All Building Design articles in 10 August 2007 – Page 3
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OpinionEgos need to be kept in check
The athletes’ village will be a closely watched drama, unlike its antithesis — the conventional mega-project at Stratford
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RSHP designs landmark centre
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners is to design a “landmark” health centre for the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
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...while ODA calls in experts to vet stadium
Designs for the 2012 Olympic stadium by Peter Cook and HOK Sport are to be reviewed by a rival practice appointed by the ODA, raising fears the organisation is pursuing an ultra-cautious approach based on minimising risk.
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Civic Trust calls for entries
The Civic Trust is calling for entries for its annual awards, which acknowledge success in new-build and the renovation or regeneration of privately and publicly owned buildings, landscaping and public spaces.
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NewsSquire wins scheme for Bucharest factory site
Squire & Partners has beaten firms including Foreign Office Architects and Metropolitan Workshop in a competition to design this mixed-use scheme on the site of a modernist Ford factory in Bucharest, Romania.
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ReviewBroadening his palette
Tony McIntyre has some reservations about artist Frank Stella’s foray into architecture
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Opinion
Bright idea?
Boots is nervous to learn that aspiring intellectuals at the Association of Consultant Architects are hoping to flex their grey matter and show the world what they know on University Challenge.
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NewsNew design boss at Buro Happold
Buro Happold has appointed Chris Perry (pictured) to head its newly created design team, which will be based at its Glasgow office.
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Opinion
Boots, I love you
BD’s Graham Bizley, of Prewett Bizley architects, was rather hoping that a recent article on his house in Stoke Newington in the Telegraph magazine might drum up some enquiries from potential clients. Instead, he received the following, from a reader called Colin.
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NewsBold scheme corners Moorgate gateway site
Allies & Morrison has gained planning permission for this striking £33 million development in London’s Moorgate for client Redevco.
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NewsBirnbeck Island to be revamped
The search is on for a team of architects to revive Birnbeck Island and its pier in Weston-super-Mare.
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Opinion
The big issue
During the recent flooding around the Ouse, Derwent, Severn, Avon and Thames, one government minister said: “It will not be possible for future housebuilding to avoid flood plains.”
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FeaturesLuder’s stadium is best of a bad bunch
A ‘super stadium’ for Sunderland was one of the few Royal Academy exhibits not to meet with BD’s opprobrium
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Opinion
Bad sports
Strict IOC rules on the use of the word “Olympic” mean that Lend Lease, which is charged with building all the games’ accommodation, has had to rename it the Athletes’ Village.
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Should we move to Australia?
NEWS: As record numbers of Brits emigrate, Australia looks to attract architects 60 SECONDS WITH: Matthew Turner, former Sydney resident gives his lowdown on life Down Under
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Preston contest attracts impressive shortlist
CJ Lim’s Studio 8 Architects, Rotterdam-based Maxwan, and London-based firms Piercy Conner and Moxon have been shortlisted in an RIBA competition to design a premium four-storey, 3,700sq m office development in Preston, Lancashire.
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Engineers and architects clash on bridge design
Architects and engineers clashed this week over the design of bridges, after the collapse of a US road bridge put the safety of the structures in the public eye.
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OpinionShould architects take the lead in bridge design?
The bridge collapse in Minneapolis is a warning that architecture must take second place to engineering, says Gordon Masterton, while Martin Knight argues that issues of connectivity and context must be undertood before even the most obvious engineering constraints.
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OpinionCampaign to prevent change of any kind
Ian Martin’s conservactionist friend Dusty Penhaligon runs into trouble for trying to relive the good old days of June 2007
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