All Building Design articles in 30 July 2010

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  • Lubetkin's Finsbury Health Centre
    News

    Lansley might decide on Lubetkin’s health

    2010-07-29T14:14:00Z

    Islington Council will decide on September 2 whether to refer a final decision on Lubetkin’s threatened Finsbury Health Centre to health secretary Andrew Lansley.

  • The project has involved the creation of a new public space alongside the old Smithery.
    Building Study

    No 1 Smithery, Chatham Dockyard, by van Heyningen & Haward

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Van Heyningen & Haward’s scheme provides an elegant environment for the presentation of a fine collection of ships’ models

  • Dot to dot results: 23 July 2010
    Features

    Dot to dot results: 23 July 2010

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    The winner of last week’s competition was Leslie Hutt of Inverness, who identified the Commonwealth Pool in Edinburgh, designed by RMJM, and receives a copy of The Surreal House, by Jane Alison.

  • Dot to Dot: 30 July 2010
    Features

    Dot to Dot: 30 July 2010

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday August 11 for a chance to win a copy of Fletcher Priest Architects: Recent and Current Projects

  • Hypnerotomachia Poliphili by Francesco Colonna, 1499
    Review

    Building a Library 23: Hypnerotomachia Poliphili

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library.

  • Opinion

    All in it together

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    I know the Carbuncle Cup was started as a bit of a joke but buildings last a long time and affect many generations

  • News

    Green light for Alsop’s City hotel

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Alsop Sparch has won planning permission for a £250 million Will Alsop designed seven-storey hotel at Puddle Dock in the City of London

  • Can developers learn from this? David Blaikie Architects’ building for Scotland’s Housing Expo.
    Opinion

    Is there anything we can learn from housing expos?

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Nick Ebbs says yes, public response can galvanise new ideas, but Peter Wilson believes they are essentially one-off affairs

  • Portrait of the architect as a young man
    Features

    Portrait of the architect as a young man

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    This picture of John Tuomey accompanied a London lecture - and came just ahead of his great professional partnership with Sheila O’Donnell

  • The weathered chestnut-clad bungalows are intended to sit discreetly within the South Downs landscape.
    News

    London practice wins battle of the South Downs bungalows

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    London-based practice Barrett Lloyd Davis Associates has won permission for two Code 5 for sustainable homes bungalows in the South Downs National Park after a protracted battle with planning officials

  • Opinion

    It's behind you

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    I’d say the winner must be Strata, which is visible from absolutely everywhere in London (other than from inside the building itself)!

  • Block: admirably diverse.
    Review

    Block magazine launched

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    This new architecture magazine’s first issue speaks for a growing culture of austerity chic.

  • News

    Hunt warns Cabe faces radical shake-up

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Culture secretary Jeremy Hunt has warned Cabe it will be radically restructured this autumn after admitting this week he was “considering the role” of the design watchdog

  • Opinion

    Clarification

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    We have been asked to point out that B3 Architects had no involvement with the Trinity Leeds shopping centre (News July 23) and it was led by both EMBT and Stanley Bragg until it was handed over to Chapman Taylor.

  • Opinion

    Draught details

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Re your feature on Dartington Primary School (BD Reviews July), whatever happened to the principles of “Good hat and good shoes”? Only time will tell. At least the shed has an overhang

  • This week's ups and downs
    News

    This week's ups and downs

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Hot and not

  • Combined effort: Bristol’s Meads Reach footbridge.
    Opinion

    Dream team

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    As Charles Holland rightly argues (Opinion July 23), producing architecture is a team effort, invariably depending on the procurement process and in particular the attitude and approach of the client from the start

  • Jonathan Glancey
    Opinion

    We must not shop ’til we drop

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    It’s time to stop squandering special buildings in the never-ending quest to build more chain shops

  • “Councils should adopt a positive approach towards applications” - Eric Pickles
    News

    Planners told to ease the way for free schools

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    Communities secretary Eric Pickles has revealed further details of the government’s plans to make the planning process friendlier to free schools

  • Opinion

    Shining example

    2010-07-30T00:00:00Z

    I find it quite bizarre to hear the arguments against Strata