All Building Design articles in 02 February 2007 – Page 2
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NewsCollege plan steps up
City of Westminster College has selected this £90 million design by Danish architect Schmidt Hammer Lassen for its new Paddington Green HQ building.
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ReviewReflections of a model citizen
Kester Rattenbury is simultaneously charmed and scared by Kas Oosterhuis’s ‘swarm’ architecture
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Opinion
Copyright catch?
I refer to your item “Design the zero carbon home of the future” (News January 19). The competition outlined is a commendable initiative.
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OpinionA Canterbury tale — but this isn’t funny
In the spirit of Oscar Wilde’s famous words, to hash up one rebuilding of a city is unfortunate, but then to mess it up a second time is unforgivable.
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Expanded schools remit for Cabe causes concern
The extension of Cabe’s remit to include the design review of all schools built or refurbished by the Department for Education & Skills under its Building Schools for Future (BSF) programme has met with a muted response from the profession.
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Changes proposed to tall buildings policy
Tall buildings could be given outline planning consent under new guidance put out for consultation by Cabe and English Heritage.
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Scottish watchdog blasts ‘it’ll do’ culture
The chair of Scotland’s design watchdog has attacked the “it’ll do” culture, which he believes has led to a poor standard of development north of the border.
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Get ready for the big Think
Tom Bloxham, chair of Urban Splash, has been confirmed as a keynote speaker at Think, a new property and construction event focusing on sustainability, regeneration and innovation. He will deliver his headline speech, “Are some areas beyond regeneration?” on May 2.
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Opinion
Celebrity bid
Re Banged up with Alsop (News January 12). So, inmates will be living in goups of 12 with enclosed garden, eh?
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CompetitionsMaking Better Concrete by Bruce King
Guidelines to using fly ash for higher quality, eco-friendly structures. Green Building Press(USA)www.greenbooks.co.uk 54pp £12.95 PB
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NewsBattersea plans dumped
Foster, Viñoly and SOM in running for power station, as new owner prepares to dump Arup masterplan
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Opinion
Ban buzz words
David Littlefield’s call for the worlds largest PV array (Soapbox January 26) was heard by us seven years ago when we were prepared to build it as part of a dynamic new roof structure for Edinburgh’s dilapidated Waverley Station.
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Two Brits on shortlist for Mies award
David Chipperfield’s America’s Cup Building in Valencia and Zaha Hadid’s Phaeno Science Centre in Wolfsburg are among seven finalists selected for the 2007 Mies van der Rohe Award.
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NewsArts centre goes for gold in Goole
Buschow Henley has won planning consent to adapt the Goole Arts & Civic Centre in the East Riding of Yorkshire.
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CompetitionsDesign of Straw Bale Buildings: The state of the art by Bruce King
This book provides the latest technical knowledge for architects, engineers and builders who want to design intelligently with plastered straw bales. Green Building Press(USA) www.greenbooks.co.uk 288pp £25PB
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Competitions
Parisian Architecture of the Belle Epoque by Roy Johnston
This book is a survey of the architecture of Paris at the turn of the century. Wiley-Academy 224pp £39.99 HB
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CompetitionsThe Destruction of Memory: Architecture at War by Robert Bevan
The former BD editor highlights a range of wars and conflicts in which the destruction of architecture was pivotal. New edition in paperback. Reaktion Books 240pp £14.95 PB
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NewsStar auction for architect charity
Collectors of architectural paraphernalia will gather at the Royal Academy on June 6 for an all-star auction of architects’ drawings, models and sketches, including work by Will Alsop, Norman Foster, Massimiliano Fuksas, Marks Barfield, Richard Rogers, Rafael Viñoly and Chris Wilkinson.
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