All Building Design articles in 03 November 2006
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CompetitionsUrban Salon
This year’s nomination represented Urban Salon’s second appearance on a Young Architect of the Year shortlist. It was runner up in the 2000 competition, a mere three years after the practice had been established.
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AnalysisTessa’s poor performance
Just days before outgoing ODA chairman Jack Lemley revealed his frustrations with the British government, BD met Olympics minister Tessa Jowell at the RIBA conference in Venice, and found she had a very shaky grip on her brief.
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News
White paper seeks more power for planners
Radical reforms outlined in the local government white paper could give planning authorities the confidence to take controversial decisions, an expert has said.
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CompetitionsMangera Yvars
Ali Mangera began his practice’s presentation with by far the largest project that any of the nominees showed in the course of the day — the 50,000sq m Abbey Mills Islamic Centre.
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CompetitionsMagnetic Nord
Glasgow-based practice Nord is the winner of this year’s BD Young Architect of the Year Award. Ellis Woodman looks at the qualities that appealed to the jury, as well as its thoughts on the runners up
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Opinion
Inside view
I am lost in admiration for the wonderful sculptural building Hadid has created in Kirkcaldy and for the fact that she and others designing for the same trust have given their services for free. I hope the Maggie’s Centres will find the finance to develop and build the further four ...
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CompetitionsNo place like home
Nord is part of a new wave of Scottish architects that are turning their backs on the bright lights of London and staying north of the border.
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NewsHigh-density race warning
Trevor Phillips says designers must consider community cohesion when planning new developments
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NewsMaking the grade
Hopkins Architects has been given the final go-ahead for this £70 million scheme at the City campus of Nottingham Trent University. The project comprises the refurbishment of the university’s grade II* listed Arkwright and Newton buildings and the construction of a glazed atrium between them.
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News
Scots watchdog slams housing neighbouring Pineapple folly
A proposed housing development at Dunmore Park near Falkirk, home to one of the UK’s most distinctive follies, has been slammed by Architecture & Design Scotland in its latest round of design review reports.
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Opinion
Fit for purpose?
The new cancer centre by Zaha Hadid certainly seems a most imaginative piece of sculpture, but I wonder whether, as a building for restorative care, it will it be up to the job?
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NewsFinal flourish
Penoyre & Prasad has been commissioned to design the new Church of England Academy in Finchley, London, sponsored by the London Diocesan Board of Schools.
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Opinion
Stress factors
Am I alone in wondering if the sycophantic admiration for Zaha’s new creation is missing some vital points?
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Opinion
Going up not down
There is no truth in the implied quote — MacCormac: practice “in freefall” (News October 20).
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Opinion
Don’t be invisible — shout louder
Last week I was lucky enough to be invited to Venice as part of the RIBA annual conference, looking at architecture’s broader impact on both the environment and society.
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Opinion
North south divide
I much appreciate the way BD tries to promote the interests of women in architecture.
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CompetitionsIJP Corporation
George L Legendre, the director of IJP Corporation, is both an architect and an academic, teaching a diploma course at the AA. His practice’s work is entirely focused on the use of mathematics to generate form.