All Building Design articles in 8 April 2005
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NewsRebirth for Scotland
Scotland’s equivalent of Cabe is launched next week. We ask if talk of a renaissance in Scottish architecture is dream or reality
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News
Power play
Constructing Excellence, the government body tasked with implementing the Egan Review, has merged with independent supply-chain body Be. The merged organisation, Constructing Excellence in the Built Environment, will work with the property and construction industries and has promised to place design high on its agenda.Broadway Malyan is to redesign the ...
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NewsPeople
Joanna Averley (pictured) has been appointed as the deputy chief executive of Cabe. Averley, who will continue to act as director of Cabe’s enabling programme, said the new position was designed to oversee Cabe’s advisory services. Foster’s partner Ewan Anderson has joined Make, the latest in a string of senior ...
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NewsTechno park
Lawrence Barth and S333 Architecture & Urbanism have completed the designs for an innovation park in Singapore.
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NewsNew-look Leopold
The PRP-designed refurbishment of a Tower Hamlets estate will go ahead after tenants voted to transfer their homes from the council to a registered social landlord.
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NewsShowing its metal
Herzog & de Meuron’s latest contribution to landmark architecture, the expansion of the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, will open to the public next weekend.
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NewsSpotcheck: Northern Ireland
Store war Rows over the proposed first Northern Irish John Lewis store will come to an end in the next few weeks when a planning decision is made following months of delay. Geddes Architects designed the contentious 20,440sq m two-level store in Lisburn, seven miles from Belfast. The £40 million ...
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Opinion
Ian Martin
As we meander our way through coffee and biscuits, lunch, high tea, cocktails and dinner, the standard improves
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NewsHit and miss
Foster’s Swiss Re building and Future Systems’ Selfridges store in Birmingham have been shortlisted for the EU’s best building award. The winner of the 2005 Mies van der Rohe prize will be announced next week.Swansea council has launched an international search for architects to carry out a £25 million refurbishment ...
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Opinion
Saving Gracie
I refer to my comments about working on Ralph Erskine’s Byker estate (News Analysis March 24).
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Opinion
Perfect gene pool
I was surprised, given the recent 50/50 Campaign, that BD did not encourage the couple hoping to create a DNA-screened architect baby (News April 1) to opt for a female baby.
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TechnicalSprinklers finally soak in
No longer ugly extras, residential sprinklers are growing in popularity
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Opinion
English lessons
Surely we have not undergone numerous years of design training only to reduce our knowledge into basic one- and two-syllable words so that the under-qualified staff that constitute the mess that are local planning authorities can understand us?
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Opinion
Final draught
As an environmental engineer, I am frequently reminded of the ignorance of designers and contractors about the mundane matter of how to make buildings well insulated and airtight.
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Liverpool focuses on design
Following scathing criticism, 2008 Capital of Culture looks to team of champions to put design centre stage