All Boots articles – Page 39
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Im your man
Still with newspaper lists, it seems that Norman Foster is flavour of the month at Rupert Murdoch’s News International.
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Taste of candy
Which lucky architect will the Candy brothers pick to refurbish their new offices?
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Tune in, turn on
Festival goers heading for Glastonbury this summer should not be surprised to spot the Landscape Institute among those setting up stall.
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Party tricks
Davis Langdon partner Paul Morrell’s retirement party at the top of the Gherkin was remarkable not just for the spectacular views or the lavish hospitality, but for a guest list that included both Richard Rogers and Marco Goldschmied who had not willingly been in the same room since the latter ...
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Hug or slug
Other highlights included Paul Morrell’s speech in which he compared working for fellow guest Sir Stuart Lipton to working in California: “You never know if you are going to get a hug or if it’s a drive-in shooting.”
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OpinionTall story
A dream team of tall buildings from around the world has been brought together on a single island in a montage mocked up by the Financial Times for the front page of its relaunch issue this week.
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Lunar tick
As if English Partnerships’ decision to reject designs by HTA and Alison Brooks Architects for its Campbell Park regeneration scheme in Milton Keynes wasn’t tough enough (News April 20), now the two practices must contend with the eagle eyes of one of our readers.
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Love’s rocky road
A sparkling speech by Pat Mirrlees at Terry Farrell’s and Mei Xin’s wedding party at the Wallace Collection revealed her key role in not only bringing the happy couple together, but also in ensuring they didn’t split up.
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Happy chance
Alain de Botton will have a chance to put into practice what he preaches as a judge on this year’s Stirling Prize jury.
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Cads in business
Speaking of affairs of the heart, architects are the new love rats, a current West End production suggests.
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The write stuff?
Talking of ambitions, Jack Pringle does not step down as RIBA president until the end of August but it seems his mind is already turning to life beyond Portland Place.
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Try roughing it
The days when students packed a rucksack and headed off by Magic Bus to discover unknown continents are long gone, it seems.
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To have and hold
The tricky question of a suitable wedding gift for Terry Farrell and Mei Xin Wang has been plaguing Patricia Brown, chief executive of the Central London Partnership.
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Reich is the drug
Readers will know that 1970s style icon Bryan Ferry is an outspoken critic of Stanton Williams’ plans to redevelop Sloane Square.
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Rude awakening
While innocently perusing the internet this week, Boots’ interest was caught by a feature about a glossy magazine named “Mies”.
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OpinionTouched up
Iconic London buildings appear as you’ve never seen them before on the Londonist website, which invites users to digitally alter classic capital scenes.
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NY uncharmed
Will Alsop may have thoroughly charmed the Observer’s normally ruthless interviewer, Lynn Barber, in her profile of him in last week’s edition, but the maverick architect is having a tougher time of it on the other side of the Pond.