All Features articles – Page 153
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FeaturesAvanti Architects' Hackney courage
Having been neglected over the years, Erno Goldfinger’s little known Haggerston School in Hackney is poised to be transformed by the BSF programme. Avanti Architects’ John Allan explains how the listed building will be adapted for a radical new educational programme
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FeaturesAs the only architect, am I responsible for the practice?
If I am the only architect in a a practice comprising architectural technicians, who takes responsibility for the architectural services we provide?
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FeaturesVector programs give 2D drawings the edge
How to give that hand-drawn touch to client presentations
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FeaturesDot to dot: 15 May 09
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday May 20 for a chance to win a copy of Simon Henley’s acclaimed volume, the Architecture of Parking
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FeaturesDot to dot results: 08 May 2009
Last week’s winner was Rebekka Caush of MJP Architects in London, who identified Norman Foster’s Le Carré d'Art in Nimes
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FeaturesConran’s new town poaching
Terence Conran made the front page of BD in 1980 as he launched a new company
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FeaturesDot to dot: 08 May 09
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday May 13 for a chance to win a copy of Architects and Architecture of London, by Ken Allinson
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FeaturesDot to dot results: 01 May 09
The winner of last week’s competition was Gerald Fox of MJP Architects in London, who identified Le Corbusier’s Villa Schwob in La Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland.
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FeaturesWhat did the architect say to the Prince?
We'd like you to suggest a picture caption for this meeting of arch-modernist David Chipperfield and traditional architecture fan the Prince of Wales
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FeaturesNord’s Alan Pert rediscovers Scotland’s Crichton Castle
Alan Pert reveals how a visit to Crichton Castle as a boy has been an influence on his most recent building — an electricity substation for the London Olympics
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FeaturesDot to dot result: April 24
The winner of last week’s competition was Kate Foley of MBP Architects in Surrey, who identified Denys Lasdun’s National Theatre in London.
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FeaturesHolidays in the sun at Skegness
One of Billy Butlin’s first holiday camps opened in 1936 on the north-west coast at Skegness, a chance for British holidaymakers to enjoy the delights of the seaside with modern comforts. BD was on the scene when this chalet was listed in May 1987
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FeaturesDot to dot: April 24, 2009
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday April 29, 2009 for a chance to win a copy of Grand Designs Handbook by Kevin McCloud
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FeaturesDot to dot result: April 17, 2009
The winner of last week’s competition was Trevor Dodgson of Menston near Ilkely in Yorkshire, who identified Ralph Erskine’s Ark in west London
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FeaturesA round-up of the latest housing projects
Cox Bulleid’s Shoreditch Prototype HouseWhen Tessa Cox and Oliver Bulleid bought a plot of land in Shoreditch, east London, the road outside hadn’t even been built. But, like many young architectural couples, they were willing to take a gamble on the site, which they acquired at auction without planning permission ...
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FeaturesThe latest products for housing projects
Marley EternitEcoLogic roof tilesMarley EternitWhen stimulated by sunshine these roof tiles absorb small amounts of nitrogen dioxide, found in traffic pollution and linked to asthma and respiratory diseases. Titanium dioxide within the tile converts nitrogen dioxide to nitric acid ions, in turn neutralised by the lime and calcium carbonate in ...
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FeaturesRiches Hawley Mikhail's Norwich and Liverpool housing projects
Annalie Riches and David Mikhail describe how housing designs at Tribeca in Liverpool and Greyhound Opening in Norwich are informed by local period housing.
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FeaturesSmart Geometry's show and tell
The latest Smart Geometry meet-up in San Francisco saw architects and other design practitioners keen to swap notes
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FeaturesWhat exactly is the RIBA for?
What exact help does RIBA offer an out of work part II student wonders
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FeaturesDwellings near the house of the Lord
In November 1980, then archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie took to the south London streets near his official Lambeth Palace residence to protest the Thatcher government’s cuts to public sector housebuilding and stock upgrades