Academic at the interface

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Architect academic Cliff Nicholls is the Dean of the school of design at the Chelsea School of Art, UK. Nicholls has worked as both a practitioner and a teacher within the discipline of urban design, but a particularly appealing aspect of the Chelsea post for him is that it concerns the interface between design and art. Nicholls has responsibility for about 800 students involved in either further or higher education or research projects. The general mission of the school is to investigate the designer's role in society, a subject which fits easily into a political mood of the late 1990s.

Officials and employees, Behavior, Study and teaching, Design, Art schools, Nicholls, Cliff

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Glass menagerie

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The Zoological Society of London employed architects Wharmby Kozdon to design a new building for the Millennium at London Zoo, London, England. The Web of Life building took 14 months to build and cost 3,558,969 pounds sterling. The new building is aimed at helping visitors appreciate biodiversity. The building had to be suitable for both the animals and visitors. The roof forms a V-shape and the whole building is based on an open-plan design, with glass walls to allow viewing areas for the public.

Cover Story, Design and construction, Buildings and facilities, Public buildings, Zoos, London Zoo

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Downmarket end to the suburban idyll

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The Royal Festival Hall series of lectures about the suburbs features speakers such a Jenny Uglow, who believes that patterns of how suburbs are perceived were set in the eighteenth century. Peter Hall spoke of how the development of railways brought the suburbs downmarket. Philip Hensher spoke of finding order in the suburbs, quoting from Updike's novel Rabbit Run.

Suburbs, Speeches, lectures and essays

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