All Building Design articles in 10 March 2006 – Page 2
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Charles hails the ‘new modernity'
Prince Charles has defended tradition and called on the construction professions to reconnect with the natural world.
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Farrell takes on Centre Point
Terry Farrell & Partners has been appointed to design public space around London's iconic Centre Point.
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NewsWhat happened to Cannes-do?
Of the many schemes at Mipim each year, few will make it to fruition, due to the UK's convoluted planning system.
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Opinion
Now Cameron must take on planning
As a reporter on this paper I was sent to cover the unveiling of major new development. It was called King’s Cross.
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Britain's green and more pleasant land
The recently founded urban parks watchdog Cabe Space has had a positive impact on the quality of Britain's green spaces, according to a new report by the influential National Audit Office.
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TechnicalEast London project is full of bright ideas
As part of its integration with the next-door gallery, the Whitechapel Library is getting a new top-floor studio and gallery.
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Last minute bid to derail King's Cross
As Argent's £2 billion redevelopment of King's Cross Central was set to finally get the green light this week, local campaigners launched a last-ditch effort to derail the scheme, accusing masterplanner and English Heritage adviser Graham Morrison of a conflict of interest.
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Opinion
Invest in people and everyone benefits
Most professions rely on a single resource: staff or human resources - although I prefer to use the word people. That applies as much to architects as any others. We do not run businesses that are capital-intensive so no need for big buildings, plant and raw materials. What we need ...
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Holyrood beam warning
The architects of the Scottish Parliament were warned six years ago that design changes to the system of beams in the debating chamber were a serious concern.
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NewsBBC first phase emerges ...
Given the acres of news coverage that greeted MacCormac Jamieson Prichard's recent expulsion from the BBC's Broadcasting House project, I had rather figured this episode as the latest instalment in the age-old saga of artistic excellence undone by niggardly accountants.
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Parties in battle over city policies
The Conservative party attempted to seize back the political ground on regeneration this week, wheeling out Michael Heseltine as the chair of a cities task force that will respond to last year's Urban Task Force report.
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Green light at last for Barts plans
The troubled Barts & Royal London PFI hospital in east London has finally been given the official go-ahead, but only after the scheme was scaled back by £158 million to cut costs.
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Mayor backs power from developments
The use of solar panels and wind turbines on individual homes is a "nightmare", London mayor Ken Livingstone said this week as he launched plans to use small-scale combined heat and power plants on developments in the capital.
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Building StudyIn detail: Spittelau Viaduct, Vienna, Austria
Zaha Hadid ArchitectsThree cranked blocks of housing step over an abandoned railway viaduct to stitch a run-down stretch of waterfront on the Danube Canal back into the city fabric. The arches of the viaduct, designed by Otto Wagner contain shop and restaurant units.No additional load can be put on the ...
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Electoral triumph for Arb Reform Group
Five elected to regulator's board with mandate to challenge policies
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Cash crisis halts work on Alsop's The Public
Work on Will Alsop's flagship arts scheme "The Public" has dramatically halted after the scheme was placed into administration.
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...but second still up in the air
Sheppard Robson still has no formal contract to design the second phase of the controversial BBC Broadcasting House more than four months after MacCormac Jamieson Prichard was unceremoniously dropped from the project.
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NewsAcademy winner dumped
Small practice Niall McLaughlin Architects has been replaced by Future Systems on an academy school in south London which it won the RIBA competition to design.
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