All Building Design articles in 26 August 2005 – Page 2
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Facing the enemy
Is Humphrey Lloyd the profession’s protector or architects’ enemy number one? BD visits the Arb chief expecting a warrior, but instead finding a man quietly impressed by architecture
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NewsDouble top
Wilkinson Eyre Architects has been commissioned to design the fourth-tallest tower in the world and has the chance to build a second structure of the same size on a neighbouring site.
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RRP Docklands tower uncertain
A flagship commercial scheme by the Richard Rogers Partnership in London’s Canary Wharf was placed in doubt this week when details of a new competition for the site emerged.
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NewsWenger reveals his design role at Gunners’ new home
Football manager Arsène Wenger is the latest celebrity to turn part-time architect with a leading role in the design of key areas of Arsenal’s new stadium.
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NewsDefence of the realm
BDP is part of the consortium selected for a £400 million, 15-year contract by the Defence Science & Technology Laboratory.
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Building StudyDigging de Paor
The career of 2003 YAYA winner Tom de Paor has taken off in the last 18 months. BD visits a pair of Dublin houses and finds them suffused with subtlety and sexuality
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New report champions high-density suburbia
Residents could enjoy the benefits of urban living in a suburban setting if housebuilders raised densities above 50 dwellings per ha, according to a leading architectural practice.MacCormac Jamieson Prichard has published a report that claims high densities in suburban areas would slash infrastructure costs and improve access to amenities, but ...
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NewsCensors’ cut
Richard Murphy Architects has redesigned its controversial Sean Connery Filmhouse proposals in Edinburgh following widespread criticism of the project.
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NewsDispute puts Dracula castles future at stake
Plans to resurrect the crumbling Scottish castle that inspired Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel could be delayed because of a dispute between the client and consultants.
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ReviewJohnny Cash and me
I am a Johnny Cash fan. It is hard to put my finger on what specific affect he has had on my architecture — there are no ranches or haciendas in the portfolio as yet — but I rarely work without him. I listen to him a lot, an awful ...
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PTE’s John Edwards killed in car crash
John Edwards, a founding partner of Pollard Thomas Edwards, has died in a car crash at the age of 66. Edwards’ wife, Allison, was also killed.The best known example of Edwards’ work is New Concordia Wharf in Bermondsey, south London, which won the Europa Nostra award and plaudits from the ...
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Building StudyFirst Look: Wood’s good for Brooks homes
These two timber-clad homes have been designed by Alison Brooks Architects for a scheme in Wandsworth, London. The £1.6 million project for developer Lyford Investments is currently on site.Project architect Michael Woodford said the client had been inspired by the practice’s award-winning VXO House in Hampstead.“The developer is very interested ...
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Simpsons contest boycott call
Ian Simpson has clashed with other leading architects in the North West after his call for a boycott of an invited competition was rebuffed.Developer Lever Street Properties said this week that practices BDP, MBLC and Pollard Thomas Edwards had all submitted entries to its competition for a mixed-use scheme in ...
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Improvements to Bourneville recipe
The famous Bournville Estate in Birmingham is to be redesigned by Scott Wilson. The practice has been appointed to masterplan the development and refurbishment of the 400ha estate, home to more than 27,000 people.It will look at the possibility of developing open spaces, woodlands, play areas and hedgerows throughout the ...
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Zaha Hadid got some extremely rough treatment in the Daily Telegraph last week in a profile that was not so much a hatchet job as an axe murder.
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Sites vie to host BBC in North
The race is on to provide the new home for the BBC in Manchester, with schemes by Massimiliano Fuksas, Ian Simpson and John McAslan tipped as contenders.
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Features
Changes at Apple's core
I’ve heard that Apple is going to start using Pentium processors. Is this true? Could it bridge the gap between Macs and PCs?
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Ken powers ahead for Games
The Mayor of London has issued a statutory direction to Transport for London and the London Development Agency to do everything necessary to prepare for the 2012 Olympic games.
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