All Building Design articles in 17 June 2011 – Page 4
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Opinion
Too much novelty leaves us nowhere
The character of Vienna’s streets, proves that original design doesn’t always have a place
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Features
Do practices need to pay interns?
As the debate on the ethics of unpaid placements continues, our experts review the implications for architects
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Opinion
Home improvements
AHMM and Maccreanor Lavington are excellent practices with extensive experience of housing.
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Review
Great Marlborough Street student housing in Manchester by Hodder & Partners
Stephen Hodder discusses how his practice’s new 33-storey housing in Manchester will meet the high expectations of student customers in the city’s second highest tower
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Features
Fair and square?
Paternoster Square’s aesthetic is feted by Pablo Bronstein, we remember how John Simpson’s scheme gazumped the original competition winner
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Opinion
Learn from experience
Trainees are becoming ever more flexible as they seek opportunities. Our assessment system should do the same
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Opinion
Cunning planners
Architects who feel picked on by the government should spare a thought for their planning colleagues.
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Opinion
Crowds coming to Farringdon
Terry Farrell (Life Class June 3) puts forward an interesting proposition for the reuse of Smithfield Market.
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Analysis
Universities face the challenge
Changes in higher education funding are transforming the market for architects
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Opinion
BSF fees failures are down to RIBA
For the RIBA to claim that some “fees were not adequate to sustain office and staffing costs” (“Reed sticks up for BSF firms accused in Sunday Times article” bdonline June 13) is an absolutely mindblowing admittance of failure!
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Opinion
Broadgate plan misses a trick
One aspect of Broadgate has not, to my knowledge, yet been raised – and it is related to the fact that the part of the site in question was a railway station until 1985 (“City rails against Broadgate listing” News June 10).
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Building Study
First look: Assemble constructs canalside folly beneath Hackney flyover
Assemble has revealed images of the Folly for a Flyover, a temporary structure for an empty flyover undercroft on the edge of the Olympic site in Hackney, east London.
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Opinion
Is the Conservative party anti-architecture?
Yes, says George Ferguson, the Conservatives regard public building provision as a quantitative, rather than qualitative, issue; but John Penrose says the government has already demonstrated its commitment to good design
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Review
Red brick era proves worth another look
Roger Hawkins and Russell Brown, directors at Hawkins Brown, review books on the work of James Stirling and how space affects teaching in higher education design.
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Opinion
Rock of ages
Conferences can be gruelling affairs, but attendees at Tate Britain’s James Stirling symposium on Saturday were offered some welcome, if unusual relief by Patrick Lynch.
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Features
CPD 2011 Module 7: Ventilation and Air Quality
This CPD aims to provide a closer understanding of the use of carbon dioxide monitoring for ventilation control in education buildings. This module is sponsored by Medem.
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News
Herzog & de Meuron's Lord's cricket ground plans to be scaled back
Client makes changes to cut costs
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News
Labour slams BSF spending claims in row over figures
Labour has weighed into the school-building row, claiming the Tories care more about “sensationalist headlines than the truth”.
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News
Museum sheds light
A £27 million museum by the Australian firm behind Melbourne’s Federation Square has opened in Bristol today.