All Features articles – Page 176
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Eco-town a symptom, not a strategy
As the political pendulum swings against giant government building initiatives, architects have a chance to be part of the revival of local democracy
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FeaturesRIBA designs homes fit for a prince
Back in the 1980s, the royals were more frequent visitors to the RIBA than they are today.
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FeaturesDon’t let green roofs be victims of the crunch
Why green roofs add real value to a building, not just ‘eco-bling’
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FeaturesCraft your practice’s website as carefully as your next building
Richard Frankland of FKDA, which designs both buildings and websites, on how architects can achieve a striking online presence
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FeaturesDot to dot: July 18
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday July 23 for a chance to win a copy of Building the Future: Building Technology & Cultural History from the Industrial Revolution until Today by Ulrich Pfammatter.
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FeaturesDot to dot results: July 11
Last week’s competition winner was Anthony Lau of Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands who identified Stockholm Library by Erik Gunnar Aspland.He receives a copy of Work: the Building of Channel Tunnel Rail Link by Stephen Bayley.
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Class of 2008: The judges
Class of 2008 is brought to you by BD and Buro Four. The winners of this year’s competition are to be announced in BD on August 8, so check back soon to find out who won. The best student projects to enter this year – which won through in a ...
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FeaturesQuality of sustainability photos impresses judges
The shortlisted images for the £50,000 Prix Pictet photography prize for sustainability deliver a haunting view of climate change.
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FeaturesPowell & Moya put spirit in the Skylon
As Jack Pringle campaigns to get Skylon rebuilt, BD captures Skylon’s original architect, Powell & Moya, in a moment of triumph
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FeaturesCaught in the act on law and order
As Banged Up With Blunkett reaches our TVs, Jonathan Glancey examines some architectural aspects of the prisons debate
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FeaturesDot to dot: 11 July
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday July 16, including your postal address, for a chance to win a copy of Work: the Building of the Channel Tunnel Rail Link by Stephen Bayley.
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FeaturesPortsmouth School of Architecture Blog 2008
Third year architecture student Vinesh Pomal takes a look at his fellow students' third year and diploma shows at Portsmouth University.
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FeaturesThe garish lipstick on the pig
An exhibition of Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershoi’s work at the RA shows how to achieve rewarding domestic architecture without resort to lime green
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FeaturesTaking a bow
In the run-up to the 16th International Union of Architects Congress in Brighton in 1987, Max Hutchinson and Owen Luder put their glad rags on
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FeaturesShould I agree to act as an expert witness?
I have been asked to act as an expert witness. I’m flattered, but what will it entail?
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Dot to Dot July 4
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday July 9 for a chance to win a copy of Vanishing America: the End of Main Street by Michael Eastman
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FeaturesDot to dot results: June 27
Last week’s competition winner was Fiona Coutts of Benjamin Tindall Architects, Edinburgh, who identified the New York Guggenheim by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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FeaturesSpaced out
In 1980, BD ran this photo of a happy young couple in their spatially challenged kitchen to accompany a story about starter homes.
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FeaturesThe challenge of accessibility
Buzzwords like ‘accessibility’ and ‘sustainability’ mask a tendency to talk down to a public craving for architecture of substance