All Building Design articles in 5 May 2006
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Opinion
Urgent upgrades
Michael Squire (Soapbox April 28) is quite right that higher energy conservation standards for new buildings will have little effect in the short term. An annual 1% replacement/growth of stock is far too slow to tackle the looming energy and environmental crisis. What is needed is the urgent upgrading of ...
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NewsDoing the twist
Blackpool boasts a new attraction - three sculptural wind shelters designed by London architect Ian McChesney.
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Opinion
Soaring salaries
For a "small organisation" the salary of £100,000 for a chief executive seems rather large, working out at something like the annual registration fees for about 1,300 architects.
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Opinion
Royal scapegoat
I have a certain amount of sympathy for Greg McErlean of the Royal Parks Agency, (Letters April 13) which took most of the blame for the DCMS's own failures.
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NewsUrmston regeneration
Planning consent has been granted for Broadway Malyan's £43 million regeneration scheme for the town centre of Urmston, Greater Manchester.
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Stars vie for Singapore project
A shortlist of architects including Norman Foster, Rem Koolhas and Will Alsop is vying for the opportunity to design three large waterfront parks in Marina Bay, Singapore.
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NewsSchool's out for Rogers
One of the world's great practices wants to know why its designs for schools keep getting turned down
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Opinion
No Poundbury OK!
The coincidence of Fat's housing, and Alain de Botton's book and lecture, are certainly worthy of an editorial (Leader April 28), but the idea that national housebuilders are attempting "Miesian pastiche" would probably turn Mies in his grave and render most housebuilders incredulous (unless they thought Mies was a new ...
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News
Peckham Pulse pool set to reopen in October
Southwark council has appointed contractor Makers to repair the Peckham Pulse, its flagship public swimming pool which has been closed for more than a year because of leaking pipes.
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OpinionIan Martin
Listen to two very intense architects for three hours as they explore the "elemental character of brick"
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SMC Group records huge rise in profits
SMC Group, the Stock Market listed architecture firm which recently acquired Will Alsop's practice, has recorded annual pre-tax profits of £2.9 million on a turnover of £13.5 million.
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ReviewHomes for the future
A book on the 21st century house may seem premature, but it is still an informative look at the state of the art
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Opinion
Modern enough?
The V&A exhibition Modernism 1914-1939 has been acclaimed, and it was instructive to see the part played by the performing arts, designer clothing, and the pursuit of healthy living.
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Opinion
Rather too cosy?
To help architecture students, could BD provide a scale/north point for all its plans? Otherwise the only measure for Fat's New Islington scheme seems to be a car, suggesting that bedroom 3 is smaller than a car, the living room is 1.5 cars, and the storage space is 0.0 cars. ...
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Opinion
Correction
The photographs of Fat's New Islington project in last week's Works were taken by Edmund Sumner (not Edwin).
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Opinion
RIBA's Le Corbusier show is nothing new
Architecture exhibitions are devilishly difficult to get right. The London Architecture Biennale, which looks set to quadruple its audience in its second year, is one way of communicating a difficult subject - so more's the pity that the Arts Council has cut its application for funding and made its future ...
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NewsBut Corb may steal the show
The RIBA is committing almost £1 million to bring a major exhibition on Le Corbusier to Liverpool in 2008. The exhibition, curated by the Vitra Design Museum will focus on the architect's furniture and private spaces as well as his architecture. It will be held in the crypt of Liverpool's ...