RIBA’s student hardship fund is set to run dry
12 March, 2010
Record number of applications means institute will turn down people in genuine need
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RIBA’s student hardship fund is set to run dry
London practice pays £5.71 an hour
12 March, 2010
A London architect is offering short-term staff an hourly rate of just £5.71 — below the minimum wage of £5.80
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Mipim hopes overseas projects will lure 18,000
12 March, 2010
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Amin Taha loses fees to fraudster
12 March, 2010
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Wind turbines being installed in Elephant & Castle Strata tower
12 March, 2010
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Rogers joins campaign to save steel bungalows
12 March, 2010
Editor's Choice
James Soane’s inspiration: Liverpool Playhouse extension
12 March 2010
The glamour and confidence of a sixties extension to a 19th century theatre had an early influence on James Soane of Project Orange
Can the Europan architecture competition work in the UK?
12 March 2010
Yes, it is one of the only opportunities for young architects, says Dominic Papa, while Hans van der Heijden thinks it needs Cabe’s backing
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
Wisdom of Solomon
12 March, 2010
The King Solomon Academy, by Ian Ritchie Architects, has been re-established on a site formerly occupied by North Westminster Community School in London. It incorporates existing grade II* listed buildings by Leonard Manasseh built in 1959-60
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 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.
Parliament to grill HCA boss over Kickstart
12 March, 2010
BD’s Come Clean on Kickstart campaign scored a political coup this week as the communities & local government select committee announced it would grill the government and the Homes & Communities Agency on the matter, while the shadow housing...
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
Buildings
Patel Taylor Architects’ Lowther School Children’s Centre
12 March 2010
Patel Taylor’s Children’s Centre in Barnes, south-west London, is the first stage of a project that aims to boost the whole of the local community
Comment
Filling the gaps in our cities
12 March 2010
All around the country sites are standing empty. Now it’s time for developers to step up and find alternative uses for their land
The profession has divided us
12 March 2010
There are still places where architecture is a communal experience
Technical
Photographer Rankin’s Annroy building by Trevor Horne Architects
12 March 2010
A series of doors and windows products have been used in Trevor Horne Architects’ refurbishment of a 1960s office block in Kentish Town, which includes a photographer’s studio, private apartments and a penthouse with nearly frameless views...
Fun
Dot to dot: 12 March 2010
12 March 2010
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer with your address by 10am on Wednesday March 17 for a chance to win a copy of Education Automation: Comprehensive Learning for an Emergent Humanity, by Buckminster Fuller
Bruce Graham's towering reputation
12 March 2010
SOM’s Bruce Graham showed his RIBA audience Chicago from the skies
CULTURE
Toby Paterson exhibition: Consensus and Collapse
12 March 2010
Glaswegian artist Toby Paterson’s fascination with desolate fragments of cities helps us to re-examine architecture’s visual and social role
Building a Library 2: In Praise of Shadows by By Jun'ichiro Tanizaki
12 March 2010
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library
Student Space
RIBA’s student hardship fund is set to run dry
12 March, 2010
Record number of applications means institute will turn down people in genuine need
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.
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
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
BD Reviews: Healthcare
Reiach & Hall on the practice's approach to healthcare design
BD Reviews- Healthcare
Reiach & Hall directors Andy Law and Neil Gillespie discuss the challenges of openness and privacy in their hospital buildings including the Maggie’s Lanarkshire Cancer Caring Centre
Is it realistic to expect hospitals to have a zero carbon footprint by 2018?
BD Reviews- Healthcare
Three experts discuss sustainability in medical building
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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