All Blogs articles – Page 20

  • Sao Paolo: The rich and the shantytown next door
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    A Tale of Two Cities

    2011-07-06T12:02:00Z

    While public sector strikers made their point in Parliament Square, a mile or so west in the south grounds of Chelsea Hospital, a starkly different kind of social interaction was going on.

  • gloop and gloom
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    Gloop and gloom

    2011-07-06T11:14:00Z

    An opening night glimpse of the Serpentine Pavilion by Peter Zumthor

  • Kevin McCloud
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    There's nothing grand about this design

    2011-07-05T13:12:00Z

    He talks the talk, but McCloud can’t walk the walk.

  • The future is bright
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    The Future’s Bright?

    2011-07-05T12:40:00Z

    RIBA Building Futures Think Tank goes to Manchester to discuss its latest report ‘The Future for Architects’

  • Mixed emotions
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    A week of mixed emotions

    2011-07-04T14:39:00Z

    Time to say our goodbyes to the end of another academic year

  • Engineers do your duty
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    Engineers do your duty

    2011-07-01T11:41:00Z

    You wont regret it- despite the time commitment; headaches and the health risks.

  • The Southbank Band stand
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    Band Stand blues

    2011-06-30T17:07:00Z

    Sitting outside the Royal Festival Hall is the Band Stand, a student designed and built performance stage.

  • Architexts
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    The ‘D’ Word.

    2011-06-28T10:07:00Z

    A somewhat controversial proposal

  • Habitat
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    RIP Habitat

    2011-06-27T17:37:00Z

    The death knell of Habitat made me realise how big a part Terence Conran’s original small shop, had played in a wholegeneration’s interest in interiors, design – and retail as therapy

  • PHNX piece by Lauren Bowker, Printed Textiles
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    RCA SHOW 2011

    2011-06-27T17:20:00Z

    The RCA SHOW 2011 preview last Thursday was a lot of fun

  • Message in a bottle
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    A message in a bottle

    2011-06-24T14:35:00Z

    Engineers like beer. They like designing things. Anything that combines the two in a single, professionally and legally allowable circumstance has got to be good.

  • Talk
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    Let’s talk

    2011-06-22T12:00:00Z

    Last night the RIBA hosted a consultation with thirty students from across the country at its headquarters in Portland Place. I managed to get the inside scoop…

  • Keep it simple
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    To me, to you…

    2011-06-20T17:35:00Z

    I’ve been busy this week, writing a guest blog for the NBS and something that I discussed in that post came up again today, so I thought I’d expand on my point here.

  • Setting sail: the importance of travel
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    Setting sail: the importance of travel

    2011-06-20T14:44:00Z

    Google Earth could become the modern substitute for travel but is it enough?

  • Broadgate Circle
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    RIP Broadgate

    2011-06-20T12:04:00Z

    How the “Battle of Broadgate” conclusively revealed that London’s planners have lost their teeth.

  • An un-Catholic education
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    An un-Catholic education

    2011-06-16T16:48:00Z

    What would be the curriculum of my engineering dream academy?

  • Spatial Explorations with Central Saint Martins
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    Spatial explorations with Central Saint Martins

    2011-06-16T15:01:00Z

    See you on the other side!

  • Tough Times
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    Tough Times

    2011-06-14T14:57:00Z

    As the RIBA hosts a forum for architecture students next week, is it too little too late?

  • The Olympic Stadium
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    In pictures: A guided tour of the Olympic Park

    2011-06-14T10:48:00Z

    Taking a trip round the almost completed Olympic Park is rather like visiting a militarized zone or a big city gang neighbourhood

  • The free unit
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    Free for all: the Free Unit

    2011-06-13T17:40:00Z

    Just a few days to go until my Diploma is over and life outside of the university walls begins.