All Building Design articles in 27 April 2007 – Page 3
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NewsSloane Square revamp dumped by the public
Ditching of Stanton Williams’ scheme is further blow to mayor’s 100 Public Spaces initiative
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NewsDesign’s the thing in masterplan for Shakespeare’s old school
Wright & Wright Architects has beaten practices including Allies & Morrison to design this project for William Shakespeare’s old school in Stratford-upon-Avon.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron scores at Pompey
Herzog & de Meuron has designed this 36,000-seat stadium for Portsmouth Football Club as the centrepiece of a proposed £600 million harbour-front development by the club and Sellar Property Group.
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OpinionUse, not design, counts in spaces
The assertion (News April 20) that the public wants space not style is just nonsense. I have no doubt that a commissioned survey could back up his claim, but then I have no doubt such a survey could back up a claim that most people believe the earth is flat ...
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DCLG ‘failing to deliver sustainable communities’
A government adviser has attacked the DCLG’s record on delivering sustainable communities.
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Commonwealth Institute saved
The future of west London’s grade II* listed Commonwealth Institute has been secured 10 months after an abortive attempt by culture secretary Tessa Jowell to delist it for demolition.
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OpinionCold comfort
I thought we architects were supposed to be leading the industry forward in sustainable design. Yet Dow Jones’ refurbished house at Walberswick does not include a draught lobby.
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Opinion
The living city
Thank you for your thoughtful leader on public life and public space — often two very different and conflicting issues. There is much truth in the Demos/Rowntree report but there is also a real danger that we polarise this issue.
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Happy chance
Alain de Botton will have a chance to put into practice what he preaches as a judge on this year’s Stirling Prize jury.
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ReviewCentury in a nutshell
This thorough, thoughtful and balanced history is a must-read, discovers Thomas Muirhead
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NewsCalatrava’s Chicago Spire
Santiago Calatrava’s 610m-tall Chicago Spire, set to become the tallest tower in the US, has received planning consent from the city.
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Cads in business
Speaking of affairs of the heart, architects are the new love rats, a current West End production suggests.
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Toilets for schools to flush out bullies
New design guidelines for school toilets aim to reduce bullying by promoting unisex hand-washing areas, and eliminating urinals.
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NewsRetirement ‘time bomb’ threatens conservation
The UK’s historic built environment could be damaged because of a retirement “time-bomb” among local authority conservation officers, experts have warned.
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NAO slates Blair on green targets
The government’s green credentials have been attacked in a National Audit Office report, which found that 80% of government building projects surveyed failed to meet the standards it has set itself.
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OpinionCan the RIBA stop this white male middle-class bias?
Yasmin Shariff says the RIBA is ideally placed to broaden architecture’s base, but Ferhan Azman argues that the answer lies in pay levels
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Beware ‘scoops’
A lot of us on this side of the architectural press have been biting our tongues at the deluge of nascent concepts by architectural “names” that increasingly adorn your pages. Last week’s front page was no exception.
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NewsBennetts go-ahead at RSC Stratford
Bennetts Associates has received planning consent for its £112 million scheme for Stratford-upon-Avon’s 1932 art deco Royal Shakespeare Theatre.