All Building Design articles in 25 April 2008 – Page 2
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OpinionAre the mayor’s new planning powers good for London?
Definitely, says Brian Waters of the London Planning & Development Forum, but design and conservation consultant Richard Coleman thinks it is a power too far.
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OpinionSpeed freak
Congratulations to Ian Simpson who has become Britain’s first owner of the Alfa 8C Competition supercar, a beast of a motor which is “visually arresting from all angles”.
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NewsFoster under pressure to reveal tax status
Labour and Lib Dems claim Swiss residency for tax reasons conflicts with seat in the Lords
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NewsTate extension plan was rush job
Herzog & de Meuron’s £215 million extension for the Tate Modern was rushed through the planning process, Southwark Council has admitted.
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OpinionParis sees RHG as a star exhibit
BD readers backing the Robin Hood Gardens campaign may be interested — but not surprised — to learn that while the minister for culture (sic) and Tower Hamlets’ Council are conspiring to demolish the Smithsons’ estate, in Paris it is now the star exhibit of a large retrospective show on ...
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Opinion
Regal eagle
An intriguing job ad in this week’s Guardian for a PA to work for a “world re-knowned [sic] architect” left Boots wondering who this might be.
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Opinion
Drawing a line
Richard Brindley’s response to the question “Plan drawers are undermining us” (Practice April 3) just shows how out of touch the RIBA has become.
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OMA unveils its design for Prada
The Office for Metropolitan Architecture’s think-tank, AMO, has unveiled its design for a complex near Milan for the Prada Foundation.
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‘Repairs’ lead to demolition threat
The Victorian Society has branded plans to demolish the remains of Derby’s grade II listed Hippodrome theatre as “horrifying” after work meant to repair the building damaged its structure.
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Hodge delays listing decision
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge has delayed her decision on whether to list Robin Hood Gardens after English Heritage handed her its report on the seminal estate later than expected.
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NewsRIBA offers course to design out terror
The RIBA has offered strong support to the government’s plan for architects to help “design out terrorism” by setting up a new training course.
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NewsEPR graduate’s yacht club submitted for planning
EPR Architects is seeking planning permission for a yacht club on Guernsey in the Channel Islands.
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OpinionTime for contractors to come clean
The industry cannot pick and choose on integrity in the wake of the OFT report
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Opinion
Cities limits
In his essay on the need for a more appropriate architectural language for towns and cities, Leon Krier cites the Gherkin to demonstrate that however much admiration and envy buildings known as “architectural priapism” inspire, they also awaken “jealousy and envy”.
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OpinionTreasured chest
Finally, to underwear. Readers will recall course director Alison MacKinder’s challenge to students to design a highly supportive bra for her to wear on a 26-mile walk for breast cancer charities.
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NewsChelsea terraces
Dixon Jones has revealed its £12 million Chelsea Apartments scheme, for the Manhattan Loft Corporation and the Trevor Osborne Property Group, which is set to go on site this summer.
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Chimps’ Budongo Trail open to view
Cooper Cromar’s £6 million chimpanzee complex, the Budongo Trail at Edinburgh Zoo, has opened to the public.
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TechnicalThinking inside the micro box
Munich university professor Richard Horden’s Micro Compact House
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Opinion
Bold front
Boots enjoyed Tuesday’s Front Row with Richard Rogers to mark the opening of his office’s retrospective at the Design Museum — especially presenter Mark Lawson pressing his lordship on topics dear to BD’s heart, including architectural ethics and the slow pace of transforming London’s public spaces.
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NewsMcCapra to head landscape body
Alastair McCapra has been appointed as the new director-general of the Landscape Institute, the professional body and regulator for landscape architecture.
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