All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 59
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50 Wonders50 Wonders | John Tuomey: The Aran Islands, Ireland
The O’Donnell & Tuomey co-founder and RIBA Gold Medal winner (with Sheila O’Donnell) explains his love for the structures and geology of the wild isles
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NewsDavid Kohn eyes 2023 completion for new Oxford quads
Planners approve taller tower for architect’s £44m Gradel Quadrangles project
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NewsNew owner of £1bn South Bank site replaces Wilkinson Eyre with Fosters
Appointment also spells end of 34-storey Brisac Gonzalez tower at 18 Blackfriars
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FeaturesValue Engineering: The new Grenfell play should be required viewing
Richard Norton-Taylor’s dramatisation of the Grenfell Inquiry shines an uncomfortable light on the construction industry, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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NewsArchitects welcome government’s gas boiler phase-out
Plan to give homeowners £5,000 grants for heat pumps outlined in long-awaited heat and buildings strategy
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NewsAHMM director hits back at critics of Holloway and St Thomas’s schemes
Simon Allford says female colleagues ‘irritated’ by criticism that male-led practice was appointed to women’s prison project
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FeaturesCPD 10 2021: Structural Steel and the circular economy
This CPD module, sponsored by Steel for Life, examines steel’s credentials on its ability to be reused, recycled and multi-cycled, its structural efficiency, and its alignment to circular economy principles. Deadline to complete: 26 November 2021.
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NewsWinners of Stratford Design Challenge announced
Judges of Building [Re]Design ideas competition award a first prize and a highly commended
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NewsZaha Hadid and Asif Khan shortlisted for Russian theatre project
Coop Himmelb(l)au and Kengo Kuma also among finalists
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FeaturesLay off the plasterboard and cladding
Cutting out the layers can make buildings more sustainable, argues Steve Webb
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NewsIn pics: Woods Bagot gives the low down on mega-basement hotel
The Londoner in Leicester Sq features six underground levels, giving it one of the world’s deepest habitable basements
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NewsWraps come off Grimshaw’s Expo 2020 sustainability pavilion
Self-sufficient attraction will become permanent museum in Dubai after world fair
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FeaturesCan we design out sexual violence from our towns?
In the latest for our Building [Re]Design series, Pam Alexander outlines how digital tools can help designers and placemakers create safer streets and parks
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NewsUrban & Civic looks to add young architects to its roster
I want to see talent, meticulousness and an eye for the unexpected, says chief executive
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FeaturesAnalysis: How to build 5,000 homes in Middle England – and keep the neighbours happy
Urban & Civic is only 12 years old but this private equity-backed property start-up is turning heads with its approach to master development. Elizabeth Hopkirk visited a former RAF base in Cambridgeshire to see the business model in action
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NewsHopkins debuts new Dubai districts at Expo 2020
Es Devlin’s poetry-inspired UK Pavilion opens at delayed global gathering
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NewsEPR gets all-clear for £300m mega-basement at the Ritz
Five-storey subterranean extension to include a spa, swimming pool and 53 new rooms
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NewsStirling contenders Carmody Groarke among Doolan Prize finalists
Five in running for Scotland’s best building award