Kings Landing

The Architecture of Game of Thrones

It’s not all dungeons and dragons - Sam Jacob selects the best architecture from the cult science fantasy series

Clerkenwell Design Week

The 10 best things to see at Clerkenwell Design Week

BD’s pick of the top events at this week’s London festival– May 21-23

Villa Savoye lego

Win a LEGO Architecture Villa Savoye kit Video

Enter our free draw to win a mini Le Corbusier kit

James Grayley Architects

River Frome House by James Grayley Architects

The firm has designed a family home in Dorset that will generate its own heat and electricity

Southbank

Should the skateboarder community have to move from the Southbank undercroft?

17 May 2013

Campaigners have criticised plans to turn the Centre’s skate park into retail units as part of a £120m revamp

Google’s Campus London offices by Jump Studios

Hot desks, cool spaces

16 May 2013

Technology companies are leading the charge away from traditional office design

Charles Correa

Charles Correa: ‘Globalisation — that’s a joke’

A ‘cookie-cutting’ approach to working internationally only diminishes architects, says Charles Correa

Nevele Care Home extension by 51N4E

Nevele care home extension by 51N4E

A quietly radical intervention at a Belgian care home addresses the challenges of designing for an ageing population by changing relationships within and beyond the building

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Slotfelt Barn, Denmark by Praksis Arkitekter with Steffen Søndergaard

Slotfelt Barn, Denmark by Praksis Arkitekter with Steffen Søndergaard

A technical look at the creation of a terrazzo mix floor incorporating locally sourced pebbles and cut stones

Henri Labrouste

Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light

New York’s MOMA show places Henri Labrouste at the turning point between classical and modern thinking

Nikolaus Pevsner: The Life by Susie Harries

More Book Club titles up for grabs!

13 May 2013

Join BD’s Book Club for a chance to review one of six new titles, from Pevsner’s biography and Norman Foster on art, to mimicry in contemporary China and a new edition of Rem Koolhaas and Hal Foster’s Junkspace/Running Room

CPD

CPD

CPD 11 2013: Passivhaus and window specification

To reach the stringent requirements of the Passivhaus standard it is important that windows are chosen to demonstrate high levels of energy efficiency. This CPD module is sponsored by Internorm

wa100 2013

How to get the World Architecture 100 2013

How to get your hands on a copy of the world’s only international architect rankings and find out who’s made it to number one in 2013

Siefert & Partners’ No 1 Croydon building

English Heritage says: ‘Don’t list Croydon tower’

Siefert’s tower does not meet criteria for Grade II

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Architype's Enterprise Centre at the University of East Anglia

Architype gets go-ahead for 'UK's greenest building'

Norwich Enterprise Centre is UK’s first commercial building with Passivhaus and Breeam ‘Outstanding’ rating

RIBA headquarters, 66 Portland Place

RIBA Enterprises to focus on digital development

Wants to make RIBA Journal the best read architecture magazine

istock wallet

Why BD doesn't offer unpaid internships

If you can’t afford to pay your interns then you can’t afford to have them, says Anna Winston

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Improving elderly care is an opportunity, not a chore

Better-designed homes for the old would help ease housing pressures for all, says Amanda Baillieu

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Construction hard hat.

Big problems for small practices

17 May 2013

There is a subtlety missing from Ruth Brennan’s quote from me in your Letters page last week.

The southbank - architecture and lighting

Architectural lighting in London

The ARC Show has collated Twitter submissions for the best photos of London’s lighting

AA Nightschool Crit Club

What happens when the shops shut?

The AA’s Crit Club debates the future of the high street

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Philip Marsh, dRMM

Philip Marsh ‘Ban cars in central London’

The Founding Director of dRMM on Rem Koolhaus, Delirious New York and bringing colour to the London skyline

Christian Louboutin Boutique, Harrods by Lee Broom

Christian Louboutin Boutique, Harrods by Lee Broom

The space draws inspiration from iconic landmarks throughout the city

Boots

Celebrity backing

The Public gains a supporter

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