All Building Design articles in 10 September 2004 – Page 2
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Building StudyLong-term cure
With an NHS development deal lasting 25 years, Buschow Henley should be guaranteed a stable financial future. But as Ellis Woodman discovers, the Lift programme also promises to produce the most ambitious healthcare architecture Britain has seen in years
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Opinion
A railing rather than rallying cry
Julyan Wickham, LondonThe new Housing Corporation chief executive, Jon Rouse, is surely the stupid one when he says “keep it simple, stupid” (News August 27). He will have to do a lot better than this to prove himself worthy of the public position he has obtained.For a start, what on ...
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Opinion
Clash of the titans
David Hebblethwaite, LondonThis week’s fascinating Channel 4 insight into the trials and tribulations of Daniel Libeskind and David Childs (“Trouble at Ground Zero”) was like watching an architectural car crash. You knew you should look away, but you couldn’t take your eyes off the impending doom. While this was ...
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ReviewNobsons choice
Eight years ago, artist Paul Noble set about creating a fictional city, Nobson Newtown. The result is a series of more than 30 drawings that feature an invented font based on the forms of modernist architecture.
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News
RIBA and Prince Charles turn to science for housing solution
The Prince’s Foundation and the RIBA are looking to physics, biology and advanced mathematics to improve housing design.
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NewsCaruso St John keeps it simple for Venice
Caruso St John has produced a new model of its Brick House scheme to show at the Venice Biennale, which starts Sunday.
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Site for sore eyes? Want to find the latest flood/ ill-fitting door/ dodgy PA glitch at the Scottish Parliament? You could have been forgiven for visiting www.thescottishparliament.com. If you did you’d have found much more than snagging. A porn website registered the name in time for the first debates at ...
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News
MPs Bill proposes enforced contests
The government could reserve the right to demand a design competition to be held for any development involving a former public asset under a proposed bill before Parliament this week.
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News
Guerrilla in BBCs
The BBC has apologised for wrongly referring to TV presenter Charlie Luxton as an architect.
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NewsThe Empire strikes back
Tim Ronalds Architects’ modern intervention at the Hackney Empire in east London will open its doors next week. The £4 million building, which features bold terracotta lettering overlooking the square, includes a pub, education space and hospitality facilities for the newly restored theatre. The largest letter in the facade is ...
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Opinion
Back in the fold
Nigel Turner, DerbyI was surprised at the number of architects wanting a career swap (News September 3). I find myself swimming against the flow, having left architecture 13 years ago to become a church pastor, I now find myself returning to design for positive reasons. This year I have set ...
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News
Opposition to Olympic plans brushed aside
Olympic masterplan looks set for go-ahead despite widespread concern
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News
Mathers Ashmolean plans get go-ahead
The transformation of Oxford’s Ashmolean museum has been approved by Oxford City Council.
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Opinion
Charity appeal
Janine Drew, fundraising manager, Roy Castle Lung Cancer FoundationDo any readers have any old mobile phones or printer cartridges? The proceeds of recycling these items can benefit the Roy Castle Lung Cancer Foundation. For details of how you can help, call 08712 505050 or visit recyclingappeal.com/roycastle
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News
Hackney joins the academy set
The Richard Rogers-designed £25 million Mossbourne Community Academy in Hackney opens its doors on Monday. Its first intake will be 210 11-year-old year seven students.
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Opinion
Academy on track to be top of the class
While we were erecting our own timber-frame house and studio in the heart of Hackney, 600m away, a huge timber frame like an enormous Japanese temple was emerging for Richard Rogers’ Mossbourne City Academy.
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TechnicalIn detail 21: Novy Dvur Monastery
A new monastery has been created for the Cistercian Order from the remains of a derelict Baroque manor house and associated farm buildings.
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