All Archive Titles articles – Page 116
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Show stopper
Riccardo Morandi wasn't Italy's best-known exponent of constructional rationalism but his experiments in concrete were more dramatic than most. Not many exhibition halls look this good …
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No walk in the park
Britain’s parks are in a sorry state but, despite the best efforts of regeneration bodies, reviving them is proving difficult. Find out how the government’s green spaces taskforce is proposing to tackle the problem and take a stroll around a few success stories.
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Principles: Professional negligence
The courts are taking a firm line with consultants in situations where the client would be left with no means of recovery if the consultant were not potentially liable.
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The Queens MoMA
The Museum of Modern Art's latest must-have merchandise is a bag emblazoned with the words 'MoMA Builds'.
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Living in Peabody London
Peabody People is a collection of five small books on the lives of 10 of the London housing trust's residents.
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Getting it together
Teamworking tools may be the height of fashion but they never really reflected the nature of the design process. Until now. Planweaver analyses the flow of information so architects can identify key tasks and the areas where they most need help.
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Fruit of the forest
In 1960, Peter Foggo and David Thomas created a simple timber house in the Sussex woods. Forty years on, Thomas and Foggo Associates' new wing has enhanced its charms.
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RIBA's first 'regional tsar' starts work
The RIBA has responded to criticism that it is remote from the regions by creating a new post: head of the regional network.
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Life inside will drive you mad
Tough as the conditions may be for the al-Qaida prisoners in Guantanamo Bay, it is nothing compared to the life endured by inmates of Pentonville Prison when it opened in 1842.
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Teen dream
When groups of bored east London teenagers were asked what inspired them, they said technology and modern architecture. This became the brief for a new type of youth centre by van Heyningen and Haward.
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Upstart: Lynne Walker on the RSC plan to destroy a landmark
The Royal Shakespeare Company's plan to demolish Elisabeth Scott's theatre fills many architects with disbelief.
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Crossing over
A new CABE report has slated the design quality of schools built under the PFI. But like it or not, the initiative is here to stay. So architects and clients must find a way to get it right. Here's how they can.
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Order in court
'Discipline, rigour and knowing when to hold back'. That's the Maguire & Co philosophy. For its Oxford student houses, this meant brick, a formal courtyard and a strong sense of order.
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The real cost of PII cover
The current spat between the RIBA and ARB over the latter's decision to set the minimum level of professional indemnity insurance cover at £250,000 highlights the importance of maintaining 'economic' PII premiums – at whatever level the cover is required.Three factors tend to generate higher premiums. First, inappropriate and inflated ...
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DIY magazine cleans up
Although you can buy it in the RIBA bookshop, you might not recognise Sexymachinery as an architectural magazine.
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Claus en Kaan: Building
Claus en Kaan: BuildingHans IbelingsNAi Publishers£49The work of Felix Claus and Kees Kaan, in obvious contrast to that of so many of their Dutch contemporaries, is sober and restrained, more concerned with the immanent power of building than with the rhetoric of the architectural gesture. Hence the title of this ...
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Brief encounter: Ben Johnson
Meet the artist who has spent the past 30 years reinterpreting the work of contemporary architects.
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Reyner Banham
With the current wave of reappraisals of the Independent Group, this study of Reyner Banham's writings is timely.
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Swiss architecture's secret weapon comes to London
Quite why Swiss architecture is in vogue at the moment is the subject of much debate.
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Should conservation architects have to be registered? - For
Accreditation is necessary because of widespread ignorance of conservation techniques.