All Building Design articles in 04 May 2007 – Page 2
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Opinion
Party tricks
Davis Langdon partner Paul Morrell’s retirement party at the top of the Gherkin was remarkable not just for the spectacular views or the lavish hospitality, but for a guest list that included both Richard Rogers and Marco Goldschmied who had not willingly been in the same room since the latter ...
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NewsTower of student rooms topped out
A £95 million twin tower student residence project on London’s Pentonville Road by AHMM has been topped out.
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NewsMcAslan Roundhouse scoops win
John McAslan & Partners’ Roundhouse arts venue in Camden, north London, has won the prestigious Europa Nostra Medal.
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ReviewA machine for living in
This latest book adds to knowledge of a fascinating house, but there is only one way to really know it: go there
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Opinion
Skys the limit
Looking at page 5 (April 20), I wonder again why even the best architects think skyscraper design is either a matter of getting a wedge of cheese and cutting lumps off it, or making a vaguely rude shape out of plasticine.
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Building StudyLaboratory of the senses
The collaborating artist and architect arrived at their winning Serpentine Pavilion design by talking abstractly about ideas. But if that is too demanding, just enjoy the beautiful result, advises Kester RattenburyPortrait by Morley von Sternberg
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OpinionRIBA: keep out of social politics
On the question of the RIBA deciding to embroil itself in social engineering (“Campaign to help minorities” News April 27), I believe it should leave well alone.
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Opinion
Hug or slug
Other highlights included Paul Morrell’s speech in which he compared working for fellow guest Sir Stuart Lipton to working in California: “You never know if you are going to get a hug or if it’s a drive-in shooting.”
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NewsModern home makes history in traditional Wiltshire village
Young practice Cousins Wojciechowski Architects has overcome stiff local opposition to win planning permission for this £250,000 private house in rural Wiltshire.
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NewsLonsdale heads review panel
Renew North-West, the centre for promoting sustainable communities in the region, has made Tom Lonsdale chairman of its new design review panel.
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OpinionGreat minds
Thank you to BD reader Alex Weatherhead, who points out to Boots the similarity between Norman Foster’s luxury yacht (Boots March 30) and one designed by Alex’s father, Willie John Weatherhead, in East Lothian in the early 1950s.
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NewsLiverpool’s St George’s Hall reopens
Liverpool’s grade I listed St George’s Hall has reopened, following a £23 million restoration by Purcell Miller Tritton.
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Opinion
No foundation
Concrete Boots (April 6) suggested that Cabe’s funding for the Architecture Foundation has been cut as a result of alleged criticisms of our exhibition programme.
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NewsHopkins puts service first for Hackney
This design by Hopkins Architects for a new multi-purpose service centre for the London Borough of Hackney has won planning permission.
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News
UK firms on shortlist for Miami museum
Grimshaw, Wilkinson Eyre and Zaha Hadid Architects have been shortlisted to propose designs for a new sustainable science museum in Miami.
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NewsNew warning system for tower fires
A revolutionary warning system for skyscrapers which could help avert another 9/11-type disaster has been hailed by leading architects.
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Opinion
Fair and square
The building of Gillett Square is a locally-based project some 15 years in the making, and good for another 100.
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News
Wilkinson Eyre’s Scouse top-out
Wilkinson Eyre’s Liverpool King’s Waterfront project has been topped out.
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News
Devereux merges with PM Group
Devereux Architects, whose previous projects include the British Museum and Queen Mary’s Hospital in south-west London, has merged with Irish delivery specialist PM Group in a bid to expand its services to Ireland.
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