All Building Design articles in 28 November 2008 – Page 3
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OpinionWorld goes on
I did my part I year out in Eric Lyons’ office at the time World’s End was completing on site (BD Magazine November). Following the closure of Span, his studio was little more than one man and his dog. I was the dog.
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Opinion
Pigs are flying
Boots was surprised to see a new face at Arb’s board meeting last week. Had he come for the free coffee and muffins perhaps?
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Cultural desert
Seems OMA’s Reinier de Graaf is still smarting from his spat with Foster & Partners over similarities between their separate designs for sites in the UAE, reported in BD 18 months ago.
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OpinionShould councils have power to judge on design quality?
Should councils have power to judge on design quality? Yes, this is a long awaited breakthrough, says LibDem peer and campaigner Paul Tyler, but architect Jan Maciag is appalled.
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NewsSchool’s cool pool
Architect Mackenzie Wheeler has won planning permission for this £2 million swimming pool at Feltonfleet School in Cobham, Surrey.
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Conran reappointed as trustee
The Design Museum has reappointed Sebastian Conran (pictured), one of the sons of the museum’s founder, Terence Conran, as a trustee.
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Opinion
Ethical conflict
I suggest that the architects of last week’s featured Museum of Conflict in Libya contact your ethical agony aunt, Irena Bauman.
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Foster’s Lewisham College plan
Lewisham College has chosen Foster & Partners to design its £150 million skills centre in south-east London.
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Round in circles
So local authorities are to have the power to turn down planning applications on the basis of poor design. In other words, planning officers and lay committees will decide what good design is.
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NewsChipperfield scheme under way
The troubled seaside Turner Contemporary Gallery at Margate, Kent, will be delayed for another year.
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Chipperfield wins Italian prize
David Chipperfield has been selected as the recipient of Italy’s Cubo d’Oro prize for 2008.
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Opinion
Don’t stop at CDM
I couldn’t agree more with Paul Morrell that we should dump the CDM regs (Opinion November 21). But I would go much further and dump the Health & Safety Executive as well.
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Seven Thames bridges listed
Culture secretary Andy Burnham this week announced the listing of seven bridges across the River Thames on the advice of English Heritage.
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FeaturesHow the boom busted planning
Boom has been horrible for UK architecture, bringing with it the blight of US-style malls to our towns and countryside. Will better planning return to the equation in leaner times?
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BSF blasted as a ‘wasted opportunity’
Too little emphasis on design lets down new schools, says survey
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RIBA wants bigger VAT cut for repairs
The RIBA has welcomed this week’s pre-budget report by chancellor of the exchequer Alistair Darling, which the government claims will avert the worst consequences of the recession.
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NewsFootball club pavilion is on the ball
Spacelab’s £700,000 design for a junior football club pavilion in north-west London has been granted planning permission.
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NewsWe won’t bail out The Public, says council
Sandwell Council and Arts Council England are in crisis talks over the future of Will Alsop’s The Public, which has yet to open its flagship interactive gallery to a single paying visitor.
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