All Building Design articles in 20 March 2009 – Page 2
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George Scharf: From the Regency Street to the Modern Metropolis- until June 6
The work of artist and illustrator George Scharf has been described as the pictorial equivalent of the great literary chronicler of early Victorian London, Charles Dickens.
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Richard Bryant’s Photographic Celebration of a City- until May 31
Richard Bryant presents his personal account of Londo which traces a journey across the city; picking out views, open spaces and closely observed architectural detail.
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News
Allies & Morrison set to take over design of Noho Square development
Allies & Morrison is set to take over design work for Noho Square, the luxury mixed-use scheme in central London initially spearheaded by the Candy brothers.
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Manchester students win Cisco sustainable communities competition
Two students from Manchester University’s School of Architecture have won the Cisco 2020 sustainable communities competition.
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Learning and Skills Council's chief executive quits
Mark Haysom, the chief executive of the Learning and Skills Council, has resigned.
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Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands wins competition to landscape £140 million Luxembourg tram scheme
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has won a major competition to refurbish public spaces along a new tram line in the city of Luxembourg.
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Competitions
Holiday let: Village house situated in the Lunigiana region of northern Tuscany,
Tuscany Village house to let – situated in the Lunigiana region of northern Tuscany, close to the Ligurian coast, mountains and rural countryside.
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James Lee Byars- until June 21
Often cited as one of the twentieth century's most enigmatic artists, this exhibition presents a succinct overview of the late James Lee Byars' (1932 – 1997) practice, including sculptures, works on paper and film documentation of his performances.
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Chamberlin Powell and Bon - April 20
Chamberlin Powell and Bon designed a larger area of postwar London than any other architectural practice, encompassing the Golden Lane Estate and the adjacent Barbican.
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Alison and Peter Smithson - April 6
The Smithsons built a small number of iconic projects but yet they still remain highly influencial to many of today's architects.
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The Architects Who Made London with Maxwell Hutchinson: Powell & Moya- March 23
Philip Powell RA and Jacko Moya launched their practice by winning the competition for the Churchill Gardens housing estate in Pimlico and they are widely credited with bringing a human quality to the modernist style.
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A Higher Ambition: Owen Jones (1809-74)- until November 22
A selection of designs, drawings and paintings by Owen Jones, to coincide with the bicentenary of his birth.
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News
The Gulf States Building Awards 2010
Celebrating excellence and achievement across the Gulf States
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Review
Equipping the Cabanon: Its Interior and Furniture - March 23
A talk by Arthur Ruegg, co-curator, le Corbusier, The Art of Architecture on the 1:1 replica of the interior of Le Corbusier's Cabanon currently on show at the RIBA.
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Rebecca Warren until April 19
Rebecca Warren (born 1965) is known internationally for her exuberant, roughly-worked clay sculptures, bronzes and vitrines containing carefully assembled objects that the artist has collected.
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Ideology in Transparency - May 8
Ten PhD candidates, targeting certain issues related to the symposium theme, will present a series of individual papers. These papers are thematically arranged into two groups.
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News
Go-ahead for Keith Williams' Canterbury theatre
Keith Williams Architects' redesign of Canterbury's Marlowe theatre has been given the go-ahead by the council.
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BD’s guide to your cultural week: March 23 to 29
Talking heads this week include Stephen Bayley and Marc Auge at the ICA; Glen Howells at Manchester’s CUBE Gallery; and all-star cast Joseph Rykwert, Peter Rees, Ricky Burdett and Paul Finch at the Barbican.
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Le Corbusier’s Cabanon 1952/2006 The interior 1:1: until April 28
Explore a 1:1 replica of the interior of Le Corbusier's Cabanon, the holiday house he built for himself on the Cote d'Azur.
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Asta Gröting: Sculpture 1987-2008 - until April 26
Twenty years ago Asta Gröting’s glass sculptures of human entrails caused a stir and were exhibited all over Europe.