All Building Design articles in 10 October 2008 – Page 3
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Study to overhaul regional network
A comprehensive study of all design review bodies in England is to provide the basis for a new network of panels and advisers as Cabe, the RIBA, the Royal Town Planning Institute and the Landscape Institute join forces to boost the quality of design across the country.
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OpinionTough times need ingenuity
The housing and architecture ministers are taking the reins at a testing moment
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Unsafe practices halt site work
Unsafe working practices halted work on nearly half of all domestic sites inspected by the Health & Safety Executive in three London boroughs last weekend, the organisation has revealed.
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Opinion
Not so grim
Speaking of which, Grimshaw’s US office in Manhattan is also shrugging off the extraordinary financial meltdown in nearby Wall Street.
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NewsWildlife park goes in for planning
Proposals for a £70 million wildlife and conservation park in Bristol by White Design, Kay Elliott Architects and Quattro Design have been submitted for planning.
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Gedling Mission Hall starts on site
Weston Williamson Architects’ £5 million Gedling Mission Hall development in Southwark, central London, has started on site.
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Flour mill scheme wins green light
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ designs for the redevelopment of William King Flour Mill in Uxbridge have been given planning approval.
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OpinionExpensive & dull
If a brief were given to design the most boring and expensive public square, the recent proposal for Parliament Square would surely have been the result.
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NewsTower inquiry dubious over mayor’s opposition
Planning inspector gives hope to South Bank schemes’ prospects
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FeaturesWelcome to the pleasure dome
His eye-catching dome at the 1967 Montréal Expo almost certainly nudged the RIBA into honouring Buckminster Fuller the following year
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OpinionA green New Deal can tackle depression
Looming financial disaster might have unexpected social and environmental benefits
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FeaturesAn end to dark satanic homes
We have got to start building homes worthy of our architectural history and heritage
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Opinion
Critical eye
It was a pleasure to read that William Curtis (Letters September 26) regards Oscar Niemeyer as “a major figure of Latin American and world architecture”.
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Opinion
Cracked record
I have been an architect for about 20 years (feels like more) and the debate about Arb, its purpose and its value for money remains unchanged.
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NewsMurphy’s law prevails as council overturns refusal
Edinburgh City Council has overturned a recommendation to refuse planning permission for a house designed by and built for Richard Murphy.
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Correction
Last week’s Carbuncle Cup story wrongly named Tektus Architects as the designer of Walton Street car park.
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ReviewLe Corbusier worship in Liverpool
A heavenly abundance of Le Corbusier material is on display in the Lutyens’ crypt of Liverpool’s Metropolitan Cathedral
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Eyre and Wilkinson devolve control
Wilkinson Eyre founders Jim Eyre and Chris Wilkinson have transferred company control and substantial shareholdings to the firm’s board of directors as part of a “succession strategy” for the future.
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OpinionCruise control
Tom Cruise, below, is hiring Dubai’s newest aqua hotel, Atlantis on the Palm Jumeirah, for New Year’s Eve, Boots hears.