All Building Design articles in 12 December 2008
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NewsUrban Splash and Gareth Hoskins poised to redevelop Cardross
Catholic Church in Glasgow announces deal has been struck to redevelop iconic St Peter’s Seminary subject to public funds being secured
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NewsZaha nets Vienna library
Zaha Hadid Architects has won a competition to design a library and learning centre for the University of Economics & Business in Vienna.
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Haworth Tompkins scoops prestigious National Theatre competition
Haworth Tompkins has beaten four other shortlisted architects including David Chipperfield to develop a design strategy for the National Theatre.
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OpinionBeware the perils of merrymaking
Don’t let your Christmas party get out of hand. Lawyer Patrick Perry tells you how to avoid letting a seasonal bash become a legal minefield
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CompetitionsHoliday Let: 2 bedroom ski apartment in Les Houches, France
Attractive and well-appointed 2 bedroom ski apartment to rent in Les Houches, Chamonix Mont-Blanc, France
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NewsSpurs unveils proposed new stadium by KSS
North London football club Tottenham Hotspur has revealed the first images of its proposed new stadium.
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NewsObama appoints architect to head US housing department
US president-elect Barack Obama has appointed an architect, Shaun Donovan, to the post of secretary of housing and urban development in his incoming administration.
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Opinion
Walled off
Herzog & de Meuron’s Tenerife Arts Space (bdonline November 5) is a site plan/masterplan for a vast area turned into an axonometric.
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OpinionTunnel vision
Talking to Boots this week about the long-running saga of Stonehenge’s visitor facilities, inspiration struck Lib Dem Lembit Opik for a stunt designed to win support for the abandoned £500 million road tunnelling scheme.
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Opinion
Whats the story?
While Cabe’s press team may be slightly more approachable, it doesn’t come cheap.
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Opinion
No question
Your interview with Roger Hawkins does not seem to answer the fundamental question as to why London’s squares need pedestrianising at all.
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ReviewSaul Steinberg’s skewed perspectives
Architect manqué Saul Steinberg’s work is a blast, says Saul Metzstein
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News
Howells wins Newman masterplan
Glenn Howells Architects has won the competition to develop the campus masterplan and associated buildings for Birmingham’s Newman University College, beating BDP and Edward Cullinan Architects among others.
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Opinion
Home truths
Is architecture losing its edge? Boots eagerly scanned the 2009 edition of Who’s Who for architect entries to find out, among other things, what they list as their interests.
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OpinionLocal heroes
May I add my voice to that of Ealing Council’s Gavin Leonard (Letters December 5) in extolling the virtues of the local authority in-house architecture department
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NewsHalt Hadid Hoxton scheme, says Save
Save Britain’s Heritage has urged communities secretary Hazel Blears to call in Zaha Hadid’s scheme for Hoxton Square in Shoreditch, east London
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NewsCould the Prince’s green semi save the planet?
Prince Charles’s attempts to redefine British architecture have entered a new phase with the unveiling of his foundation’s experimental eco-house designed in traditional style
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Opinion
Goodbye Lenin
The Olympic Delivery Authority publicity machine is never slow to counter negative stories or to allow even the tiniest piece of Olympic-related progress to pass without fanfare.
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NewsGo-ahead for Hopkins Velopark
Hopkins Architects’ 2012 Velopark was approved by the Olympic Delivery Authority planning committee on Tuesday night, the last of the permanent Olympic sporting venues to get the go-ahead.
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TechnicalGetting in the swim at Lucknam Park
Holder Mathias Architects has delivered a five-star swim solution for the Lucknam Park luxury hotel at Colerne near Bath.