All Boots articles – Page 12
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Opinion
Amanda’s secret
The V&A’s competitions team went to great lengths to ensure no one discovered the winner of its Exhibition Road project before the official announcement.
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Opinion
Put the boot in
Boots is alarmed by Clarks Shoes’ latest advertising campaign, which focuses on the adventures of four glamorously attired giantesses as they tour London’s recent architectural highlights.
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Opinion
Madge on the cadge
The mother of all PR operations kicked into gear last week as Madonna explained to the world why she would not be proceeding with the construction of an elite academy for girls in Malawi.
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News
Heritage lottery
Among the rumours about the V&A post is that Simon Thurley, debonair head of English Heritage, is also in the running.
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Opinion
Improbable princely union
Norman Foster and Prince Andrew, Quinlan Terry and Prince Charles – every successful architect surely needs a prince by their side.
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Opinion
Bullets over Broadgate
Rumours reach Boots of a mighty falling out between Stuart Lipton and Ken Shuttleworth owing to the latter’s proposed new scheme for Broadgate
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Opinion
RMJM receives warning from the top
One irate RMJM staffer is now threatening to bring God’s wrath down on her bosses’ head.
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Opinion
Turning the page
This week it’s valete to RIBA bookshops in Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool, and Belfast, which are to close next month
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Opinion
Manser meddle
Boots was interested in the list of this year’s RIBA honorary fellows, which includes heritage minister Ed Vaizey and Mike Gazzard, founder of the British Homes Awards.
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Opinion
Architecture student won’t play ball
Boots tips her cap to any youngster passionate enough to embark on a course of architectural training
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Opinion
A bloody good Hydeing
Perhaps it was a secret ingredient that Heston Blumenthal put in the “meat fruit” that he served to the guests at the opening of One Hyde Park …
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Opinion
Cabe lock-in
While plans for a successor to Cabe may be inching forward, morale at the commission is taking a battering.
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Opinion
Chinese tower is the height of flattery
Last week the world’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa tower in Dubai, enjoyed its first birthday.
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Opinion
Chinese student pioneers free-range living
It is not only in the UK that young architects struggle to make ends meet