All Building Design articles in 13 June 2008
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News
Battersea Power Station redevelopment- images
Plans for an immense 300m high chimney and ‘eco-dome’ form part of the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station, architect Rafael Vinoly revealed on Friday.
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Multimedia
Delft Faculty of Architecture fire up-date (video)
A month on from the devastating the TU Delft Faculty of Architecture building, the demolition work is nearly completed.
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News
BDP unveils Birmingham campus masterplan
BDP has unveiled its masterplan for a £150 million redevelopment of Birmingham City University’s city-centre campus.
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Tadao Ando exhibition building opens in Massachusetts
A new exhibition building designed by Pritzker prize-winning architect Tadao Ando opens in the USA this weekend.
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News
New doubt cast on 2012 funding
Advisers to London mayor Boris Johnson have cast renewed doubts over the funding of the 2012 Athletes Village.
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Review
Flooded London exhibition imagines the capital in 2090
A new exhibition showcases a future London that has been overwhelmed by rising sea levels.
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News
New images of Herzog & de Meuron's Portsmouth stadium
The first images of Herzog & de Meuron’s redesign of the proposed new 36,000-seat stadium for Portsmouth Football Club have been revealed.
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News
Local firms dominate Yorkshire RIBA awards shortlist
The shortlist for this year’s RIBA Yorkshire White Rose Awards has been announced with local talent dominating.
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Mark Hines straw building gets planning permission
Planning permission has been granted for what will be one of the largest straw bale buildings constructed in the UK.
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Developer challenges Manchester Council’s Jackson Wharf rejection
A major housing development in Manchester by Ian Simpson Architects is set to face a public inquiry after developer Peel Holdings lodged an appeal.
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Holburne Museum alternative presses ahead
The Holburne Museum has accused the Bath Heritage Watchdog (BHW) of wasting tax-payers’ money by pursuing listed building permission for an “irrelevant” alternative to Eric Parry’s already-approved modernist extension.
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Multimedia
Fancy sleeping halfway up a building?
A Japanese woman has spent a night sleeping on a bed hanging half-way up the outside of the Sony building in Tokyo.
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Review
Trafalgar Square sculpture highlights Canadian architecture
A new sculpture is to be erected in Trafalgar Square as past of an exhibition celebrating Canadian architecture.
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Opinion
Guardian: Interesting buildings must be protected
An editorial in the Guardian on Monday has given implicit support for the campaign to save Robin Hood Gardens.
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News
Rogers recognised in Queen’s birthday honours
Richard Rogers joined an elite order of distinguished figures in the Queen’s birthday honours list announced last weekend.
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Facelift on the cards for Stirling Castle
Stirling Castle is to undergo a £12 million facelift by Historic Scotland architects, restoring its royal apartments to their sixteenth century heyday.
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RIBA presidential hopefuls attack institute's 'malaise'
RIBA presidential candidates Ruth Reed and Andrew Hanson launched a stinging attack on the organisation they are hoping to lead last night.Speaking at their final campaign hustings before ballots are posted to members today, the pair attacked RIBA officials for empire building, ineffective communication, and allowing a “malaise” to develop ...