All Boots articles – Page 35
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OpinionPlaque priced out
Mystery admirers of the late Cedric Price recently put up this official-looking plaque on the hoarding outside his old office in Alfred Place, just opposite London’s Building Centre.
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Rug addicts
Lucky staff at Studio Bednarski might be treated to a luxuriously furnished office after the practice was shortlisted in a competition to design a bridge in Iran.
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Ignorance is bliss
Former architecture minister David Lammy may have left the profession unimpressed by his grasp of the subject but that hasn’t stopped his meteoric political rise, according to newspaper New Nation.
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Second chance
Geeks in the profession are eagerly awaiting the results of the first architectural competition to be held in virtual world Second Life.
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OpinionDublin identity
Irish architecture fans are railing against a 48m-high figure (pictured) by artist Antony Gormley, proposed for a riverside site in the Dublin docks.
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OpinionReason to mock
Is it Boots’ imagination or are British firms’ designs for schemes overseas getting more and more surreal?
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OpinionCabin fever
Is Laurie Chetwood the Richard Branson of the architecture world, Boots wonders?
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Create a dynasty
Readers wanting their children to follow in their footsteps need look no further than the Archikids Club — a new website from Open House and landlord Grainger aiming to encourage youngsters to explore the world of architecture.
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Dressed to thrill
Architects have taken a central role in the relaunch of upmarket men’s magazine Esquire, Boots is pleased to see. Next month’s new-look issue features office designs by practices including the “edgy” Seth Stein, de Metz Forbes Knight and the ubiquitous AHMM.
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Mind-expanding
Boots was excited to hear this week that RIBA president Jack Pringle has joined an exclusive club whose members include Bob Dylan, Jackson Pollock and Paul Auster.
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Bad sports
Strict IOC rules on the use of the word “Olympic” mean that Lend Lease, which is charged with building all the games’ accommodation, has had to rename it the Athletes’ Village.
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Boots, I love you
BD’s Graham Bizley, of Prewett Bizley architects, was rather hoping that a recent article on his house in Stoke Newington in the Telegraph magazine might drum up some enquiries from potential clients. Instead, he received the following, from a reader called Colin.
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Bright idea?
Boots is nervous to learn that aspiring intellectuals at the Association of Consultant Architects are hoping to flex their grey matter and show the world what they know on University Challenge.
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Forthright view
Not everyone in Scotland is sorry to see that Reiach & Hall’s canopy at the Forth Bridge Toll Plaza is facing demolition. Alan Dunlop of GM&AD Architects, for one, is a happy man.
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OpinionQuids in, and out
BD’s report on student dropout rates last week did not consider the phenomenon of students being expelled for inappropriate involvement with a Frank Gehry development.
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Suckers at Arb
Those clever people at Arb have found that the imaginative use of confectionary is the perfect way to hush its quarrelsome board members.
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Brits flooding in
Amid an invasion of Dutch architects working on the Thames Gateway, Boots was delighted to hear it’s not all one-way traffic.
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Celebrity square
You might not put David Adjaye in the same company as singer Charlotte Church or TV presenter Lorraine Kelly, but Boots was amused to discover they were all wined and dined by former PM Tony Blair.