All Building Design articles in 08 December 2006 – Page 2
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News
Cabe called in to boost new schools design
Cabe is to be drafted in to improve the design quality of the government’s £45 billion Building Schools for the Future programme.
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NewsNew kid on the block
Grimshaw has won planning permission for Keyworth II, a new building at London South Bank University in Elephant & Castle.
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NewsBridging Birmingham
PRC Architects has revealed its design for a bridge between Abstract Land and Dandara at Great Charles Street, Birmingham.
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OpinionSpace is the key to better housing
There were two interesting articles around the themes of design in last week’s BD. The one proclaimed that “Design is at the heart of the Olympics” the other that “Design is compromised when Dutch housing experience is applied to the UK.”
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Two battle it out in River Lea bridge competition
Knight Architects and Cezary Bednarski are going head to head to design a £2.5 million pedestrian bridge over the River Lea Navigation in Tottenham Hale for British Waterways.
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Opinion
Avoiding the blobs
Jack Pringle, in the Guardian on December 1, revealed quite rightly his reservations about behemoth development contractors and their subordinated design staff bringing a greyness to an opportunity for infrastructure accompanying London’s Olympic Games. He cited the good old tested system of RIBA competition entries... but I’m not so sure ...
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Atkins parachuted into Sloane Square
Multi-disciplinary giant Atkins has waded into one of the most controversial schemes in the country with alternative designs for London’s Sloane Square.
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Building StudyMiddlesbrough Art Gallery by Erick van Egeraat
With an extraordinary site and generous budget, Erick van Egeraat’s Middlesbrough art gallery is a wasted opportunity.
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NewsBarker planning advice offers work windfall
Architects face a bonanza of work following Kate Barker’s recommendation that minor projects should go ahead without the need for planning consent.
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NewsRevisit fire advice, urges timber lobby
The UK Timber Frame Association has called for an overhaul of fire guidelines a week ahead of an emergency summit on the implications of the blaze that destroyed a building site in Colindale, north London, in July (News July 21).
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RIBA awards shake up will add prize for time test
The RIBA plans sweeping changes to its awards programme including a new “test of time” award, taking a second look at 10-year-old prize-winning buildings.
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NewsMeadowview country house by Platform 5
Platform 5 has won planning permission for Meadowview, a country house in Bedfordshire.
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