All Building Design articles in 26 Oct 2012
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News
K4 secures go-ahead for £31m Birmingham fire station redevelopment
Councillors finally grant permission for six-storey proposals after blocking high-rise plans
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News
Modece Architects gets planning for controversial eco-build house
Suffolk home approved after appeal
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Features
10x10: Steve Humphreys' collage of Foubert's Place
BD previews drawings by artists and architects that will be auctioned off to raise money for Article 25
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Technical
School pavilion Allenmoos II by Boltshauser Architekten
Handcrafted, natural materials and refined construction techniques are combined to create a quiet sensitivity
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News
All-star shortlist competes for Hackney housing
David Chipperfield among finalists for Colville Estate
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News
Floating London river park plans hit bottom
Navigational safety issues may have sunk plans for Gensler’s £60m Thames scheme
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Opinion
Londoners have that sinking feeling
The demise of Gensler’s floating park shows that privately funded schemes need closer scrutiny
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Opinion
Now they’ll jail you for rocking the boat
Boat Race protester Trenton Oldfield’s imprisonment tells us about the changes to our public space
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Opinion
Is listing being swayed by economic factors?
Yes, says Peter Stewart, it is a political decision; while Roger Bowdler says the utmost impartiality is used
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Features
The Oscar goes to …
We wish Oscar Niemeyer well as he recovers from a recent hospitalisation in Rio de Janeiro and, meanwhile, look back at this photo of him from 1979.
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Features
10x10: Terry Farrell's 'Comyn Ching'
BD previews drawings by artists and architects that will be auctioned off to raise money for Article 25
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Architecture champion Nick Johnson quits Urban Splash
Developer was key to Park Hill and New Islington housing successes
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Opinion
Abolish the self-obsessed RIBA
Having become an architect accredited in building conservation only to find the RIBA flounced off and set up its own accreditation scheme within the fee it charged me, I recently resigned from the institute.
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Opinion
Stirling Prize needs new remit
The strangest part of the RIBA Awards is that the EU is included in the Stirling Prize rather than the Lubetkin Prize.
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Opinion
Celebrating with Glenn Howells and Richard Rogers
Boots on birthday bashes, broken ankles and keeping mum
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BDP revenues hit by spending cuts
Practice’s 15% slump blamed on slowdown in schools and health
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Opinion
The landscape is ours to share
The landscape is ours to share Elizabeth Hopkirk’s article, “ London reveals its high hopes ” (Culture October 19), on the High Line for London ideas competition contains two key errors that must be put right.
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Kensington stands by £80m Holland Park school
Kensington Chelsea Council was this week forced to defend its £80 million Holland Park School, which will start taking its first pupils next month. The six-storey Aedas-designed building has been divided into two halves separated by a central atrium with each level connected by walkways. The school’s 1,400 ...
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Opinion
Young architects deserve better than a pop-up future
This year’s YAYA shortlist offers hope, but what the profession needs is a new generation of good clients
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Features
YAYA 2012: Young, gifted and on track
In one of the most challenging periods to be a young architect, this year’s Young Architect of the Year shortlist demonstrates that it is still possible to make great work if you are energetic in seeking out opportunities