All Building Design articles in 19 December 2008 – Page 3
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OpinionOffence will lose RIBA members
Last week I received a letter from the president of the RIAS outlining the RIBA’s intention to increase subscriptions by 3% and asking for the views of the profession in Scotland. I am not in favour.
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OpinionLegend of Utzon sails into the sunset
The saga of Jørn Utzon’s greatest legacy is part myth, part Bergman epic
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TechnicalIzar makes a point
A striking three-pointed star-shaped light called Izar has been launched by Modular Lighting Instruments.
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OpinionMobile homes we could live with
Harvard and BMW are collaborating on an innovative housing project to use the principles of car design — just in time for Christmas
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NewsNew row hits Stonehenge
Heritage bodies' clash over site of visitor centre threatens to delay project beyond 2012
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Opinion
On good terms
Your article, “RIBA fees hike sparks threat of RIAS divorce” (December 12), could bear some clarification.
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NewsRays of hope within the gloom
BD’s news editor Will Hurst looks at how the economy has dominated the news in 2008, while we ask some of the people in the public eye what they consider the year’s most important developments
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Four vie to refurbish RIBA roof terraces
The RIBA has announced a shortlist of four designers in its competition to refurbish three public roof terraces at its Portland Place headquarters in central London.
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Dow Jones redevelops Hawksmoor
Dow Jones Architects has won a competition to redevelop the crypt of the Nicholas Hawksmoor-designed Christ Church in London’s Spitalfields, beating Carmody Groarke, Molyneux Kerr, Meadowcroft Griffin and Witherford Watson Mann.
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FeaturesPDFs ready to enter the third dimension
The Adobe Acrobat PDF has become the common file format for electronic publication of text and image-based documents. What isn’t as commonly appreciated is that the PDF file format now supports 3D objects.
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FeaturesPixel this: Designing intelligent objects
Marc Fredrickson has a post-graduate degree in architecture, but his California milieu meant that for years he designed computer games instead. Now with digital provider FormFonts 3D, he’s leading the quest for intelligent objects
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Ex-PfS design head Ibikunle dies
Jonathan Ibikunle, former head of design at Partnership for Schools (PfS), has died.
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Optimism for delayed RHG review
The DCMS is unlikely to meet its self-imposed five-month deadline for reviewing its decision on the listing ofRobin Hood Gardens due to the "complexity" of the case, it admitted this week.
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Opinion
Crack force
Delicate repairs have been made this week to the glass roof of Norman Foster’s huge greenhouse, the National Botanic Garden of Wales, two and a half years after one of the 785 panes rather mysteriously cracked.
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NewsGo-ahead for DCM’s latest court
Denton Corker Marshall’s new magistrates court in Birmingham has been granted planning approval.
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Opinion
Corrections
AOC teaches at London Metropolitan University, not Leeds, as stated in Debate, December 5.
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OpinionChipping in
Boots was delighted to be invited to Pringle Brandon’s Christmas “Champagne & Chips” party, but dismayed to find it was on December 23.
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NewsTroubled centre on Mies prize shortlist
David Adjaye’s troubled Stephen Lawrence Centre has been nominated for one the biggest prizes in architecture, the Mies van der Rohe Award 2009.
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TechnicalSure on cavity walls
A new technology in cavity wall construction that removes the need for backing blocks or wooden shuttering has been launched.