All Building Design articles in 23 January 2009 – Page 2
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News
Make under pressure to alter Tottenham masterplan
Make could be forced to alter plans for the redevelopment of Tottenham Hotspur Football Club amid claims that the planned demolition of listed buildings on the site would be “very difficult to justify” under planning rules.
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Review
Le Corbusier: The Art of Architecture until May 24
In the first major survey in London of Le Corbusier in more than 20 years, this timely reassessment presents a wealth of original models, interior settings, drawings, furniture, photographs, films, tapestries, paintings, sculpture and books designed and written by the architect himself.
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Competitions
Office Let: Economical Deskspaces in EC1
Up to three deskspaces available in light and airy studio in EC1.
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Review
Peter Coffin: The Curve- until May 10
In his largest installation ever in the UK; New York based artist, Peter Coffin projects a 360- degree aerial view of Japanese gardens along the 90-metre curved wall of the Barbican gallery
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Review
Polly Apfelbaum: Anything Can Happen in a Horse Race- until March 22
This will be the first solo exhibition in a UK public gallery for Polly Apfelbaum, the American artist describing her works as ‘fallen paintings’.
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Review
Armando Andrade Tudela- until March 29
Armando Andrade Tudela works across a range of media, tracing the flow of objects, images and materials between different aspects of culture including architecture and social or political movements and history.
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Review
Manthia Diawara: Maison Tropicale- until March 29
Mali-born filmmaker Manthia Diawara, brings to life the hidden stories of Jean Prouvé’s prototype pre-fab tropical houses, (designed between 1949 and 1951) that were intended to address the shortage of housing in the French colonies of West Africa.
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News
Arup Associates' Sky headquarters
Arup Associates' £233 million new broadcast facility for Sky near Heathrow has topped out.
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Competitions
For Sale Solid Oak Flooring
Solid oak flooring, Brand new, character grade, from £11.99 Per M2 excl. (while stocks last)
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News
Erick van Egeraat goes into receivership
Frozen projects blamed after Dutch star architect declares his practice insolvent
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News
Atkins to slash 260 British jobs
Design and engineering giant blames worsening recession for redundancy programme
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Opinion
Turning tables
How will the RIBA get over the embarrassment of handing out architecture’s main prize with no cash for the winner?
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Opinion
Ripping yarn
While they may now have spent six months without a paying visitor, staff at the Public art gallery in West Bromwich have not been at a loss as to how to fill their time.
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News
Leicester leads on Part L
Bond Bryan Architects’ £25 million city centre campus for Leicester College has opened to students
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Opinion
Jam tomorrow
Depressed architects are being encouraged to strum their troubles away, Boots hears
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Features
Jan’s refusal to be imprisoned
Architect Jan Kaplicky and actor Patrick McGoohan, who gave Portmeirion a starring role in The Prisoner, shared the same inability to handle the mediocre
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News
Nee to lead McAslan historic team
Pauline Nee is to head up John McAslan & Partners’ historic buildings division.