All Features articles – Page 154
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What can I do to mitigate legal costs?
I am considering bringing legal action to recover losses I have suffered on a project but I am put off by the cost. What are my options?
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FeaturesHas my client cheated me out of my fees?
I have had a planning application rejected and my client claims no fee is due, what can I do?
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FeaturesThe Ryde’s experiment in caring and sharing
Hatfield’s The Ryde was a groundbreaking cooperative where residents created the housing community that they wanted, but 40 years on is it the community or the privacy of the houses people want?
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FeaturesWhat type of housing do we need to provide for Britain’s rapidly growing elderly population?
This month our experts consider building housing for the elderly
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FeaturesRIBA Bookshops’ selection of recent books on housing and regeneration
David Knight, co-producer of The Rule of Regulations and a London-based architectural teacher, reviews three books on housing and regeneration
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FeaturesBeyond BedZed: Pooran Desai on the importance of sustainable housing
Through his BioRegional Quintain venture, Pooran Desai is concerned with the sustainability not only of buildings but, more importantly, the communities who live and work in them
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FeaturesBoost your architectural cad skills
Bentley’s Be Employable scheme is worth checking out at this time of stress in the world of architecture
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FeaturesDot to dot result: April 9, 2009
The winner of last week’s competition was Satish Bhatia of Croydon, who identified Frank Gehry’s American Centre in Paris
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FeaturesDot to dot: April 17, 2009
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday April 22, 2009 for a chance to win a copy of 100 Houses: Modern Designs for Contemporary Living by Cathy Strongman
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FeaturesPeter Cook’s Crab makes a sideways move
Amid the gloom, one architectural practice still recruiting is Crab, Peter Cook’s partnership with Gavin Robotham
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FeaturesTo Brighton for Congress with a queen
In 1987, Queen Noor of Jordan, an architect and planner, made BD’s front page with her address to the International Union of Architects’ 16th Congress, held at Brighton
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FeaturesDot to dot result: April 3
Last week’s winner was Elizabeth Wilby of Dignan Read Dewar Architects in Edinburgh, who identified Mario Botta’s San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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FeaturesDot to dot: April 09 2009
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday April 15 for a chance to win a copy of Renzo Piano Building Workshop: Complete Works, Vol. 5 by Peter Buchanan.
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FeaturesJumpin' Jack Flash on life in the fast lane
Here’s future RIBA Jack Pringle and his very nice motor in 1987. Doesn’t he look as if he’s auditioning for a part in The Sweeney?
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Dot to dot result: March 27
Last week’s winner is Edward Martin of Archial in London, who identified Santiago Calatrava’s El Alamillo Bridge at Seville, Spain
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Dot to dot - April 3, 2009
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Tuesday April 7, 2009 for a chance to win a copy of White Heat, Cold Logic: British Computer Art 1960-1980, edited by P Brown & others
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FeaturesTravails of an inner city travelling machine
Date March 1987Architect Julyan WickhamCars are more than mere vehicles for getting from A to B, opined BD, in its series called Motors, before adding that architects — being aesthetes — don’t simply pick the most expensive on offer, but go for looks and design as well. Of course they ...
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FeaturesDot to Dot: March 27 2009
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday April 1, 2009 for a chance to win a copy of Sir John Soane’s Museum London by Tim Knox.
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FeaturesDot to dot result: March 20
Last week’s winner is Eva Frederick of Househam Henderson Architects in Winchester, who identified Alsop & Stormer’s Hôtel du Département des Bouches-du-Rhône (Le Grand Bleu), Marseilles
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FeaturesDot to Dot: March 20 2009
Name the building for the chance to win a copy of Félix Candela: engineer, builder, structural artist by Maria E Moreyra Garlock & David P Billington