All Building Design articles in 05 June 2009 – Page 3
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News
Listing of Sheffield department store in jeopardy
The government is to review the listing of GS Hay’s post-war Castle House department store in Sheffield, just weeks after the 1964 building was given grade II status
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News
Oxford University calls in Robert Stern to end competition deadlock
University’s expansion stalled by style wars
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News
Arb seeks bigger fines for fake architects
The Arb has called on magistrates to crack down harder on people who fraudulently describe themselves as architects after having to bring a repeat prosecution for misuse of title for the first time
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Opinion
Oversee this
The JCT standard building contract for a home owner/occupier 2005 proudly announces, for signature, that it is for ithe owner/occupier who has appointed a consultant to oversee the works
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Opinion
An opportunity
The outcry caused by Arb’s proposal to vet our competence is understandable but, for those of us who have already gone through the tiresome process of achieving accreditation from one or more of the existing schemes (CHAS, SAFE contractor etc) this could be an opportunity to get the entire process ...
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Opinion
Intrinsic politics
Should architects become more active in politics (Debate May 29)? I would suggest it is difficult, if not impossible, to avoid same
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Opinion
Hoodwinked
What a relief that Robin Hood Gardens has been saved from listing. Sorry, don’t agree with you on this one
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Building Study
Manchester: Heaven knows it’s miserable now
Manchester is hailed as a flagship for successful regeneration but along the way it has lost all appetite for civic architecture
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Review
How Lubetkin’s grand visions for Peterlee ended up dead in the water
Radio 4’s Britain in Their Sites explores Berthold Lubetkin’s failed ambitions for the post-war new town of Peterlee, County Durham
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Building Study
Haworth Tompkins creates a well-tempered quintet at Snape
A cluster of five redundant industrial buildings at Snape Maltings, home of the Aldeburgh Festival, has been turned into performance and rehearsal space. Ellis Woodman is impressed by a sensitive, richly-textured refurb
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Opinion
Question time at Cabe for Michael Parkinson
Boots was interested to spot Michael Parkinson leaving Cabe HQ last week
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Opinion
Let a hundred cauliflowers bloom
Growing food, not building houses, is a more sustainable way of saving the Thames Gateway
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Opinion
A bland serving of spectacle
Where once cities were defined but what they made, today they are as likely to be recognised for what they show in their museums
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Opinion
RIBA at its best
Regarding John Assael’s letter (May 22) and the leader, there are many ways of getting involved with RIBA besides council
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Opinion
Competence assurance
I would like to reassure architects who may have read last week’s article in BD on the Arb’s approach to competence
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Opinion
Charged article
With reference to the complicated calculations made by Mark Dyson (Letters May 29): for jobs of the size he mentions I charge an hourly rate and issue fee accounts on the last day of the calendar month, with a request for payment within 14 days, and I make a good ...
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Opinion
Arb and illusion
An odd choice for the “no” corner (Debate May 29): Frank Duffy, who, it is believed, was implicated in the disastrous sacrifice of dear Arcuk on the altar of just another New Labour quango: Arb
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Opinion
Should Arb force architects to prove their competence?
Yes, architects must prove they can practise in an ever-evolving industry says Graham Owens; no, let their work speak for itself, counters Terry Garland
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Features
Brian Vermeulen on how the African site of Great Zimbabwe has influenced his work
The ruins of Great Zimbabwe, a major trading centre until the 15th century, have informed Cottrell & Vermeulen’s school designs
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