All Building Design articles in 7 May 2004 – Page 2
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News
'Streetfighter' Pringle sets out his presidential stall
Jack Pringle positioned himself as the tough guy candidate in the race for the RIBA presidency last Friday, claiming there was "something of a streetfighter" about him.
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Opinion
Taking his queue
Since when did the deputy prime minister have to queue for anything? Since he became an RIBA honorary fellow this week. John Prescott arrived at Portland Place in a Mercedes, but proved he was a true man of the people when he stood in line for his honorary scroll with ...
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TechnicalHeavenly sounds
Heaven 17 founder Martyn Ware is now making his mark as an acoustic designer.
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News
Hadid on Manhattan public park shortlist
Zaha Hadid Architects has been shortlisted with seven other practices to transform Manhattan institution the High Line into a public park.
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Opinion
Mysterious girl
It is good to see that the Landscape Design Trust has celebrated Peter Shepheard’s full and varied career with a new monograph (Culture April 30). Shepheard was a beacon of the values behind an architecture of the “everyday” and the role of the generalist.In today’s world of paradox that has ...
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Opinion
Philly friends
It is strange to read the statement that the legacy of Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown has been, “to remove any idea of the social or political relevance of architecture...” (Letters April 8). Let me tell you about Chad (Charter High School for Architecture & Design) in Philadelphia – ...
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Opinion
Fitting honour?
Another interesting fellowship went to Fergus Muir, the civil servant responsible for architecture at the Department for Culture, Media & Sport. According to RIBA chief executive Richard Hastilow, one of the reasons Muir won the award was for “helping in the reconstruction of Iraq”. Um…
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Practice sues for unpaid fees
Munkenbeck & Marshall Architects is suing a client for what it claims is more than £62,000 in unpaid fees.
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Opinion
A little discipline
Staying with the military theme, RIBA president George Ferguson opened the ceremony, sharing the stage with Hastilow, a former senior Royal Navy officer. Ferguson said the fellowships would be “awarded by discipline. I don’t mean military discipline. There is not a lot of that here, except for…” the president then ...
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Deja vu?
Jean Nouvel is working with Norman Foster on a major City of London scheme, but first his practice is rushing to finish its own phallic symbol in Barcelona. The remarkable Torre Agbar – an office scheme for Barcelona’s main water company – is no erotic gherkin though. Nouvel describes it ...
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ReviewCutting it
Printmaker and illustrator Paul Catherall takes inspiration from architectural landmarks for his meticulous linocuts, on show in a new exhibition at London's Clapham Art Gallery. Catherall works from his own photographs, often altering angles and details as he draws before producing linocuts with paints he mixes himself. The results are ...
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Opinion
Stand up comrade
It was an interesting coincidence that on the back of the page featuring Charles Jencks's letter about terrorism and architects (Letters April 23), there was an advert for Barbour Index featuring "comrade" Lenin and Russians.The corollary is that, architects – with all their good intentions and valuable function as the ...
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Country house clause plea
Norman Foster, RIBA president George Ferguson and MP Alan Howarth met planning minister Keith Hill last week to lobby for the retention of the country house clause.
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Cabe to tackle hot spots
Cabe has launched a pilot scheme to test whether it can focus its resources in local areas during periods of major redevelopment.
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Industry bodies join forces to blast new planning guidelines
The government’s overall guidelines for planners known as PPS1 have been slammed this week for neglecting the importance of design.
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Big names feature at Selfridges
Foreign Office Architects, Zaha Hadid and Alsop Architects are to showcase their work to shoppers on London's Oxford Street as part of an Architecture Foundation scheme to take over window displays at Selfridges.
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Bartlett plans to double in size
The Bartlett architecture school could double in size with a new building next door to the much-loathed original, under plans to be pushed forward by incoming chair Christine Hawley.
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NewsBall’s Cornish comeback
Architect Jonathan Ball has bounced back from his legal battle over the Eden Project by unveiling new plans, designed by Edward Cullinan Architects, for a tourist attraction in Cornwall. The Great Atlantic Way will be a series of 30 visitor attractions along the coast of Cornwall. Ball, who co-founded the ...
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