All Building Design articles in 15 October 2004 – Page 2
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News
European research group is launched
A major pan-European construction research body was launched this week with a mission to tap into millions of euros of European Union research funding.
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TechnicalDramatic impact
Keith Williams makes the complex ‘structural gymnastics’ behind the Unicorn Theatre look easy, writes David Littlefield
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OpinionNottinghams Lace disgrace
As an architect who works for a practice based in Nottingham’s Lace Market, I was bitterly disappointed by Caruso St John’s scheme for a new art gallery on our doorstep (First Look October 8). This is not the sour grapes or the vitriolic “should have been us” knee-jerk reaction that ...
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Ulster plots design watchdog
Province responds to calls for better design with plans for a ‘policing’ department and design champion
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NewsIs this a fight to the death?
As the power struggle between the RIBA and Arb becomes bloodier, Zoë Blackler asks...
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Opinion
Up shire creek
Graham Bizley’s understanding, that Duxford Imperial War Museum is Oxford’s (In Detail October 8) rather than Cambridge’s, is a load of shire.
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Opinion
Crane overreaches
I am sorry to have to correct Alan Crane (Editorial October 1).The RIBA has not “requested Arb’s view on the quality of its reports” in the way Crane suggests. However, if Arb has constructive criticism, we will be happy to discuss it with them. The feedback we have to date, ...
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Opinion
Community spirit
It is important that the system adopted by Cabe for scoring the quality of new housing is both rigorous and valid (see page 6). In particular, the rating of “community” cannot be satisfied just by physical inspection, although this has been the practice in the architectural profession up till now ...
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NewsCool Zaha sails up Clyde
Zaha Hadid Architects will design Glasgow’s new £50 million Riverside Museum, a building that would be the Pritzker Prize-winning architect’s largest British project to date.
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Opinion
Duty to the client
Too many people have the misconception that an architect’s registration with Arb and protection of title are for the commercial benefit of the architect. They are totally for the client’s protection.Registration requires the architect to have been sufficiently educated and trained in the complexities of the service to a sufficient ...
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OpinionCounting claim
Has it not occurred to the ODPM that the increase in the number of planning applications decided within eight weeks (News October 1) might have something to do with the increase in the number of planning applications this year? Prescott should ask the Planning Inspectorate if they think this is ...
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Opinion
Pointless challenge
Zoë Blackler rightly draws attention to the fact that the costs of all challenges to Arb legitimacy are being passed on to subscribers (Editorial October 1).
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NewsBusiness school
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has won planning permission for a new academy-style secondary school in Westminster.
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New buildings shunned in favourites poll
British people love heritage buildings and dislike landmark modern architecture, according to a national poll published this week.
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Councils cold feet threaten Bradfords own Eden Project
Bold plans for an Eden Project-style attraction in Bradford could be scrapped if crisis talks this week fail to win over the council.
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NewsDreaming in blue
Proctor & Matthews’ 100-bed Travelodge hotel in Cambridge has opened for business.
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Gustafson denies fountain blame
Diana memorial creator says she regrets involvementKathryn Gustafson, creator of the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain, has defended her design and denied responsibility for the problems that have blighted the pool since it opened this summer. The American landscape architect spoke out publicly for the first time this week “to set ...
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Grimshaw’s Bath blow
Two weeks after denying responsibility for faults at the spa, architect told to find solutions
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