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Health check for hospitals
17 October 2013Just because it’s a hospital, it doesn’t have to be institutional-looking or a turn-off for would-be patients. Pamela Buxton looks at new moves in the provision of healthcare buildings, and what may be ahead for the sector
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Park Theatre, London
15 October 2013Old theatres live on thanks to this new theatre project in Finsbury Park, north London and the designers’ eye on costs and use of reclaimed furniture, old books, and doors from a now-demolished fellow theatre in the North of England
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BBC New Broadcasting House, London
9 October 2013The design by HOK for the new London broadcasting HQ has been tuned in to the requirements of modern media, audience expectations and sustainability
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Balthazar bar, Copenhagen
8 October 2013Thanks to Space Copenhagen what was once a dark and characterless storeroom is now a sophisticated bar, fitting right in with its location’s prestigious past
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Designers’ dolls houses in bid for charity
7 October 2013Twenty of the world’s best contemporary architects and designers will present their version of a dolls’ house in an exhibition and auction next month at Bonhams in aid of the KIDS charity.
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Dutch design week gets a makeover
7 October 2013This month sees the return of Dutch Design Week (DDW), now in its 12th annual outing, but with a few added extras this year.
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Scottish talent on show at new BA Airport Lounge
7 October 2013The work of Scottish craftsmen and artists play a major part in a new £80,000 BA business-class lounge at Glasgow Airport, designed by Glasgow-based practice Graven Images.
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Barber Osgerby chair to sit pretty at Bodleian
7 October 2013A chair design by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby has been named as the winner of the Bodleian Libraries Chair Competition.
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Review response delights Sir Terry Farrell
3 October 2013The response to the Farrell Review consultation has delighted the review chairman Sir Terry Farrell. It has had a very positive response, both to the online Call for Evidence and workshops held up and down the country, says his office.
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New Blood: Designers in Residence 2013
3 October 2013A new crop of four young up-and-coming designers has been selected to be this year’s Design Museum Designers in Residence. All will benefit from a bursary of £6,000 to continue their design investigations. Director of the Design Museum Deyan Sudjic said that this year’s Designers in Residence programme, now in its sixth year, ‘will explore of how design in any field can be used to convey, to create, or to reflect a sense of identity’.
