All Boots articles – Page 40
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Opinion
Listening skills
David Chipperfield endured a torrid time last week while defending his luxury De Vere Gardens apartment scheme to the planning committee and the mostly hostile residents of Kensington & Chelsea.
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NY uncharmed
Will Alsop may have thoroughly charmed the Observer’s normally ruthless interviewer, Lynn Barber, in her profile of him in last week’s edition, but the maverick architect is having a tougher time of it on the other side of the Pond.
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OpinionTouched up
Iconic London buildings appear as you’ve never seen them before on the Londonist website, which invites users to digitally alter classic capital scenes.
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Capital idea
While the AF may face an unglorious hole in its finances, Tate Modern has shown again that there’s plenty of money if you know the right people.
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How he cracked it
A French architect believes he has cracked a four-millennia-old mystery — how the Egyptians built the Great Pyramid of Giza without iron tools, pulleys or wheels.
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Hand on the tiller
Sailor hats off to RIBA president Jack Pringle, skipper of the racing yacht Mankie, for his nimble navigation of last week’s RIBA Council.
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Pomp and honour
Fresh from Richard Rogers’ Pritzker triumph, the building that launched his career — the Pompidou Centre — is to run a retrospective in honour of its creator.
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Drain brain
BD’s revelations last week of plans by the Olympic Delivery Authority to emulate the great Victorian engineer Joseph Bazalgette, were timely indeed.
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Slaves to fashion
English Heritage’s barrister Robert McCracken took a side swipe at the City’s position on slavery in the public inquiry into the “walkie-talkie” tower.
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OpinionSinking feeling
As Norman Foster prepares to sell his practice for a reputed £300 million, clues are leaking out of what the septuagenerian intends to do with all that time.
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Reputation intact
Piers Gough was distinctly tired and emotional before he even reached the pub to celebrate the decision to grant planning for his friend Frank Gehry’s landmark King Alfred scheme in Hove.
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Say cheese
Among the amateur paparazzi at Tom Bloxham’s party in the dead cool Bubble House last week was Cabe chief executive Richard Simmons, who spent a large part of the evening snapping pictures of the house on his mobile.
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In the family way
Congratulations to Dominic Papa of Studio 333 who becomes a member of Cabe’s design review panel – a panel which is actually bigger than Cabe was when it launched eight years ago.
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Wrath of God
As the campaign against two proposed KPF towers in Victoria gathers steam, there’s more worrying news for Land Securities.
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Name shame
Protection of title may be an ongoing issue for architects but spare a thought for engineers, who have no such protection.
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FeaturesSketch: Adventurous young firms try Olympic speed-dating
Riba's first Olympic speed-dating event matched young practices with prospective clients. James Rose was on hand to watch love bloom