All Features articles – Page 152
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FeaturesBD's guide to the 2009 graduate shows
Another year, another crop of fresh talent from the architecture schools across the country.
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FeaturesBrian Vermeulen on how the African site of Great Zimbabwe has influenced his work
The ruins of Great Zimbabwe, a major trading centre until the 15th century, have informed Cottrell & Vermeulen’s school designs
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FeaturesDot to dot results: May 29
Last week’s winner was Barbara Seel of Erdal Architects in Leith, who identified Karl Marx Hof in Vienna, by Karl Ehn.
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FeaturesDot to dot: 05 June 2009
Name the building for the chance to win a copy of David Adjaye: Making Public Buildings, edited by Peter Allison.
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FeaturesA diligent student of the upper crust
A relaxed-looking Mark Girouard was interviewed by BD after winning a WH Smith Award for his book, Life in the English Country House. During the interview he revealed how bored he’d been working on Pevsner’s Buildings of England series, and how his love of grand houses had started in his ...
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FeaturesDot to dot results: May 22
The winner of last week’s competition was Anthony Stevens of Basingstoke, who identified Antoni Gaudi’s Casa Mila in Barcelona. He will receive a copy of Designing Modern Germany, by Jeremy Aynsley
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FeaturesDot to dot: 29 May 09
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday, June 3 2009 for a chance to win a copy of The English Buildings Book by Philip Wilkinson and Peter Ashley.
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FeaturesDot to dot: 22 May 09
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday, May 27 2009 for a chance to win a copy of Designing Modern Germany by Jeremy Aynsley
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FeaturesA round-up of the latest refurbishment projects
HÛT’s refurbishment of Hoxton FinsYoung practice HÛT has recently completed Hoxton Fins in the east London Borough of Hackney. The refurbishment of the brick building adjacent to the Hoxton Hotel provides 1,449sq m of creative workspace. The main Great Eastern Street facade, animated by a series of translucent green and ...
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FeaturesThe latest products for refurbishment projects
AltroWalkway rangeThe hairdressing and beauty salon at John Wheatley College, Glasgow has installed Altro Walkway. John McKay, the college’s facilities manager, explains: “The previous flooring in the salon was also Altro Walkway, which after many years of use had kept its appearance and slip resistance. It made sense for us ...
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Insurance for part II graduates
I am thinking of setting myself up as a self-employed architectural assistant. As I am an RIBA part II qualified person but not a fully qualified architect, can I use the same PII procedures or is there insurance that has been designed specifically for non-architects?
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FeaturesQuinlan Terry proves fixed and eternal
The right-wing renaissance in architecture was already making ground 28 years ago
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FeaturesQ&A with Haworth Tompkins on the refurbishment of London buildings
Graham Haworth explains how Haworth Tompkins’ refurbishment of the London Library and the Haunch of Venison Gallery celebrate the shared context of “old London”
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FeaturesDoes listing sufficiently protect modern buildings?
This month our experts consider the merits of listing buildings
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FeaturesShould I be building gated communities?
Will a gated community in a deprived area create more problems?
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FeaturesRecent books on refurbishment, preservation and conservation
Will Jennings and Aimée Felton of Inskip & Jenkins Architects, review three books on refurbishment
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FeaturesSimon Baynham on re-thinking streets around consumers' needs
Simon Baynham, head of development for London’s Howard de Walden Estate, explains how he helped to make Marylebone High Street thrive by playing the long game
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FeaturesSeek and ye shall find with latest archiving technology
"Sticky webs" and social media are the new ways to organise information