All Building Design articles in 06 July 2007 – Page 4
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Opinion
Awards success
This year’s new look system for the RIBA Awards better reflects the diversity of architectural practice, and is a rigorous judging process that sets ever-higher architectural standards for its members based in the UK and overseas.
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ReviewThe art of destruction
Tony McIntyre finds Gerry Judah’s fascination for destruction proves humanity’s resilience – to struggle on, no matter how often the sky falls in
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NewsFrench firm joins Chinese art scene
Designs by French architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte for China’s new art museum, the Ullens Centre for Contemporary Art in Beijing, were unveiled this week.
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Technical
Batting ideas around
The Bat Conservation Trust, artist Jeremy Dellar and the RIBA have joined forces in a design competition so bats can live in comfort
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News
Arb reprimand for misconduct
Arb’s professional conduct committee of has reprimanded Haris Subasinghe for serious professional incompetence, acting contrary to the interests of his client.
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NewsRon Arad starts work on Media City shopping centre
Ron Arad Associates has begun work on a shopping mall in the heart of the Media City development in the Belgian city of Liège.
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NewsSMC Alsop’s transport of delights
SMC Alsop’s colourful new platform for the Docklands Light Railway at London’s Stratford station has opened.
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Lancashire aims to guard quality
Cabe, English Heritage and a host of regeneration agencies have signed up to a multiparty group set up to ensure the quality of Lancashire’s redevelopment.
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NewsPrescott was advised against Vauxhall tower
Former deputy prime minister John Prescott gave planning permission for Broadway Malyan’s highly contentious 50-storey Vauxhall Tower in 2005, even though his advisers recommended he refuse it, claiming it would damage a world heritage site.
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FeaturesShould I let clients with adjacent properties have one contract for work on both?
We have two clients. Client A owns the freehold to two adjacent properties. Client B owns the leasehold to one of those properties.
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News
180 register for Tutti Frutti
More than 180 people have registered for Urban Splash’s Tutti Frutti contest, which will see 26 entrants win a chance to design and build a house on a street in New Islington in Manchester.
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Welcome for ‘long overdue’ review of section 106
Architects have hailed a review of the controversial section 106 system which they claim developers are using to sideline the profession and outsmart local authorities.
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Features60 seconds with Stephen Proctor
The chair of the RIBA's housing group explains the thinking behind the institute's new space standards
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News
Allies & Morrison director to head Cabe design review
Allies & Morrison director Diane Haigh has been appointed director of architecture and design review at Cabe.Haigh, who spent 11 years at the practice, has recently worked as project director on the Royal Observatory’s planetarium in Greenwich and was project associate on the Royal Festival Hall refurbishment, both unveiled last ...
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News
Architecture Week axed
Next year’s Architecture Week has been cancelled after the Arts Council scrapped funding for the annual event amid fears that it could become irrelevant and out of date
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MacCormac’s suburban task force unveiled
Architects re-engage with housing as RIBA launches new policy
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ReviewGlass House, edited by Toshio Nakamura
Philip Johnson’s masterpiece, newly open to the public, gets sumptuous treatment in this new publication exploring every aspect of the private retreat in New Canaan, Connecticut.