All Building Design articles in 11 November 2005
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NewsSmall wonder
Micro-compact homes which combine high technology with low energy use have been unveiled at a student village in Munich.
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Opinion
Regulatory reform
RIBA’s consultation process on our proposal to invite the government to clarify the scope of Arb’s responsibilities is well under way.
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NewsWorking in a man’s world
The typical woman architect is about 40, employed and has a child at primary school. She is poles apart from her typical male colleague. Has the time come for the profession to change its rules?
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Opinion
Light sensitive
As I plough through the latest draft of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister’s revisions to the dwellings section of Part L of the Building Regulations (ADL1A), I can’t help but feel that some changes implied by the new provisions are more effort than they are worth. They could, ...
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ReviewLower Lea Valley and me
Before we worked together on projects, Stephen Witherford and I used to regularly walk around several areas of London in the early morning.
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FeaturesStar of Israel
As his tribute to Yitzak Rabin reaches completion, Moshe Safdie talks to Robert Booth about the wall, the West Bank and a new Palestinian parliament
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NewsA healthy outlook
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects has unveiled images of this £265 million hospital planned in Nottinghamshire.
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Opinion
Gustafson’s record
So Kathryn Gustafson has been shortlisted by the London Development Agency to manage the landscaping for the 2012 Olympic Games in London.
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TechnicalPacked full of material pleasures
James R Payne reviews the first translation of a must-have Swiss manual
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Building StudyFrontier Land London
High-rise developers are running amok in London. Why isn’t sheriff Ken Livingstone doing more to control them?
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ReviewFrankly speaking
A new book on Frank Lloyd Wright tackles fears that he is no longer relevant.
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NewsTricorn site expects green light
The redevelopment of the former Tricorn site in Portsmouth looked set to win outline planning permission this week.
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Opinion
Higher fees won’t ease planning flaws
The idea that developers should pay to fast-track their planning applications and the inference that this might lead to more compliant decisions has provoked debate about the process and the “log jam” that exists in many authorities, overwhelmed by applications.
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News
Drawings of Hirst’s manor up for sale
The original collection of drawings for the grade I listed Toddington Manor have been put up for auction just months after the historic property was purchased by millionaire artist Damien Hirst.
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NewsPrince’s Foundation redesigns Gulf Coast
The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment has revealed plans to redesign large parts of the US’s hurricane-devastated Gulf Coast along new urbanist lines, as Prince Charles used his tour of the country to launch a fresh attack on modern architecture.
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New RIAS chief seeks to lose ‘golf club mentality’
The new chief executive of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has revealed plans to modernise the organisation, admitting it can be seen as a “Masonic and medieval guild”.