All Building Design articles in 09 December 2005 – Page 2
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News
By the books
Hawkins Brown is due to go on site this month with the redevelopment of Boscombe library, near Bournemouth. The £2.2 million development replaces an existing 1960s single-storey block and will also include 24 flats.
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TechnicalRhythm in blue
A GRP roof is making all the right moves for Sarah Wigglesworth’s dance studio, writes Pamela Buxton
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Manslaughter bill reprieve for street designers
Richard Rogers has won reassurance from home secretary Charles Clarke that the forthcoming corporate manslaughter bill will be amended so as not to inadvertently stifle design innovation.
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Manslaughter bill reprieve for street designers
Richard Rogers has won reassurance from home secretary Charles Clarke that the forthcoming corporate manslaughter bill will be amended so as not to inadvertently stifle design innovation.The reassurance comes after watchdog Cabe expressed concern the bill could put a stop to innovative streetscape design and pedestrianisation plans.Organisations would be in ...
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BDP botching consultation, say residents
Britain’s largest architectural practice has found itself embroiled in a row with a group of Islington residents who have accused it of botching a consultation on the proposed redevelopment of the Archway area.
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Save slams ‘bad old days’ Lambeth demolition plans
Save Britain’s Heritage has called plans to demolish a row of Victorian terraced housing in Vauxhall, south London, a “return to the bad old days”.
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ReviewThe RIBA archive and me: Marcus Binney
When I was studying art history at Cambridge, I was inspired by the RIBA archive and its curator at the time, John Harris. He had single-handedly grown it into the greatest collection of architectural drawings in the world.
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Opinion
Architects need not be tortured artists
Architects need multiple personalities. To be successful, one has to combine a diverse set of contradictory skills, from visionary artist to hard-nosed lawyer, and encompassing all manner of occupations including businessman, social scientist, technologist, accountant, salesman and marriage guidance counsellor.
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Foster’s Swiss Re is world’s most admired building
Foster & Partners’ Swiss Re tower has been voted the most admired new building in the world, in a poll of the world’s largest firms of architects.
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TechnicalIn detail 56: Siobhan Davies Dance Centre, Southwark, London
Five twisting ribbons of sky-blue glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) make up the roof of a new dance studio for the Siobhan Davies Dance Company.
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2012 bid firm Edaw merges with Aecom
Planning and landscape architect Edaw has merged with Aecom, a global design business based in America.
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Experts disagree on Taipei 101’s powers
Claims that the tallest building in the world could have caused an increase in earthquakes have been met with skepticism by British experts.
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Koolhaas to design 2006 Serpentine Pavilion
Pritzker Prize-winner Rem Koolhaas will design next year’s Serpentine Gallery pavilion.
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