All Building Design articles in 21 April 2011 – Page 2
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News
Serie Architects - Kennedy Centre Monsoon Club
BD’s Young Architect of the Year has converted the terrace gallery at the Kennedy Centre in Washington DC into a temporary performance venue and club
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RMJM could lose Gazprom Tower
RMJM’s involvement with what would be Europe’s tallest tower is in doubt after Gazprom, the energy firm building it, said it was now talking to other practices about the work.The firm won the contract for the 455m-high tower in St Petersburg in December 2006.But the plans attracted criticism from conservationists ...
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Construction worries overshadow economy's growth
Fall of 4.7% in output is the biggest for two years
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Arb suspends architect who 'intimidated' his clients
Michael Phillips hired heavies to recover disputed debt
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New sculpture planned for Olympic Park
Italian artist Monica Bonvicini has designed a new piece of public art due to be installed in the northern part of the Olympic Park in east London.The permanent piece will comprise three 9m-tall letters which form the word “run” and will be built on the plaza of the Handball Arena.It ...
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Associated Architects' Birmingham campus building approved
Birmingham planners have approved a new campus building for Birmingham City University by local firm Associated Architects.The scheme in the Eastside area of the city is part of a £180 million redevelopment being planned by the university, and will house its art and design departments.Running across 18,300sq m, the five-storey ...
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Features
A room fit for the royal honeymoon
As the UK braces itself for another royal wedding spectacle, we look back at BD’s competition for Charles and Diana’s nuptials.
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Saatchi & Saatchi reception - Studio Octopi
Studio Octopi has recently completed work on its second reception space for Saatchi & Saatchi
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Hopkins in race to build Gulf outpost for top school
The firm founded by Sherborne School old boy Michael Hopkins is one of six on the shortlist to build a new Sherborne for ex-pats and locals in Qatar.
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Olympics team to train at Archial venue
A new swimming and diving complex in Plymouth, designed by Archial, will be used by the Canadian diving team prior to next summer’s Olympics.Once completed, the £46 million Life Centre will feature a 50 x 25m swimming pool and a 25 x 16m diving pool along with sports halls, dance ...
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Bristol practice wins OK for Clevedon Pier work
Bristol practice O’Leary Goss Architects has been given planning permission to turn a derelict grade II listed hotel at Clevedon, Somerset, into apartments and to build a new visitor centre at a neighbouring pier.Grade I listed Clevedon Pier was built in 1869, with the hotel put up to cater for ...
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US Architecture Billings Index remains in the black
Signs of recovery - but some practices just hanging on
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Multimedia
David Adjaye – "not just a starchitect, but also an OBE..."
In an interview with American breakfast TV show Morning Joe, David Adjaye dodges questions about the Queen and discusses the challenges of designing in London in front of 30 million viewers.
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Review
The Cult of Beauty
This exhibition follows the aesthetic movement from the Bohemian studios of Chelsea to the suburbs of west London
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Technical
Birmingham Library facade by Mecanoo
A technical look at the distinctive facade Mecanoo designed for the new Birmingham Library.
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Features
International Q&A: Tim Flynn
Tim Flynn, Principal of Tim Flynn Architects discusses working in Armenia
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International Intelligence: Armenia
After a turbulent past, Armenia is firmly open for business, says Ben Martin.
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Opinion
Friends reunited
Peter Cook, who is to be one of this year’s Stirling prize judges, has been a staunch critic of the way the RIBA selects the jury. Two years ago he complained that the panel, which included Stephen Bates, would be too sympathetic to Tony Fretton’s Fuglsang Kunstmuseum.Boots just wants to ...
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Technical
Q & A with Arup cladding expert Mikkel Kragh
Architects’ obsession with glazed facades is coming to an end and the future of buildings will look very different, says Arup’s Mikkel Kragh.