All Building Design articles in 08 July 2011 – Page 3
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Opinion
Border skirmish
Nicholas Grimshaw is unimpressed with Cecil Balmond and Charles Jencks’ new sculpture at Gretna, he told an audience on London’s South Bank this week.
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Technical
Bermondsey Island housing by Urban Salon
By adopting two contrasting facade treatments, Urban Salon’s Bermondsey Island housing deftly negotiates the conflicting demands of noisy roads, sustainability requirements and a sensitive historic site.
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Review
Great Scott! A Gothic reputation is revived
Next week sees the 200th anniversary of George Gilbert Scott’s birth and, with his masterpiece the Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras restored, the architect is once more receiving the appreciation he deserves.
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Features
Architecture student shows 2011: UWE
This year in the Bachelor of Architecture (RIBA Part 2) two city themes were explored, the city as a Hybrid, a 21st century condition and the city as a Model of Health,
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News
Carbuncle Cup 2011 — view all the nominated projects
Schemes by Rogers Stirk Harbour, Jean Nouvel, RHWL, Broadway Malyan, Wilkinson Eyre and Bond Bryan among nominees
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Features
High-energy encounter with Benn
The then energy minister talked chimneys and renewables with BD editor Peter Murray in 1977
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News
Gove asks RIBA how to cut school design costs
Education secretary wants institute to help devise efficiency savings
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News
Parry set for Jersey scheme
Eric Parry and MJP have been appointed to design the first two buildings in an office development in Jersey’s capital.
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News
Robert Adam brought in to rethink Forest Gate
Robert Adam Architects has been drafted in to work on the regeneration of Forest Gate in east London.
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Features
Architecture student shows 2011: Oxford Brookes University
Oxford Brookes School of Architecture End of Year BA Show 2011
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Opinion
Genius can be a team effort
As the row over 30 St Mary Axe shows, building authorship is usually the result of a shared culture
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News
Multiple marble makeover for the Scotsman Steps
A grotty flight of Victorian stairs leading to Waverley Station in the centre of Edinburgh has been transformed by Haworth Tompkins and the Turner Prize-winning artist Martin Creed.
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Building Study
Jonathan Tuckey’s remodelled school reflects local industrial influences
Jonathan Tuckey Design has revealed plans for Wilberforce Primary School in north Westminster, London.
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Opinion
Hard hitter
Despite reaching the grand old age of 77, Richard Rogers is never one to shy away from a sporting challenge.
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Opinion
Planning reform is force for good
The Town & Country Planning Association’s Hugh Ellis seems to be under the impression that architects exist solely to serve the planning system, and planners “control” quality (“Ex presidents urge RIBA to back planning reform” News July 1).
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Review
Opening up the envelope for students
Watts’ new book is well suited for both students and young practicing architects.
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Opinion
Creed has lit up the Scotsman Steps
An artistic intervention has succeeded in transforming a less than pleasant journey