All Building Design articles in 27 July 2007 – Page 4
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News
Unilever refit blends old and new
KPF has transformed a grade II listed building in the City of London which serves as headquarters for products multinational Unilever.
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News
Beetham tower wins go-ahead
Ian Simpson’s controversial 52-storey Beetham tower in London’s Blackfriars was given planning permission by Southwark Council this week.
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News
Leicester axes PFI hospitals as costs soar
A huge PFI hospital project in Leicester by BDP Architects has been scrapped after costs rose from £711 million to a staggering £921 million.
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Opinion
Does the UK have too many schools of architecture?
New courses are eroding the value of the title ‘architect’ says Richard Weston; while David Gloster argues that the quality can be maintained
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News
The class divide in Britain's architecture schools
ANALYSIS: BD's survey of student pass rates shows a widening gap between best and worst DEBATE: Are there too many schools?LEADER: Saturation means falling standards
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Building Study
Beyond Babel: the work of Swiss architect Peter Märkli
After two decades spent designing houses, Peter Märkli is at last building at a substantial scale. Ellis Woodman reports on why the Swiss architect is currently one of the most vital voices in Europe
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News
Chipperfield flats approved at last
David Chipperfield has won planning permission at the third attempt for his luxury flats scheme in Kensington, west London, for developer Candy & Candy.
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News
Cautious approval for Caltongate
Watchdog Architecture & Design Scotland has given qualified approval for the controversial £300 million Caltongate masterplan in Edinburgh’s Old Town.
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Features
Problems amount to a hill of beans
Residents of the Beanhill estate in Milton Keynes were not not happy with their Norman Foster designed housing
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News
The Stirling shortlist lacks environmental ambition
OPINION: Where are the buildings tackling climate change, asks Robin NicholsonPOLL: Scroll down the homepage to take part in our pollPLUS: News report, images, BD writers' verdicts and Kevin McLouche
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News
Age bias hurts industry — report
The construction industry should be doing more to tackle age discrimination, according to a report by the Department of Work & Pensions.
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News
HLM’s £5.7m disability unit opens
An HLM-designed £5.7 million mental health unit (pictured) in south-west Yorkshire has been completed.
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News
Burj Dubai passes Taipei 101 record
Dubai’s Burj Dubai has overtaken Taipei 101 in Taiwan as the world’s tallest building.
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News
Celebrating 100 years of Spence
The Royal Commission on the Ancient & Historical Monuments of Scotland is to launch a touring exhibition on Scottish-born 20th century architect Basil Spence next month.
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Multimedia
Video clip: Peter Märkli talk at London Met
See a short clip from Peter Märkli’s 4-hour lecture given at the London Metropolitan University last November
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News
Missing the mark
Architecture courses are booming, but do low pass rates indicate an unacceptable drop in standards?
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Multimedia
Peter Märkli talk at London Met
See a short clip from Peter Märkli's 4-hour lecture given at the London Metropolitan University last November.
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Opinion
Give Liverpool best of both
I read the latest negative diatribe from Wayne Colquhoun of the Liverpool Preservation Trust (Letters July 20).
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Technical
Come back to the fold
Corrugated sheeting has a reputation as utilitarian, but originally it was an experimental material for building wide-span, self-supporting roofs, write Adam Mornement and Pedro Guedes
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