All Features articles – Page 157
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FeaturesQ & A with Erect Architecture on playground design
Led by Barbara Kaucky and Susanne Tutsch, Erect Architecture has created two inventive playground proposals by involving children from the start of the design process
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FeaturesAdam Kalkin’s contained approach to architecture
US artist and architect Adam Kalkin has devised a novel building type using shipping containers — if only the practicalities weren’t so tiresome.
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FeaturesDot to dot result: February 6
Last week’s winner was Amanda Keane of the Stanley Bragg Partnership in Colchester, who identified Mies van der Rohe’s Lake Shore Drive apartments in Chicago.
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FeaturesDot to dot: February 13
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday February 18 for a chance to win a copy of The Wright Experience: A Master Architect’s Vision, edited by Sara Hunt.
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FeaturesLesser known Price in the long grass
This week we ask for BD readers to turn sleuth and help identify the mystery man in an undated photo from our Cedric Price archive
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FeaturesDot to dot result: January 30
The winner of last week’s competition was James Ferguson of HAA Design in Glasgow, who identified David Chipperfield Architects’ America’s Cup Building in Valencia, Spain.
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FeaturesDot to dot: February 06
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday February 11 for a chance to win a copy of Vertiginous Moscow by Gabriele Basilico.
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FeaturesReaders' pictures of the city under snow
The snow in the city has produced a series of great reader pictures – including the Gherkin and the snowman.
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FeaturesResearch offers a ray of hope
The economic meltdown gives us a chance to reassess our priorities and decide what kind of architecture is truly worthwhile
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FeaturesBetjeman summoned by books
Poet laureate John Betjeman visited the opening of the RIBA Bookshop by Garnett Cloughly Blakemore in 1975 — and luckily his own wares were on display.
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FeaturesDot to Do Result: January 23
Last week’s winner is Chris Garner of Feilden & Mawson in Norwich, who identified Philip Johnson’s Glass House at New Canaan, Connecticut, USA.
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FeaturesDot to dot: 30 January 2009
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday February 04, 2009, for a chance to win a copy of The Country Houses of John Vanbrugh by Jeremy Musson.
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FeaturesEvery picture tells a story: the 12th annual BD/Zumtobel photo contest
The BD/Zumtobel photo contest has, as usual, thrown up some beautiful and engaging images. BD editor Amanda Baillieu surveys this year’s entries
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FeaturesJan’s refusal to be imprisoned
Architect Jan Kaplicky and actor Patrick McGoohan, who gave Portmeirion a starring role in The Prisoner, shared the same inability to handle the mediocre
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FeaturesPortmeirion’s famous sons remembered
Actor Patrick McGoohan, who died this week, put Portmeirion, the Welsh village constructed in the Italian style by Clough Williams-Ellis, on the map
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FeaturesHelpdesk: Hugh Davies looks at the best architecture tender search websites
How can I use Tenders Electronic Daily, or Ted, to search for architectural project opportunities?
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FeaturesArchitects’ fortunes are written in the legislation, not in the stars
This month, with help from Anna Scott-Marshall, RIBA head of public affairs, we review the impact of the recent legislative changes and predict what we anticipate for 2009.
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FeaturesDot to Dot: January 23
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday January 21 for a chance to win a copy of Take Your Time: Olafur Eliasson, edited by Madeleine Grynsztejn
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FeaturesJan Kaplicky, 1937-2009: visionary for whom reality fell short
Jan Kaplicky, who died last week, was a trailblazing and inspirational architect but one whose endeavours often left him disappointed