All Boots articles – Page 26
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Opinion
Principled stand
Good to see that Arb isn’t shying away from the big issues of the day. On the agenda at last week’s board meeting: should Arb continue its historical policy of not using the RIBA’s headquarters for meetings?
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OpinionCounter culture
Margaret Hodge has listed two branches of Kennedy’s, the 140-year-old chain of butcher shops in south London, where she grew up, for their fashionable art deco features such as polished glass signs, granite stallrisers, sunburst transom lights, and original green and yellow tiled walls with marble counters, wooden cabinets and ...
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Opinion
Word in his ear
While rumours continue about who will get the job of advising mayor Boris on architecture, Boots reckons that informal tips may already be winging their way to Bozza from that master of minimalism John Pawson, who lives next door to the mayor’s sister Rachel!
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Labour pain
Richard Rogers’ increasingly political role is not to everyone’s liking if a recent profile in the New Statesman is anything to go by.
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OpinionParty lines
Boots was surprised not to see Terence Conran’s business partner Des Gunewardena at the Conran summer party last week, although the two are now moving in opposite directions.
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Opinion
Place in the sun
Despite BD's revelation that Norman Foster has moved to Switzerland, the architect and peer has been honoured at the patriotic Sun newspaper’s Britain’s Best 2008 awards, for “his ground-breaking designs around the world”.
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What the blazes?
Boots’ sympathy goes to Hans van der Heijden, director at BIQ Architecten, who suffered a double whammy on Tuesday.
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Culture clash
A curious choice of speaker for the Association of Consultant Architects’ annual dinner at the Royal Thames Yacht Club in London.
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So solid crew
Any doubts that the Shard might not happen were firmly quashed this week by Irvine Sellars’ glittering Wednesday night reception at Fishmongers’ Hall for property’s movers and shakers.
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OpinionOpen minded
Boots was treated to all-American corporate glamour at the unveiling of Norman Foster’s latest skyscraper in the City of London.
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Well versed
Director of the 2008 Venice Biennale Aaron Betsky finally explained his vision for the show to a packed house at the Italian Cultural Institute in London last week.
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Book shopped
Rumours were rife last week that the RIBA’s anthology, Le Corbusier and Britain, might never appear in print after architectural publisher Merrell decided the text was “too specialist”.
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City slipper
BD likes to be first with the news and left RIBA presidential candidate Andrew Hanson more than a little surprised this week by revealing that Paul Davis had withdrawn from the race.
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OpinionNo comment
New York mayor Michael Bloomberg, over here to give the capital’s new mayor Boris a few tips on how to run a big city, has pulled out of the London Festival of Architecture’s big debate on the future of cities, due to take place at the Royal Festival Hall on ...
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OpinionKitchen devil
The fascinating insight into Will Alsop’s kitchen for those of us who read last weekend’s Observer magazine failed to explain the half drunk bottle of red wine on the kitchen table that had — just half an hour before the picture was taken — started life as a full ...
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Opinion
Hodge dodge
Boots thought David Lammy was the architecture minister with the least to say on the subject, but could successor Margaret Hodge be following his lead?
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Star bucks
As BD went to press, the future of the mayoral architectural adviser Richard Rogers was unclear.
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Snack happy
Perusing Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich’s plans turn the former Pakistan Embassy in Kensington into a palatial £150 million residence by classicist John Simpson Architects, Boots notes that as well as swimming pool, cinema, and eight bedrooms, it will have kitchenettes on the upper floors.