All Building Design articles in Archive Titles – Page 69
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Leader
Rarely is the RIBA's first-floor gallery so packed as it was for the opening last month of Made of Light, an exhibition conceived by Speirs and Major.
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Archive TitlesEarthed
Pavement-mounted lights are an increasingly popular way of reclaiming urban spaces from the night, but specifying them has its pitfalls. We introduce a specifier's guide by Dominic Meyrick of lighting designer Hoare Lea.
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Archive TitlesDramatise: Hoare Lea Lighting, London School of Hygiene
Colour-changing LEDs have transformed the atrium of a new building at the London School of Tropical Medicine from an uninspiring educational space into a dramatic arena for special events.
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Archive TitlesGlow: Lighting Design International, Lloyds Court, Newcastle
A dramatic glass and steel staircase that glows in the dark is the centrepiece of the four-storey high reception space of an office development in Grey Street, Newcastle.
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Archive TitlesAnnounce: Light & Design Associates, Birmingham Town Hall
This pastiche Greek temple, built in the late 19th century, now has competition for its landmark status in Birmingham, not least from Future System’s Selfridges.
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Archive TitlesAmaze: Light & Design Associates, Royal Society light sculpture, London
A light sculpture for one of the world's most revered scientific institutions not only has to look good, it has to be technically arresting.
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Archive TitlesAccentuate: INTO Lighting Design, Stella McCartney store, London
Chandeliers by Barber Osgerby and a quirky LED exterior illumination are part of INTO Lighting Design's scheme for Stella McCartney's flagship store in Bruton Street.
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For the record
The article comparing ARB with the RIBA (RIBAJ Jan 04, page ii) contained errors and omissions.
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Trains, not planes
Is the concept proposal for the St Pancras Channel Tunnel Rail Link adjunct to the grade I listed station to be taken seriously? (RIBAJ February 03, p43.)
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Archive TitlesRole model
Praised for its innovative use of materials and response to a difficult site, Ian Ritchie's production centre for Plymouth's Theatre Royal was one of the highlights of last year's Stirling Prize shortlist. In a city where architecture barely rises above the very ordinary, is this the shape of better things ...
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Archive TitlesPlay misty for me
David Adjaye's Fog House isn't as unnerving as its predecessors: you could imagine living in it.
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Archive TitlesMind over matter
Snøhetta, Oslo-based architect of the Turner Centre in Margate, Kent, has just finished another competition-winning building: a brain research institute near Marseilles.
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Archive TitlesInto the limelight
Today's theatregoers expect more legroom and more loos while the management needs the latest lighting and scene-shifting technology. How do architects provide all this in an historic theatre?
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Leader
'We do not believe the man in Whitehall knows best,' said the senior civil servant leading the Building Schools for the Future programme (see page 10).
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Archive TitlesWho is Jason Prior?
If you're into extreme sports you will be familiar with the name. Forty-one-year old Prior is one of the UK's top hang-gliders.
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RIAS has its own list
The Architects Accredited in Building Conservation list is not the only one recognised by Historic Scotland (Briefing, pxii, RIBAJ Jan 04).
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Archive TitlesHow to be a movie star
Move over multiplex – cinemas are coming back to town. Combined with other uses, the cityplex is putting picture shows back at the heart of things – with opportunities for architects.
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Take to your heels
New York's Freedom Tower will carry a heavy burden of symbolism, but not all interpretations of its feature spike are what the architects might wish.