All Building Design articles in 16 February 2007 – Page 4
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OpinionDesign is important to us too
We wanted our redesign to reflect the vibrant mood of the profession today
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News
Green homes crisis
Two thirds of local authorities admit they are ‘not ready’ to deliver zero-carbon targets
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NewsNord wins design for Wexford council HQ
This scheme by Nord Architecture, BD’s Young Architect of the Year 2006, as won the open international design competition for the new headquarters building for Wexford County Council in Southern Ireland.
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Highbury Corner set for revamp
The multidisciplinary design practice Gillespies is developing an urban design framework for Highbury Corner, in north London, on behalf of Transport for London.
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Opinion
Competitions raise standards
From Berlin, I have followed the debate on competitions in BD with interest. Having established our office on the success of a single competition win in Germany in 1991, and with 90% of our subsequent commissions coming from competitions, I am mystified why they are treated with such suspicion in ...
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NewsWalkway design competition gives young firms Olympic opportunity
Up-and-coming practices have been given their first chance to break into the London Olympics with the launch of a major competition to design a public walkway running from Victoria Park in Hackney to West Ham.
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NewsMake’s luxury redevelopment of Westminster City Hospital goes to planning
Make has submitted a planning application to Westminster City Council for this luxury redevelopment by Candy & Candy of the derelict 1.2ha Middlesex Hospital site, which it bought last year for £175 million.
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SMC founder McColl is demoted to deputy chair
Stewart McColl has been forced by investors to step down as chief executive of the country’s largest architectural firm, SMC Group.
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NewsCathedrals win Wolfson funds
English Heritage has turned to the Wolfson Foundation, a major grant-making charity, to bolster its cathedral repairs fund.
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News‘We’re not ready’ for zero carbon rules
The government’s Code for Sustainable Homes raises the bar for domestic energy efficiency, but looks set to put even more pressure on local authorities while they are still reeling from the changes to Part L
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Opinion
Design and build
Richard Simmons’ suggestion that the link between design and housing needs to be prioritised in the profession’s affairs is right.
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NewsFoster brings Heathrow up to date
BAA has unveiled Foster & Partners’ designs for Heathrow Terminal 3.
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NewsFeilden Clegg Bradley wins Gallions Park zero-carbon housing scheme
Feilden Clegg Bradley has beaten stiff competition from architects including Bill Dunster, Glenn Howells and Llewelyn Davies Yeang to design a flagship zero-carbon housing scheme for the mayor of London.
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NewsBold new welcome to Sidcup
Studio Egret West has launched a bold attempt to bring distinctive contemporary design to Sidcup in Kent with this housing-led mixed use building for Cathedral Group, just entered for planning permission.
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Building StudyBody building
Designed under the NHS Lift initiative, Buschow Henley’s St John’s Therapy Centre near Clapham Junction sets a high benchmark for future health care buildings.
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NewsBlackpool competes for Libeskind’s Eden forest...
Blackpool plans to bounce back from losing in its bid to host the UK’s only supercasino by installing a Daniel Libeskind-designed indoor rainforest on the same site.
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NewsHotel is Bennetts’ Dutch debut
Bennetts Associates has won planning permission for its first project outside the UK — the largest hotel in the Netherlands for City Inn (pictured).
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Bennett steps up to City surveyor
The City of London Corporation has appointed Peter Bennett to the ancient role of city surveyor.
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OpinionDo better buildings really change people’s behaviour?
The Spectator's Ross Clark argues living on a grim estate doesn't justify crime, but Southwark's Richard Thomas believes design really can make a difference