All Building Design articles in 27 November 2009
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NewsWestminster double for RIBA student medals
The RIBA has announced the winners of the President’s Medals Student Awards, which promote excellence in the study of architecture.
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Elephant & Castle developer to pick architect in 2010
The architects that will design Lend Lease’s £1.5 billion redevelopment of Elephant & Castle will be hired next year.
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Low carbon group launched
Peter Mandelson has launched the government’s low carbon construction innovation and growth steering group, which will review the industry’s fitness for reducing carbon emissions.
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NewsPiano puts UK and Qatar in tune
Renzo Piano’s Shard of Glass (pictured) at London Bridge is a symbol of the close ties between the UK and Qatar, the head of the financier bankrolling the scheme said during a site visit this week.
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NewsBuilding for Life winners
Housing developments by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Cole Thompson Anders have been awarded the highest-ever scores in the annual Building for Life awards, announced this week.
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NewsCandys demand sweet £68.5m
The High Court is expected to rule Monday whether a court case between the Candy Brothers and Qatari Diar will go ahead next spring.
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Competitions3XN wins Danish courthouse competition
Danish practice 3XN has beaten three other shortlisted teams to win a competition to design an addition to the neo-classical Frederiksberg Courthouse in Frederiksberg, Denmark.
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£10 million pledged for eco-towns
Housing minister John Healey has pledged £10 million to help more councils develop plans for eco-towns.
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£800 million of BSF projects to go ahead
A dozen school building projects worth £800 million across England have been given the green light by the government.
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ReviewReview: The National Gallery: A Short History, by Charles Saumarez Smith, Frances Lincoln, 192pp, £14.99
In this book, Charles Saumarez Smith recounts the history of the National Gallery of which he was director from 2002-2007.
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ReviewReview: London's Contemporary Architecture: An Explorer’s Guide by Ken Allinson, Architectural Press, 200pp, £14.99
Another guidebook for architecture in London? A quick search on Amazon shows more than 200 titles so there is enough competition. London’s Contemporary Architecture claims to be for people who enjoy experiencing architecture, whether Londoners or visitors.
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ReviewReview: All We Need Is Love: Save Buildings at Risk, 2009-2010, by Catherine Townsend. Libanus Press, 200pp, £15
In this age where converting or redeveloping building stock is the stuff of reality TV, some perspective is given by Save Britain’s Heritage’s 20th compendium of buildings at risk in England and Wales.
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NewsWestminster University offers free courses to recession-hit architects
Westminster University is offering 1,500 free places on career development courses for unemployed, or under-employed, architects and other built environment professionals.
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NewsBarrett Lloyd Davis wins planning for Chelsea private house
Barrett Lloyd Davis has won planning permission for a new six storey private house in a conservation area in the heart of Chelsea, west London.
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NewsNeu Architects picked to transform Lancashire town of Bacup
London-based Neu Architects in collaboration with LOCI Design has won the final contest in a series of competitions aiming to transform six Lancashire towns.
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Government introduces design threshold for all public buildings
The RIBA has welcomed government plans to draw up a design threshold for all new public building projects.
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ReviewReview: The Architecture of the Yale Center for British Art, by Jules David Prown. Yale University Press, 72pp, HB, £25
Jules David Prown was the first director of the British Art Centre at Yale at the time of its construction, and was instrumental in appointing Louis Kahn as architect. This beautifully presented book is a brief but insightful account of the design process and the BAC's construction.
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Candy brothers name Charles and Boris in Chelsea Barracks case
Nick and Christian Candy have called for Prince Charles to be examined as a witness in their £81 million case against the Qatari Royal family over the collapse of the £3 billion Chelsea Barracks project.
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Heatherwick to design biomass power plant in Stockton
Designer Thomas Heatherwick has been appointed to design a £150 million, 49 megawatt biomass power plant in Stockton on Tees, north-east England, BD can exclusively reveal.
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Grimshaw, Mather and Gehl to masterplan Essex development
Grimshaw, Rick Mather and Jan Gehl have been appointed to design a masterplan for the development of North Harlow in Essex by developers Land Securities and Places for People.