All Building Design articles in 11 April 2008 – Page 2
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OpinionHi-tech by name, inefficient by nature
The Terminal 5 meltdown adds to evidence that hi-tech is not an appropriate style for airports
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News
Hadid wins Vilnius Guggenheim
Zaha Hadid has won the competition to design the new Guggenheim-Hermitage Museum in Vilnius, Lithuania, beating Daniel Libeskind and Massimiliano Fuksas.
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News
Materials giant joins green lobby
The world’s largest construction materials group has joined the UK Green Buildings Council (UK GBC).
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NewsThis was the Smithsons’ vision for Robin Hood Gardens, what’s yours?
BD and the Architecture Foundation release the brief for the competition to rethink Robin Hood Gardens
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NewsMoscow goes fruity
Foster & Partners has revealed its latest scheme in Russia, a bold mixed-use building for central Moscow, dubbed Project Orange.
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NewsFoster’s Orange would squash Soviet masterpiece
Russian architecture experts have condemned an iconic design by Norman Foster because it involves the replacement of a Soviet-era building considered by some as the “best in Moscow”.
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Opinion
Flawed space
I want to defend Hackney Council’s planning authority from Marcus Fair’s unprecedented attack.
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Opinion
Olympic flat
Such are the spiralling costs of the planned 2012 Olympics, it’s no wonder, perhaps, that there’s no spare cash for a visitors centre and a site model which would help explain to the public what all its money is actually being spent on —currently visitors to the site are entertained ...
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NewsScheme tailored to Muslim faith
An innovative sheltered housing scheme for older people in Bristol has been completed by Quattro Design Architects.
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OpinionEmpty promise
The seven architects shortlisted for the Birmingham library/theatre project in Centenary Square (News April 4) would be well advised to take the grand promises of the the city council’s leader, Mike Whitby, with a pinch of salt.
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News
PRP looks to Europe for eco-town inspiration
Housing practice PRP has revealed a major bid to win eco-town work following the government’s announcement that 15 sites have been shortlisted.
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FeaturesThe eco-town has not landed
Politicians pay lip service to the notion of eco-towns while slashing the very public services that would make them function
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NewsLiverpool ‘not as good as Dubai’ remark sparks row
Architects and planners have slammed as “ignorant” comments made by urban regeneration company Liverpool Vision suggesting that the city council should accept architecture below the standard of that found in Dubai.
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Prasad joins the eco-town dozen
RIBA president Sunand Prasad will sit on a panel of experts charged with shaping the future of the 10 planned eco-towns, the government announced this week.
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NewsOMA reveals waterfront design
OMA has revealed images of its Bryghusgrunden project in Copenhagen
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Opinion
Hackney defence
Marcus Fairs (Opinion April 4) shows a worrying lack of understanding of planning or planning enforcement.
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OpinionDesert dasher
Trainee architect and marathon man James Quigley, who last week ran the toughest race on the world — a 156-mile, week-long dash across the Sahara — was the 181st runner out of 891 to cross the finish line, raising £2,748.01 for the Maggie’s Centre charity in the process.
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NewsPractices ‘at risk from the crunch’
Architectural practices are at greater risk of being sued by contractors and developers because of the strains of the credit crunch, a leading insurance company warned this week.
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Fast and loose is key to contest
A contest is offering unrecognised architects the chance to see their experimental work built.
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TechnicalFoster & Partners solves a roofing condundrum at Washington DC’s Smithsonian
A roof joining together three domes is reminiscent of Foster’s earlier triumph at the British Museum
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