All Building Design articles in 25 June 2004 – Page 2
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News
The green man
Robert Booth meets the MP steering the sustainable buildings bill through parliament this week
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Technical
Glazed over
A new report on facades calls for architects to break the glass habit and consider more environmentally friendly ways to glaze.
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News
as review panel gives heritage a voice
Cabe has pledged to appoint more classicists to its design review committee after heritage experts complained to the government that it was "overriding" heritage concerns in its judgments.
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Opinion
The force is strong
The last sentence of your article on Ken Shuttleworth's Vortex (News June 11) reads: "The engineer also believes the distinctive shape works well to minimise wind loads." This rings a bell.The Vortex is a version of the hyperboloid of one sheet (albeit using different values for the equation) used in ...
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Technical
Fantasy facade
There's nothing shy about Alsop's designs for The Public in West Bromwich. Gareth Gardner reports on this arts centre project
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Building Study
First Look: Education gateway
RMJM this week unveiled designs for the first phase of a £50 million higher education scheme in the heart of the Thames Gateway.
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Opinion
Dominique Perrault
To coincide with his first exhibit at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, the Frenchman will be in London this Monday to discuss his design for the New Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg
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News
Hospital design ‘too inflexible’
Hospital designs are too fixed to cope with changing health service requirements, NHS chief executives warned this week.
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Opinion
Making density more palatable
Councillors' reservations about high-density development are not surprising. At the Civic Trust we are all too aware of our members' concern and the challenge facing suburban areas to accommodate higher residential numbers. One of the main concerns is losing facilities to give way to housing development. If we are to ...
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News
Demolition kick-starts Gorbals regeneration
A massive regeneration plan for an area dubbed "Glasgow's Bronx" has been kick-started by the decision to demolish the first of the area's 1970s tower blocks.
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News
Winged creatures
Artist Gerry Judah has completed a dramatic series of winged structures to celebrate the centenary of Rolls Royce. The 30m-high steel designs, which in total weigh more than 30 tonnes, will form the main display for this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed. They display three of the company’s record-breaking vehicles: ...
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News
Contractor on Ushida Findlay job still owed
Subcontractors working on Ushida Findlay Architects projects in Qatar are to lose substantial earnings following the voluntary liquidation of the practice.
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News
A classic for Derby
Feilden Clegg Bradley’s designs for a £13.7 million visual arts and media centre in Derby have gone on show to the public.A model of the so-called Quad is being displayed at the Derby Museum & Art Gallery until July 18. The facility, for Derby City Council, is intended to be ...
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Features
Motor men chase design credit, too
People sometimes gasp when told how long a project can take from commission to occupation. Even excluding madcap planning inquiries such as the one for Heathrow's Terminal 5, the average timeframe can still be pretty daunting. But other products can take just as long, despite being exempt from planning permission ...
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News
Design chair to be shared
Ken Shuttleworth unlikely to be sole chair of Cabe design review committee after conflict of interest audit
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News
Cabe says poor, planners say yes
A controversial twin tower development in Ilford has won full planning approval. Permission for Pioneer Point, a £65 million landmark designed by Haskoll for the Empire Property Group and comprising a 24-storey and a 31-storey tower on a brownfield site, was granted by the London Borough of Redbridge. Earlier this ...
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News
Brits Olympic glory
While the organisers of this summer’s Olympic Games in Athens race to finish the facilities in time, they can rest easy at the city’s Faliron Bay, where UK practice Sport Concepts’ arena for the handball and tae kwon do events has just completed. It is hoped the 8,000-seat arena will ...
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News
Bridge with a twist
Hakes Associates' ribbon-like pedestrian and cycle bridge has been selected to connect Bristol's old Courage Brewery site to Castle Park. The bridge, which was designed with Buro Happold and has just been submitted for planning permission, takes its inspiration from the mobius strip. This is a one-sided surface that is ...
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