Briefing – Page 43
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Crack team rides in to save Olympic Village
Will the new line-up of heavy hitters brought in to run the 2012 Athletes’ Village help lift the project out of the doldrums? BD’s news desk reports
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BD speaks to OMA partner Reinier de Graaf
Reinier de Graaf on the Delft University fire, his plans for the Commonwealth Institute and why Boris is good news for White City
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Leon Krier talks sustainable architecture
The Prince of Wales’s architecture guru Leon Krier talks with Jules Lubbock about the environmental merits of traditional buildings
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Coming down to earth with a bump
After a spectacular opening, Rogers’ T5 descended into farce. But how much turbulence does it take to ground such a high-flying practice? asks Vikki Miller
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Now that’s what Margaret Hodge calls architecture
The decision whether to list Robin Hood Gardens ultimately lies with the architecture minister, who took Liz Bury on a tour of buildings in her east London constituency
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Will Jan Kaplicky’s Prague National Library make him a local hero?
Future Systems’ Jan Kaplicky talks to Liz Bury about the brouhaha over his winning library design for Prague
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‘It’s a great place to live, absolutely’
Local residents give their views of what it’s like to live in Robin Hood Gardens, one of the 20th century’s great housing estates. Depressing? Not at all, they tell Rory Olcayto
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Who’s watching over Crossrail’s design?
The £16bn project to join east and west London by high-speed rail link is to go ahead, but doubts remain as to its architectural quality, reports Will Hurst
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2012 claims fail to make a splash
Architects have been promised that the Olympic boom will spread outside London as teams seek training bases. But will inadequate existing facilities mean they look outside the UK instead?Tom de Castella investigates
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Who’s celebrating this year?
We look at the personalities who dominated our news pages in 2007 and decide who are the turkeys and who win our Christmas puddings
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Gateway to disaster?
London must decide the direction of the Thames Gateway soon, warns Michael Edwards, or risk a project doomed to failure
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Has English Heritage lost its way?
As the public inquiry into the redevelopment of Smithfield market kicks off, is it time to review the adviser’s role, asks Heidi Ancell
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Will Bute battle Bloxham for Cardross?
After Tom Bloxham’s Urban Splash expressed interest in developing Gillespie, Kidd & Coia’s celebrated St Peter’s Seminary, a second would-be saviour, the Marquess of Bute, has thrown his hat into the ring
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London’s Dutch capitulation
Is the fashion for getting Dutch firms to work on Olympic and Gateway projects down to superior skills or is it just a political fad?
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Will market forces stifle bold design?
Contractors can pick and choose projects, citing costs, skills shortages and the booming market. But is this bad for architecture.
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Term begins at the BSF fame academy
With Building Schools for the Future opening its first scheme this week, Helen Crump asks if it has recovered from its shaky start
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Did the captain go down a storm?
As Jack Pringle prepares to hand over the helm at the RIBA, Will Hurst asks friends, foes and colleagues if his presidency was plain sailing or a voyage through choppy waters
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On the outside looking in
The 2012 Olympic Games were trumpeted as a victory for the entire UK, but the list of architects selected to work on the athletes’ village has sparked bitter accusations of heavy London bias.
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Is your old school holding you back?
Private education still dominates the professions, but how much is architecture affected?
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Brown must be more than green to stop industry blues
Clients, architects and commentators tell the new prime minister what he needs to do for architecture