All Building Design articles in 04 July 2008 – Page 3
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Opinion
Directors cut it
Understandably, given recent events, the Architecture Foundation has hardly been inundated with applicants for the job of director, although Boots understands that the shortlist now includes the deputy head of a well known architecture school and the editor of a well known monthly magazine.
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NewsGehry’s Hove scheme threatened by crunch
Frank Gehry’s controversial scheme for the sea front at Hove has been thrown into doubt because of the credit crunch.
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Opinion
Letters of credit
I was pleased to see BD publish Richard MacCormac’s correspondence with the BBC (News June 20), but disappointed that your editorial was so negative about the principled line MacCormac took.
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NewsGovernment delays eco-town design competition
Government plans for a competition to “set the design standards” for its eco-towns programme have been delayed by at least a year amid mounting hostility to the 10 proposed developments.
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News
Solk is chair at Pro-Manchester
Sheppard Robson associate architect Alex Solk has been elected chairman of Pro-Manchester, a group of more than 250 financial and professional firms in the city which aims to promote Manchester’s skills and expertise, and generate business opportunities for Manchester professionals.
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NewsEH seeks Television Centre listing
English Heritage has advised culture minister Andy Burnham to list parts of the BBC Television Centre at White City in London at grade II.
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NewsNo contest for Stonehenge visitor centre, says EH
English Heritage has confirmed it will not hold a design contest to find an architect for the proposed Stonehenge temporary visitor centre.
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NewsDSDHA unveils an underpass to tickle Castleford’s fancy
DSDHA’s long awaited underpass project in Castleford, West Yorkshire, has been unveiled in the week it was confirmed that Channel 4 will finally broadcast the television series on the town’s regeneration next month.
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OpinionCarbuncle queen
Former newsreader Anna Ford (pictured), who chaired this week’s London Architecture Festival debate on Prince Charles, was struggling to retain that famous objectivity, Boots was amused to see.
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NewsChipperfield gets down to business
David Chipperfield has won his first competition in France with a scheme for a gateway building at HEC School of Management in Paris.
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Opinion
Missing the bus
We agree with many of Deyan Sudjic and Lorraine Gamman’s points on the difficulty of designing a bus shelter (Debate June 20) — it is a surprisingly tough brief.
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News
Two more join Building Futures
The RIBA has appointed two new members to the steering group of its think-tank, Building Futures.
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OpinionBrum libraries: a tale of neglect
I find Clive Dutton’s comments (News June 27) about the Birmingham Central Library building being “defective” rather rich.
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Building StudyThe public liability of West Bromwich’s The Public
Will Alsop has called The Public his best-ever building, but after a visit to the £54m Midlands arts centre, Ellis Woodman has other ideas
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FeaturesTaking a bow
In the run-up to the 16th International Union of Architects Congress in Brighton in 1987, Max Hutchinson and Owen Luder put their glad rags on
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News
BD/AF competition clarification
The winners list from last week’s BD/AF Robin Hood Gardens design competition inadvertently omitted the following information.
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ReviewStudent summer shows at the Bartlett, Canterbury, London Met & Edinburgh
Wild and practical imaginations fused with inspiring teaching have produced another excellent vintage.
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News
Lutyens’ bank to become a hotel
The former headquarters of Midland Bank, designed by Edwin Lutyens, is to be transformed into a six-star hotel under plans approved by the City of London this week.
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