All Building Design articles in 15 June 2007 – Page 4
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FeaturesSolar City is Cook’s bid to be buildable
With this project Peter Cook strove to end his Archigram-fostered reputation as a designer of unbuildable projects
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News
Bid in for People’s Playground cash
Urban regeneration company ReBlackpool and LDA Design have submitted an application for £25 million of lottery funding for their People’s Playground.
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Opinion
Where’s the beef?
Guests at last week’s Sheppard Robson summer party were surprised to find themselves enjoying beer and nibbles beside some agricultural-looking art installations.
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Building StudySleeping beauty
Eventually FOA’s technology transfer centre in La Rioja will be engulfed by plants, but already this extraordinary building points to a new direction in the architect’s work.
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Opinion
Standards bearer
Charles Jencks (Letters June 1) informs us that ownership of Palestinian land has declined by a massive 84% since 1907.
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NewsBaker wins Vauxhall FOI ruling
Former Tory environment secretary Kenneth Baker (pictured) has won a freedom of information ruling that will force the DCLG to disclose advice given by civil servants to ministers on major planning decisions that are called in.
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Opinion
Bad timing
Angry shareholders at Tuesday’s SMC annual general meeting were in no mood to let the board get away with anything.
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News
RIBA backs flood plain innovation
Architects should design temporary homes and houses on stilts for the flood-prone Thames Gateway, a new RIBA report suggests.
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OpinionJust say no to business backhanders
Kickbacks and bribery are stealing, nothing less. So why are they not always illegal?
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NewsRIAS says competitions back in vogue
Three contests aim to boost opportunities for young practices
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OpinionEverything has political aspect
In his debate on architecture and politics (BD June 1) Robert Adam writes that “to promote architecture as a primary political activity is a naive and arrogant.”
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OpinionTamworth — an architectural Life on Mars
Tamworth week is the perfect antitode to the whimsical flutterings down south
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Opinion
Homes alone
I refer to your excellent report on the Thames Gateway (May 18). I was a social housing architect for 18 years with the Peabody Trust, and in my experience quality comes at a price — finances, time, inclusiveness and ownership.
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News
Aedas, HLM scoop Welsh health work
Aedas and HLM have scooped more than £200 million worth of health projects in Wales under the Designed for Life procurement system.
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News...but SMC admits it is set to shed staff
Up to 30 people employed within the SMC Group look set to lose their jobs, it emerged at the firm’s annual general meeting this week.
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News
Academics study divided cities
Project seeking Belfast lessons for Israel is welcomed by campaigners
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Reid-3D merger secures practice spot in top 10
Reid Architecture and 3D Architects have announced that they are to merge, securing a place in the UK’s top 10 practices.
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NewsABS raises £70,000 in ‘fantastic’ auction
Founder of Make Architects Ken Shuttleworth has been named as the new president of the Architects’ Benevolent Society as a star-studded auction raised more than £70,000 for the organisation.
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