All Building Design articles in Archive Titles – Page 173
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Retail therapy
Supermarkets under attack for sky-high prices and bearing the brunt of food-safety concerns have never had it so bad. Now there is a new green store on the Greenwich peninsular, but is it part of a genuine commitment towards a more sustainable future, or ...
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Moneo on the rocks
The Kursaal Congress Centre and Auditorium, Spain’s news cultural attraction and the latest work by Rafael Moneo, received a glamorous debut this autumn as host to the International Film Festival of San Sebastián. For two weeks it was a daily feature on televised news reports from this elegant Basque seaside ...
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Manhattan Skyscrapers
Manhattan SkyscrapersEric P NashPrinceton Architectural Press£30Manhattan may no longer boast the world's tallest building, but it is still the definitive skyscraper city. From RH Robertson's American Tract Society Building of 1896 to the new Conde Nast tower at 4 Times Square, Manhattan Skyscrapers presents more than a hundred years ...
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Joined-up thinking?
The RIBA's fledgling think-tank promised hard-hitting research that would extend the institute's influence beyond Portland Place, but its first effort, published later this month, is both uninspiring and lightweight.
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Indecent proposal?
The Property Forum is a new marketing concept that brings architects and high-powered property directors together for two days of networking on a luxury ship. The theory is that commissions are bound to follow, so why were architects conspicuous by their absence at this year’s event?
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Homing instinct
Australian architect Harry Seidler was, in fact, born in Vienna. In September he returned for the opening of his community housing scheme, the Wohnpark Neue Donau.
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Geometry unadorned
De Maré’s photographs of anonymous architecture – such as this image of a church dwarfed by a power station – set a new agenda for British Modernism.
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Future Systems
Future SystemsMarcus FieldPhaidon Press£35Future Systems, the architectural practice, suggests modernity in all its sinuous aerodynamic manifestations. Its statements are always expressed with a facility and fluency that arise out of a familiarity and profound love of the materials and forms used. It is this dexterity that enables the practice ...
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e-topia
e-topiaWilliam J MitchellThe MIT Press£13.95Author of the cult City of Bits, William Mitchell argues that we must extend our definitions of architecture and urban design to encompass virtual places as well as physical ones. The new cities, he says, will be characterised by live/work dwellings, 24-hour neighbourhoods and ...
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Earth shattering
The Chi-Chi earthquake shook Taiwan on September 21, 1999 at 1.47am. To date, 2,100 people have died as a result. Taiwan’s earthquake registered 7.6 on the Richter scale, yet the extent of the damage and human loss was far less than that in the Turkish earthquake, which killed an estimated ...
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Dreams in ruins
Hamar Cathederal protective structure, Norway. By Lund & Slaatto Architecter, 1999
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General construction information provided by Hanscomb
Construction outlook: The construction market in Taiwan is depressed, due to the Asian financial crisis. In early 1999 the government provided low-interest loans of NT$30 billion (US$961 billion) trying to stimulate the construction market. Most people do not expect any great improvement in the market next year. As of late ...
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Culture club
National Museum of Prehistory, Peinan Cultural Park (Chung-twn Kuo) Meinung Museum of Hakka Culture (Ying-chun Hsieh)
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Chain reaction
Gone are the days of homogenised hotels where weary businessmen and tourists were wrapped in familiar surroundings. Today’s travellers are demanding individuality and affordable quality and comfort. The choice of hotels – from trendy minimalist creations to urban resorts – is greater than ever. Even the hotel chains are redefining ...
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Burning issue
New intumescent materials claim to fire-proof period timber panelled doors without compromising aesthetics.
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Confession box
Taped interviews with more than 40 architects from the post-war generation are not only yielding some remarkable life stories, but creating an oral history of twentieth-century British architecture that has never been heard before.
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Glazing's big switch
For the last 10 years, the US Department of Energy has been pouring millions of dollars into researching a new type of glazing. Electrochromics, it now asserts, represents the future of energy-efficiency in buildings. The technology can darken windows at the turn of a switch to control a building's natural ...