All Building Design articles in 20 January 2006 – Page 2
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ReviewSimple, complex and exclusive
A lavish volume on Japan's Katsura villa offers an abundance of interpretations, says Christoph Grafe
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FeaturesHooked on classics
George Saumarez Smith of Robert Adam Architects is impressed by a CD library of classical elements, but warns it must be used with care
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Opinion
Not everything goes in the city
Rem Koolhaas's swipe at the over-sanitisation of public space and dig at Tony Blair's drive against anti-social behaviour reprise a familiar libertarian theme among architects.
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NewsMousawi wins job for Baghdad hospital
Iraqi-born architect Ali Mousawi, who has re-established his practice in his homeland after 14 years of exile in Britain, has been commissioned to masterplan the expansion of the biggest hospital complex in Iraq.
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Building StudyWreck of ages
Once a place of pilgrimage for the Romantic poets, the ruins of 800-year-old Kirstall Abbey had fallen into neglect. Ken Powell reports on how Purcell Miller Tritton rescued this damsel in distress
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NewsKoolhaas warning over Blair's Respect agenda
The government's controversial new Respect agenda threatens to suck the life out of Britain's public spaces, architect Rem Koolhaas warned this week.
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Building Study
In detail: Kirkstall Abbey Visitor Centre
The 1750s trusses were in a poor state. Bearing ends were rotten and a 20th century laminated, segmental timber arched strengthening scheme cut deeply into the principal rafter and tie members, complicating their removal. It was clear that extensive strengthening repairs would be needed if the barn roof was to ...
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Opinion
Cambridge asks the £6 million question
Faced with large deficits, universities up and down the country have resorted to closing dozens of departments.
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NewsPartnering wins £400m of work
Team of medium firms sees off big practices to win Bradford's Building Schools for the Future commission
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 21: Flood barrier, Gravesend, Kent
Kiran Curtis Associates won a design competition for a mixed-use regeneration site in the Thames Gateway
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