All Building Design articles in Archive Titles – Page 132
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Timber talk
The undulating gridshell at Edward Cullinan's Weald and Downland museum is far more than an intriguing shape. The third part in our series on the structure tackles the impact it is having on contemporary debates about timber.
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Route master
Ove Arup's navigation program Columbus hit the headlines when it was given away free in 1999. But the company's investment didn't end there – release 2.3 promises to be a more refined tool for finding your way around.
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Marco's mark
As he ends his term as RIBA president, Marco Goldschmied talks to the former president about the impact he has had on the institute and what he plans to do next.
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Lucky for some
The 2001 Employment and Earnings survey shows that salaries are rising at the fastest rate for 10 years. But although the picture looks healthy for many architects, the statistics reveal some serious inequalities in the profession.
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Louis Kahn's Situated Modernism
Louis Kahn’s Situated ModernismSarah Williams GoldhagenYale University Press£35For a long time Louis Kahn seemed to stand at the pinnacle of architectural heroism, but the autonomous genius architect was a myth that his overly defensive students and acolytes exploited. In this book, Sarah Williams Goldhagen brings a historical approach to bear ...
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Principles: Appointments II
More basic issues to think about when considering a form of appointment
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The road home
Very few of us are willing to give up the convenience of our cars, so the challenge for designers is to minimise their impact on the places where we live. How can layout and landscaping help pedestrians reclaim the streets?
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How I got started
Tony Skipper was asked by John McAslan to set up the Manchester branch of his successful London-based practice.John was keen to exploit the post-IRA bomb opportunities in Manchester and, after securing a commission in June 2000, we set up the office in November. We're working on a new law faculty ...
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New formula
A giant titanium 'worm' exhibition space, a wind-revolving viewing tower and a shiny Imax theatre add up to a suitably futuristic interactive science centre for Glasgow.
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Face value
The RIBA has spent 18 months and £100,000 creating a new graphic identity and searching for a big idea to base its brand on. It has a crest, logo and typeface, seen here for the first time, but what about the vision?
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Ship of dreams
West 8's Sund Garden in Malmö is an enchanted forest that recalls Sweden's shipbuilding past and looks to its future, over the Öresund Bridge to the rest of Europe.
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Getting it Right: Landscape Detailing for Historic Parks
Conference review: Architectural Association, London, 8-9 June
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Declaration of independence
What better way to persuade two young architects to leave the security of a practice and set up on their own than a commission to transform a 1950s house in leafy Highgate.
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Summer in the city
Thames Barrier Park is doing more than providing green space for locals. The award-winning Patel Taylor/Groupe Signes collaboration is revitalising a desolate stretch of London Docklands and putting a new urban quarter on the map.
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Bench press
Making a space into a place is a challenge for architects and landscape architects. Street furniture has to encourage residents and visitors to take a moment to enjoy a communal area.
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Unusual suspect
The impact of the Finnish Embassy was a stunning start for the young team of Viiva Arkkitehtuuri. Although the world is not exactly beating a path to their door, the unassuming trio, with their shared ideals of the simple and traditional, is optimistic for the future.
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Softly, softly
Designing a floor that isn't just meant for walking on may seem a crazy idea, but it makes perfect sense to Beige Design's Tom Faulders. He talks to World Architecture about something soft, pink and seriously sensual.
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Romancing the stone
Have you ever wondered where Richard Meier got the stone for his latest white masterpiece, or how to find the perfect mosaic colours for a hotel swimming pool mural? We know where to find the answers.
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And the regional winners are...
Here we announce the winners of the Arup World Architecture Award by region.EuropeJoint winnersFinnish Embassy &Japan pavilion Hanover Expo2000Hanover, GermanyShigeru Ban Architects One of the highlights of the jury session was the glowing paper-thin Japan pavilion at last year’s Hanover Expo, by Shigeru Ban. This pavilion shares the ...
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The race is on
If you are going to Greece this summer it might be worth avoiding Athens. The city is a building site as it gears up – and not before time – for the 2004 summer Olympics.