All Building Design articles in 1 July 2005 – Page 2

  • Viennese delight
    News

    Viennese delight

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Jean Nouvel beat Richard Rogers in the competition to design this new hotel in Vienna.

  • Amagertorv Square: Since 1962 Copenhagen’s car-free space has increased six-fold.
    News

    Just how wonderful is Copenhagen?

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    As it is named European City of the Year, Ellis Woodman asks...

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    Construction is lowest-paid industry for UK managers

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    The construction sector is the lowest paid for managers in the UK, according to figures released this week by the Chartered Management Institute.

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    Where rich and poor collide

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    With development in Africa at the top of the agenda at next week’s G8 summit, BD investigates the issues affecting the continent starting here with Cassie Knight reporting from war torn Brazzaville

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    ‘City the size of Leeds’ planned for Gateway

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Richard Rogers unveils vision to build city for 700,000 in east London

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    Stonewall of China

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Chinese authorities stymie agreement to fully open up market to foreign architects

  • Opinion

    Olympic challenge

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    The International Olympic Committee has always recognised culture as an integral component of the Olympic movement. Those who see it purely in terms of sport sometimes forget this. Until 1948 there were Olympic medals for architecture, town planning, sculpture and other art forms.Interested in the connection between architects and the ...

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    Getting in a bothy

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Jonathan Woolf of Woolf Architects and Neil Lamb of the Scott Sutherland School of Architecture have completed the House Building project as part of Aberdeen’s Look 2005 arts festival.

  • Stuart Lipton says Stratford City is helping the Olympic bid. But a deal with the London Development Agency sparked civil service concern.
    News

    Revealed: Concern over Cabe boss’s Olympic deal

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Developer Lipton denies conflict of interest over Olympic land deal signed while Cabe chair

  • Opinion

    New Bordeaux is a fine vintage to follow

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    I have recently returned from a weekend in Bordeaux — a city that I last visited in 1998, and which has since undergone an urban realm transformation.

  • Opinion

    Concrete Boots

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Arch triumphHOK Sport’s stadium designer, Rod Sheard, is an optimistic chap. At a recent press conference, Boots asked him whether he was worried that the problems dogging the new Wembley stadium would be repeated on the Olympics stadium if London won the bid. “What problems?” he asked in surprise. “We ...

  • The Olympic Village building is arranged as a series of irregular floors around a central lift shaft and staircase, with the exterior clad in U-shaped glass planks.
    Building Study

    First Look: Pariss late bid for design credibility

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    As the International Olympic Committee prepares to select a city for the 2012 games this week, Lab Architecture Studio has revealed designs for the Paris Olympic Village.

  • Balloon master
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    Balloon master

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    D5 Architects’ groundbreaking 1,100sq m inflated translucent roof will be the most striking feature of the new Heathrow landmark bus and coach station.

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    Art revives Reading

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Cartwright Pickard calls on artist for huge regeneration project

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    Features

    Architest

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    This week: Relatives

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    Why London beats Paris on architecture

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    On building designs alone, London outdistances rival Paris in the 2012 Olympic bid contest. But even if this doesn’t sway the IOC, London has shown it is home to the most exciting architects in the 21st century

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    African debt relief will boost UK work

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Debt relief for Africa, due to be agreed at this week’s G8 summit, will make the continent a major source of work for British architects, a leading figure in healthcare and education design has claimed.

  • Opinion

    Africa: we must make a real difference

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Bland platitudes about the magical powers of architecture get on my nerves.

  • News

    PM accused of U-turn on solar panels

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Doubts over photovoltaics grants

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    9/11 investigators issue tower safety guidance

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    The investigators who examined the collapse of the World Trade Centre in New York after the 9/11 attacks have called for safety improvements in the construction of high-rise buildings.