All Building Design articles in 26 August 2011 – Page 2
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Opinion
Getting the Nord story straight
I write in response to the piece in Boots (August 12) regarding Wexford County Council Headquarters. The project was designed by the practice Nord LLP, which was renamed Robin Lee Architecture in 2011.
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Features
End of a dream for Edinburgh’s Gulliver
Gulliver EdinburghGulliver Edinburgh Date September 1978Location Craigmillar, EdinburghArtist Jimmy BoyleIn the week Owen Hatherley’s urban trawl takes him to the Scottish capital, we look back to when the “longest concrete sculpture in Europe” was unveiled in Craigmillar, Edinburgh, in 1978.Constructed by young unemployed people as part ...
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Opinion
Herzog & de Meuron under the radar
It must be a sign of how tough times are – Herzog & de Meuron has finally seen fit to launch a website.
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Technical
Elbphilharmonie Hamburg by Herzog & de Meuron
This geometrically complex concert hall is set to become one of the best in the world
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News
Planning reform fears overstated, says Clark
Planning minister Greg Clark has defended impending changes to the planning system, saying worries voiced by the National Trust and the Campaign to Protect Rural England are exaggerated.
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Technical
Vakko Fashion Centre & Power Media Centre by Rex
The facade of this structure in Turkey allowed the architect to explore his interest in bending glass
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Building Study
First look: Cambridge colleges inspire new Proctor & Matthews housing
Proctor & Matthews Architects has gained planning consent for 306 homes as part of a major new housing and mixed-use community on the edge of Cambridge by Countryside Properties.
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Opinion
Building an escape from the ghetto
The results of the very rich living next to the very poor can be seen in Hackney and Clapham
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Opinion
Give architects a role in investing in communities
The riots are a direct consequence of policies which alienate architects, pander to big business and line the pockets of bankers, developers, PFI companies, and other private organisations at the expense of the public purse.
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Opinion
Cabe has no bias against tradition
It was cheering to read Francis Terry’s comment on Design Council Cabe (Debate August 12), since he has had direct experience of how we work, unlike Ptolemy Dean, Jonathan Glancey or Maritz Vandenberg in the same issue.
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Opinion
Splashing out on Stirling after-party
If you’ve ever dreamt of partying in the largest listed building in Europe now may be your chance.
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Opinion
Reed all about it
Boots cannot honestly say she is going to miss outgoing president Ruth Reed.
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News
Young firms dominate Windermere shortlist
Some of Britain’s most hotly tipped young practices have been shortlisted to redevelop an existing boat museum on the banks of England’s biggest lake.
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News
Spurs wins review of Olympic stadium decision
Tottenham Hotspur has won the right to a judicial review of the decision to award the Populus-designed Olympic Stadium to West Ham after the 2012 games.
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Review
Slogans & Battle cries: ‘Form follows function’
Architectural aphorisms explored by Paul Shepheard
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Building Study
Edinburgh: A planning tradition that is the opposing force to grands projets
A process of ’conservative surgery’ has helped create an impressive city - making its low points all the less forgivable
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News
Alsop’s new practice to open office outside UK
All Design expects 75% of its work to come from overseas
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News
Architects back petition to reform procurement
’Safety-first’ culture accused of stifling flair in public sector buildings
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