All Building Design articles in 30 May 2008 – Page 2
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NewsEveryone’s talking about Robin Hood Gardens
Since BD launched its campaign to save Robin Hood Gardens in February, the issues raised have been debated and discussed all around the world.
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Information - BDShortlist
Dyson has teamed up with BD to run a competition for the design of a state-of-the-art sustainable washroom featuring the Dyson AirbladeTM hand dryer.
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Opinion
Principled stand
Good to see that Arb isn’t shying away from the big issues of the day. On the agenda at last week’s board meeting: should Arb continue its historical policy of not using the RIBA’s headquarters for meetings?
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OpinionStaying power
Perhaps the question raised in your news story should be not so much: “Why are the Australians going home and leaving us in the lurch?” but rather: “Why are we reliant on Australians in the first place, and what can we do to encourage them to stay?”
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Opinion
Out of this world
I knew architectural education was bad but I didn’t really appreciate how far down the plughole it had gone until I read the barely intelligible cyberbabble nonsense by Neil Spiller (IT May 16).
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OpinionAn Obama win is a monumental need
Chicago’s unsung Hyde Park area has an interest in seeing a president Obama
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NewsSoftroom sweeps into Merseyside
Softroom has won planning permission for its first bridge project, Pennington Road footbridge in Bootle, Merseyside.
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FeaturesMixed use needs real meaning
Jonathan Glancy laments the lost ambition for real, human-scale mixed-use buildings in favour of massive, sleek warehouses of people and consumables
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Opinion
Local heroes
Of course Amanda Baillieu in her leader (May 23) is right to take apart the pitiful mess the planning system is in. However, she oversteps the mark when she pillories all local politicians.
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News
New plans offer greater protection
Historic landmarks such as the Tower of London, Hadrian’s Wall and Durham Castle may receive greater protection under proposals outlined by the DCLG.
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NewsVery jolly green giants
A college building designed by RMJM for construction students learning about environmental best practice has won an award for sustainable design at this year’s Scottish Design Awards.
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News
Games on track, say inspectors
Preparations for London 2012 were given a clean bill of health by the International Olympic Committee last week following a three-day visit by inspectors.
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Towers face two-for-one inquiry fate
The fate of two of London’s most significant tower projects will be decided together at a single public inquiry, it has emerged.
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OpinionProvincial power does exist
Ruth Reed’s regional moan is out of date: government devolution and technology have bestowed a different power outside London
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Opinion
Kindest cuts
In his column on architects’ autobiographies (May 16), Jonathan Glancey suggests that George Gilbert Scott Jr “edited out what must have been all the really good bits” from Sir Gilbert’s Personal and Professional Recollections.
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Opinion
Hue and cry
Writing about postwar housing in last week’s Regeneration & Renewal magazine, Urban Splash’s Nick Johnson said he “remained unmoved by the recent furore in architectural circles over Robin Hood Gardens”...
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Opinion
Yo, cobber
Strewth, mates, the blinkin’ Poms have only gone and sprung Canberra’s plans to make their country even more crook!
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