All Building Design articles in 4 March 2005
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Opinion
Wrong turning
With regards to your article on our soon-to-be-opened building for BMW (News February 25), I feel the article is misleading with regards to the building’s extraordinary nature and its unique concept of combining several functions in one connective space.
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News
Terminals take off
Grimshaw working on Heathrow terminal one upgrade to match Rogers’ terminal five
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NewsA time for scruples
Would you design a military installation? An animal research facility? Or a palace for a dictator? When it comes to ethical judgements, how far is too far
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Opinion
Ultimate sacrifice
It is not the 50/50 Charter that’s half of Britain’s challenge, it’s the red tape hemmed in with the old-school mindset.
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Opinion
Wasted resources
I welcome your powerful focus on the barriers being put in the way of foreign talent.
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News
This Week - Power play
A group of guerrilla architects is planning to forcibly open London’s Russell Square to the public on Monday night by erecting a series of structures and devices that will offer access over the fence. Transgressive Architecture has secured permission from Camden council for the stunt, designed to bring marginalised communities ...
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NewsThis Week - People
David Lunts has taken up his position as executive director for policy and partnerships at the Greater London Authority. His key responsibilities cover planning, housing, the Thames Gateway, environmental policy, the Olympics 2012 bid and the architecture & urbanism unit. He was formerly director of urban policy at the ODPM.Margaret ...
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TechnicalMaking it stick
An engineer hopes his process of gluing glass will enable more daring structures
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NewsLet there be light
Hakes Associates Architects has played with the conventions of light and sound to evoke a sense of awe in this new north London chapel
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NewsLearning space
Six leading architectural practices, including David Chipperfield Architects, Eric Parry Architects and HOK, have submitted designs for the transformation of a 10,000sq m former government building recently purchased by the London School of Economics.
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OpinionLarry Malcic
Larry Malcic of HOK last year enlisted legendary architect Peter Cook to work 80 days a year at the practice and contribute to the design of a number of projects.
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ReviewInspiration - Petal power
I worked at Michael Hopkins for two days a week as a student. A project to design a set for the Royal Opera House came into the office.
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Opinion
Ian Martin
‘Every time I try bridge-building with architects, it wobbles. A pity, as we’ve a lot in common. They’re quite moany, aren’t they?’
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News
This Week - Hit and miss
London’s historic Marble Arch could be on the move following the appointment of John McAslan & Partners to prepare a masterplan for the redevelopment of the monument. Moving the arch, designed by John Nash, to nearby Speaker’s Corner, is one of the options being considered.Oxford City Council has launched a ...
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Technical
Recreating a secret history
Artist Sadie Murdoch’s photographs portray two women’s role in modernism
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NewsOne for Hedong
GMW Architects has unveiled the first interior shot of its striking design for a £20 million Chinese airport terminal.
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Opinion
Gold standards
In his Gold Medal address (News February 18), Frei Otto criticised the interest of investors in making symbols and money rather than “a place for humans to live in”. A view perfectly illustrated by your adjacent report on Leeds’s new iconic, wow-factored, “starchitect”-designed tower.John Regan, Leeds