All Building Design articles in BD Magazine - Public Sector - July 2009
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FeaturesThe latest products for public sector projects
Clement Steel WindowsSteel windows.Steel Windows recently supplied the windows for Benenden hospital in Kent. Its worn metal originals demanded a complicated variety of replacements. Doors and sidelight screens were replaced with W20 and W40 steel suites glazed with 14mm and 26mm units. Faceted door screens were used for the glazing ...
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Building StudyNicholas Hare’s Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College, Birmingham
Nicholas Hare’s Joseph Chamberlain Sixth Form College provides the students with an atmosphere of calm relaxation
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FeaturesBirmingham Central Library’s final chapter
John Madin’s 1974 Birmingham Central Library was designed to be flexible, for a possible future without books. English Heritage would like to see it listed, but the city’s political elite say it is impossible to refurbish for modern needs and want it demolished
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FeaturesBig plans for Birmingham
In this special issue we focus entirely on the changes Birmingham is now making with public sector investment
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FeaturesWhat does the Big City Plan mean for Birmingham?
Birminham’s Big City Plan aims for a global and local city, but there are areas of conflict, particulalry on recognising its industrial past and present
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FeaturesRIBA Bookshops’ pick of the best books on public sector projects
Richard Newman, co-founder of Birmingham-based Bryant Priest Newman Architects reviews three books on public sector projects including building green schools, management of public spaces and case studies of health centres
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FeaturesQ&A with Glenn Howells on reinterpreting Aston Webb’s designs for Birmingham University
Birmingham-based Glenn Howells discusses two very different projects in his home city — an addition to the grade II* listed university and new housing in an area blighted by crime
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FeaturesSylvia McNamara on the architects’ role in Birmingham’s schools’ transformation
Sylvia McNamara is leading the country’s largest BSF programme with the aim of transforming Birmingham’s schools and using architects for creative problem solving