All Building Design articles in 18 February 2011 – Page 3
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NewsCabe critiques new Chelsea Barracks plans
Revised plans for Chelsea Barracks drawn up by Dixon Jones, Squire & Partners and Kim Wilkie Associates fail to meet the needs of the 21st century, Cabe has warned
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Holloway Road scheme goes in
Brady Mallalieu Architects has submitted plans for a £2.4 million six-storey office block on an empty car park site on Holloway Road in north London
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Regulations review sounds bad for education
Education standards in schools could plummet if the government waters down design standards, an acoustics expert has warned
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Opinion
Talking shop
Libraries serve a greater good (Leader February 11), but if they don’t make business sense they should be replaced.
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Opinion
Princely sums
I agree with John McAslan that the Prince of Wales is not a classicist (“Prince in context”, letters, February 11)
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OpinionManser meddle
Boots was interested in the list of this year’s RIBA honorary fellows, which includes heritage minister Ed Vaizey and Mike Gazzard, founder of the British Homes Awards.
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Opinion
Mind the gap
Sorry to spoil the party, but does Charles Holden’s London Underground Headquarters in Westminster really deserve listing (News January 14)?
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FeaturesFurther reading on education
Two very different books about space for young children together provide a balanced picture of provision in the early years sector.
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Opinion
Commons sense
On one hand, the government wants to re-balance the economy, create more UK manufacturing and support British ingenuity.
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Building StudyFirst look: Green issues and flexibility hold the key to CTA's Brixton house
Work has started on Slip House, a project by Carl Turner Architects, in Brixton, south London. Its site is the central one of five adjacent plots that currently form a gap in a terrace.
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OpinionElementary arithmetic
Let’s try obtaining a little perspective, in light of Gove’s utterly crass statement suggesting architects working in the education sector have been creaming it (“Rogers hits back at Gove over school design” News February 11).
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OpinionCabe must adapt to survive
In the face of a funding conundrum, the quango needs to embrace reinvention.
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NewsWorking abroad: Kilburn Nightingale
More than 25 years of taking on the tropics has built this London firm.
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FeaturesCPD 2011 Module 1: Composite cladding
This CPD explores design opportunities for composite rainscreen technology. It is the first in our regular series of CPD modules for 2011 and is sponsored by Steni.
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OpinionBe careful what you wish for, Dave
The government might get more than it bargains for from the Big Society
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NewsPaddington Cucumber wins outline planning
Westminster Council has granted outline planning permission to Robin Partington’s Cucumber tower.
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NewsWest Ham reveals its stadium bid dream team
Olympic stadium-designer Populous has been working on West Ham United’s bid to turn the 80,000-seat complex into a football and athletics venue once next year’s games are finished, BD has learned.