HCA and Cabe close ranks over Kickstart – but chairman admits shock over standards
10 March, 2010
Cabe and the Homes & Communities Agency have insisted they still have a well functioning relationship amid the row over Kickstart design standards.
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HCA and Cabe close ranks over Kickstart – but chairman admits shock over standards
Thames Gateway home numbers fall short
10 March, 2010
Only around a third of the new homes promised under the government’s flagship Thames Gateway scheme have been built as the project passes its half-way mark.
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Second Heron tower rises from the City
10 March, 2010
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Cabe savages Tesco-led development in Bow
10 March, 2010
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Olympic Park Legacy Company bolsters management team
10 March, 2010
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Plan for new Brighton play centre unveiled
9 March, 2010
Editor's Choice
Jonathan Woolf Architects and Bharat Patel: Painted House, London
8 March, 2010
Two semi-detached houses have been comprehensively restructured to create an engaging single dwelling for an extended family
2050: Where will architecture be in 40 years?
05 March 2010
We asked a panel of experts to predict what the built environment would look like in 2050
From yachts to socks – a user's guide to getting the most from Mipim
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
Glasgow firm scoops Loch Ness visitor centre competition
10 March, 2010
Cameron Webster Architects has won a £2.3 million competition to design a visitor centre for Loch Ness.
BD campaign: Come Clean on Kickstart
The Petition: 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.
HCA sees scores for Kickstart rocket
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
HCA and Cabe close ranks over Kickstart – but chairman admits shock over standards
10 March, 2010
Cabe and the Homes & Communities Agency have insisted they still have a well functioning relationship amid the row over Kickstart design standards.
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Cabe told assessors to destroy scores
Cabe told assessors to destroy scores
26 February, 2010
Kickstart ‘enablers’ reveal more evidence of secrecy culture at architecture watchdog
Buildings
Sanaa’s Rolex Learning Centre in Lausanne
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
Riding the waves of change
05 March 2010
Anniversaries are always a time of reflection, but more interesting is the bigger picture now confronting the profession
Fun
Dot to dot: 05 March 2010
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
I’m a bit tied up
05 March 2010
Was this outsized bowtie indicative of eighties excess in the profession?
CULTURE
Farshid Moussavi’s new book focuses on form
05 March 2010
FOA partner Moussavi has thoroughly explored in The Function of Form how ‘affects’ can create more inclusive architectural forms
Building a Library 1: On Architecture by Vitruvius
05 March 2010
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library
Student Space
Polyark this week: A Birmingham glass works project and a new embassy concept for Rome
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.
Aberdeen graduates visualise controversial City Square project
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
I.M Pei on the Hyperboloid (animation)
3 March, 2010
Watch an animation of, and hear I.M Pei talk about, the Hyperboloid – the building that wasn't built.
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Caruso St John's Nottingham Contemporary Arts Centre (video)
20 November, 2009
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Zaha Hadid's Maxxi centre (video)
20 November, 2009
Climate Change
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Home emissions plan welcomed
Home emissions plan welcomed
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
The firms that raise the roof
06 November 2009
Offices and education proved the most recession-proof at this year’s awards
Richard Feilden Architect of the Year - Eric Parry Architects
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
Young Architect of the Year - David Kohn Architects
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.
World Architect of the Year - John McAslan & Partners
06 November 2009
The shortlist displayed only a small proportion of the huge number of impressive buildings that are designed by UK architects around the world. Our winner stood out in particular for the strong connection that was evident between the architecture,...
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Masterplanning Architect of the Year - Maccreanor Lavington
06 November 2009
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Higher Education Architect of the Year - Hawkins Brown
06 November 2009
Carbuncle Cup 2009
Liverpool Ferry Terminal wins 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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