All Building Design articles in 28 July 2006

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  • News

    This week

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    This week's stories

  • Back in business: Bromley Hall, which dates from the 1490s, will offer office space to small firms.
    News

    Spotcheck

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    This week — London

  • By building twin penthouses with a shared central core, Group-O Architecture could reduce the number of modules for its Hoxton scheme from eight to six.
    Technical

    Pop on a penthouse

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Modular steel construction means you can build upwards on an existing building while minimising disruption

  • Opinion

    Schools must speak to the wider world

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Students know that when they leave university and begin work in practice they must also leave their architectural dreams behind. But is it right to have these dreams in the first place?

  • Sasha, cardboard model by Andrew Lewis.
    Review

    Lost in space

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Archipeinture, at Camden Arts Centre, addresses the ways artists depict the organisation of space. But, says Catherine Croft, it could do with a little more context

  • The architect wanted the walkway to look like a “delicate glass box” with generous proportions and solid steel supports  for a crisp profile.
    Technical

    Swinging London

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    For twin bridges in London’s Docklands Patel Taylor opted for the technically challenging option of pivoting from one column

  • News

    Law and new order

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Glenn Howells and inter-disciplinary consultancy McBains Cooper have designed this police station to be built in Gravesham, Kent.

  • News

    Sparrows save Kays Pavilion

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Nesting sparrows have halted the demolition of a threatened 19th-century cricket pavilion in Worcester.

  • Opinion

    Ian Martin

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    There could be a case for regional design champions, each with an armed militia

  • News

    Liverpool waterfront scheme goes for planning

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Broadway Malyan’s mixed-use scheme for the former “Fourth Grace” site in Liverpool has been submitted for planning.

  • Opinion

    Tax on foreigners?

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    The letter from Arb’s Jon Levett (July 14) contradicts my current situation. As an MSc architecture graduate from Delft University of Technology, I am a registered qualified architect in the Netherlands, and have been working in the UK for the past two years.

  • Opinion

    Noddy stays dry

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    No doubt Southend Borough Council has ensured some flood risk was taken into account at Shoeburyness (Works July 21) but should the site have been used at all for residential purposes?

  • News

    LDA draws up Eastside vision

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    LDA Design has published a vision statement for Birmingham’s Eastside, a regeneration area set for an architectural renaissance.

  • Marco da Cruz
    Technical

    I wish I'd done that... Metal structure

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Marco da Cruz on Alec Issigonis’s design for the Mini

  • Hadid’s winning design.
    News

    Foundation HQ design toned down

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Zaha dropped concrete for steel

  • News

    Tate Modern extension by Herzog and de Meuron - Ellis Woodman reviews

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Such is the singularity and extraordinary scale of Herzog & de Meuron’s proposed new work at Tate Modern that it seems woefully inadequate to describe it as an extension. If built, this 70m-high crag will dwarf the main body of the existing building and will surely usurp the Turbine Hall ...

  • Opinion

    Data retrieval

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    I was surprised to see my comments about collaborative acquisitions of archives taken out of context (News analysis July 21).

  • Christian Grou
    Review

    Culture vulture

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    This week - Christian Grou

  • News

    Courtroom drama

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    Douglas Wallace Architects has been appointed to redesign Bow Street Magistrates Court, a central London landmark.

  • News

    Hospital corners

    2006-07-28T00:00:00Z

    The UK’s largest architectural practice, BDP, has won planning permission for this distinctive hospital, the Pinderfields General Hospital and Pontefract General Infirmary in Wakefield.