All Heritage articles – Page 4
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BlogsUnion Terrace Gardens: ‘not so’ Critical Regionalism
Can Critical Regionalism make a successful transition from New York to Aberdeen?
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BlogsTreasures from the skip
George Saumarez Smith visits a remarkable collection of building artefacts
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BlogsThe West Wing, Hong Kong version.
In the same week in November, two official communications from Hong Kong’s Secretary for Development beamed a spotlight on the tensions within Hong Kong’s planning and development environment.
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BlogsManufacturing our heritage
A visit to the former Spode factory throws up a wealth of questions about the best way to manage our historic industrial buildings
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BlogsAn alternative wing for the British Museum
Architects and interior designers lock horns “en charrette” on an alternative wing for the British Museum
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BlogsWater off a duck’s back
A cautionary tale on the value of the humble waterproof at planning meetings.
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BlogsDesign for design’s sake
It’s time architects took the business of property development out of the hands of greedy money-makers
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BlogsThe cruelty of competition
Competitions are a cruel thing. Not winning a fee bid is tough but the burst of energy, commitment and optimism that comes with a design competition creates a high which means it’s a longer way to fall when you lose out.
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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.