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ReviewZaha experiments with totally immersive environments
Zaha Hadid describes her Contemporary Art Container for Chanel
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NewsEH delays Robin Hood Gardens decision following BD campaign
English Heritage will delay making its recommendation on the future of Robin Hood Gardens thanks to the phenomenal response to BD's two-week-long campaign to have the Smithsons-designed estate listed.BD editor Amanda Baillieu handed the petition, containing more than 1,000 signatures, to English Heritage director of planning and development Steve Bee ...
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ReviewUnseen Hands:100 years of Structural Engineering - until September 7
Organised by the V&A and the RIBA Trust (in association with the Institution of Structural Engineers-IStructE) as part of celebrations for IStructE’s 100th anniversary; ‘Unseen Hands’ will showcase the significant achievements and contribution structural engineers have made to the built environment.
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NewsFoster's unveils Abu Dhabi World Trade Centre
Foster & Partners' latest Middle East project, the Abu Dhabi World Trade Centre, has been unveiled at the Mipim property fair in Cannes.Part of a new waterfront city, the scheme will be the main building at Al Raha Beach, creating a peninsula at the eastern end of the semi-circular marina.The ...
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ReviewThe World in One School: The History and Influence of the Liverpool School of Architecture 1894 to 2008 - until April 30
After producing many an illustrious architect as either staff or as graduates in its 110 year history; the ambition of this traveling exhibition is to demonstrate the important role, and as Britain’s oldest university school of architecture, that Liverpool University has played - on both a national and an international ...
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ReviewThe Mersey Observatory: Exhibition of entries- until April 26
In October 2007 a RIBA launched the Mersey Observatory competition to find a replacement for the disused radar tower standing between Liverpool docks and Crosby Beach. The observatory will grant views across the full cityscape of Liverpool, Crosby Beach (with its installation of 100 iron figures by Antony Gorm), the ...
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NewsFormer BD editor Martin Pawley dies
Former BD editor Martin Pawley has died after a long illness. The author, journalist and architectural critic, who edited Building Design from 1981 to 1983, died on Sunday less than two weeks before his 70th birthday.Peter Murray, who first worked as a journalist with Pawley in 1971 on Architectural Design, ...
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NewsFat wins competition to design Walsall library
Fat has triumphed in an RIBA competition to design a new community library facility in Walsall. The firm beat 72 international practices including Aaron Evans, Featherstone Associates, McMorran & Gatehouse Architects, Panter Hudspith and Sjolander da Cruz Architects to win the commission for the Bentley area of the town. Sean ...
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ReviewWhat the restored Cutty Sark will be like
According to the project architect Simon Beames of Youmeheshe, the Cutty Sark will open again to the public in April 2010. Here he explains to Amanda Birch what visitors will be treated to when they enter the fully restored ship
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CompetitionsFor sale - OZAMINOR 33FL Diazo Printer
Printer complete with Machine, stand, cover, 20 litres Ammonia Solution and operating & service instruction manual.
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BlogsNews Junkie — 08 and 09 March
Light and air returns, the green budget, Richard Rogers’ uninviting invitation and suspected arson in San Jose.
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CompetitionsHoliday let - Cottage, Cowal Peninsula, Argyll
Enjoy a wonderfully relaxing break in one of Scotland's most beautiful locations. Self-catering cottage sleeps four.
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Review
Artful Practice: Architectural Drawings by Richard Norman Shaw - until May 25
Richard Norman Shaw - RA (1831 - 1912)
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OpinionWit in Whitman
Your feature on Whitman College at Princeton by Porphyrios Associates (Works February 29) was a delight.
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Opinion
Prom queen
Good to see that architecture minister Margaret Hodge’s populist instinct extends further than just the built environment.
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Opinion
Spirit of place
Margaret Hodge’s test that modern architecture should be loved if it is to qualify for listing should at least justify consideration for Robin Hood Gardens because it is loved by many architects and others who are interested in urban design and architecture.
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Opinion
Modest proposal
I am young, fit and below average height. I have no friends or relations who are old or disabled, or if I have, they don’t visit, and I have nothing upstairs for them to use.
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NewsMill turns to retail
Lyons, Sleeman & Hoare has applied for planning to transform the five-storey, grade II listed Slingfield Mill building at Kidderminster, Worcestershire, into a department store and hotel.
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NewsLessons in timber
Meadowcroft Griffin Architects has submitted this design, for the £8 million Lauriston Primary School in Hackney, east London, for planning.