All Building Design articles in 08 April 2011 – Page 2
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News
James Review: the 16 recommendations
Report’s key recommendations include a central suite of drawings and specifications that can be applied across a wide range of educational facilities
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News
Aukett's warns over first half profits
But architect says it will return to the black in the second half of financial year
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Capita Symonds to axe 40 from architecture team
Public service cuts are thought to be main cause as firm shuts its Clerkenwell studio
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Empty offices could be turned into homes, minister proposes
Government launches consultation on relaxation of planning rules
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Opinion
Sebastian James's centre parting
When will architects hear from Sebastian James, old Etonian and Bullingdon dining club chum of David Cameron, and the man poised to advise on the future of school building? An interim report was expected last September but is yet to see the light of day six months later.
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News
Only one eco-town will keep original standards
Just one of Labour’s 10 eco-towns will now be built to the original, much-vaunted environmental standards, it has emerged.
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Opinion
Everything’s up in the air
The main issue affecting public funding for architecture is a lack of clarity about the future
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News
Drop in exam numbers sees Arb lose £41,000
The number of people applying to take Arb’s prescribed examination has dropped by almost a fifth in 2011, with the board set to lose out on £41,000 of income over the year.
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Marks Barfield's Islamia to reapply for planning
Brent Council’s decision to grant planning to a scheme by Marks Barfield to extend the country’s first state-funded Muslim primary school has been scrapped and will be heard again.
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Builders back government’s zero-carbon turnaround
Housebuilders have clashed with environmentalists over the government’s decision to water down standards for zero-carbon homes.
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NLA sets up London industry lobby group
New London Architecture has set up a pan-industry body to lobby the capital’s mayor about future changes affecting future building in the capital.
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Opinion
Has the coalition abandoned zero-carbon housing?
Yes, this U-turn has swept away years of progress, says Zoe Leader; while Andrew Stunell says we need to find the most practical way forward
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Opinion
Yes, minister, we need more Bykers
Grant Shapps’ enthusiasm is surprising, as the estate embodies the antithesis of his policies
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Opinion
Paying the price
However welcome, it comes as some surprise to see the editor of BD, who recently supported Gove’s ludicrous assertion that architect’s were “milking the system” on the BSF programme, now lamenting the fact that architects’ fees are “suicidal”, students’ fees are “dirt cheap” and architects’ salaries need to increase “significantly” ...
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Opinion
Shadow minister’s pertinent warning
Boots is indebted to Cabe’s former head Richard Simmons, for drawing our attention to a 2006 column in BD by the then shadow housing minister.
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Opinion
Last year's model
Further to your front page item about a model looking for a new home (News March 25), from experience, I can say that architects and developers often mistook our East Midlands model-making workshop for the Big Yellow Box Company.
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Opinion
The heat is on
After reading the Haringey Passiv Terrace story (Technical March 25), I can only assume your reporting of the three-bedroom terrace refurbishment costing £150,000 is a typo.
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Opinion
The realities of education
How exactly would Ben Addy (Debate March 11) achieve his proposal to introduce business and ethics into architectural education?
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