All Building Design articles in 01 April 2011
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News
B3 Architects submits major plans for Norwich
City’s ’ugliest’ building would be razed to make way for £75 million regeneration
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News
Make's university project launches in Stratford
Make has revealed new images of University Square Stratford, a £33 million scheme for two universities in east London.The 8,600sq m scheme, which has won detailed planning permission and was formally launched by London mayor Boris Johnson earlier this month, is for the University of East London and Birkbeck, part ...
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News
Foster & Partners breaks ground on landmark scheme in DC
Mixed-use scheme replaces bulk of convention centre with smaller blocks
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Part II campaigner drops his appeal
Architectural assistant fears crippling cost of pursuing legal action
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Cartwright Pickard wins planning for Barking scheme slated by Cabe
Design review raised concerns about residents’ quality of life
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Californians get cold feet over Zaha Hadid civic centre
Contract re-written after boom town goes bust
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Zaha Hadid's Aquatics Centre will 'look nicer' post Olympics, IOC admits
Appearance of landmark 2012 venue compromised by water wings
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EPR wins go-ahead to transform Gatwick offices into hotel
EPR Architects has been given planning permission to turn an office block at Gatwick Airport into a new 192-bedroom Hilton hotel.
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Review
Aram Gallery: The Then-Now Show
An exhibition comparing leading designers’ work with their degree show designs is illuminating.
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Features
Test performance in-house with bim
Automatic, co-ordinated drawing creation is only one of many benefits that bim tools can bring technology-savvy practices
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Opinion
Amanda’s secret
The V&A’s competitions team went to great lengths to ensure no one discovered the winner of its Exhibition Road project before the official announcement.
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News
Minister 'surprised' by WWF quitting Zero Carbon Taskforce
Environmental charity quit after government watered down zero carbon definition
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Make's Croydon scheme submitted for planning
Cherry Orchard Road includes tallest building in the area
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KPF's Paris tower revamp completes
Construction work has completed on the refurbishment of the “First Tower” in the La Defense business district in Paris, making it the tallest office block in France.KPF and French practice SRA Architectes designed the €300 million revamp of the building, which saw its height raised from 155m to 230m through ...
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Features
How to navigate the cad file pile-up
Given the diversity of size, budgets and cad requirements of the many professionals, trades and manufacturers involved in the construction industry, it is inevitable that the preferred software used for computer-aided design will vary.
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Technical
New research will help architects maximise low-carbon design
Target Zero guidance on achieving low-carbon buildings has been launched by the BCSA and Tata Steel. Here are three steel-framed projects featured in the research.
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News
Architecture minister unveils Stonehenge funding package
Work on Denton Corker Marshall visitor centre on course to start next year
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First images of Peter Zumthor's Serpentine Pavilion revealed
Dutch designer Piet Oudolf will create a garden for the Serpentine Gallery’s summer pavilion, designed by last year’s Pritzker winner.
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Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth House goes Lego
German modernist Ludwig Mies van der Rohe has had his masterpiece Farnsworth House immortalised in Lego