Ruth Reed refuses to condemn low payers
19 March, 2010
RIBA president Ruth Reed has refused to condemn practices that pay part II and III students the minimum wage or less
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Ruth Reed refuses to condemn low payers
MPs quiz minister over Kickstart
19 March, 2010
Housing minister John Healey has come under fire from fellow MPs for the first time over the Kickstart programme and its funding for “grotty” homes
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Top names join race for Guy’s Hospital
19 March, 2010
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Planners to consider Royal Academy extension
19 March, 2010
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Gormley hotel guests can sleep in a sculpture
19 March, 2010
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Hare academy given green light
19 March, 2010
MIPIM & the Cycle to Cannes
Cautiously optimistic crowd at Cannes heralds the end of "silly schemes" — but not silly names
19 March, 2010
A few weeks ago Piers Gough predicted that this year's Mipim would be a good one to attend. The property show on the shore at Cannes has always been well known as a place that's hard on the liver, gets overrun by delegates, but, importantly,...
Cannes is in limbo as property fair seeks direction
18 March, 2010
There’s a consensus that things have changed, but no one quite knows in which direction.
Editor's Choice
Hard times breed hard times for the Architects Benevolent Society
19 March, 2010
The recession is draining funds from the Architects Benevolent Society, as the charity prepares to reorganise its investments
Would you work for less than the minimum wage?
19 March 2010
No, architects must take a united stand, says Alison Coutinho; while Emma Perry thinks sometimes it’s necessary to get a foot in the door
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.
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...
MPs quiz minister over Kickstart
19 March, 2010
Housing minister John Healey has come under fire from fellow MPs for the first time over the Kickstart programme and its funding for “grotty” homes
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.
Buildings
Highwood Court housing in Harlesden by SUSD
19 March 2010
SUSD’s nine-house development on an enclosed site in north-east London disregards conventional spatial arrangements to create housing of joyful intricacy
Comment
Victims of a buyers’ market
19 March 2010
An oversupply of architects has brought us to the shockingly low pay levels we are now witnessing
Our future’s been outsourced
19 March 2010
As Tesco starts to recruit from India, British architects should be worried
IT
Science meets architecture at computing conference
19 March 2010
The Architecture and Unconventional Computing Conference, organised by Neil Spiller, gave architects and scientists insight into the future of buildings
Time to explore the world of browsers
19 March 2010
Under new EU rules computer users will now be offered a choice of web browsers, but which ones are the best for architects?
Practice
Why might my practice be affected by the forthcoming Bribery Act?
19 March 2010
What does the forthcoming Bribery Act mean for me?
Fun
A lot of hot air at the RIBA
19 March 2010
Mark Fisher’s Angie shows the way to the institute’s inflatables show
CULTURE
Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill
19 March 2010
Before its reopening, Horace Walpole’s idiosyncratic home is being celebrated by the V&A
Brit Insurance Designs of the Year
19 March 2010
Design Museum exhibition puts the stress on sustainability and social purpose
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
Student Space
Polyark this week: The Great Central Railway, Zoetropes and Strathclyde University
12 March, 2010
Christopher Vansittart's album 'Polyark Mapping' was one of the images that caught Polyark's watchful eye this week, with his group work exploring the great central railway from Leicester to Loughborough.
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
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.
Client of the Year - Peter Millican
06 November 2009
There have been some remarkable buildings this year that are the direct result of passionate and dedicated clients.
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Office Architect of the Year - Eric Parry Architects
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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