All Building Design articles in 6 May 2005
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News
On the waterfront
A £1.8m boathouse for University College Oxford designed by Belsize Architects in London has been submitted for planning permission.
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NewsWaking up to waterworld
Rising water levels and mass flooding will be a serious test for UK architects. As Zoë Blackler discovers, even Holland’s water experts are being forced to rethink
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Opinion
Toilet talk
The article by Christopher Woodward (Culture April 22) reminded me of my only encounter with Peter Smithson. I was a student at Birmingham School of Architecture in the 1950s and was responsible for organising visiting lecturers.
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Opinion
Worthy of support
I question the outcome of BD’s election poll survey. Surely there is enough visual evidence around us to highlight an upward trend in the quality of architecture and the built environment?
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NewsShowpiece studio
Designs by Terry Pawson Architects for a new home for the practice have been submitted for planning.
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Power play
John Prescott has said he wants to hold on to his power base, the sprawling ODPM, in a Labour third term. The 66-year-old told the Guardian he had “learned the lesson that you need a departmental base”.The Diana Memorial Fountain in Hyde Park is due to re-open today following a ...
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People
Mary Wrenn, director of the Royal Society of Architects in Wales, has resigned to become the new chief executive of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland, it was announced this week. See Talkbox, page 14.Canadian journalist Bob Hunter, co-founder of Greenpeace, died on Monday, aged 63.Nicholas Taylor has ...
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Building StudyNature study
Sarah Wigglesworth’s science classroom in Sheffield gives pupils an innovative place to experience nature
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Opinion
Name and shame jobsworth planners
It’s time for some post-election wishes. Less war, less poverty and, after about four months’ campaigning, how about less meaningless political bickering. Oh, and perhaps Her Majesty’s government could do the architecture profession a favour and finally get stuck into the planning system.
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Opinion
Ian Martin
I spent an hour or so sharpening pencils and reassigning them to their proper positions in the HB spectrum
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NewsHit and miss
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development has officially opened its new headquarters on Wimbledon Broadway (pictured). Designed by GMW Architects, the 6,000sq m building has a frameless glass street elevation.Urban Salon has won the Architecture Foundation’s Bermondsey Square competition. The practice triumphed over a shortlist that included S333, Pierre ...
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A web of illiteracy and officialdom: welcome to Hackney planning
All architects will be familiar with the frustration of dealing with local planning departments, so perhaps readers will take pity on a fellow professional who has had a three-month battle with Hackney Council over photocopied signatures and illiterate officialese.
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Highways jam holds up Thames Gateway
The delivery of 7,250 homes in the Thames Gateway has been held up by a row with the Highways Agency over the capacity of local roads.
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Opinion
A force for good
As someone who was often frustrated by the strange ways of Cabe’s predecessor, the Royal Fine Arts Commission, I find Cabe something of a revelation; a definite force for good.
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Nothing wasted at new Ealing park
LDA Design has been appointed lead architect on an innovative new park in Ealing, west London.
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ReviewDon’t throw stones
A glass depiction of a Liverpool terraced house has been created by Vong Phaophanit and Claire Oboussier
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ReviewDance and me
I was interested in contemporary dance before my practice set up at London’s Riverside Studios.