All Building Design articles in June 2023 – Page 8
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News
In pictures: Milan Giovenale, by Carmody Groarke
A new student residential building in Milan seeks to harmonise with its wider context
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News
£12.26m committed to Commonwealth Heritage Forum’s heritage skills programme
Funding from Hamish Ogston Foundation to mark Charles III’s coronation
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Review
Review | Peter Womersley, by Neil Jackson
James Grimley enjoys a new book on Peter Womersley and hopes that it acts as ‘a rallying call to action’ on preserving the architect’s work
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News
Buckley Gray Yeoman submits plans to refurbish 1980s Westminster office
Practice also sends in proposals for mixed-use canal-side scheme in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
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Opinion
It’s time for architectural practices to step forward and embrace vocational training
Many in the profession see vocational education as a threat to architects’ status. It’s time to leave behind these outdated attitudes, writes Ben Flatman
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News
In pictures: Fletcher Priest Architects completes first phase of Knightsbridge Estate
Fletcher Priest Architects has completed the first phase of the regeneration of The Olayan Group’s Knightsbridge Estate, restoring a set of historic buildings into a modern, mixed-use estate. The development includes 10,750 sqm of workspace, 33 build-to-rent properties set around an internal courtyard, a rooftop restaurant, and new retail spaces, ...
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Council contradicts Aecom’s claim that Shell demolition plans had ‘fully explored’ reuse
Aberdeen council says talks with Shell on knocking down former HQ were “not a full assessment”
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Opinion
The loss of the Crooked House pub reveals that built heritage is about a lot more than buildings
Old buildings and the stories that we tell about them are often at the heart of what makes a place special, writes Martyn Evans
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News
Glancy Nicholls’ 700-home Birmingham scheme set for green light
Pressworks proposals include 23-storey tower on edge of city centre
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GT3 announces partnership with US design firm
Newcastle and Nottingham practice says alliance with Sasaki will open new doors
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Building Study
Union Terrace Gardens, Aberdeen by LDA Design
The city’s celebrated Victorian pleasure gardens have reopened after a £28.3m revamp – and decades of drama and indecision, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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News
British Land unveils Adam Nathaniel Furman artwork at Paddington Central
Locally born artist and designer completes artwork intended to ‘celebrate inclusivity and promote wellbeing’
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Government to fast-track ban on shared mixed-sex toilets in new buildings
Amendments to building regulations to require either single-sex shared toilets or private mixed-sex toilets
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Architects urge council to reject demolition of Shell’s former Aberdeen HQ
Open letter calls for publication of full embodied carbon impact of proposal to flatten seven buildings
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Environment Agency flags flood risk at Hawkins Brown’s huge Oxford scheme
Developer insists solution will be found for proposals as EA recommends refusal
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Features
Unlocking commercial potential with sliding door solutions
Sliding doors play a key role in meeting the ongoing need for flexible design solutions in commercial spaces – thanks to their ability to open or divide spaces quickly and safely
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Features
Posi-Joist cassettes become a key component in energy house 2.0
Behind the walls of Energy House 2 exists eHome2 – a unique concept build house. MiTek’s Posi-Joist cassettes are an essential part of the home’s design which focuses on sustainability and accelerating us towards low carbon and net zero housing
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Opinion
Generative Design & AI Trends: ‘Auto Optioneering’
In the second article of this series, Keir Regan-Alexander looks at ‘Auto Optioneering’ and its applicability to RIBA 0-1 / AIA PD
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News
Adjaye Associates removed from £57m Liverpool slavery museum scheme
Architect at centre of sexual misconduct allegations
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Time runs out for Chipperfield’s Chinese embassy plans
Deadline to lodge an appeal for rejected scheme passed yesterday