All Archive Titles articles – Page 164
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People mover
To Marcial Enchenique, a city’s success depends on how easily the population can move around – something he will expand on at July’s City 2K+ debate more likely to appeal to Ken Livingstone than Richard Rogers.
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Medallion man
The winner of this year's RIBA Gold Medal is, as many expected, Frank Gehry. He may be the populist choice, but he was not the first choice of the architects surveyed by the RIBAJ. So what does his winning say about the prize and its value?by Naomi Stungo
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Life through a lens
Pentagram has designed a new resource for the Natural History Museum that aims to encourage children of all ages to look a little bit closer.
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Urban infill
You don't find many courtyard houses in this country, especially not with debris-adorned grottoes at their centre. Could Peter Wadley's true original signal a move away from tasteful white?
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A happening kind of place
Just off Warwick's heritage trail, Glen Howells Architects' glazed wrap-around extension is both a home to temporary art installations and a light-filled living space.
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Growing pains
When a practice grows or its work develops, its use of IT inevitably develops, too. But it is important to control such growth, not to be overwhelmed by it. Here are some tips.
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Game on
The brief’s aim for ‘a strong sense of quality, openness and creativity’ in Foster and Partners’ British HQ for Electronic Arts comes through strongly in the concourse, which has many qualities of a public street, less so in the more conventional office floor plates.
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The Finnished product
Sibelius Concert Hall is a rich combination of Finnish legend and architectural innovation. Youthful duo Hannu Tikka and Kimmo Lintula have created a new landmark within a developing lakeside residential area, which reflects current trends in Finnish culture and design.
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Finding a voice
Marco Goldschmied, of the Richard Rogers Partnership, is blowing away the cobwebs in the Royal Institute of British Architects. His dream is to de-mystify the role of the architect and celebrate the off-the-wall thinking that is the hallmark of British design.
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Eyes wide open
Nothing beats seeing a building for yourself – walking beneath Foster’s Hong Kong Shanghai Bank and listening to the twittering Filippino maids as they share picnics in the shade on their afternoon off; standing in the sun beneath one of the segments of Utzon's Sydney Opera House or queueing for ...
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Enter the dragon
The dragon, sitting on its hoard of cut-glass jewels, guards the approach to its court, wherein a cluster of carved objects are craftily set to catch the rays of the westering sun. Whimsical? Not according to Monahan Blythen Architects.
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Dock therapy
Michael Wilford’s Lowry Centre is the first in a new wave of lottery-funded waterfront regeneration projects across the UK. Is this trend for culture on the water purely a practical way of reviving the remains of Britain’s maritime legacy, or is there a hidden agenda?
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Diplomacy rules
The Lighting Education Trust has launched a nationwide distance learning course. Leading to the award of a Diploma in Lighting, the well-structured teaching programme is aimed at mainstream lighters, architects, electrical engineers and interior designers: all those, in fact, who need or want to add to their existing lighting design ...
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Light to delight
The CIBSE Lighting Division and its predecessor, the Illuminating Engineering Society, were noted for producing first-rate technical advice and lighting guides that continue to inform consultants and architects’ decisions to this day. But has this adherence to the rational and logical aspects of lighting design masked a deeper need – ...
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Dealing in digital
The advent of the Digital Addressable Lighting Interface (DALI) offers tremendous opportunities for designers – with the promise of far more flexible lighting control. However, misconceptions about what DALI truly represents have caused some confusion in the industry.
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Discipline counts
Like so many things in life, you get out of your personnel only as much as you put in. Dan Fox talks to three very different practices about in-house training for their designers. The aim, in all cases, is to mould a company man, or woman, without cramping creative ...
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Clinical precision
Hodder Associates’ Modernist design language transforms a bland Victorian building in the nondescript Manchester suburb of Levenshulme into a functional surgery through its evocation of an intellectual programme.
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Floored for choice
Understanding the benefits and drawbacks of different stone floors goes a long way towards avoiding expensive and time-consuming mistakes.
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Celebrity chairs
It's hard to think of a member of contemporary architecture's glitterati that hasn't designed furniture. It's been the done thing for a long time. But do today's dabblers have the theoretical profundity of their predecessors? And, if not, does it matter? Dan Fox looks at some of the latest examples.
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Canada Disgrace in Montréal
Architects must be protected against bully clients Provencher Roy et Associés (PRA), a Montréal-based practice, has been left more than US$68,750 (C$100,000) out of pocket because of a change of mind by Québec’s provincial government real estate agency, Société Immobilière du Québec (SIQ).Last year, Québec’s SIQ named a 13-person professional ...