All Building Design articles in 15 Feb 2013
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News
UCL scraps plans for £1bn campus at Carpenters Estate
Commercial negotiations with Newham council have failed
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Opinion
How to design a low-carbon building
Simon Sturgis explains how a whole-life approach to design can pay dividends
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Review
Piranesi’s rebuilt reality
The Italian artist’s drawings of Paestum, on display at the Soane Museum, are not as innocent as they look
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Analysis
Refurbishment is the height of fashion
Retrofitting towers brings a new lease of life as well as energy savings
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News
OMA unveil Kuwait department store plans
A three-storey department store is proposed in the 360° Mall
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News
Public urged to ‘kick out ugliness’
Planning minister wants the market to decide on good housing design
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Building Study
Abingdon housing by Ben Adams Architects
Development in Oxfordshire will provide 14 homes over two buildings, and replace an existing office block
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Opinion
The cost of good design is the meat of the argument
A failure of food standards attracts a swift response from government, but the quality of housing is left to the market
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Opinion
Knocking through the social divides
What happened to Camden in the 1970s proves that gentrification doesn’t have to be insidious
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Opinion
Should the Heygate Estate be torn down?
South London’s brutalist behemoth: ready for the wrecking ball, or just in need of some TLC?
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Features
Health scare
In the week we feature the Ironmonger Row Baths, originally commissioned by the London borough of Finsbury, we look back at a Lubetkin building by the same authority
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Opinion
Planning victory is common sense
I’m the owner of the house (“‘Bonkers’ council decision thrown out”, bdonline February 5) and needless to say I’m delighted with the outcome.
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Opinion
Let’s learn from eco problems
Quite clearly something is not working as planned on the Pavilion Gardens project in Bradford ( News February 8 ) and crucially lessons must be learnt and then shared with the wider industry.
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Opinion
The RIBA doesn’t earn its keep
This is all rather pathetic (“ RIBA declares turf war ” News February 8).
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News
Black Maria lands at King's Cross
Swiss practice teamed up with Richard Wentworth for temporary structure
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News
Steven Holl unveils Kennedy Center expansion plans
$100m extension planned for Edward Durell Stone building