All Building Design articles in 25 January 2008 – Page 3
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NewsWorsley travel fellowship formed
The RIBA and the British School at Rome (BSR) have created a travel fellowship in memory of architectural historian and critic Giles Worsley (pictured).
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OpinionSharks lurk in ethical waters
Artistic freedom, at a profit, can be a powerful pull over principles on human rights. Where do you draw the line?
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NewsRevelation enrages Smithfield inquiry
Plans to replace part of Smithfield Market with a KPF-designed office scheme suffered a new blow this week after it emerged that developer Thornfield recently bought a car park in the market’s basement but failed to declare it.
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NewsMurray and Dunlop scoop Glasgow hotel
Gordon Murray & Alan Dunlop Architects has beaten Make and RMJM to land a high-rise, five-star hotel commission for a riverside site in central Glasgow’s new financial services district.
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DfL seeks framework tenders
Expressions of interest are being sought from architects and other professionals for a new framework panel for the mayor’s Design for London.
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Obesity role for design
Architects working in England will be eligible to receive special training under the government’s £372 million strategy to tackle obesity, unveiled this week.
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EH to push energy cuts in old homes
English Heritage has teamed up with a leading energy company to find ways of adapting Victorian and Edwardian homes to make them more energy efficient.
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Opinion
Correction
Our news item last week on Headingly pavilion referred to the involvement of SMC Gower Archtects.
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Edaw nets Coney Island redesign
Edaw has triumphed in a competition to redesign Steeplechase Plaza at Coney Island, New York.
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FeaturesDarbourne’s welcome complexity
A chance to win a MacBook Air as we mark the launch of this year’s Housing Design Awards with a look at this previous winner
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NewsCity towers in turmoil following share slump
New landmarks in doubt as recession looms, but SEW bags Tower 42 revamp
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NewsChallenge to Foster in Shoreditch
Action group proposes own scheme to save popular high street bar
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NewsCulloden memorial centre open
Gareth Hoskins Architects has revealed its new £7 million Culloden Battlefield Memorial Centre near Inverness.
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Building StudyCaruso St John’s scheme for Escher-Wyss Platz, Zurich
Caruso St John, working with German artist Thomas Demand on two buildings for a public square in Zurich, makes a quietly political point about the human costs of regeneration, based on China’s infamous ’Nail House’
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FeaturesWhy I’m not buoyed by Gehl
The acclaimed planning guru is championing public space of unremitting blandness, says Jonathan Glancey
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Slump in client building enquiries
Client enquiries for all types of building work have fallen to the lowest levels since 2005, according to the Federation of Master Builders.
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NewsCouncil sues over illegal work to Putney Bridge
Disgraced architect Clifford Gardner could face jail after drilling holes in listed bridge