An affinity for technology

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Cezary Bednarski trained as an architect in Poland. He came to Britain in 1981 and overcame many difficulties in obtaining refugee status and professional recognition. Bednarski's designs are closely related to their context, using technology as a means to an end, not an end in itself. He works by asking the questions, 'why and what for?' His design for a footbridge over the Thames won a comptetion held by the Countryside Commission and he is also working on a school for an Indian village. An idealist, Bednarski has mixed feelings both about Britian and his native land.

Interview

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The museum maker

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Nicholas Serota, the Tate Gallery's director, intends to build a new Tate Museum of Modern Art on a separate site in London, UK. He will redevelop the exisiting site to build new buildings for the Museum of British Art. The new Museum of Modern Art would be ideally located near Millbank, and the old hospital site there must be developed. The Tate's trustees want the Tate Museum of Modern Art to be finished by 2000 to benefit from the state Millennium Fund. The work and biography of Serota are also discussed.

Buildings and facilities, Tate Britain, Serota, Nicholas

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Preparing for CCT: two years of market forces

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Surrey County Council pioneered the privatization of its architect's department in 1990 when it was sold to WS Atkins. Atkins signed a five year contract with the County and employed the existing staff. Surrey retained a small client services team. Atkins are to take over further property services functions from the County in 1993. Director of Property, Ian Bobbet sees benefits from commercial compretition but dislikes the compulsory nature of the government's competitive tendering proposals.

Management, Services, Contracts, Real estate management, Local government, Privatization, Privatization (Business), Surrey, England

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