Architecture News
8 March, 2010
The Homes & Communities Agency has announced details of the first schemes it will fund under round two of its controversial Kickstart programme, with Persimmon Homes winning public money for the most number of schemes.
9 March, 2010
Local practice Morgan Cann Architects is behind the design for a new children’s play centre in Brighton.
9 March, 2010
9 March, 2010
9 March, 2010
9 March, 2010
Editor's Choice
8 March, 2010
Two semi-detached houses have been comprehensively restructured to create an engaging single dwelling for an extended family
05 March 2010
We asked a panel of experts to predict what the built environment would look like in 2050
4 March, 2010
The annual Mipim property fair is one of the industry's rites of passage. With this year’s event looming around the corner, we ask three old hands to offer their top tips on how to make it work for you
Picture of the Day
9 March, 2010
Work has begun on Broadway Malyan’s design for a new national breeding centre for the charity Guide Dogs
BD campaign: Come Clean on Kickstart
8 February, 2010
BD asks you to join our petition. We are calling on Cabe and the HCA to publish the projects and corresponding scores of housing funded under Kickstart round one.
26 February, 2010
Kickstart ‘enablers’ reveal more evidence of secrecy culture at architecture watchdog
5 March, 2010
Kickstart-funded housing developments given low Building for Life scores by Cabe were reassessed for the Homes & Communities Agency and subsequently scored far higher
26 February 2010
Our quest to uncover the Kickstart scores has growing parallels with the MPs’ expenses scandal
Buildings
05 March 2010
The surreal landscapes of the Rolex Learning Centre in Lausanne belie a more traditional belief in the link between open spaces and education
Comment
05 March 2010
Anniversaries are always a time of reflection, but more interesting is the bigger picture now confronting the profession
Fun
05 March 2010
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer with your postal address by 10am on Wednesday March 10 for a chance to win a copy of The Schools of Herman Hertzberger
05 March 2010
Was this outsized bowtie indicative of eighties excess in the profession?
CULTURE
05 March 2010
FOA partner Moussavi has thoroughly explored in The Function of Form how ‘affects’ can create more inclusive architectural forms
05 March 2010
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library
Student Space
8 March, 2010
This week Polyark makes a visit to Chance Glass factory on the outskirts and Birmingham and also rethinks the concept of an embassy into a one-stop shop of culture.
3 March, 2010
A group of young graduates have created a series of visualisations of how the controversial £140 million redevelopment of Aberdeen’s Union Terrace Gardens could look.
Multimedia
3 March, 2010
Watch an animation of, and hear I.M Pei talk about, the Hyperboloid – the building that wasn't built.
20 November, 2009
20 November, 2009
Climate Change
4 March, 2010
The RIBA and the UK Green Building Council have welcomed the government’s latest strategy to reduce household energy emissions.
Architect of the Year Awards
06 November 2009
Offices and education proved the most recession-proof at this year’s awards
06 November 2009
The award for the "best of the best" is for a body of work that has made a significant contribution to architecture in the last year
06 November 2009
David Kohn opened his presentation to the Young Architect of the Year jury with reference to Isaiah Berlin’s essay The Hedgehog and the Fox.
06 November 2009
There have been some remarkable buildings this year that are the direct result of passionate and dedicated clients.
06 November 2009
Carbuncle Cup 2009
28 August 2009
Despite strong competition from a record number of entries, this year’s winning building by Belfast-based Hamilton Architects is a shining example of bad architecture and bad planning
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3 March, 2010
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