All Building Design articles in April 2023 – Page 6
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Review
Review | Windows in Architecture, by Christopher Masters
Tony McIntyre enjoys a new publication from Merrell
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Opinion
What do specifiers need to know about BSI’s new standard for porcelain facades?
There has been a huge focus on fire safety in facade specification since the Grenfell Tower tragedy, and rightly so. But combustibility is not the only safety hazard that needs to be considered when specifying porcelain rainscreen systems. As cladding system innovation has progressed, leading to much larger facade panel ...
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News
New London Architecture survey captures ‘mixed mood’ of London’s high rise sector
Residential towers stalling but high rise office schemes ‘could not be busier’ as confidence rebounds, survey finds
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Development debts prompt DLUHC intervention at council
Woking’s £1.9bn Benoy and BDP regeneration schemes make it UK’s ‘most indebted local authority’ in proportion to its size
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News
Flaming June returns to BDP’s reimagined Leighton House
Gift of oil painting follows BDP’s extensive redevelopment of Frederic Leighton’s historic home and studio
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News
Luton promises ‘detailed plans’ for new ground in weeks
Premier League-bound club set to lodge proposals for 23,500-capacity stadium by August
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News
Schumacher blasts ‘lack of architecture’ at Venice Biennale
Brazil bags Golden Lion; British Pavilion gets “special mention”
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Opinion
Architects are snobs. It’s time to lose the pretensions and celebrate the glorious mundanity of architecture
If architects want to command respect, and higher fees, they must learn to better articulate the true value of what they do, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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News
Tate & Co’s university Creative Centre scoops RIBA Yorkshire building of the year
York scheme tops list of six including projects by Sheppard Robson, PRP and ADP
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News
RSHP wins job to redesign Bayeux Tapestry Museum
Jury voted unanimously for practice’s submission to overhaul Normandy site housing 1,000-year-old tapestry
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DMW floats proposals for Dorset crematorium expansion
Practice’s plans include columbarium, private chapels and reflecting pool for Long Barrow facility
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Opinion
Creating a space that suits five generations: can it be achieved?
When seeking to design offices that help bring people back into the workplace, we must consider the overlapping needs of each generation, writes Stuart Finnie
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Features
Lang Architecture revamps New York townhouse
The project focused on the parlour floor with the creation of a centralised kitchen flanked by a dining room and living room on either side
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News
Government announces £20bn New Hospital Programme relaunch
Five new hospitals added to list of 40 announced in 2030, although not all will be built by the original 2030 deadline
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Development partner sought for FCBS’ £500m life sciences scheme
Camley Street redevelopment to be largest yet in King’s Cross’s expanding Knowledge Quarter
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Review
Review | Edward Cullinan Architects, by Kenneth Powell
A new book reveals the ‘somewhat eccentric sensibility of an often very good architect’, finds Patrick Lynch
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News
Invisible Studio clinches RIBA South West Building of the Year
David Kohn, FCBS, Coffey and BEAM projects among 12 regional award winners
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Opinion
The art of heritage placemaking lies in listening to what the site has to tell us
By listening to what heritage sites have to tell us about character and history, we can build better and more sustainable places, writes Georgina Bignold
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News
In pictures: V&A Photography Centre, by Gibson Thornley and Purcell
Practices complete project following David Kohn Architects’ first phase