All Building Design articles in 08 June 2007
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Features
BD's Carbuncle Cup: Call for nominations
Nominate your worst building of the year and be interviewed for our Carbuncle video report
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News
Square launched for Greenwich Peninsula
This is Barr Gazetas’ £15 million Peninsula Square, which was launched today to serve as a focal point for the planned Greenwich Peninsula development.A big as Leicester Square, it incorporates a stainless steel spire more than 40m tall, a “video wall” and several fountains which use mains water and gathered ...
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Features
Who said that?
“The higher the buildings, the lower the morals”Noel Coward “Architecture is inhabited sculpture”Constantin Brancusi “Each new situation requires a new architecture” Jean nouvel “An art begins where words fail it”Edwin Lutyens “An architect is 2% gentleman and 98% renegade car salesman”Anonymous “We are all frequently disabled—whether in a rush, in ...
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Competitions
For Sale - Cedar bungalows in Pembrokeshire
Beautiful location in Cleddau River Estaury adjacent to the National Park.
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Building Study
Foster designs ecological tower for Siberia - images
Foster & Partners has designed this mixed-use tower for the town of Khanty Mansiysk in Siberia
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Review
Scratching the Surface: until September 1
The NLA follows it second birthday celebrations with the opening of a new exhibition on façade design in the capital.
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Building Study
Van Egeraat university extension reaches milestone
Erick van Egeraat’s extension to Inholland University Rotterdam reached a milestone this week, with completion of the 62m-tall structural core.The design of the 15-storey extension is based on van Egeraat’s original university building, realised in 2000. It is made up of three rectangular volumes, shifted and varying in size, which ...
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Features
Nord's Smoking Stand
In 2006 the Scottish Executive introduced legislation banning smoking in public places. Overnight, the introverted world of the public house was pushed out onto city streets across the country, and new kinds of public activity and street culture have emerged. Against this backdrop, Smoking Stand, Nord's second design, explores the ...
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Features
Nord's Ceramic Ashtray
In the first of its smoking shed designs, Nord has taken the ceramic ashtray, a ubiquitous element of interior architecture, and given it a form specific to its new habitat, the building facade.
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Technical
In detail: Emmaus joint denominational primary school, Sheffield
Architect: DSDHAStructural engineer: Price & MyersOn a windy hillside above Sheffield, rooflights have been used extensively to give a new primary school a high quality of light on a tiny budget. Two two-storey blocks containing classrooms, administration and a hall have been splayed apart to make a central circulation space ...
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Technical
In detail: Bedford School Music School, Bedford
Architect: Eric Parry ArchitectsStructural engineer: Adams Kara TaylorAcoustic consultant: Paul Gillieron Acoustic DesignThe music school consists of three distinct elements, a teaching block, a practice block and a recital hall arranged around a common “street” space. The recital hall has a flat floor and stackable seating for up to 140 ...
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Technical
In detail: Cherry Orchard School, Dublin
Architect: O'Donnell & TuomeyStructural engineer: PH McCarthy & PartnersCurved concrete roof vaults give the school a distinctive identity while hardwood windows and red brick walls provide colour and warmth.Five structural concrete gutters run the length of each wing, spanning between in-situ concrete columns. The columns supporting the central gutter are ...
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Technical
In detail: Bethnal Green housing, east London
Architect: Stephen Taylor ArchitectsStair fabricator: Tin Tab Narrow courtyards bring light to the rear of three ingeniously planned terraced houses in the East End of London. A laminated timber staircase twists its way up next to the light well bringing a sculptural finesse to the interior.The 2m x 2m courtyards ...
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Technical
In detail: Middlesborough Institute of Modern Art
Architect: Erick van Egeraat Associated ArchitectsStructural Engineer: Buro HappoldA glass enclosure wraps around a white limestone wall to make a 15m-high foyer space for Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art.Three different surface textures have been used to give the stone variation. Most are rough sawn while some are pitched and some ...
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Technical
In detail: Wolfson Building, Trinity College, Cambridge
Architect: 5th StudioStructural engineer: Cameron TaylorGlazing installer: FA FirmanTwo new glass social spaces have been hung beneath the undercroft of the Wolfson Building, a 90-bedroom student hall of residence hidden among the courtyards of central Cambridge. On one side the new room's steel floor structure is bolted into the ...
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Technical
In detail: Focus House, north London
Architect: Bere ArchitectsStructural Engineer: TechnikerSolid timber shell: KLH UK A new house on a north London infill site incorporates high quality materials and a carefully balanced services strategy to minimise its carbon footprint. The shell is constructed from pre-fabricated, cross-laminated, solid timber panels manufactured in Austria. The panels are made ...
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Technical
In detail: Young Vic Theatre, central London
Architect: Haworth TompkinsCladding consultant: Montrésor PartnershipArtist: Clem CrosbyStriking new cladding to the main auditorium gives the redeveloped Young Vic theatre a dramatic presence on the street. An aluminium mesh screen has been suspended in front of panels painted by artist Clem Crosby that cover the exposed sides of the theatre ...
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Technical
In detail: Bellingham Families & Young People Gateway building, Lewisham, south London
Architect: Cottrell & Vermeulen ArchitectureStructural engineer: Engineers HRWA lopsided pitched roof snakes along the edge of a playing field in south London, providing accommodation for a Sure Start nursery, leisure and sports facilities. Different types of cladding and rooflights allow light in and out in a playful way without breaking ...
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Technical
In detail: Christchurch Tower, central London
Architect: Boyarsky MurphyStaircase manufacturer: Spiral Staircase SystemsAn abandoned church tower in the City of London, designed by Christopher Wren, has been put to new use as a private house. Twelve levels of floors and platforms have been inserted into the 40m-high void connected by a helter-skelter of stairs and ladders.The ...