All Building Design articles in 16 July 2004 – Page 3
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News
Taking centre stage in Cheshire
John Miller + Partners £6 million Brindley Arts Centre in Runcorn, Cheshire opened this week. The centre includes a 420-seat proscenium stage auditorium — complete with flying gallery — studio space, a gallery, foyer, cafe and bar. It also features a double-height, top-lit curving foyer which wraps around the perfectly ...
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Safety for Cardross seminary?
One of Scotland’s most celebrated post-war buildings could be saved from dereliction under new plans entered for planning permission last week.
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Six years on, British Library to expand
Plans to extend the Colin St John Wilson-designed British Library in London's St Pancras are being worked up just six years after it opened, following an epic construction.
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Opinion
One for the bored
George Ferguson’s presidency is proving particularly successful because he represents so well publicly many of the positive features of a highly attractive profession. Perhaps he exemplifies also one of its drawbacks, from your report (News July 9) of his claim that the profession was “bored to tears with the Arb ...
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Building StudyFirst Look: Manchesters chip off the old block
More housing designs for the New Islington housing project in east Manchester have been unveiled by Alsop Architects and Ian Simpson Architects.
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Designers turn bird-brained
Architects from across Europe are being called on to design the ultimate predator-proof home. For a bird.
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Biggest PFI project moves a step closer
Architects could soon be asked to compete to design the biggest hospital PFI yet after a review of the proposed Paddington Health Campus in west London recommended the project go ahead.
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Opinion
The bigger picture
It is always gratifying to see the honour of architects defended (Editorial July 9), and I agree that we tend to raise expectation with our “big claims”. But since when does the provision of a safe environment have “big claim” status? I would have thought that creating places that ...
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Features
Follow the bidding
Reverse auctions are a good way to buy goods where quality thresholds can be easily maintained. But using them to buy services, in particular architectural services, needs rigorous quality standards.
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NewsRocky face of banking
The London office of Erick van Egeraat Associated Architects (EEA) has completed a £25 million office scheme in Budapest, Hungary, for banking and insurance giant ING. The 25,000sq m seven-storey offices feature two full-height glazed atria. In some places the exterior walls lean out by as much as eight degrees. ...
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Minister backtracks on modern methods
Housing architects have attacked a government U-turn over modern methods of construction. Regeneration minister Geoff Rooker this week appeared to abandon his enthusiasm for off-site and prefabricated technologies and admitted they failed to deliver quicker delivery or reduce cost.
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NewsIs this the end of the affair?
Dickon Robinson’s move at Peabody raises questions over the trust’s design direction.
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500 insult for Venice envo
Architects selected to take part in this year’s Venice Biennale have accused the UK government of being measly after being awarded expenses of just £500 each.
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Airy offices create 15% work boost
Offices designed with more light, better air quality and acoustics increase staff productivity by up to 15%, according to a major new study encompassing research from all over the world. The study, on behalf of the Commission or Architecture and the Built Environment (Cabe) and the British Council ...
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TechnicalIn detail 14: Tower of London environs
Tower Hill, the main approach to the Tower of London has been transformed by a new 200m-long public square. Three pavilions on the western side house visitor facilities. The whole square ramps down towards the river to the south at a 1-in-20 gradient avoiding the need for landings. On the ...
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