All Building Design articles in 10 December 2004 – Page 2
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FeaturesCavaliers & roundheads
2004 saw conservatives take on liberals again and again in ideological battles. But was it a good year for architecture? BD asks five people who had a big 12 months
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News
Cambridge Christmas present
The future of architecture at Cambridge University looked secure this week as the head of the department claimed to have a personal guarantee from vice chancellor Alison Richard that the department would not be closed.
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Sorrell takes chair at Cabe
John Sorrell’s flirtation with architecture became a full-on affair on Monday when he was confirmed as chairman of the Commission for Architecture & the Built Environment, as predicted in BD last week.
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Opinion
Hidden bugs
Could air conditioning be incubating hospital bugs? Suspended ceilings enclosing air trunking and high-level spaces also collect dust and airborne products.
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Frozen outGrimshaw’s Bath Spa project is not the practice’s only headache. Staff and visitors wanting to enter the firm’s London HQ in Conway Street are being directed to a back entrance because of problems with the front door. Apparently, the hi-tech door is supposed to sense when an individual arrives ...
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Opinion
Happy Christmas and a bold new year
It has unquestionably been a tough year for architecture, and reserves of optimism — the discipline’s lifeblood — at times fell low.
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News
Explosive first for Belfast block
The people of Belfast are celebrating the first legal explosion of a building in the city after the 1960s Churchill House office block was demolished last week.
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News
EH barricades City spread
English Heritage is set to list at least 30 buildings on the fringes of London’s Square Mile in a bid to protect the land from the City of London’s ambitious development plans, BD can reveal.
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Ian Simpson attacks ordinary architecture
Rising star of commercial architecture Ian Simpson has slammed architects for filling Britain’s cities with “ordinary” buildings, and immediately won the backing of RIBA president George Ferguson.
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NewsLearning for all in a hilltop hideaway
Format Milton Architects has gained planning permission for a £20 million redevelopment of St John’s School & Community College in Marlborough, Wiltshire.
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AA needs big hitter, says Hadid
Zaha Hadid has called for the Architectural Association to appoint a big-name architect as its new chairman, though she quashed speculation she was interested in the job herself.
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TechnicalIn detail 34: Sky Ear
Sky Ear is a floating cloud that listens out for electromagnetic radiation in the air.
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Features
Sharp End: 3D boost to design
A popular rule of thumb published by the Royal Academy of Engineering suggests the ratio of initial capital costs of a building, maintenance costs over 20 years and the running costs of the occupying business is in of the order of 1:5:200.
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