All Building Design articles in 03 October 2008 – Page 2
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NewsGough’s Croydon towers vision
CZWG has unveiled these images of the Odalisk — Piers Gough’s tower development set for the centre of Croydon, Surrey.
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NewsNew York says work at Ground Zero memorial on track for 2011 opening
Work on Freedom Tower, and Foster, Rogers, Maki towers elsewhere on the site well ahead of schedule
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NewsBoris accused of playing politics with Southwark towers
John Gray, planning inspector of the public inquiry into the Ian Simpson and Wilkinson Eyre towers on London’s South Bank, boosted the case for the two schemes on Thursday when he announced he would not give London mayor Boris Johnson’s objections to them undue weight.
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Building StudyCloepfils MAD New York opening
The new Museum of Arts and Design (MAD) by Brad Cloepfil at Allied Works Architecture has opened in New York on the southwest corner of Central Park facing Columbus Circle.
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NewsCabe says Allies & Morrison’s Tower Hamlets masterplan is overdeveloped
Cabe has accused Allies & Morrison of “overdevelopment”, in a review of its masterplan for the St Andrew’s area of Tower Hamlets in London.
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Opinion
No style
With reference to your web video “Adam hails start of a classical revolution — traditional architecture prospers as New Palladians exhibition launches”, and several other recent articles in the architectural and national press, I would like to register my objection to the way the modern classical stylists have started appropriating ...
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Review
Social snapper
John Maltby’s first commission to photograph Odeon cinemas in the thirties began a career that embraced work for architects, manufacturers and designers, among them Tecton, the Design Research Unit and Terence Conran.
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Opinion
Sensible savings
Jack Pringle and Amanda Baillieu are critical of Arb for having substantial reserves in the bank.
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Review
Saatchi reopens
The new-look 6,500sq m Saatchi Gallery, by Stirling Prize nominee Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, opens next week with an exhibition of new art from China.
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NewsRelax... up on the roof
A contemporary rooftop pavilion and garden for staff at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital has been completed by Spacelab in collaboration with award-winning gardener Andy Sturgeon.
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Opinion
Playing politics
I was horrified to read in BD last week of Arb’s plans to examine the replacement of elected architect members with those appointed by the government.
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News
Ministers review Scots watchdog
The Scottish government is to review the work of its design watchdog, Architecture & Design Scotland, looking at policy, financial management and remit.
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NewsNew look at the Temple
Proposals for a mixed-use development near London’s Temple Station by Wilkinson Eyre and Horden Cherry Lee have been submitted for planning.
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OpinionSlice of life
Forget GLA scrutiny, the litmus test for Boris’s first five months came with a gastronomic show-down with his predecessor.
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FeaturesShould we keep taking on students?
Irena Bauman tackles your ethical dilemmas: Should we drop part II students?
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News
RTKL starts on Jordan project
Planning has begun on a 12ha mixed-use development in Jordan by London-based architect RTKL.
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Opinion
On the job
Thanks for the half-term report (News Analysis September 19) and the headteacher’s note in the leader. I quite agree that it is among UK architects that perception of the RIBA is hard to shift.
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OpinionStirling masks the real issues
The Stirling Prize is great... but the man in the street wants quality public buildings, and architects must take responsibility
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News
Will Hurst in New York
BD's News Editor, Will Hurst, crosses the pond to the Big Apple to talk to key figures in the Manhattan architecture scene. Discovering how Manhattan architects are weathering the credit crunch and seeing for himself how the World Trade Centre site is ticking along, Will discovers that builders are really ...