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Archive TitlesWatch your step
Carpet and natural stone were a no-no in the new T5 so conglomerate tiles were chosen. They took two years to lay but the result is stunning.
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Academy of academies
The theory behind the current total rebuild of Britain’s schools – the largest such programme since the roll-out of board schools in late Victorian times – is summed up in one, oft-cited, phrase: educational transformation.
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Archive TitlesLetter from... Mossbourne Community Academy
Kids respect Rogers’ Mossbourne, says teacher Simon Cooper; even the loos are unscathed. It’s just a shame sprouting pupils make some of the spaces seem a little small now…
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Archive TitlesExcellence adventure
The first ‘excellent’ rating under Breeam-for-Schools has been claimed by the John Roan School in Greenwich (pictured), designed by architecture plb.
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Archive TitlesVariety is all
AHMM’s multicoloured Westminster Academy is a fun and fluid response to changing pedagogical fashions – just the thing for one of London’s most diverse communities.
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Archive TitlesZoom in zoom out by ‘Avatar’
You would think that with all the billions being spent on city academies and Building Schools for the Future (BSF), in the biggest educational splurge since the Victorian board schools, a little of the money would have rubbed off on some excellent, inspirational websites.
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Archive TitlesWhat is... Big Build?
It’s the way Britain’s smallest county – Rutland – is testing out its ideas for 21st century secondary teaching, that’s what. It’s also the largest project to date for architect ellismiller, here working with Lend Lease Projects.
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Bluecoat insult
Hugh Pearman’s comment in his review of the Bluecoat centre extension (RIBAJ Dec 07) that ‘British architects were not involved’ was a disgraceful lack of recognition of the work invested by Austin Smith: Lord, the executive architect on the project.
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Archive TitlesBoarder post
In 1925 Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst acquired Dartington Hall estate in Devon and began a social experiment designed to revivify the rural economy through a fusion of art, science and practical experience.
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Archive TitlesBrief encounter
Design manager for Partnerships for Schools Jonathan Ibikunle explains to Eleanor Young why he’s passionate about his job and delivering BSF
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Archive TitlesCabin class
Temporary huts stuck in odd corners are a feature of many schools. Thomas’s Day School in Clapham, London has got a deluxe version for its reception classes, as might be expected for a prep school that charges £3905 a term.
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Archive TitlesVertically challenged
Oxford planners wanted the university’s new biochemistry block to reflect the kind of vertical emphasis typical of gothic architecture. Hawkins Brown’s glass facade fins do the job, straight up.
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More champagne please
One glaring omission from the list contributors to St Pancras International Station (RIBAJ Jan 08) is Pascall+Watson architects, who, commissioned by the Corber joint venture, for over four years provided a resource of about 20 architects and architectural assistants, many of them RIBA members and regular readers of your excellent ...
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Archive TitlesHow cool is that?
Is it any wonder young people feel excluded from the public realm when they’re never asked what they want from it? Give them the chance, though, and children have plenty of ideas for designers to chew on.
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Fellow cringer
Thank you for speaking out about the kissing couple commissioned for St Pancras (RIBAJ Jan 08).
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Crystal vision
Your January 2008 issue highlighting the enormous success of the renewed St Pancras Station was greatly appreciated. As you rightly said, ‘This is one of architecture’s big victories’.
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Archive TitlesLimited edition
A new book on the work of Colin St John Wilson is more revealing in its omissions than its inclusions.
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‘Extremists’ are in power
How refreshing to read George Oldham’s letter; what a pleasure to know there is someone else who has not been conned by the extremist government’s indoctrination of most of the people into meekly accepting more and more repressive measures for fear of losing their security and safety.
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Archive TitlesGlobal problem – global solution
By the time you read this Gordon Brown will have received a letter about Climate Change from the RIBA and sister institutes under the Construction Industry Council umbrella.