All Building Design articles in 8 April 2004
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Opinion
Unashamed
As one of the planning authorities "named and shamed" in your article on the planning delivery grant (News March 12) I would like to assure you that the reason for Cannock Chase District Council's poor success rate in defending its decisions on appeal over the last year or so has ...
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Opinion
The show of tomorrow
London has finally got a £100,000 show to celebrate Archigram, and host, the Design Museum, will have been well pleased with a glamorous launch show last week where luminaries spotted included model Marie Helvin and actress Eleanor Bron. Archigramites have been trying to put on a show for the past ...
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Opinion
Shed no tears
Great Comment & Analysis (March 26), but ShedKM would like to point out to your readers that we didn’t actually enter the competition. In fact we never have done!Whether this is because of false modesty, or that we are just too busy is unclear. Perhaps, though, we accept that our ...
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News
Schwartz talks
Landscape architect Martha Schwartz will give a talk called “I Hate Nature” on April 20 at the RIBA. Boston-based Schwartz first gained attention through her “Bagel Garden” in 1979, and is known for her use of unusual materials and dramatic colour. e-mail gallery@inst.riba.org
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News
Prescott serves up solutions
As John Prescott's 200,000 home masterplan for the South-east moves towards delivery, the deputy prime minister invited top architects to dinner last week to gain some inspiration.
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Opinion
Pomo silliness
So Robert Venturi denies he is a post-modernist (Comment & Analysis March 19). The Pope has also denied he is a Catholic, I believe. The Venturis' great pomo legacy was to remove any idea of the social or political relevance of architecture and redefine it in purely aesthetic decorated sheds/ducks ...
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Building StudyIn the mix
Clerkenwell's Brewery Square by Hamilton Associates and Berkeley Homes might be the beginning of a brighter future for urban housing developments.
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News
Who is Maxwan?
Dutch masterplanner Maxwan is no stranger to large housing masterplans such as Barking Reach.
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News
Lisbon masterplan
Richard Rogers Partnership and Atkins have started to masterplan a major urban centre in Lisbon. The project, focusing on the Almada docklands area, encompasses a public transport strategy, housing and a maritime museum.
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News
John McAslan & Partners
John McAslan & Partners won planning permission for three residential blocks rising from nine to 15 storeys at St George’s Island in Castlefield, Manchester. The £38 million scheme, which includes over 400 apartments, is due for completion in 2006.
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NewsJestico & Whiles
Jestico & Whiles’ £4.2 million extension of the Central School of Speech & Drama in Swiss Cottage, north London, has won planning permission. The extension includes new teaching space, rehearsal facilities and production studios. Construction was due to start this week and the project is set for completion in September ...
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News
Size not important for schools
Small practices should take advantage of the government’s £2 billion school building programme, a BD seminar on education opportunities heard last week.
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OpinionHelp wanted
Young and malleable or old and experienced? Issues arise when adding a new member of staff
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News
Prince's influence grows
The Prince's Foundation is advising three hospitals in Cornwall, Liverpool and London on new healthcare schemes worth hundreds of millions of pounds.
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ReviewGolden years
Erno Goldfinger's life alone makes for fascinating reading, says one-time employee John Winter
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Opinion
Fool’s gold
How terribly droll for the Royal Scottish Academy to open up its press day on April I with some huge, well-viewed images by Terry Farrell. The cappa mounted photographs take up a whole wall, just for fun and include some sketches that the great man may have produced while running ...
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News
Firms study station
Stephen Taylor Architects and Stanton Williams have been appointed to conduct a feasibility study for a new travel interchange at Rainham Station, Essex. The £12 million redevelopment also includes 120 new flats, a bridge over the railway and a new library.