All Building Design articles in 3 December 2004
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Opinion
Value of teaching
Neil Jackson puts forward the “only solution” for schools of architecture (Letters November 26), but is it right that we establish our educational structure on purely economic arguments rather than on proper pedagogical ones? Your article regarding Cabe’s support for changes to the RAE with regard to architectural education ...
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NewsWaiting for the sun
Can these architects emerge from the shadows of their famous bosses ? With reform in the air at Britain’s biggest firms, we ask if the next generation will shine or stay in the shadows
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NewsZahas wonder of science
Construction is progressing on Zaha Hadid’s complex £23 million Wolfsburg Science Centre in Saxony, Germany.
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NewsSandbag triumph
The Sandbag House is one of seven projects to win the Aga Khan Award for Architecture, which recognises outstanding design in Islamic societies.
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Opinion
Research is vital
Zoë Blacker’s assertion that the “true purpose” of any university is to teach conveniently wipes out centuries of history.
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NewsReading suspended
Santiago Calatrava has completed a £22 million, six-floor library for the Zurich University Law School.
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Opinion
Time not money
I find it interesting that Richard Saxon sees women architects as giving up the profession “as their pay cannot cover childcare costs” (Soapbox November 26).
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Opinion
Lost temple
Thirty-five years ago, my children gathered conkers along a forgotten section of the Roman Ermine Street in Hertfordshire.
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Opinion
Prince ill informed
Prince Charles is quoted saying “the concept [of modern methods] has more to do with ideology than practicality as it would cost twice as much to build components in factories and transport them to site” (News November 26).
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Building StudyMaking history
Muf’s one-room pavilion to guard a Roman mosaic in St Albans was five years in the making. Will the practice’s first bona fide building live up to expectations?
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News
Heritage specialist practices merge
Heritage specialist Purcell Miller Tritton has merged with the practice of St Paul’s Cathedral’s surveyor in a move that cements its role on some the British Isles’ leading cathedrals.
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Opinion
Solid foundation
Disillusioned Young Architect (Letters November 26) writes that the shortlist for the Architecture Foundation’s new HQ consists of “has-beens and fashionable hacks”. What we actually have is a balanced list that includes both recent graduates and a Pritzker Prize winner, with the majority in their twenties, thirties or early ...
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News
Fosters partners hand over
Six senior architects at Foster & Partners have been handed day-to-day control of the business in a move that sees the senior partners take on overseeing roles.
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Opinion
Dwayne Hemmingham
Why can’t modern housing be more like those containers you get Chinese takeaway in?
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Opinion
Design hot-bed
In his coherent and rather self-critical thesis (Soapbox November 26), Richard Saxon made a slightly irritating gaffe: “architects… usually in large local authority offices during the sixties doing socially responsible work (but let’s not look at what they produced)”.
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TechnicalThe cost of conservation
Part L consultation has closed, but architects still have reservations about the changes. We look at the challenges ahead