All Archive Titles articles – Page 86
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Archive TitlesTrue steps
When seeking to account for the speedy establishment of modernist architecture in post-war Britain, it is important not to overlook the contribution of more modest buildings.
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The office
Amanda Levete of Future Systems tells me she wears clothes made by her clients.
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Archive TitlesPrecious metal
Part L doesn't have to spell the end for metal-framed windows. Here's how you can replace or restore those modernists' favourites – or ignore the fuel conservation regulations without breaking the law.
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Archive TitlesNew and improved
It’s the season for upgrades from all your favourite software houses. What do the latest versions of AutoCAD, VectorWorks and Revit offer the practising architect, and is it really worth spending thousands on high-end CAD programs?
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Archive TitlesWho is Jürgen Mayer H?
Only the hottest new thing in German architecture, that's who.
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Archive TitlesGulliver's month
As governments edge closer to war and architects protest, our new foreign correspondent Gulliver reports from the hot-spots.
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Archive TitlesThe Eiffel Tower: A Photographic Survey
The Eiffel Tower: A Photographic SurveyLucien HervéPrinceton Architectural Press£14.95A real bibliophile's book, this: an elegant pocket-sized volume of black-and-white photos of France's premier landmark taken between the 1930s, when Hervé embarked on his career and lifelong obsession with the Eiffel Tower, and his retirement in the 1990s.The grainy shots are ...
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Archive TitlesTechnicolour dreamcoat
Sauerbruch Hutton is making a habit of designing ground-breaking research buildings. Its latest, for a pharmaceuticals giant in Germany, packs office and lab space into a box and wraps the whole thing in coloured sunshades.
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Keep it down!
It's all very well building dense urban housing schemes near roads and railways, but how do you make sure the people who live in them aren't deafened by noise pollution? Acoustic barriers, that's how.
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Disaster strikes in Tokyo
I have just spent a couple of months teaching at the Tokyo Institute of Technology.
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Archive TitlesMaterials for Inspirational Design: Wood
At first glance, this tome appears somewhat lightweight – a beginners' guide to the uses that wood can be put to – but don't be put off by the consumer look.
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Foster's Lords debut
'My Lords, a debate about design is, for me, a debate about values because I believe there is a moral responsibility to design well, to design responsibly.
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Archive TitlesDrama class
Fancy a life on the stage? It's not an easy world to get into, but it can become a fascinating specialism if you can find that first client prepared to give a starring role to an unknown. We explain where the work is, and who's paying for it …
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Archive TitlesBrief encounter: Rafael Moneo
Meet the Spanish superstar who has just added the 2003 Royal Gold Medal to his trophy cabinet.
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Archive TitlesTop brass line up for club
More exclusive than the hippest celebrity haunt, the new Foundation Club has a joining fee of £6000, no premises and a tiny membership.
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Archive TitlesIs it a boat, is it a plane?
No. It's a Damien Hirst!' That may be the cry of art lovers this spring when the Tate launches its riverboat service between the Tates Modern and Britain.
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Archive TitlesBeyond the fringe
Hampstead Theatre spent 40 years in a Portakabin. Its new home is more luxurious, but does it have the old magic?
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Archive TitlesHodder's job for Auntie
The BBC has chosen Hodder Associates to masterplan its 2.2ha city-centre site.
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Archive TitlesEero Saarinen: An Architecture of Multiplicity
With original Tulip chairs going for a bomb at auction and the threatened demolition of the TWA terminal at JFK causing international outrage, it is hard to imagine a time when Eero Saarinen was not in vogue.