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OpinionOn building safety, professional qualifications should count
The new safety bill aims to mandate competence, but it would make much more sense to mandate qualifications
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ReviewBD's guide to your cultural week- May 4 to May 9
Join the Design Museum to learn about style, the Italian way, or familiarise yourself with the next batch of the best new Polish architectural talent with the RCA's New Architects: Poland_UK talks
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ReviewBD's guide to your cultural week — April 26 to May 2
OMA puts pen to paper at the AA with the first retrospective of the practice's books. There's also plenty of photographic shows to keep the snappers happy with an exploration of civic space and the limitations and virtues of the medium
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ReviewBD's guide to your cultural week: April 19 to April 25
This week BD has its walking boots on as we pay a visit to Manchester for the annual design awards, before taking a trip back in time to 1970s Somerset, rounding things up in the solace of Letchworth, the World's first Garden City.
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BD's guide to your cultural week - April 12 to April 18
Join the design-industry’s jet set in Milan for the annual furniture fair or stay in the UK to celebrate Milton Keynes Gallery’s 10th anniversary ith a Turner Prize winner.
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BD’s guide to your cultural week – April 6 to April 11
Head off to Fitzrovia to see Peter Murray’s enamel artworks about movement in London.
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BD’s guide to your cultural week – March 29 to April 4
Find out if design can make a difference to our sustainable future with a new exhibition at the Design Museum and catch a glimpse of David Adjaye’s photography or head up to Birmingham for a glimpse of the ordinary made extraordinary at the Ikon Gallery
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ReviewBD's guide to your cultural week- March 22 to March 28
Find out why London's low on 'liveability' and what can be done about and also drop into the Architecture Foundation to learn how to become an architectural smooth talker in this week's cultural guide
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ReviewBD's guide to your cultural week: March 15 to March 19
Take an architectural tour of the square mile or dip your toes into a little bit of Romanian cinema, and if that doesn't spark your creative taste buds, perhaps it's time to learn a little about the authority of an architect with Niall McLaughlin.
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ReviewBD's guide to your cultural week: March 8 to March14
This week's cultural guide takes you on a tour of post-colonial Bamako in Mali, and to the edges of space with John Tunnard's abstract painting, before landing squarely back in London with Tristram Hunt's lecture on Trafalgar Square
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ReviewBD's Guide to your cultural week- March 1 to March 7
There's a whole lot of legacy in this week's cultural guide with the Architecture Foundation zooming in the Olympics. But for the more lethargic cultural athlete, why not sample a taste of American glamour in mid-century modern architecture with the Royal College?
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ReviewBD's guide to your cultural week- February 22 to February 28
Zebra finches storm the charts or perhaps just the Barbican with the Curve gallery's latest incarnation. Also on the menu this week are talks on Westminster, the US Embassy and the Commonwealth Institute amongst others.
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NewsBD's guide to your cultural week February 15 to February 21
The writing's on the wall, well, it is with the Henry Moore Institute's latest pencil to wall installation. If that doesn't spark your cultural plugs, why not drop in Ron Arad's first major exhibition at the Barbican, in this week's cultural guide
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ReviewBD's guide to your cultural week- February 8 to February 14
Fancy listening? Then this week tune into one of the numerous talks and lectures going on, from David Adjaye on I.M Pei at the RIBA, Gene Kohn at the NLA or Mao at the RCA.
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ReviewBD's guide to your cultural week- February 1 to February 7
This week's cultural guide has an international flavour, with the London Met showcasing four up-and-coming Flemish practices in their lecture series plus the Architecture Foundation's international exchange programme's focus falls on Istanbul.
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ReviewBD's Guide to your cultural week- January 25 to January 31
There is much to tickle your cultural taste buds this week with Nigel Coates baring all, a guided tour around the finer points of Czechoslovakian architectural heritage with Eva Jiricna and a fresh look at the famed Pevsner guides with their respective authors.
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ReviewBD's guide to your cultural week- January 18 to January 24
Take a bird's eye view of London from the confines of the Balfron tower or join the debate on an influential Italian renaissance figure who may have been more famous for the shape of his nose than his arts patronage, in this week's cultural guide
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NewsBD's guide to your cultural New Year
In this week's cultural guide the V&A team up with the RIBA to bring you Gargoyles and Shadows, and no, we're not talking about past presidents here: it's an exploration of the influence of photography on the gothic revival. If that doesn't spark your interest then toddle along to the ...
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NewsBD's guide to your cultural week- December 14 to December 20
Join Robert Adam and Sjoerd Soeters as they discuss the finer points of the impact of urban design codes or join the Glasgow School of Art as they delve into the world of Charles Renee Mackintosh
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RIBA pitches for Arb's registration role
The RIBA has called on the government to let it take over regulation and registration powers from the Architects Registration Board.