All Blogs articles – Page 16

  • Containing our global burden
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    Containing our global burden

    2011-11-14T16:18:00Z

    How architects can make the building process more sustainable

  • Mecca
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    Mecca's Mega-projects

    2011-11-11T14:15:00Z

    The Islamic world’s holiest site will see $100 billion of development over the next ten years, but what are these mega-projects doing to the authenticity of the place?

  • the original Spode factory site (in use 1720-2008) in Stoke-on-Trent
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    Manufacturing our heritage

    2011-11-10T08:26:00Z

    A visit to the former Spode factory throws up a wealth of questions about the best way to manage our historic industrial buildings

  • Architizer CEO Marc Kushner
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    Marc Kushner of Architizer

    2011-11-09T11:49:00Z

    During a recent trip to New York City, Marc Cairns of Pidgin Perfect stopped by a modest low-rise mid-town office nestled in between the skyscrapers of Manhattan to meet with Marc Kushner, co-founder of Architizer.

  • Hey, Lazer Lips
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    Hey Laser Lips...

    2011-11-08T11:01:00Z

    In the past few weeks, we have truly seen the start of the conference season

  • OMA Progress at the Barbican
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    The truth about exhibitions

    2011-11-08T10:48:00Z

    With several major architecture exhibitions underway in London, one student questions the value of what we tend to put on show

  • Graveyard growing beds
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    Live and let live

    2011-11-07T09:58:00Z

    Who gets the most of architecture schools’ live projects in the end?

  • Mustn't grumble
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    Mustn’t Grumble

    2011-11-03T16:01:00Z

    Why blame culture is bringing the profession down – and what you can do about it

  • teams at work en charrette
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    An alternative wing for the British Museum

    2011-11-03T12:48:00Z

    Architects and interior designers lock horns “en charrette” on an alternative wing for the British Museum

  • The plan
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    My three-point plan (section and elevation) for recovery

    2011-11-01T11:38:00Z

    Stung by recent government criticism that architects are “creaming it” and “out of touch” it occurred to me the profession needs a plan (section and elevation) to stimulate economic recovery.

  • Peter Marino
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    Leather look could lift arcade

    2011-10-28T14:52:00Z

    Hiring Peter Marino to redevelop Burlington Arcade is just what this insipid retail tourist trap needs

  • No longer fulfilling essential functions
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    No longer fulfilling essential functions

    2011-10-26T10:00:00Z

    With change afoot in our practice, it’s an interesting opportunity to compare notes on how our industry is faring

  • The myth of the vertical city
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    The myth of the 'Vertical City'

    2011-10-25T16:16:00Z

    Mankind has always strived to build tall buildings – thinly veiled monuments to the power of a certain establishment, or as a statement of intent for wannabe megalomaniacs

  • 'Waiting Hopefully’ (2011) Anna MR Freeman
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    Domestic science

    2011-10-24T10:34:00Z

    The MAC’s current show delivers a few home truths

  • A duck, not to be confused with an architect
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    Water off a duck’s back

    2011-10-19T08:34:00Z

    A cautionary tale on the value of the humble waterproof at planning meetings.

  • Every Little helps
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    Every little helps...

    2011-10-18T15:21:00Z

    I’ve been absent from my post for a few weeks because I was foolish enough to take a holiday, and the ensuing backlog of meetings and emails has taken its toll.

  • Palazzo Argentina
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    View from the mountains

    2011-10-18T10:07:00Z

    A former UCL student has found a new perspective on design while studying in the quiet Swiss town Mendrisio

  • 12m drop
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    Additions and Alterations

    2011-10-18T09:31:00Z

    Changes are afoot at Plymouth as the new term kicks off…

  • Inspiration: Ai Weiwei, Sunflower Seeds
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    Keeping it simple

    2011-10-11T15:38:00Z

    Sheffield University’s Pavilion of Protest project is gathering pace

  • A playground in Holland
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    A playground in Holland

    2011-10-11T10:11:00Z

    More foreign travel recently with trips to Montenegro and the structural engineering play ground of Rotterdam