All Building Design articles in 22 October 2004
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Opinion
Walsall wonder
I feel it necessary to spring to Caruso St John’s defence (Letters October 15).
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Opinion
Timber trouble
While no one doubts Greenpeace’s intentions on FSC timber (News October 15), the RIBA and others might just find themselves in trouble with European and national competition law on restriction of supply of goods and services. Ian Macpherson, Guildford
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TechnicalTechbrief
Sound advice The UK Timber Frame Association has produced a technical guide of timber frame systems to help designers comply with building regulations document E — resistance to the passage of sound. Soundproofing between buildings can be challenging at the best of times but especially when the building is divided ...
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Building StudyStraight to the top
First breaks don’t come much better than Brisac Gonzalez’s £26 million Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg. But after beating David Chipperfield to the gig, the pressure was on. Would they fly or die?
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Opinion
Ulster solution
The Northern Ireland Executive’s plan to appoint a Cabe-modelled design champion to improve architecture in the province is most welcome (News October 15).
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NewsShoring up support for water world
Feilden Clegg Bradley has unveiled its masterplan for a 2,250-home development on the site of a disused quarry in Oxfordshire.
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NewsShanghai prize
UK-based practice PRC has been appointed to masterplan a 1 million sq m mixed-use scheme at the Hangzhou Central Business District in Shanghai, China.
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NewsPrimary patterns
North London-based practice East has been commissioned by the Sorrell Foundation to design improvements to Sussex Road School in Tonbridge, Kent.
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ReviewWizard of Oz
After all the controversy surrounding the choice of flower arranger Constance Spry as a suitable exhibition subject, the Design Museum is on far safer ground with its new show on Marc Newson, which opens tomorrow (October 23).
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ReviewModernism in reverse
A Mendelsohn retrospective leaves John Lee disappointed by his descent into conservatism
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Opinion
Ian Martin
MondayWorking breakfast (via videophone) with Norman, still aglow at getting Building of the Year for his Lewinsky Tower. “The only way is up, Norm,” I tell him. “These sausages are great.”His voice drops. Did I know he’s currently working on the “largest project on the planet”? I have three guesses. ...
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FeaturesSelf-help group
Franks Gehry’s technological arm has called on UK architects to form a ‘digital ecosystem’ for mutual benefit
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NewsGoing live
How did architecture’s Oscars fare against Casualty? We go behind the scenes at Saturday night’s first-ever live Stirling TV show
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Opinion
A helping hand from start to finish
As a journalist, I know that beginnings and endings are the hardest part of any story.
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NewsFaults found at second Hodder pool
Fresh problems have emerged on a Hodder Associates-designed swimming pool — not the troubled Clissold Leisure Centre, but its latest award-winning baths at Grange-over-Sands in Cumbria.
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News
RIBA plans election manifesto
If you could sit down with the prime minister over coffee and tell him three things architects could do to improve life in Britain, what would they be?
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NewsYoung guns dream job razed to ground
Forensic experts are investigating the cause of a massive explosion that last week destroyed the first major public building project by one of the UK’s most highly regarded young architects.