All Building Design articles in 13 April 2007 – Page 3
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NewsSkanska to develop City offices
KPF will work with contractor-developer Skanska to design this eight-floor office development at 20 Gresham Street in the City of London.
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Inspire East and CIC East join up
The Construction Industry Council East and sustainable communities body Inspire East have signed an agreement to work together.
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OpinionShould the RIBA drop its chartered practice scheme?
Jane Duncan defends the institute's controversial new membership scheme, while Tom Jestico fears small practices will suffer
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NewsCandys’ sweet deal for Rogers
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners gets off to a flying start with £600m Chelsea Barracks win
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Three Brits up for Gulbenkian
Purcell Miller Tritton, Long & Kentish and BDP have made it onto the short-list for the £100,000 Gulbenkian architecture prize.
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ReviewBooks — round-up
Evocations of Place: The Photography of Edwin Smith, by Robert Elwall. Merrell, HB, £35.
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Opinion
Small is beautiful
I read with interest your March 23 front page where the ODA’s Jerome Frost and Ricky Burdett are quoted as expressing concern that the procurement of designs for venues for the 2012 games will be a “mad rush”.
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NewsHousing Corp beats its target
The Housing Corporation has delivered more than 40,000 affordable homes in the first year of its National Affordable Housing Programme — 10% more than its stated target.
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OpinionBBC needs to reinstate design
Your front page article and leader on Cabe’s accusation of dumbing down the final phase of the BBC redevelopment (March 30) highlights the fact that for many multiheaded corporate clients, “architecture” is at most skin-deep, one reason why the trend to meaning-lessly shaped “iconic” buildings is the fashion.
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Viñoly wins Battersea Power site
Rafael Viñoly has beaten Foster & Partners and SOM in a secret competition to masterplan the 38ha Battersea Power Station site.
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TechnicalHats off to Shigeru Ban’s Pompidou-Metz
A ‘woven’ roof is the unifying feature at the Pompidou Centre’s new gallery. But the gesture is not as simple as it may appear, as Beatrice Galilee discovered when she spoke to Arup’s roof team
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NewsLaurie Baker: Guru of low-cost housing
Laurie Baker, who has died in India aged 90, was a passionate architectural innovator who faced fierce criticism for advocating construction using only local materials
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Bad PFI schools lead to ‘bullying’
The government’s Building Schools for the Future programme is leading to designs that promote bad behaviour and bullying, teachers have warned.
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NewsLivingstone backs green roofs policy
Major new developments in London will be expected to include vegetated roofs and walls following a policy U-turn by mayor Ken Livingstone.
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OpinionBack to basics is the way forward
Management is increasingly driven by process, not purpose. The remedy is to put the client first
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Opinion
Auctioned off
Boots’ mouth is watering after catching a sneak preview of the catalogue for the Architects’ Benevolent Society’s Big Auction, to be held on June 7.
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NewsRIBA bids to assess foreign architects
A much hated exam that foreign architects must take to qualify in the UK is set to be overhauled after the Arb offered other institutions the opportunity to run it.
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The fate of the Euston Arch
The Great Arch at London’s Euston station was demolished in 1962 against a chorus of protest. With plans now underway to redevelop the station, should the arch be salvaged and recreated? Add your voice to the debate.
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OpinionAppraisals work
It is inspiring to read about those who have recognised the crucial link between the “two-way street” of staff appraisals and practices developing as happy, learning and continuously improving organisations. (Practice March 16).
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