All Building Design articles in 08 December 2006
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Opinion
Ministers must take a lead on quality too
This week’s Barker Review of Planning could mean big changes in the way architects and planners deal with development.
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OpinionIan Martin
Squeeze Commonwealth Institute into corner of bus station site, sell rest to Wetherspoons
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Opinion
Lost hospital
In Spotcheck North-west (News November 24) you describe an extension to Hope Street Hospital in Liverpool.
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NewsHarbour lights
Boston’s new Institute of Contemporary Art, designed by Diller Scofidio & Renfro Architects, opens on Sunday. Standing on the south Boston waterfront, the 6,000sq m building cantilevers to the water’s edge. The width of the north facade is spanned by a glass wall facing the harbour, while a 13sq m ...
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NewsGazprom jury walk-out
RMJM wins St Petersburg tower competition — but where were the architect judges?
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Opinion
Fond memories
I read with sadness of the death last month of Sam Stephenson, the celebrated Dublin architect.
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TechnicalI wish I’d done that...Roof
Catherine du Toit on Shigeru Ban and Frei Otto’s Japan Pavilion at Expo 2000 Hanover
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ReviewCracking the Fobert enigma
An exhibition on the elusive Jamie Fobert Architects is modest but engaging.
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News
Construction phase needs safety measures
Beyond the residential sector, timber is gaining a growing following thanks to its credentials as a renewable, sustainable resource, and the development of engineered timber products for frames, roofs, walls and even entire buildings.
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Opinion
Gazprom competition was no contest
Leaving aside Russia’s state gangster culture, where corruption, violence and vice flourish, its courting of iconic architecture to usher in an era of economic bling raises awkward questions for those involved in their creation.
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ReviewPull up a chair for a stimulating read
A book on furniture design is both a valuable reference and an outsider’s guide.
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NewsCollieston community centre competition shortlist
The Scottish fishing village of Collieston has held an anonymous competition to design a community centre. We look at the five shortlisted entries, together with their architects’ statements
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NewsMajor names vie to design Jewish centre
Chipperfield, FOA and Viñoly contenders for flagship London building
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News‘Unfashionable’ Catholic heritage in jeopardy
The UK’s Catholic heritage is “hanging by a thread,” English Heritage has warned.
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News
King’s Cross plan flawed says Cabe
Cabe has found major flaws in John McAslan & Partners’ designs for King’s Cross station in London, which were submitted for planning in May.
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TechnicalRoofing: Feilden Clegg Bradley's twisted roof for the RAF Museum
A distinctive hyperbolic paraboloid roof tops Feilden Clegg Bradley’s RAF museum of cold-war militaria.