All Building Design articles in 27 March 2009 – Page 3
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OpinionThe third way
It has occurred to me that architects visiting London might be mildly surprised to see Palladio and Le Corbusier’s names writ large on the side of buses and in the passages of the Underground
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Opinion
Survey the scene
The recent healthy debate about the regulation of the profession (Letters passim) poses difficulties in moving forward where none need exist
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OpinionOff limits at the RIBA
Secret agendasBD would like to tell readers a little about RIBA Council meetings but is struggling against an institute that seems to be getting more secretive by the day. Following a meeting late last year, at which all but one item was off-limits to the press, BD was informed this ...
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Opinion
It’s not unusual
Regarding your article on job opportunities in Kazakhstan and elsewhere (News March 20), it would appear that the writer has never been outside the western hemisphere
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OpinionDoes London need a new vernacular for housing?
Yes, it would offer coherence to our developing neighbourhoods, says Alex Ely; while Joe Morris argues that it means an indigenous but anonymous architecture
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OpinionHeterodox on Hereford House
In its de-listing of Colin St John Wilson’s Hereford House (News February 20), the DCMS has gravely misjudged the building’s significance — it is important as his first work in the private sphere, following his noteworthy contributions at London County Council
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TechnicalGreen towns still stuck on red
The government’s eco-towns initiative may be ailing, but it has highlighted sustainable ideas such as interseasonal heat storage and biomass CHP, here explored for two proposed developments in the south of England
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Building StudyParallel lives at the Whitechapel Gallery
The expansion and refurbishment of east London’s Whitechapel Gallery by Belgian practice Robbrecht & Daem, working with Witherford Watson Mann, burnishes the city’s art scene
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AnalysisEducation, education, education...
…was New Labour’s mantra, but with the LSC’s college rebuilding plans in tatters, will the primary school programme fare any better?
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Opinion
Drain the swamp
I agree with Susan Ballinger (Letters March 20). All planning and building regulations applications should be made by an architect as this would solve a lot of the problems — RIBA and Arb, take note!
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OpinionDon’t just wait for good times to return
It will be the final misery of these times if all we emerge with is downsized businesses and nastier buildings
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OpinionWhatever happened to craft?
Architects should put away the computer and dig into the toolbox for an appreciation of materials and how buildings actually work
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Opinion
Content majority
I am bemused by Gordon Kidd (Letters March 20) suggesting the answer to the poor turnout in the Arb elections is to “return Arb to its registration-only function”
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FeaturesTravails of an inner city travelling machine
Date March 1987Architect Julyan WickhamCars are more than mere vehicles for getting from A to B, opined BD, in its series called Motors, before adding that architects — being aesthetes — don’t simply pick the most expensive on offer, but go for looks and design as well. Of course they ...
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ReviewBuildings in bloom
Upcoming cultural attractions with an architectural tinge this spring include more Le Corbusier, the Baroque and Milan’s furniture fair
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ReviewRut Blees Luxemburg’s visions of decades
Photographer Rut Blees Luxemburg is diversifying from the images for which she’s best known
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OpinionArts face recession’s wrath
A funding crisis should not be allowed to derail projects from which we all have much to gain
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ReviewRock down to view the architecture of Western Avenue
Recent architectural developments along the western route out of London are worth a look
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News
Fraenkel elected to chair Arb board
Beatrice Fraenkel has been elected chair of the Arb board, four months after being appointed to the registration board by the Privy Council
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