All Building Design articles in 19 November 2004
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Opinion
Wrong Trousers
We have been instructed by our esteemed client, Mr Fred Trousers, to take action against BD for misleading impersonation. The clear impression was given that Mr Trousers had written the cunningly conceived “inverted pyramid of piffle” on the back page of last week’s issue. This, together with the digitally enhanced ...
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TechnicalTechbrief
Making the grade The Building Research Establishment has added Breeam Schools to its portfolio of environmental assessments. Set to begin in January, the scheme will help schools and local education authorities to set environmental targets for new and refurbished buildings. It will also help architects improve the environmental performance of ...
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News
Spotcheck: Scotland
Castle conversion The ruined Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire, reputed to have inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula, is to be converted into holiday homes after Aberdeenshire council last week gave outline planning permission, subject to approval by the Scottish Executive and Scottish Natural Heritage. The £9 million scheme, designed by ...
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FeaturesSpa pupil
This is one of a set of images that won the fabrication category in the annual student awards programme run by Form Z manufacturer auto.des.sys. Generated by fourth-year architecture student at Cincinnati University, James Cornetet, the scheme for a Shaker Village Retreat and Spa won the prize for the way ...
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Opinion
Teaching should be schools’ priority
When the news first broke that the Cambridge architecture school was in crisis, it seemed only a matter of time before the rest suffered a similar fate. Now other schools in the prestigious Russell Group are under pressure to improve their research performance, at the expense of their traditional emphasis ...
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Opinion
Plenty of time
Poor old Christoph Egret. According to Zoë Blackler (News Analysis November 12), “at 45 he is running out of time to build his own independently authored body of work”. Let’s hope not. He is half the age of Anthony Swain (Soapbox October 22), who gave up climbing scaffolding last ...
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News
Power play
- There were 45,400 housing starts in the quarter to September, up 13% on the same period in 2003, according to government figures. - A study for the London Development Agency carried out by Grant Thornton has found that the capital needs a convention centre of up to 5,000 seats. ...
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News
People
- Washington philanthropists Robert and Arlene Kogod have donated $25 million towards renovation of the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. The estimated $217 million project includes a curvy enclosure designed by Foster & Partners. - Prince Charles was this week due to speak at a Prince’s Foundation event on how ...
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News
Pasticcio revived
The 7m-high centrepiece of Sir John Soane’s Museum in London has been restored to its former glory after more than 100 years in storage.The Pasticcio, a large stone column featuring Roman and Norman masonry built in 1818 and demolished in 1896, was restored under the direction of Julian Harrap using ...
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Opinion
Penguin palace
What do you get if you take an igloo, a train, an airplane, a fishing trawler and a very cute-looking penguin. Well, according to Richard Rogers Partnership, a new research station for the British Antarctic Survey in Antarctica. Rogers’ shortlisted submission for the RIBA-run competition is a triumph of simple ...
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Opinion
In need of a leader
Kevin Rhowbotham is clearly annoyed by his treatment at the Architectural Association and its failure to renew his contract (News November 5).He talks of a terminal situation, but, perversely, it is crisis and internal conflict that keeps the AA alive. I would suggest that, more importantly, the AA ...
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Opinion
Jacob Kinderegg
I am here to discuss the future of the extension I have designed, the ‘Radical Corkscrew’
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News
Hit and miss
- London-based Amin Taha Architects has won an RIBA competition to design a family home on the Thames between Marlow and Henley (pictured). Other shortlisted firms were Bere Architects, Horden Cherry Lee and David Grindley Architects. - A campaign to raise cash to finish the Keith Williams-designed Unicorn Theatre ...
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News
Haven for Hepworth
David Chipperfield Architects has submitted designs for The Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield for detailed planning permission. The £15 million gallery will house 30 sculptures by the late Barbara Hepworth as well as Wakefield City’s public art collection. It is part of a larger masterplan to regenerate the river Calder waterfront. ...
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News
HLF and Greenpeace in timber talks
The Heritage Lottery Fund has initiated peace talks with Greenpeace following a series of actions against HLF-funded projects by the campaign group.
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Features
Making a go of things
There has always been a fascination with product design within the Arup family. Ove himself came from a generation that did not see much distinction between approaching the design of a product, such as a chair, or a building. Both made life better for people, and both required a rigorous ...
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News
Lift gets stuck in red tape
Projects under the government’s £1.2bn initiative to speed up healthcare delivery delayed by up to a year
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News
Gateway man goes
The man at the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister responsible for the regeneration of the Thames Gateway has quit to head the Greater London Authority’s development team.
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FeaturesLooking into the future
The demise of paper, and mobile phones with the computing power of PCs are just two of IT guru Lars Hesselgren’s confident predictions for 2010