Will CCT take architecture back to the Sixties; Hampshire county architect Colin Stansfield Smith fears mulitple damage from compulsory competitive tendering

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Colin Stansfield Smith is county architect for Hampshire Counct Council, England. He heads a department of between 180 and 200 staff which is responsible for 2.5 million square metres of accommodation. Stansfield Smith is opposed to the government's plans to introduce compulsory competitive tendering for architecctural services. He believes it will lead to desisions based on cost alone and mean a return to the system-building of the 1960s. Stansfield Smith values the architect's concern for quality, imagination and the needs of the client.

Services, Political aspects, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Architecture, Privatization, Privatization (Business), Hampshire, England

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An architect of his time

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Maxwell Hutchinson set up his first architectural parctice in London, England in 1971. He gained experience rapidly and benefitted from the increased demand for architects in the 1980s. He became the youngest ever president of the Royal Institute of British Architects where he supervised the introduction of an new, more commercial Code of Conduct. Hutchinson's practice suffered in the 1990s due to the recession and he now operates as a sole trader, concentrating on design work. He also hosts a radio programme on architecture.

Officials and employees, Royal Institute of British Architects, Hutchinson, Maxwell

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Designing for cancer care

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TheMid Kent Oncology Centre has been designed by architect, Powell Moya Partnership to house state of the art technology within a humane environment. The decoration and the building and its plan, centred on a courtyard, give it alight, simple but non-clinical atmosphere. Structural elements have been designed to provide radiation shielding without the need for frightening lead lined doors and other high technology equipment is not allowed to detract from the domestic scale of the waiting, reception and nursing areas.

Care and treatment, Medical centers, Design and construction, Buildings and facilities, Cancer, Cancer treatment, Oncology

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