All Building Design articles in 01 June 2007 – Page 4
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NewsFour Brits on Sheffield Media Centre shortlist
Four British practices and two foreign firms have been short-listed by the RIBA to design a £3 million festival centre in Sheffield.
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RSHP wins British Museum centre
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners has been appointed to design a conservation centre and temporary exhibition space and at the British Museum in London.
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Bristol seeks design experts
Bristol City Council has appealed for up to 20 expert advisers to serve on its new urban design forum. Supported by the council’s urban design team, it will review major schemes and provide independent advice on design quality.
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NewsCampus beats Kyoto targets
This central lightwell is part of a state-of-the-art university campus building designed by Atkins.
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Opinion
No to BD politics
I do not think that articles carrying quotations on controversial political issues should be headline news in BD (May 25). Do we not have enough of that stuff in the general media? Have we run out of valuable architectural subjects?
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RIBA partners BBC on new series
A drive to improve public access to the RIBA’s archive is to be boosted by a major new BBC TV programme, How We Built Britain, to be presented by David Dimbleby and screened on BBC1 from this Sunday, June 3.
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FeaturesBattersea power play
In 1984 Cedric Price proposed removing the power station’s lateral walls to release land for development
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The Tories attack on tall buildings
NEWS: Conservatives blast Livingstone over skyscraper frenzyOPINION: The Tories haven't thought this through
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Opinion
Area of conflict
While I applaud the government awarding grants to improve energy-inefficient homes (News April 27), it seems that giving grants to buyers of low-scoring properties would boost sales of these properties, albeit marginally, and so work against the principle of energy performance certificates, which aim to encourage buyers to purchase efficient ...
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Architecture boosts UK’s economic growth
The architectural profession is a leading player in the recent growth of the UK economy, the Office for National Statistics claims.
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OpinionDoes politics have a role to play in architecture?
Paul Hyett believes architects should make a stand but Robert Adam argues that taking politics into the profession is unwise
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NewsPoland calls for its architects to return
Exodus is denting ability to deliver major projects and infrastructure
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NewsForeign Office Architects reveals art school plan
Foreign Office Architects has submitted a planning application for its relocated base for Ravensbourne College of Design & Communication on the Greenwich Peninsula in south-east London.
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NewsSOM Docklands towers go ahead
SOM has been granted detailed planning permission for a twin-tower, 4,900sq m mixed-use development in London’s Docklands.
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Opinion
African realities
In his review (May 18) of the RIBA South African architecture exhibitions, Tom Woolley raises some good points but he misses the target on architectural education in South Africa, particularly at the University of Cape Town, where I trained. His comments are typical of an outsider looking in.
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Aedas sets out Edinburgh options
Aedas has revealed three separate options for the redevelopment of Edinburgh’s grade A listed Haymarket Station, including demolition.
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Opinion
We must object to Israeli actions
Michael Peters’ invoking of the community of developers as a reason for not protesting against the further dismem-berment of Palestine (News May 25) is in the worst tradition of intimidation.
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NewsBathat in BD
How BD reported on Cedric Prices's alternative proposal for Battersea Power Station
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... as mayor relaxes rules on height
Historic views in London to St Paul’s Cathedral and Westminster have been narrowed after the government backed mayor Ken Livingstone’s relaxation of tall buildings rules.