all men. BD’s panel of experts reveals why the work of these nine is the finest in the UK. Class of 2005 is sponsored by Corus www.Colorcoat-online.co.uk
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TechnicalSkirting the runway
Amanda Birch gets under the skin of Reid’s new air traffic control tower
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News
Power play
- The London mayor’s office has set a new target of 31,500 homes to be built in the capital each year from 2007 to 2017. The target has been revised upwards from 23,000 homes a year.- The government has no plans to harmonise VAT on new-build and refurbishment, according to ...
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NewsPeople
- Jim Sneddon (pictured) has been appointed director of development to the London Thames Gateway Development Corporation. Sneddon studied architecture at Herriot Watt University and helped to found developer Grantchester.- Alan James, the BBC’s head of architecture for the corporation’s buildings, will leave at the end of this month after ...
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Opinion
Not the only one
I and a neighbour both reported noise problems to Countryside and Taylor Woodrow.A consultant undertook sound tests and concluded that sound transmission through the party wall was in compliance with building regulations. We asked GMV to identify the performance standard stipulated in the design specification and if this had been ...
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Opinion
What noise?
I was chair of Maurer Court residents’ association for some time and do not recall any issues with noise other than those caused by neighbours having windows open and playing loud music. Most Maurer Court residents I have talked to are more likely to comment on how well insulated against ...
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Opinion
Noisy neighbour
Regarding noise problems at Greenwich Millennium Village (News July 22), I’ve raised the issue of inadequate sound insulation in Faraday Lodge, which neighbours Maurer Court, since moving in nearly four years ago. It seems design and implementation is effective in parts of the block and not others. I hear every ...
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News
MP urges Olympics scrutiny
Minister for the Olympics, Tessa Jowell, has faced calls to ensure “complete transparency” in property deals between the public and private sector following BD’s investigation into Stuart Lipton’s dual role as private developer at the Olympics site.
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Opinion
Remembering Lee
It is with great sadness that we learnt of Lee Harris’s death as a result of the London bombings on July 7 (News July 22). He had studied with unit 17 at the Bartlett, graduating in 2000, and was an exceptionally talented, modest and warm-hearted student. He had an amazing ...
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NewsLottery jackpot
Scotland’s largest Heritage Lottery Fund award was granted this week to Gareth Hoskins Architects’ revamp of the Royal Museum in Edinburgh.
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Opinion
An insult to Islamic tradition
Mickey Mouse mosques, Toon Town housing and town centre tarting need to be replaced with projects with a design quality that local communities can have pride in and encourages social interaction (News Analysis July 22). The mosque featured is a travesty of Islamic architecture. This “sitting duck” is a ...
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Opinion
Ian Martin
It wasn’t long before the AI unit became self-aware and realised it was in charge of a building full of civil servants…
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NewsHit and miss
- Spanish superstar architect Santiago Calatrava has unveiled plans for America’s tallest building.The spiralling Chicago structure, at 609m, would surpass both the city’s Sears Tower and the planned Freedom Tower in New York City. The 115-storey building is being planned by local developer Christopher Carley and will feature a steel ...
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News
London’s high hopes
Seventy-storey Ian Simpson tower could be first of a cluster of Southwark skyscrapers
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NewsKen’s gas guzzler
London mayor’s ‘sustainable’ City Hall is missing energy consumption targets by 50%
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ReviewGardening and me
Gardening is the art of the difficult. All over the world people grow each other’s weeds. We think the Chilean potato plant, the Solanum Crispum Album, is very beautiful, but it is a weed in its native country.
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News
Gough to fight roof mess
Celebrated architect Piers Gough has joined forces with residents of one of his landmark London buildings to attack plans for a “space-age” rooftop extension.
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Opinion
Greenwashing won’t hide the facts
“Architectural greenwash”: that is the verdict of the head of the Building Research Establishment on the sustainability claims of the Greater London Authority as BD reveals this week that its headquarters is using 50% more energy than was intended.