All Building Design articles in 29 September 2006
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News
Welcome to ‘Superbia’
Housing Corporation chief Jon Rouse challenges the high-density urban orthodoxy
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Opinion
Sheffield united
The focus of the Venice Biennale was cities and the British Council’s commitment to exploring regional issues was responded to innovatively and passionately by Sheffield with its Echo City exhibition.
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Opinion
Pyramid selling
Foster’s accepted the commission to design the Palace of Peace & Accord because it felt the “pyramid form enjoyed a convincing relationship to the programme”.
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ReviewVenice offer
Fancy hearing lectures by Norman Foster, Zaha Hadid, Massimiliano Fuksas and Shigeru Ban, and then dropping in on the Venice Architecture Biennale? BD is giving away a free ticket worth £399 to attend the RIBA’s star-studded annual conference in Venice on October 27-28, which coincides with the Biennale.
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OpinionIan Martin
John Reid is called something unprintable, though architects will recognise it as a synonym for planner
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NewsLeeds takes the high-rise lead
While in London the debate over tall towers rages, Leeds is ploughing ahead.
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NewsHigh roller at risk
Save Britain’s Heritage has called on English Heritage to list Southport’s 1937 Cyclone rollercoaster in a last-ditch attempt to save it from demolition.
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CompetitionsNeed a lift? Get a mentor
As 30 practices compete to be BD’s Young Architect of the Year, Zoë Blackler explores mentoring — the secret weapon that can give new talent the edge
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Opinion
Suburban lessons for Thames Gateway
What should we make of John Rouse’s outburst that the suburbs are where we would all really want to live if only we had the choice? Admitting you live in suburbia is not unlike confessing to enjoying boating holidays on the Norfolk Broads — actually quite pleasant but not at ...
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Building StudyFull metal jacket
The distinctive form of McDowell & Benedetti’s Springboard Centre in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, contains a nurturing environment for new businesses to keep them in the area.
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Opinion
Timber fire fallout
In her article “Timber row turns incendiary” (BD September 8), Ellen Bennett refers to a 1983 World in Action documentary “that highlighted the dangers of timber frames”.
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Opinion
Tackling ‘evil’
Your article “Arb failed to prevent ‘evil architect’ errors” last week invites clarification, in wider and specific context.
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Opinion
Undiverse views on diversity
I attended the Stephen Lawrence lecture Ground Zero: Does Diversity Matter? and listened to Richard Rogers and Sunand Prasad talk in agreement on the subject of race and opportunity, so I was surprised when you reported the opposite last week.
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NewsEx Grimshaw firm to restore Cutty Sark
The Cutty Sark restoration, now being led by former Grimshaw architects Youmeheshe, is to go ahead after being awarded an £11.75 million Heritage Lottery Fund grant.
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