All Building Design articles in 23 July 2004 – Page 2
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News
Eurocodes guidance launched
The Institution of Structural Engineers has issued recommendations to ensure a smooth transition to Eurocodes.
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Technical
Technicalities: Dogma design
In his film The Five Obstructions director Lars von Trier set his mentor, Jorgen Leth, the challenge of remaking Leth’s film the Perfect Human, but with a series of impediments.
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News
EC cracks down on fee scales
In a move that could affect fee charging in the UK, the European Commission has fined the Belgian equivalent of the RIBA €100,000 (£66,700) for “helping price co-ordination” by publishing fee scales.
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NewsWhat next for the country?
Urban strategies are being modified to relieve growing pressure on the countryside. In a five-page special, BD investigates a new vanguard in rural architecture
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NewsWhat a corker
ABK Architects has won a competition to design new civic offices for Cork City Council in Ireland. The practice beat four others to the appointment and has now lodged a planning application for the 9,200sq m scheme.The new building, to be connected to the existing town hall, is set to ...
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TechnicalConcretes finer details
Concrete is taken to a new level in Panter Hudspith’s City & County Museum.
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Opinion
Iconoclasm, clouds and con tricks
This summer’s argument between iconic and contextual architecture changed from parlour game to public debate on Monday when Alsop’s Cloud scheme in Liverpool, Britain’s most iconic proposal of recent years, was scrapped by its public-sector clients and the public that holds them to account.
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Opinion
Raines check
Your article, “Prefab security slammed” (News July 9), and editorial conspired to give a misleading picture on Raines Court.Secured by Design (SBD) was fully consulted during the pre-construction phases and no specific recommendations were made at this time. SBD’s specific concerns regarding deck access, the open-plan flat layouts and the ...
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Opinion
Pull up a chair
Another ex-RIBA president has been eying the Cabe chairmanship — Paul Hyett. He’s been taking a few gentle soundings and might fancy a pop at the big gig, alongside Marco Goldschmied. As far as anyone can tell, Hyett looks like an outsider, but the whole situation seems confused. What kind ...
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News
Historian wins dismissal case
An architectural historian has been awarded £12,000 at an employment tribunal for unfair dismissal by prestigious conservation practice Purcell Miller Tritton.
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News
RIBA calls for radical planning experiment
Developers would bid for a licence under proposals put to government
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Opinion
Worst of British
A recent comment by Peter Kellow is that as “British people” don’t like modern architecture, we should therefore give it up, a proposal seconded by Robert Adam (Letters July 2).To be consistent let’s ditch the arts entirely and confine our media to soaps, sport and Big Brother. While we’re at ...
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ReviewBreaking the mould
The sculptor Sir Anthony Caro celebrates his 80th birthday this year, an occasion marked this month by the publication of two books that chart his development.Anthony Caro: A Life in Sculpture by Julius Bryant provides an introduction to his work, with archive photographs and illustrations of his best-known works. It ...
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Opinion
Oh, Danny boy
The New York gossip mill reports that Ground Zero architect Daniel Libeskind recently threw a party to celebrate the departure of New York Times critic Herbert Muschamp. The long serving NYT critic created a stir last year when he wrote a review backing Rafael Vinoly’s THINK Team proposal for Ground ...
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Opinion
Listing benefits
Handing over responsibility for listing buildings to English Heritage (News July 2) can only benefit the development industry as it will bring increased certainty. The transfer of responsibility to English Heritage does not come without scrutiny and has important new safeguards: it will be required to act within published ...
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NewsBeijing butterfly
Weston Williamson Architects has unveiled its revamped designs for Beijing South Central train station in China. The London-based practice is competing against Terry Farrell & Partners and French practice AREP for the station, which will serve more than 400,000 passengers a day.The three practices originally submitted designs in April and ...
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BD editorial in Holyrood case
Three BD articles have been submitted as evidence to the ongoing inquiry into the Holyrood Parliament building.
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