All Heritage articles – Page 4
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BlogsThe National Museum of Scotland: A Polite Spectacle
The National Museum of Scotland finally re-opened its doors to the public back in July and last week we went along to the official opening reception for industry insiders.
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BlogsLittle Chef and Nandos are preserving our heritage
Whilst on holiday and driving on the M1 somewhere outside Doncaster we spotted a Little Chef, a Little Chef outside of the ordinary.
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BlogsLearning from Drake Circus
As BD’s Carbuncle Cup is awarded this week for the worst piece of architecture in Britain, I look back at the original ‘winner’ from 2006.
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BlogsWhat are the social and environmental conditions fuelling the riots?
It was John Major who said: “We need to condemn a little more and understand a little less” in a speech about criminality.
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BlogsPost riot haste
The rioters’ victims are legion, but we should not allow London’s heritage to be counted among them
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BlogsGlasgow’s Riverside Museum
The success or failure of a public building may lie in how it deals with its locale.
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BlogsThe Voice of the Architect
An architect speaks in defence of a tenement block in Dalmarnock, Glasgow
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BlogsCedric Price – Think the Unthinkable, at The Lighthouse, Glasgow.
Thoughts on the much anticipated and highly secretive Cedric Price exhibition at the Lighthouse in Glasgow.
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BlogsLean Green Foster Machine
Norman Foster’s new toy is a lean green, century ahead of its time, utopian machine.
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Milton Keyne's finest hour
As Milton Keynes shopping centre wins listed status, we show you one of the many reasons why the building is so special.
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Keeping records
It is always sad when a great architect dies and their office is disbanded. Years of work including architectural drawings and sketches end up on the rubbish tip.So let's give a big cheer for the State Preservation Office and Archives of Michigan, USA, who have joined forces to save World ...
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Calatrava justifies his budget and Holl revels in controversy
News Junkie is back with the news round up which today features an Australian ex-Trade Union boss and Calatrava justifying the huge price tag for the World Trade Centre hub.Plus Stephen Holl enjoying controversy in Norway, the nano homes that could help solve Mumbai's chronic shortage of affordable housing and ...
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The march of BIM and 'ghost architecture'
While some people (News Junkie included) still value the old-fashioned architectural drawing, there's no denying BIM has some advantages and planners love it. Wisconsin is just the latest area of the world to begin demanding BIM models in the early stages of planning.Meanwhile in New York, there are signs of ...
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An Obamy urban policy?
It has finally happened; Obama has remembered that Urban regeneration was a key part of his pre-election policies. You can watch the video of his speech on the White House website, but cynics like News Junkie will want actions rather than words.Elsewhere, Murcutt blames fusty planning officials for lacklustre architecture ...
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The three R's of architecture - recession, registration and regeneration
The registration debate takes a complicated twist with a story about foreign architects working on projects in Thailand. It looks like there may be change in the law to make the relationship a bit more above board, after one Thai architect registered a complaint about Amanda Levete ArchitectsRegistration also rears ...
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Does Rem Koolhaas really harbour a "contempt for sustainability"?
The claws are out at Cornell University in the US, where a new campus building by OMA for the College of Architecture, Art and Planning has caused a bit of a row. The building has finally been given the green light, but not without its opponents lashing out at Rem ...