All Boots articles – Page 34
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Back elevation
After 20 years of pounding up and down a perforated steel staircase in his gaudily stockinged feet, Richard Rogers has had enough.
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OpinionHodge dodge
Boots’ attempts to track down the new architecture minister Margaret Hodge are proving almost as difficult as those to find her predecessor, David Lammy, who managed to escape BD’s clutches during his entire stint at the DCMS.
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Late lament
Staff and patients at Alder Hey hospital in Liverpool will soon have an all-too-clear reminder of the green oasis that it is about to obliterate.
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Never mind the...
It seems that Tessa Jowell is more than a little exasperated with the jargon spewing from the ODA.
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Tip for the top
The ambitions of energetic deputy chairman of Urban Splash Nick Johnson to become the next Stuart Lipton are gaining momentum.
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OpinionFoot in mouth
Fans of Glenn Howells may be in for a wait to see the Birmingham architect’s Stirling Prize-shortlisted Savill Building.
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OpinionMeasuring up
Former Lib Dem leader Paddy Ashdown was one of the high-profile figures to take advantage of the RIBA’s Ask an Architect stand at the party’s conference this week.
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In with the old
The trend for using architects in style magazines has spread, Boots is pleased to see.
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Party poopers
The launch party for the London Design Festival at the Royal Festival Hall was perhaps a bit more champagne-fuelled than its sponsor, Moet & Chandon, might have liked.
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Prize chumps
There was jubilation at the offices of Charlotte Skene-Catling when she was told her exquisite Dairy House was on the shortlist for the Stephen Lawrence Prize.
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My rug hell
Followers of the saga of Studio Bednarski’s Persian rug will be relieved to know it is finally here.
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OpinionThe Office view
Imagine Slough and you imagine the long-suffering staff at Wernham Hogg, subjected daily to the antics of their boss David Brent in BBC sitcom The Office.
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Second rate
Arb will no doubt be mulling over its future this week in the wake of confirmation that the Tories’ Quality of Life group is calling for it to be scrapped.
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Russian roulette
The Scots have always gone down well in St Petersburg — mainly thanks to architect Charles Cameron, the wandering Jock who designed several buildings for Catherine the Great in the city’s 18th century heyday.
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OpinionCalled to the bar
The presidential handover party on Tuesday was packed with former presidents including Frank Duffy, David Rock, Paul Hyett and George Ferguson, who were all there to witness the handing over of the red ribbon to Sunand Prasad.
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Dinner dilemma
Congratulations to Amanda Levete and Ben Evans, who are to tie the knot next month.
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The hole truth
Boots was excited to receive news of a new public art project in Manchester this week based on the concept of the peephole.