All Building Design articles in 08 May 2009 – Page 4
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Opinion
Spare us more luxury homes
Whenever an important site comes up for sale, the only use anyone appears to think of is shiny homes for the wealthy
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Technical
Vacuum insulation panels promise a thinner future
As buildings’ required insulation levels rise, vacuum insulation’s relative thinness could prove invaluable
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Review
Penetrating the density of Paul Rudolph’s world
This collection of writings provides an insight into the thought processes that created Paul Rudolph’s complex work
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Opinion
Restoration this country truly needs
We shout about preserving our buildings, but are strangely quiet on the issue of council housing
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Opinion
Out of control
It was inevitable that by recycling the well-worn platitudes about Prince Charles (Letters April 17), Charles Thomson would demonstrate the superficiality of his republican, left-wing credentials.
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Features
Conran’s new town poaching
Terence Conran made the front page of BD in 1980 as he launched a new company
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Opinion
Changing rules
In the 1970s, the RIBA adopted a single class of membership with the suffix RIBA. Fellows and associates were allowed to use their previous designations and the suffixes FRIBA and ARIBA
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Opinion
Cabe needs to watch its step
Public sector funding is under the Tory spotlight, so quangos must move with the times if they are to survive a change of government
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Opinion
Designer bully
The Prince of Wales is not championing public involvement in the planning process of Chelsea Barracks, just his own architectural prejudices (News, April 24).
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Technical
Uncorking the secrets of Dennis Sharp’s Bayford house
Cork insulation has been used in the Dennis Sharp Architects’ extension and refurbishment of this former Hertfordshire council house
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Opinion
Should the UK tighten its rules on foreign architects?
No, architecture is now international, argues Jonathan Manser, while Del Hossain counters that our priority must be to safeguard our own professionals.
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Review
Chilean architect finds a gap in the market
Alejandro Aravena of Elemental presented some inspiring ideas about social housing at a recent London School of Economics lecture
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Features
Dot to dot: 08 May 09
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday May 13 for a chance to win a copy of Architects and Architecture of London, by Ken Allinson
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Features
Dot to dot results: 01 May 09
The winner of last week’s competition was Gerald Fox of MJP Architects in London, who identified Le Corbusier’s Villa Schwob in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
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