Thursday02 September 2010

Howells King's Cross tower

Howells reveals King’s Cross tower

2 September 2010

Plans for the tallest tower on the King’s Cross Central site have been unveiled. It is hoped the building, by Glenn Howells Architects, will become an “urban marker” for the regeneration scheme, visible from across London.

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City of London to charge for pre-application meetings Subscription Required

2 September 2010

The City of London is to begin charging developers for pre-application meetings.

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The 18th century Culzean Castle by Robert Adam, one of the properties owned by the National Trust for Scotland

RIAS alarm at Scottish National Trust report Subscription Required

1 September 2010

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has written to the National Trust for Scotland asking for an urgent meeting about the future of the historic properties it manages.

Rees: “Let us work as part of the team.”

Peter Rees: The man who built the City of London Subscription Required

27 August 2010

As Peter Rees marks 25 years as the City of London’s chief planning officer BD meets the man and gauges to what ends he has used his considerable power.

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Neil Spiller

Architectural education needs change, says Neil Spiller Subscription Required

25 August 2010

Former Bartlett tutor Neil Spiller is as apprehensive as the freshers as he embarks on his new role as head of Architecture & Construction at the University of Greenwich. He plans to lead the school with an ecological and political vision for architecture.

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Albizia julibrissin trees are planted in a grid across the park.

Hatcham Gardens by East Subscription Required

27 August 2010

East’s landscaping of Hatcham Gardens is part of a linear arboretum it is creating across the south London area of Deptford.

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Graham Fairley - head of facade engineering at Aecom

Aecom's Graham Fairley on new facade materials Video Subscription Required

1 September 2010

In the last of a series of videos on facade design, Graham Fairley, head of facade engineering at Aecom, talks to Anthony Gell, CEO at the Business Voice, about the latest advances in technology and the opportunities it creates for architects.

A special laminate was used on the treads to increase stiffness.

Glass staircases in Apple’s Covent Garden store Subscription Required

27 August 2010

The two glass stairs in Bohlin Cywinski Jackson’s Covent Garden store for Apple are as amazing as the i-gadgets on sale

Studio Mumbai's installation at the 2010 architecture biennale in Venice

The 2010 architecture biennale goes 3D for an invigorating exhibition Subscription Required

31 August 2010

Entering this year’s Arsenale I was greeted with a surreal vision of the future. Hoards of revering onlookers, 3D glasses strapped to their faces, mouths agape, as images of Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa zooming around their EPFL campus on Segway scooters flashed before their eyes.

Alchemy Architects’ Weehouse is a recent American prefab design.

Prefab Houses Subscription Required

27 August 2010

A new book by Arnt Cobbers and Oliver Jahn overlooks the real big hitters of the industry.

Venice Biennale

The Romanian pavilion at the 2010 Venice biennale

Romania shines at the Venice biennale Subscription Required

31 August 2010

The Giardini’s other pavilions fell somewhere along usual spectrum between artistic whimsy and corporate sales pitch, the most successful standing out for the powerful execution of a single idea.

Atelier Bow Wow's installation at the 2010 Venice biennale

The sprawling Venice biennale offers frustrations and rewards Subscription Required

31 August 2010

The sprawling labyrinth of the Giardini’s Palazzo delle Esposizioni (formerly Italian pavilion) continues the well-paced tempo of the Arsenale, only shifting slightly from the shock and awe tactic of immersive installations to a greater emphasis on exhibiting built projects, and artists whose work tackles the wider social and political of context in which these buildings are situated.

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Boris is brave to think bigger Subscription Required

27 August 2010

Ignore the critics, London’s new housing design guide will mainly give us a size of home long enjoyed in western Europe

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The resistance to regen starts here Subscription Required

27 August 2010

Embracing every regeneration project on offer does no favours to our rundown urban areas

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How to choose the right design? Subscription Required

25 August 2010

It's only a small project, but you've had a few ideas and can't decide which one to go with. Why not ask the internet?

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