All Building Design articles in 18 May 2007
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CompetitionsHoliday Let - Brittany
Comfortable 3 bedroom rural gite on beautiful north Brittany coast, sleeps 7. Secluded courtyard garden, close to beaches.
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CompetitionsLast few weeks - Zaha Hadid: Architecture and Design - until November 25
The first full scale show of Zaha Hadid’s work in the UK and one of the largest projects undertaken by the Design Museum will be spread over two floors of galleries and focus on Hadid’s recent completed work.
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CompetitionsAntony Gormley: Blind Light – until August 19
Antony Gormley takes on the stark architecture of the Hayward in his new show on London’s South Bank.
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MultimediaPodcast: Video animation of London in 2010
Experience the future with a 3D animated flyover of the capital
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NewsFoster's plans for Faustino revealed
Foster & Partners' latest Spanish project embodies the wine-making process
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CompetitionsStudio in the Woods – June 29, 30 and July 1
Residential weekend architecture workshop building 1:1 installations in woodland near Bath.
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Competitions
Open House London - September 15 and 16
Annual event in which London’s buildings, from modern houses to Arts and Crafts gems and 20th Century Modernist classics, open to the public. Over 600 architectural activities are planned with sustainability and eco-buildings featuring as one of this year’s big issues. A new focus will also be brought to the ...
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CompetitionsRetromorphosis - Until July 22
The architectural legacy of the German Democratic Republic is the inspiration for work by six artists at the Fermynwoods gallery near Kettering.
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Competitions
New Designers 2007 - Part II, July 12 to July 15
Snap up work fresh from the end of year degree shows at New Designers, the annual showcase for new design talent, at the Business Design Centre in London's Islington.
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FeaturesRosemarie MacQueen
Rosemarie MacQueen is the newly appointed director of planning and city development at Westminster City Council, London
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CompetitionsFor Sale - SEAT Leon 1.4s
2002 52 Reg 5 Doors, Manual, Hatchback, Petrol, 26,000 miles, Metallic platinum grey, 1 Owner. Air conditioning, Alloy wheels, ABS
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NewsCutty Sark could be "salvageable", says architect involved in restoration
Simon Beames of youmeheshe has been working on temporary and permanent structures at the south-east London berth of the famous tea clipper. He spoke to Elaine Knutt earlier today to update BD from alongside the ship
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NewsYet another system in safety scare
Widespread problems with Reema system-built flats prompted urgent investigations by several local authorities in 1985
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TechnicalCatalogue of horrors
In 1987, the BRE published its report on system-built blocks. Sam Webb, fierce critic of the large panel systems that led to the collapse of Ronan Point, analyses the findings
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NewsThey’re on their way to Wembley
Manchester United and Chelsea fans visiting the new Wembley Stadium for tomorrow’s FA Cup Final will be among the first to admire Marks Barfield’s adjacent public square and White Horse Bridge.
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Opinion
On the run
Norman Foster may prefer his marathons to be of the cross-country skiing sort these days, but chatting to Boots this week he recalled running in the first London Marathon in 1981.
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Building StudyPreservation society
Long & Kentish Architects, working with Colin St John Wilson, has added the latest flourish to the latter’s British Library. And the Centre for Conservation is arguably an even better building. Pictures by Peter Durrant
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News
Rogers’ practice posts profit
Richard Rogers’ practice Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners has posted an impressive annual pretax profit of £1.2 million for the year ending June 30 2006, compared to a £650,000 loss for the previous 12 months.
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FeaturesRedesigning the public perception of PFI
If we are to rescue the core values of British politics from a bonfire of the vanities there is much to do.