All Archive Titles articles – Page 61
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Memorial shambles
I have just read with interest your interview with the Gustafson Porter team (RIBAJ November 04, page 16).It seems they have convinced themselves that all of the faults exposed since the opening of the Diana Memorial in Hyde Park have nothing to do with their design. I beg to differ.Gustafson ...
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Archive TitlesNo truck with lorries
Prefabrication holds great promise for the construction industry, but modules still have to fit on the back of a lorry. Now architects and modular construction companies are pushing at the constraints this imposes.
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Getting heated
I was interested to read the recent article on double-skin facades (RIBAJ November 2004, page 66). I was, however, concerned at the lack of acknowledgement of the seriousness of the post-occupancy reports of overheating. It was alarming to read that the cause was seen as a ‘home- grown problem’ ...
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Fancy yourself as the next Seifert or SOM,
Fancy yourself as the next Seifert or SOM, but don’t think you stand a chance of being noticed among the commercial heavyweights? It’s a tough market to get into right now. But Piper the model makers and the Architecture Foundation are looking for fresh talent to challenge conventions in office ...
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Archive TitlesJust what the doctor ordered
Seen from the Euston Road, Hopkins Architects’ 28,000m2 headquarters for medical research charity the Wellcome Trust, which opens this month, is displayed in its full glory. But travellers emerging from the new exit of Euston Square Tube station on Gower Street are confronted with a six-storey sculpture by Thomas Heatherwick ...
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Repairing the damage
Five years or so ago I wrote a letter to The Times advocating the ‘hit listing’ of really bad buildings. It raised some interest but was soon forgotten. Soon after taking over the presidency, I discussed the idea with ministers and proposed ‘X-listing’, as part of our submission to the ...
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Editor's comment
Understanding the layers that create buildings – whether it’s the historical influences or the complexity of the construction process – helps make a good client. The importance of the client-architect relationship is why we have devoted more pages to this year’s Top 50 Clients survey (see page 18). These are ...
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Archive TitlesBrief encounter: Stuart Gulliver
Glasgow economist Stuart Gulliver has been charged with turning Salford into a world city. With Italian architect Massimiliano Fuksas on his team, he rates his chances.
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Architects of the world…
Architects of the world…The prolonged, irrelevant conflict between the Arb and the RIBA continues, all in the cause of retaining the somewhat valueless, protected title of architect.Surely practising architects, in general, suffer from being bound by the Arb-enforced rules of practice? The public are not really aware of ...
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Archive TitlesGalvanised into action
Installation artist Keith Wilson has taken Milton Keynes’ infamously rigid grid layout as inspiration for his latest work. For his exhibition at the Milton Keynes Gallery, Wilson has moved away from his better known cattle pens like the galvanised steel Calf Ring (above) and conceived a periodic table especially for ...
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About the size of it
The discovery of the diminutive Flores man suggests that the relationships of architecture to human anatomy are more complex than we had thought.
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Archive TitlesTop 50 clients
Now in its fourth year, RIBAJ’s Top Clients Survey is an encouragement to those performing well and a provocation to those who are not. Either way, it’s impossible to ignore.
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Archive TitlesTop 50 clients: 42 - 50
42. HinesAndrew Reynolds, chief development manager Hines EuropeSector: CommercialNew entryA US real estate downturn in the late 1990s lead this Houston-based company to look to Europe to expand its portfolio. This resulted in some significant developments, notably the nine-year phased Renault Project, which will ultimately yield 813,000m2 of lettable area ...
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Archive TitlesTop 50 clients: 26 - 41
26. Royal ParksGreg McErlean, head of major projectsSector: Public New entryThe Royal Parks is engaged in a balancing act between conserving the historic environments of the eight Royal Parks and commissioning noted architects to raise the public profile and visitor experience of the parks. Despite limited resources, it has placed ...
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Archive TitlesTop 50 clients: 14 - 25
14. Serpentine GalleryJulia Peyton-Jones, directorSector: ArtsRe-entry The lawn in front of London’s Serpentine Gallery continues to be one of the best places in the UK to find work by the world’s most daring architects. Last year’s pavilion by Oscar Niemeyer followed structures designed by Toyo Ito, Daniel Libeskind and ...
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Archive TitlesTop 50 clients: 4 - 13
4. Derwent ValleySimon Silver, directorSector: CommercialLast year’s ranking: 8Derwent Valley, a commercial property investor and developer focused on central London, has won an enviable reputation for promoting good design for a string of projects over the last two decades, principally in Soho, Covent Garden and Victoria. Last year, the acquisition ...
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Archive Titles100 Best Products (A - C)
RIBA Works scoured the globe for the one hundred most beautiful, strange, innovative and useful architectural products of 2004. This is what we found.
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Archive TitlesTop 50 clients: 1 - 3
1. Urban SplashTom Bloxham, chairmanSector: Residential/regenerationLast year’s ranking: 3Last year the judges asked if Urban Splash could move from being an interesting regional developer to a national player tackling massive new projects. The answer is a resounding yes. It is specifically Manchester’s New Islington development, where it is replacing a ...