All Building Design articles in Archive Titles – Page 128
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Procurement: European competition
Don't get confused by the intricacies of EU procedures. Here's how to win work in Europe.
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Civil service
Grafton Architects' office for Meath County Council is a beacon on the edge of Dublin, a light-filled, welcoming building that blends Irish architectural traditions and modernism.
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Festival of Britain
'This exhibition has touched me deep inside and it is very odd,' said Le Corbusier of the 1951 Festival of Britain.
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Gaudí: The Biography
Next year marks the 150th anniversary of Gaudí's birth, which is no doubt the reason for Gijs van Hensbergen's new biography.
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Principles: On being supplanted
What to do if you're removed from a project, or if you're taking over from another architect
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The panel beaters
Most architects agree that the planning system is flawed, but the RIBA's latest idea to help good designs get built – a review panel by members for members – has some notable opponents, including the institute's president.
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IT: Badge of honour
Construction Industry Computing Association head Erik Winterkorn answers your questions on reproducing the RIBA crest. Next month, electronic transfer of drawings.
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Urban design: Mastering the art
Jonathan Kendall on why the Bartlett has launched a masters in urban design.
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Concrete and Open Skies: Architecture at the University of East Anglia
In March 1962, in a blaze of national publicity, the 47-year-old Denys Lasdun was appointed architect for the new University of East Anglia.
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Rock of ages
Alastair Hunter photographed some of Scotland's most important buildings. His image of an East Lothian church captured the new face of ecclesiastical architecture.
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Now you see it …
Temporary structures aren't designed to last, but inventive and versatile designs are helping them find more permanent homes.
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View from the top
After eight years of heady expansion, top-ranked firm Gensler would be forgiven for sitting back a while. Some chance. The US giant is still scouring the four corners of the earth for new markets. WA asks president and chief executive Ed Friedrichs and six key players where it's going next.
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Raw silk
Minimalist yet sumptuous, The Park.hotel combines vibrant Bangalore silks with harder structures to provide a surprising pit stop for visitors to this bustling Indian city.
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Vintage Porto
WA talks to Alvaro Siza, Portugal's most famous architect, about current work and past influences including his identification with Alvar Aalto.
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Tall order
In the first of a series on buildings and the environment, WA explores the new generation of skyscrapers that strive to combine environmental responsibility with the social and economic virtues of 21st-century urban living.
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Products - Lighting
Find out how a troubled live music venue in London made it to opening night - and how the lighting design wowed the punters. Why LED's are the future. Bega Lighting's Verena Gantenbrink on why she couldn't keep away from her grandfather's business. Illuminating the angles and slashes of the ...
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Reading light
What do you get if you cross Libeskind's Jewish Museum and Star Wars' Death Star? The University of Minnesota's McNamara Alumni Center and a massive challenge for the lighting designer.
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JAPAN: New Tokyo planned
The biggest urban design project since the creation of Brasilia has been launched in Japan with a proposal to build a new capital city.
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Inner space
For Jan Störmer and the designers of Hamburg's Side Hotel, it's what's inside that counts. Their high-fashion haunt is filled with bold colours, theatrical lighting effects and a trapezoidal lobby.
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The show must go on
Two team members going bust couldn't stop Ocean, London's new live music venue, opening on time. Lighting designer WA tells us how he made waves.