All Building Design articles in 1 February 2008 – Page 3
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NewsStudio Egret West’s tower ‘comb’
The first images of Studio Egret West’s design (below) to remodel the base of Richard Seifert’s iconic Tower 42, also known as the Nat West tower, in the City of London have been unveiled.
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Haringey plaque to WJ Collins
Haringey Council has commemorated architect and property developer William Jeffries Collins (1856-1936), a former resident of the north London borough.
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ReviewFully engaged with Gage Clemenceau
Marc Clemenceau Bailly of New York practice Gage Clemenceau lit up this talk with his enthusiasm and digital design nous, says Gerrard O'Carroll
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FeaturesWill China save us from schlock?
A curious to-and-froing exists between the current architectural styles of East and West. Jonathan Glancey wonders how we can get a little bit of ‘qi’ up the Lee River Valley before 2012
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NewsChester tower in landmark refurb
McCormick Architecture has won full planning for a mixed-use scheme in Chester which includes refurbishing the city’s tallest building — the grade II listed, 51m-high Lead Shot Tower, empty since 1986.
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Prince Charles reignites
NEWS: Prince Charles launches damming new attack on modern architecture COMMENT: Industry experts respond
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Climate change demands
The RIBA has written to Gordon Brown, calling for a binding agreement to tackle climate change.
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NewsRosy future for Syrian kids’ centre
Henning Larsen Architects and landscape architect Martha Schwartz Partners have won an international competition for a children’s “discovery centre” and public park in Damascus, Syria, a country where 40% of the population is under the age of 16.
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NewsMinister U-turns on Giant’s Causeway
A dramatic U-turn by Northern Ireland environment minister Arlene Foster this week cleared the way for Heneghan Peng’s Giant’s Causeway visitor centre.
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MultimediaPeter Cook presents: Carmody Groarke
Yaya winners Carmody Groarke opened the new series of Peter Cook Presents with a sell-out talk at the Building Centre in London’s Store Street.
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Lottery blow to Manchester museum
City’s ‘Guggenheim’ ambitions felled as funds go to historic ships
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NewsChildren’s building blocks
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects has revealed images of its £925,000 Heathfield Children’s Centre & Nursery School in Richmond upon Thames.
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NewsCambridge gets little bit of Malmö
A residential scheme for Cambridge (above) by HTA Architects has won planning permission after an appeal.
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NewsClearance to start on BDP’s university campus site
BDP has revealed the first images of its Newport city centre campus for the University of Wales, which will sit on the banks of the River Usk.
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NewsArchitects blast RMJM’s docks plan
Leading architects have joined a campaign against RMJM’s 144ha Leith Docks masterplan, calling for a radical rethink before planning approval is given by Edinburgh City Council.
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NewsAquatic Centre: swan dive or belly flop?
The Olympic Delivery Authority has denied that Zaha Hadid’s Aquatic Centre has been compromised by legacy concerns, despite the addition of two massive seating stands for use during the 2012 games.
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RTPI opposes appeals charge
The Royal Town Planning Institute has launched a campaign to scrap a proposed £120 charge on planning appeals tabled as part of a range of reforms within the planning bill.
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ReviewThe secret history of American modernism
Catherine Croft applauds an alternative reading of American modern architecture, which takes into account the influence of such factors as racism, industrialisation and defence contracts
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TechnicalThe challenges of taking over Alsop’s The Public
Flannery & de la Pole took over Will Alsop’s troubled project for a community arts venue in West Bromwich. In the first in a new series on troubleshooters, practice director Julian Flannery talks about the challenges of completing the building on a greatly reduced budget
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OpinionShould we change historic buildings rules to allow for climate change?
Yes it’s the lesser of two evils, says Sarah Staniforth, historic properties director at the National Trust, but Duncan McCallum of English Heritage says the rules are flexible enough already
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