All From the Archive articles – Page 6
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FeaturesHeady mix proposed for Blackpool
In 1995 Gillespies’ proposals for the resort’s seafront included this giant head
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FeaturesLibeskind’s labyrinthine explanations
In 1996 the architect’s description of his winning Victoria and Albert Museum Boilerhouse proposal left BD bewildered
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FeaturesWishful thinking
With the 2012 Athletes’ Village on the home straight, we remember the launch of the first plans for Stratford City in 2004
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FeaturesCasually clad Foster was a driving force
Reporting on the Renault distribution centre in 1982, BD was distracted by the architect’s white porsche and pink shirt
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FeaturesWhen YRM were all prima donnas
In the practice’s 1973 heyday BD’s profile focuses on the interplay of YRM’s ‘strong personalities’
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FeaturesClear as mud
US architects Batey & Mack were up to their necks in luxury commissions, BD reported in 1981
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ReviewBack to the drawing board
As CZWG’s new library opens in Canada Water, we remember a controversy that provided Piers Gough with BD column material for more than a year in 1980
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FeaturesCity slicker
BD looks back to 1985, when Peter Palumbo’s plans for a Mies scheme were foiled
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ReviewJust what the doctor ordered
As AOC’s Spa School for children with autism spectrum disorders receives praise, we remember the launch of the Autistic children’s centre in Henley in 1973
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ReviewGoodbye, Piccadilly
Jack Cotton’s 1959 scheme might have meant a very different view of central London
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ReviewJust fancy that
In the wake of the Lord Mayor’s show, we look back to the grand designs spawned by the same event in 1984
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FeaturesHopkins’ high-tensile Bavarian idyll
In 1990 the architect’s futuristic backdrop for a Wagner production was causing a stir
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FeaturesReluctant heroes
As Stanton William’s King’s Cross art school opens its doors, we remember their diffident first appearance on the RIBA’s lecture platform
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OpinionSemi-detached suburban Mr Stern
In 1985 Robert Stern was telling the Polytechnic of Central London that the “true” path of architecture was to be found in the icons of suburbia
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FeaturesSitting pretty
As OMA’s first permanent building in the UK opens its doors, we remember the practice’s commission to fit out a London office suite 20 years ago
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FeaturesPauper Graves
In 1982 Michael Graves was building his Portland Building, but still pleading poverty to BD
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FeaturesRafael Viñoly: the outsider
As the public at last begins to look round Firstsite, we remember when its architect won his first big commission in 1989