All Building Design articles in 07 September 2007 – Page 2
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NewsMore car park images
From a floating car park in Amsterdam to the futuristic Autoturme in Wolfsburg, more images from The Architecture of Parking Temple Street, New Haven (1959-63) by Paul Rudolph. Photo credit: Sue Barr Floating car park, Amsterdam Birds Portchmouth Russum: Avenue des Chartres, Chichester 1991 Car park, Penarth ...
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ReviewJean Prouvé - until March 23
Zaha Hadid is a very hard act to follow. Her show, the most popular one for years at the museum, will be succeeded by an exhibition on Jean Prouve (1901-1984), the radical French designer and engineer.
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Review
Forms of Inquiry: the Architecture of Critical Graphic Design - October 8 to 31
Leading graphic designers are contributing to an exhibition exploring the relationship of graphic design to architecture and the city.
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OpinionPlaque priced out
Mystery admirers of the late Cedric Price recently put up this official-looking plaque on the hoarding outside his old office in Alfred Place, just opposite London’s Building Centre.
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Pencil mightier than the mouse
Leading architects from Foster & Partners, Future Systems, Make and Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners will be taking part in a free drawing event on September 30 to encourage people of all ages to ditch the computer mouse in favour of pencil and paper.
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Opinion
Size matters
Was Mike Macrae (Letters August 24) having a morning moment where he used too much toothpaste, or was he just frothing at the mouth when he made his comments on Robert Adam’s views on the Holborne Museum in Bath (Letters August 10)?
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ReviewParking mad
Simon Henley, co-founder of Buschow Henley, is also a car park enthusiast and author of a new book on the subject. Here he explains his love for an underrated building type
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NewsHomework project
Urban Salon’s proposed extension and refurbishment of Falmouth School has granted planning by Cornwall County Council.
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Opinion
The hole truth
Boots was excited to receive news of a new public art project in Manchester this week based on the concept of the peephole.
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FeaturesFrank Gehry’s wild years
We recall BD’s first interview, in 1972, with up-and-coming architect Frank Gehry
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Opinion
Summer school could fill gaps
It is now universally accepted that the schools of architecture no longer teach construction and building technology in the way they did, say, 20 years ago.
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NewsRIBA fears over infrastructure
The RIBA has joined construction industry leaders in calling on planning minister Yvette Cooper (pictured) to ensure the government’s proposed Infrastructure Planning Commission is properly resourced.
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Urban focus for week of events
Bristol’s Architecture Centre has announced talks and exhibitions for this month’s Urban Design Week (September 16-22).
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TechnicalThe ups and downs of Zaha Hadid’s Glasgow Riverside Museum roof
As Zaha Hadid Architects’ Riverside Museum in Glasgow prepares to go on site, Rory Olcayto hears how the roof design evolved over three years
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Opinion
Dinner dilemma
Congratulations to Amanda Levete and Ben Evans, who are to tie the knot next month.
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President’s firm makes its debut
RIBA president Sunand Prasad’s practice has unveiled its first monograph, Transformations, which is published this month.