All Building Design articles in 12 May 2006 – Page 2
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Opinion
Drama, not crisis
I guess crises come in all shapes and sizes. Only getting half the Arts Council funding we expected was a certainly bit of a shock at the time, but I would like to reassure visitors that it will not affect the biennale programme or their enjoyment of it at all.
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Building Study
Palace coup
Purcell Miller Tritton's refurbishment of Kew Palace is discreet and authentic, even down to the position of the new lift shaft. Now it's access for all, if a bit heavy on the ‘interpretation'
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Opinion
Corrections
A historical error appeared in our story on the restoration of Nelson's column (News May 5). Nelson won the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 not the Battle of Waterloo, which was of course won by Wellington in 1815.
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News
Call for clarity for Liverpool towers
Liverpool City Council leader Warren Bradley has called for the city's tall buildings policy to be scrapped.
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Opinion
Repeat business
Anyone interested in high-quality ordinary housing has traditionally had little choice but to lament what's on offer from the volume housebuilders. However, there's a serious reason to start to hope and celebrate, to judge by Feilden Clegg Bradley's scheme for Countryside Properties in Cambridge (Works May 5).
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News
EH: Pray and pay for these buildings
England's houses of worship are crumbling under £118 million shortfall in repair and maintenance funding
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News
Row over York's plan to build retail site
York Council is at loggerheads with conservation groups over development plans for a controversial site next to some of the city's landmark historic buildings.
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News
Brakes on legal gravy train
Bespoke contracts come to an end as industry signs up to new agreements between consultants and clients
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Technical
Faster out of the blocks
Are Ziegel blocks a quicker and more efficient alternative to cavity walls? David Littlefield finds out
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News
Burdett's big-picture gamble
This year's Venice Architecture Biennale will focus on urbanism rather than buildings.
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News
Edaw Cambridge scheme approved
Cambridge University's estate management and building service (EMBS) director has pledged to support the "highest architectural quality" after the university won permission for an Edaw-planned housing scheme through public inquiry.
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Technical
Airtightness test
Mike Jaggs, head of BRE's airtightness testing team, on smoking out leaks in homes and commercial buildings, in line with Part L 2006.
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News
Hadid's AF building to be two years late
Zaha Hadid's iconic building for the Architecture Foundation in Southwark, London, will open at least two years late, the foundation admitted this week.
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News
Kelly promises action on housing and nimbys
‘Increasing housing supply' tops communities secretary's agenda
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News
60K starts to look a million
The starter home was due for a revival, but the £60,000 house contest last August produced some mediocre results. Ten months on, though, Zoë Blackler finds design has moved up the agenda
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News
Urban Salon cut from £60k house contest
John Prescott's main legacy to the built environment may prove to be the £60,000 homes created through his Design for Manufacture competition.
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