All Features articles – Page 170
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FeaturesGareth Hoskins: Burrell Museum, Glasgow
Designed by Barry Gasson with Brit Andresen in 1971 and opened to the public in 1983, the Burrell Museum houses one of Glasgow’s major art collections, amassed by wealthy ship owner William Burrell.
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FeaturesRichard Murphy: Broch at Mousa, Shetland Islands
When so much of the 20th century was about the disappearance of architectural poché in the plan, in Scotland the persistence of “thick-walled architecture” is obvious, evidenced most recently at Benson & Forsyth’s museum in Edinburgh, but also in the work of Gillespie Kidd & Coia, particularly its religious work.
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FeaturesOne man in an imaginary boat
The Venice Architecture Biennale beckons, and engenders dreams of a London where cost is not the only consideration for architecture
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Saul Metzstein: Glasgow Airport
The design of Spence Glover & Ferguson’s Glasgow Airport is no more inherently Scottish than the neoclassical marvels of Georgian Edinburgh or Victorian Glasgow.
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FeaturesDéjà vu all over again
In a special meta edition, we look back at a piece by BD’s then editor Martin Pawley, who was explaining the 1975 housing slump by contrasting it with a late 19th century housing slump
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FeaturesValerio Olgiati: The garden of Crathes castle, Aberdeenshire
The plants are pruned in a rather unnatural way; the ground is slightly and very regularly sloping.
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FeaturesDot to Dot results: September 5
Last week’s competition winner was Caroline Gore-Booth of CZWG, who identified the Pompidou Centre by Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano.
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FeaturesDot to Dot September 12
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday September 17 for a chance to win a copy of Historic Views of London by Ann Saunders.
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FeaturesIsi Metzstein: Northern insurance building, Glasgow
In Glasgow city centre, a gridiron disciplines the broad streets and narrow lanes, and this promotes a radical uncoupling of facade treatment.
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FeaturesKathryn Findlay: Forth rail bridge, Edinburgh
These days we seem to be a nation of the safe and the romantic, but Scots should recognise that our country has historically played a global role in the great debates of the day.
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FeaturesThe Carbuncle Cup 2008: Your nominations
With only three weeks left to nominate your most hated building in the UK, it’s time to put on your protective goggles and pore the streets for that most celebrated monstrosity and deserved winner of BD’s third Carbuncle Cup.
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FeaturesShould I try to tackle sexism?
Irena Bauman, author of How to be a Happy Architect, tackles your ethical dilemmas
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FeaturesWhat do the revised site safety regulations mean for me?
I have seen a lot written about the changes to the CDM Regulations in the press. As a designer, can you clarify for me what my duties and responsibilities are under these regulations?
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FeaturesLiberty’s tarnished torch
As the US convulses itself in Dynasty-style shenanigans in the run-up to November’s presidental poll, here’s an image of Liberty’s torch being cleaned in preparation for the bicentennial in the seventies
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FeaturesA brief for the unthinkable
Rogers made a creditable go of the brief for Terminal 5 but moving the capital’s main airport to the Kent coast would aid passengers, while the west London site could be reborn as an exemplar of good architecture
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FeaturesCooking up a storm with Alan Camp Architects
‘The office fills with wonderful smells that happily distract us’
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FeaturesDot to Dot September 5
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday September 10 for a chance to win a copy of How to be a Happy Architect by Bauman Lyons Architects.
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