All Building Design articles in 13 June 2008 – Page 4
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OpinionIs The Public arts centre a waste of public money?
It’s not what West Bromwich needs and it’s not going to kickstart regeneration, says Tony Ward; while Sally Luton argues that it will provide a centre for innovation and creative expression
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Building StudyDesign for London picks its framework architects
An exhibition of architects’ ideas to improve London will go on public display this month, but will it change attitudes toward Design for London? Amanda Baillieu introduces a selection of the original 42 entries that took part in the DfL framework competition
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NewsODA in row over Aquatics Centre legacy provision
A row has broken out between the Olympic Delivery Authority and Newham Council over leisure water facilities as part of the legacy provisions associated with Zaha Hadid’s Aquatics Centre.
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Warehouses scheme approved
Liverpool City Council has granted planning permission for a scheme by Thinking Space to turn a series of grade II and grade II* listed tobacco warehouses in Stanley Dock into a mixed-use development with 918 apartments, 11,000sq m of office space and 2,800 sq m of exhibition space.
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Islington hotel scheme approved
EPR Architects has won planning for a new hotel in Islington, north London, on one of the last sites in the capital to be redeveloped after being bombed in the second world war.
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Calling all inspired photographers
Zumtobel is running its quirky Photographic Competition for the 12th year
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OpinionOxford: address education costs
The Oxford Conference meets again on July 22-23 (News analysis June 6). Its title is 50 Years On — Resetting the Agenda for Architectural Education, but it completely overlooks the major issue facing education today: that of affordability.
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NewsIslington academy goes green
Swanke Hayden Connell Architects is to design a new academy and a special needs school for the London Borough of Islington.
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NewsACA seizes on RIBA letter defending new contract
The Association of Consultant Architects has branded the RIBA’s review of its new standard contract as “extraordinary” after RIBA vice-president Jane Duncan wrote to all her members in an attempt to allay fears about the contract.
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OpinionDot to dot results: June 6
The winner of last week’s competition was Mark Barry of Architype, Upper Twyford, who identified Mendelsohn and Chermayeff’s De la Warr Pavilion in Bexhill on Sea.
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FeaturesDot to Dot: June 13
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday June 18 for a chance to win Supercrit 2, a new book revisiting Venturi and Scott Brown’s Learning From Las Vegas.
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NewsJudging the first brief: The Northern Lights Conservatory
Judging the first round of Line of Site 2008 proved to be easily as tough as 2007 for the two judges, Neven Sidor and Dirk Krolikowski
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CompetitionsBrief two: City Transportation Interchange
There is no city in the world that does not suffer from road congestion and pollution. One solution to what is a growing problem is to encourage the use of sustainable modes of transport such as the bicycle.
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NewsSchools strike back at call to change curriculum
Sustainability shouldn’t be the only challenge for architecture schools, say educators
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NewsWelcome back to Line of Site
It is a great pleasure to again be inviting architects and designers from around the world to participate in this unique competition.
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TechnicalIt’s alive: the growth of living walls
Plants are providing an attractive and sustainable facade for a variety of buildings. Cathy Strongman reports on some of its uses
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AnalysisQuestioning the Oxford agenda
Heads of four architecture schools respond to to last week’s setting-out of the issues for next month’s Oxford Conference, and argue that sustainability is not the only game in town