All Features articles – Page 60
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FeaturesHave we learnt anything from the Walkie Scorchie?
Behind the headlines ridiculing the Walkie Talkie for its death ray and wind scoop effects are serious issues that should concern us all, says architect and urban climatologist Julie Futcher
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup 2015 winner announced
Decision to award Carbuncle Cup to Walkie Talkie was unanimous
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup 2015 shortlist unveiled
Six of Britain’s worst buildings in the running for architecture’s wooden spoon
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FeaturesA day at the office: Your guide to human happiness
How can you use design to actively influence and improve people’s lives? British Land is using its own headquarters as a test bed for incorporating wellbeing principles that it hopes will foster a happier, more productive workforce
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FeaturesGallery: Two decades of Malcolm Fraser Architects
BD marks the demise of an award-winning practice with photographic highlights from the last 22 years
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: Parliament House, Lambeth, London
These baleful flats on Black Prince Road designed by Keith Williams Architects would look more at home on Stratford High Street than in central London, says the nominator
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: City Gateway, Swaythling, Southampton
This hall of residence by Fluid Design for Southampton University is so unpopular with locals they have christened it the ‘fag butt’
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: Wing building, Battle of Britain Memorial, Kent
Designed by Godden Allen Lawn, this nomination is for the new visitor centre at the National Memorial to the Few at Capel-le-Ferne
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: Waltham Forest YMCA building, London
Designed by Robert Kilgour Architects, this nomination is for an extension to a building in east London
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: Whittle Building, Peterhouse, University of Cambridge
This John Simpson Architects-designed neo-gothic student accommodation makes up the fourth side of historic Gisborne Court
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: Woodward Hall, North Acton, London
Our nominator despised this Careyjones Chapmantolcher-designed student halls of residence so much he stood for Parliament to oppose inappropriate development
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: Walkie Talkie, City of London
Here it is, the one so many have been waiting for: Rafael Vinoly’s 20 Fenchurch Street
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FeaturesHousing design awards: The winners
This year’s Housing Design Awards show that the sector’s return to strength has brought with it bold and experimental design, with council housing and housing for older people in particular taking some unexpected forms
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: Library Walk, Manchester
The nomination of this little SimpsonHaugh Partners’ project is sure to cause a storm
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: M by Montcalm hotel
Squire Partners and 5plus architects bag a Carbuncle Cup nomination for their Shoreditch collaboration
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FeaturesCPD 10 2015: Introduction to Environmental Product Declarations
The latest in our CPD series introduces Environmental Product Declarations. This module is sponsored by Marley Eternit
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FeaturesCarbuncle Cup: Northwich Memorial Court leisure centre
Ellis Williams Architects is the first practice to receive a Carbuncle Cup nomination in 2015
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FeaturesGeorge Turner on his Shell Centre defeat: 'I did what I could'
Decision will deter public from engaging with planning system, warns campaigner in his first interview after the Appeal Court judgement
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FeaturesDerek Walker (1929 - 2015)
Dave Reddick pays tribute to his former partner, best known for work on Milton Keynes new town
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FeaturesReturning the Mac
BD takes a tour of the Mac with the man whose swansong will be conjuring a phoenix from its ashes