All Building Design articles in 18 January 2008 – Page 5
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Opinion
Wrong turn
Politicians in Birmingham are still struggling with the basics of urban design, it seems.
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Review
Leonardo on Flight By Domenico Laurenza
Da Vinci dreamt of human flight and this beautifully illustrated volume reconstructs the origin of one of the most fascinating and fundamental aspects of his life and work
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Opinion
Title deed
Peter Arnold (Letters January 11) writes that Arb takes no issue with Maurice McCarthy, who is not on its register but advertises his services on the RIBA’s database.
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Review
Sienna: Constructing the Renaissance City by Fabrizio Nevola
This book offers a fresh and engaging account of Sienna’s unique architectural achievements, enhanced with a beautiful collection of historic and new photographs.
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Review
Review: Testing cad skills with CADsmart
How do you know if job candidates are as good at cad as they say? And how effective are your own employees? Paul Carnell, associate director at Benoy, explains how CADsmart is helping his practice to get some answers
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Review
The Endless City by Ricky Burdett and Deyan Sudjic
This book is an unparalleled study of the growth of six international cities (New York, Shanghai, London, Mexico City, Johannesburg and Berlin) exploring key structural, economic and social factors.
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Review
The Building of Elizabethan and Jacobean England by Maurice Howard
This book shows how changes of style in architecture emerged from the practical needs of building a new society through the image making of public and private patrons in the revolutionary century between reformation and civil war.
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Building Study
Benson Forsyth’s Nottingham Pod demonstrates a sense of the city
Benson & Forsyth has produced a hotel and retail development in central Nottingham shaped in response to its city setting, reports Ellis Woodman
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Review
Cities from Zero edited by Shumon Basar
This book focuses on Dubai and China and asks whether we are in the presence of new, proto-typical urban conditions. What distinguishes these kinds of cities from the vast majority of those we already live in?
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Review
Element By Cecil Balmond
In this book, Balmond observes the shapes and structures of nature from a cultural travel writer’s perspective.
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Review
USA: Modern Architectures in History by Gwendolyn Wright
A clear concise account of modern American architecture.
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Review
Wingardh: Thirty Years of Architecture Edited by Mikael Nanfeldt
A monograph of the work of Gert Wingardh, one of Sweden’s leading architects, whose spatial creations are remarkable in economic as well as ecological and sociological terms. The focus of his designs is always on the needs of future users.
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Review
Crucial Words: Conditions for Contemporary Architecture Edited by Gert Wingardh and Rasmus Waern
A special reference work and reader to 50 key concepts in modern architecture.
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Review
Architecture in the Emirates By Philip Jodidio
Construction fever in the Gulf has attracted many of the world’s most prominent architects including Tadao Ando, Frank Gehry, Zaha Hadid and Jean Nouvel
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Review
On Altering Architecture By Fred Scott
On Altering Architecture explores the alternative to the sequence of demolition and new building that makes up the usual practice of architecture.
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Review
Havana Deco by Alejandro Alonso, Pedro Contreras & Martino Fagiuoli
Havana’s Art Deco gems. This book bears testimony to the need to protect and restore Havana’s Deco Past.
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Review
Shot From Above: Aerial Aspects of London by Steven Brindle and Damian Grady
During the Second World War, the RAF undertook a remarkable aerial survey of Britain, published here for the first time are the London photos from the survey, revealing the havoc wreaked by the Luftwaffe.
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