All Building Design articles in 4 June 2004
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Opinion
Singled out
Meanwhile, Tory candidate Steve Norris wins the prize for best quip at last week’s London mayoral debate on architecture. When Ken Livingstone mentioned his re-entry into the Labour fold, Norris swiftly congratulated the mayor for being “the only person to join the Labour Party in the last year”.
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Building StudyOrdinary world
Malcolm Fraser’s bid to improve ‘ordinary’ housing in Bo’ness, Scotland is a success, writes Peter Wilson. But as the UK’s suburban population grows by 100,000 a year, will other acclaimed architects follow suit?
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Opinion
New world vision
In the light of a report on race in architectural education, which found that many students from ethnic minorities feel alienated at architecture schools, you rightly (Editorial May 21) argue that one necessary step is to “introduce architecture courses that deal with architecture from places such as India, the Caribbean ...
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Opinion
Pringle matchless
In the race for the presidency, no other candidate can match Jack Pringle for breadth of experience across the RIBA spectrum. He has been prominent in issues that will dominate the next presidency, such as PFI, a fair deal for small practices, sustainability and education.
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NewsSpotcheck: London
Architect Nicholas Lacey is at the centre of a row between Thames barge-dwellers and residents of an adjacent block of luxury flats at Reeds Wharf near Tower Bridge. Southwark council last month refused the barge community planning permission to live permanently at the moorings, which Lacey owns. The application will ...
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Opinion
Tell it like it is
New architectural terms could be seeping into common usage. Our own Ian Martin’s web site www.spa.uk.net/lexicon.htm lists Designosaur, an architect who uses a drawing board instead of a computer; Designosaurus Rex, a member of the royal family with 20th century views; Islingtundra, a vast plain of cool minimalism, the natural ...
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News
Owusu project ‘in jeopardy’
Elsie Owusu Architects is appealing against a British government decision to deny further funding for a new transport system it designed in Accra, Ghana.
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NewsNew Islington
London-based practice Buckley Gray has completed three contemporary homes in Islington. The £1.26 million scheme, for developer Joel Field Properties, retained the outer walls of a 1930s warehouse building on the site. The split-level homes, set in a mews, feature iroko louvres and limestone cladding. They are reached by a ...
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Opinion
Ignored resource
Cabe's disappointing findings in its study of race are sobering. Why should a profession that celebrates originality, creativity and difference in its buildings and products be so poor at encouraging this richness in its people ?All professional services rely on people as their greatest and most valuable resource. It makes ...
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Opinion
Ian Martin
We have to cut the session short, as it's karaoke night and we can't hear ourselves tank-think
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NewsGreat West gateway
ESA Architects has won planning permission for a £10 million office building on the A4 Great West Road in west London. The 6,000sq m office, for Billhold Enterprises, has no start date. It will create a gateway into London with Parkview, another ESA-designed office building on the other side of ...
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Fourth Grace redesign
Will Alsop has redesigned part of the Fourth Grace in Liverpool in response to concerns from planners that two residential blocks in the scheme would block views of the three existing Graces.
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Review
Floor Plan Manual: Housing
Floor Plan Manual: Housingedited by Friederike SchneiderBirkhauserEuro 82.24 (£55).
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Building StudyFirst Look: Put the Kettle on
Jamie Fobert Architects has won its first major public competition with designs for refurbishment and extension of the Kettle's Yard Gallery in Cambridge.