All Building Design articles in Archive Titles – Page 175
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Made to measure
A two-storey glazed extension has updated a traditional South London terraced house for its high-profile new owners.
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Let me take you to...Nike Town
Part entertainment, part museum...and almost every type of sports clothing and equipment you can think of. Nike has set the benchmark for UK sports retailing with the opening of NikeTown, but what part has the lighting design played in realising the American dream? Brian Sims reviews the spectacular ...
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A House for My Mother
A House for My Mother Beth Dunlop Princeton Architectural Press £24.95 Having recently completed a house for my mother and father (RIBAJ May 1999), a part of me felt I belonged to a cosy club of architects who had sorted their folks out, and simultaneously shuddered because this is such ...
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Water. The long-term limit to growth
Whenever we think about the undeveloped areas of the world, we usually imagine them as future beneficiaries of the same loose confederation of politicians, developers and architects that transformed Shanghai, built the new Malaysian capital of Putrajaya, and re-branded old cities like Berlin and Moscow. For years, wherever development takes ...
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Sainsbury's, Greenwich
Supermarket giant Sainsbury's has committed to green architecture with the opening of its flagship Millennium store on the Greenwich Peninsula. Central to the project's target of a 50% reduction in energy use is the complex lighting design, which attempts to marry extensive daylighting with bespoke electric fittings. Brian Sims ...
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Moving the goal posts
Gelredome, Arnhem, The Netherlands. By Alynia, De Jong Architecten and HBG. 1998
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The glass is greener
France's best-known husband and wife team, Jourda and Perraudin, have disbanded both their personal and professional partnerships – but not before leaving us with arguably their finest work. The Herne-Sodingen Academy government training centre marks the culmination of the eco-friendly IBA Emscher Park in the Ruhr. Frederic Miralet reports from ...
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The IT factory
Graphisoft Park is the new global HQ of Hungary's premiere architectural export. Graphisoft Park is the new global HQ of Hungary's premiere architectural export. But Graphisoft hasn't forgotten its roots. The firm that brought you ArchiCAD is now well on the way to masterminding a showcase of Hungary's architectural talent.
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Emergency lighting and wayfinding provision for the visually impaired
Researchers at the Building Research Establishment (BRE) and the University of Reading have joined forces in carrying out a series of tests on emergency lighting and wayfinding systems to determine their suitability for the visually impaired. The systems tested included ceiling-mounted emergency luminaires, LED strips and photoluminescent markings. Michael Wright, ...
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Double vision
For now, Hungarian architecture is split into two schools of thought: "organic", typified by the work of Imre Makovecz, and "international", spearheaded by Jószef Finta. These two figureheads define Hungary's architectural landscape, and provide inspiration for architects and citizens.
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No place like dome
In 1960, pioneering sports architect and engineer Pier Luigi Nervi crowned the height of his career with this concrete confection for the Rome Olympics.
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Stands that deliver
Stadium Australia opened this summer, and it will be judged on more than just sightlines. An Olympic stadium is an architectural message to the world, an icon embodying the health and aspirations of a nation. Designers are fast catching on to the stadium’s role as cultural and commercial flagship, and ...
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General construction information provided by Hanscomb
In the past decade the Hungarian economy has moved from a centrally planned to a market economy. The private sector now produces over 80 per cent of Hungary’s GDP. The high inflation rate of the early 1990s is under control – inflation this year is estimated to be less than ...
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Cleared for take off
Beijing could propel French airport specialist into super league
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Capital ideas
The UK branch of the International Association of Lighting Designers has put forward detailed proposals for improving public space lighting in London, encompassing the relighting of buildings, pedestrian routes and the city's various 'gateways'. Light & Lighting examines the main points.
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The Big Labinski
One man, more than any other, has been responsible for the creation of stadiums as superior “mousetraps”. Since the merger with Lobb Sports Architecture Ron Labinski of HOK Sport has presided over the largest and most significant design firm of the world’s stadiums: HOK + Lobb, architect of Stadium Australia. ...
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Big Mak
Love him or loathe him, you can’t get away from Imre Makovecz. In much the same way that Oscar Niemeyer continues to cast a spell over Brazilian architecture, Makovecz is still the point of reference for every architect and every architectural talking point in Hungary.
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Building to bid or bidding to build?
Countries are lobbying for the honour of hosting the 2006 soccer World Cup, hoping to emulate the positive effect the 1998 event had on French sporting and social health. The symbol of the “tricolour” nation’s success was the Stade de France, but as the competition to host these events ...
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Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv Joachim Schlör Reaktion £19.95 A city without history, a city erected on sand, a city built by youth ('the older folk must all be imported' stated one citizen in the early 1930s), a city which lives in the present; early descriptions of Tel Aviv emphasise the transitory character ...