All Building Design articles in 18 January 2008 – Page 2
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OpinionTransfer window
It’s well known that Liverpool football club’s US owners have doubts about manager Rafael Benítez, but now they seem to be having second thoughts about the flagship new stadium by HKS too.
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Opinion
People problems
The London Borough of Newham may well have one of the largest regeneration programmes in Europe, but unless it hires some staff, how will it deliver its promised 50,000 new homes and 25 regeneration projects?
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NewsNew-look Paddington
Fletcher Priest has finally won planning approval for this £150 million mixed-use scheme on North Wharf Road in Paddington, west London.
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NewsNetwork Rail supports Smithfield
The battle over London’s Smithfield Market took a new twist this week after Network Rail failed to back the City of London’s assertion that the General Market building needs to be demolished in order to replace unsafe railway tunnels below.
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ReviewThe organic modernist
Roger Stonehouse’s survey of the life and passions of Colin St John Wilson, who died last May, acclaims him as a master of public place-making and also as a fine writer and theorist, says James Payne
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Opinion
Role models
Architecture centres’ meteoric rise continues with a surprise appearance in the new BBC drama Mistresses.
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Opinion
Men in white suits
Inspired by this week’s BD debate on nuclear power stations, Boots ran a survey of architectural practices to see where they stand on designing these controversial structures.
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OpinionSaved by the power of love
As Leicester’s Engineering Department is considered for demolition, is passion the only thing that can save the 20th century’s finest buildings?
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NewsSix on icon shortlist
New architects for Commonwealth Institute revealed as Foster & Partners is dropped
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Tory homes plan slammed
Housing design experts have slammed Conservative Party proposals to enforce the so-called Merton Rule nationwide, claiming the move would compromise delivery of zero-carbon homes.
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NewsHadid's Oxford union
Zaha Hadid Architects has revealed designs for an extension to the Middle East Centre at St Anthony’s College, Oxford.
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NewsLeicester Square gets a makeover
Westminster council has unveiled its £18.5 million redesign for central London’s Leicester Square.
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Opinion
Get out of London
Outside a handful of cities like London (Leader January 11) is a world where architect-designed buildings are in the minority, where local planning committees feel they have been experimented on by the architectural and planning professions, and where the agencies and public bodies responsible for shaping our environment see design ...
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OpinionGet red for Ted
Staff at Edward Cullinan Architects are finalising details of the party to celebrate the award of this year’s Royal Gold Medal to father Ted.
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NewsParry finds hidden oasis
Eric Parry Architects’ newly completed 18-storey Aldermanbury Square office development features Corten steel external columns and stainless steel cladding, with a brise soleil on intermediate floors to shade its east, south and west facades.
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Government fails on green targets
An influential select committee has slammed the government for failing to meet its own sustainability targets for new and refurbished buildings sited on public land.
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FeaturesFind a new employer without leaving the office
Next week history will be made when bdonline hosts the world’s first virtual careers fair.