All Building Design articles in 31 March 2006
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Opinion
Ian Martin
We all agree there'd be no harm in running events under the title Islamophilia, say, or Rockin' Mosques
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News
Hemingway houses
The Bridge, designed by Broadway Malyan with Hemingway Design, was about to be launched on Thursday as BD went to press.
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Building Study
The story of the tortoise and the hare
Peter Salter had all but retired from practice in the nineties, devoting his time to teaching until former student Crispin Kelly, now in the fast-paced world of developing, sought him out to create four bespoke houses in Notting Hill. His unusual plans have not disappointed.
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Review
Is the future in the past?
Should modernism be confined to history or does it still guide architecture today? As the V&A launches a major retrospective exhibition, Zoë Blackler asks six commentators: has modernism finally had its day?
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News
Shipping forecast
Wilkinson Eyre has designed a new museum to house the Mary Rose, a Tudor warship, at Portsmouth Historic Dockyard.
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Review
Fifty years of lounging
It's been 50 years since the launch of Charles and Ray Eames's lounge chair, upholstered in leather and veneered in rosewood.
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Opinion
Quiet diplomacy grabs no headlines
It is the lot of advisory bodies, especially those funded by government, to be on the receiving end of accusations that they are either not toeing the line by slavishly praising the latest government policy initiative, or that they are supine recipients of taxpayer largesse, content to do the government's ...
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News
Livingstone clears way for King's Cross project
Argent's £2 billion redevelopment of the land around King's Cross cleared another hurdle this week, when London mayor Ken Livingstone gave his official backing to the scheme.
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News
Tate is frontrunner to host creativity centre
The Tate Modern in London has emerged as the hot favourite to house the soon-to-be-created National Centre for Creativity & Innovation.
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News
Cabe panel slams scale of Rogers' Cambridge plans
Cabe has blasted Richard Rogers' proposals for a 100,000sq m development in Cambridge for the Ashwell Property Group.
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Review
A new breed of intelligence
Theory is dead. Long live architecture, says Los Angeles writer Michael Speaks. Ellie Duffy heard him talk at the AA
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Review
Breaking the rules
A book on Italian designer Carlo Mollino lavishly showcases his fantastically engineered furniture, but, writes Emma Dent Coad, he had other strings to his bow
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News
Rushed part L forces councils to break law
Building control officers say they will not be able to enforce new carbon-cutting legislation for six months after it becomes law next week.
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News
Have biofuel will travel
Holiday-makers in the Maldives are more used to thinking about sun, sea and sand than solar power - but that is set to change following a landmark project by low carbon design consultant XC02.