All Building Design articles in 05 December 2008 – Page 2
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ReviewMichael Stiff: In Side Out until 20th December
Practising architect Michael Stiff's fifth solo show at Piano Nobile, consists of drawings generated from photographs, and sketches, and watercolours made on location.
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Opinion
Sign of the times
The credit crunch seems to be taking its toll on that essential of the city practice — signage.
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OpinionNot safe yet
Among tributes paid to Palladio, whose 500th anniversary was celebrated this week at Portland Place, was one by RIBA drawings curator Charles Hind...
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FeaturesWhat’s wrong with quick wins?
Are end of year projects looking to spend cash quickly evidence that better procurement is possible?
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News
Retrofitting programme revealed
Deputy London Mayor Simon Milton has revealed plans for a retrofitting programme to improve the energy of existing commercial building stock.
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Opinion
Sticking plaster
Bernard Tschumi touched down at the RIBA this week to unveil his completed New Acropolis Museum in Athens.
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OpinionTraditionalists who do modern
Andrés Duany, he of the Congress for New Urbanism, rocks up in the UK to tell us where modernism went wrong just as the Saudis sit down with Norman and Zaha to discuss the remodelling of central Mecca
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FeaturesMurray takes his message Nationwide
In 1979, former BD editor Peter Murray made an appearance on the BBC TV news programme Nationwide to talk about design failure
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News
Williams to head up Polish office
Matthew Williams, director of Rolfe Judd Architecture, has been appointed divisional director for its Polish office, Rolfe Judd Polska, in Katowice.
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OpinionGoing nowhere on heritage
The government has shelved heritage protection for short-term gain, but the long-term costs will be substantial
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Opinion
It’s a flyer
Richard Beastall hit the nail on the head in his succinct argument for a new “hub” airport in the Thames Estuary (Debate November 21).
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NewsGreen Guide ‘flawed’, says lobby group
Report says it is likely to worsen buildings’ environmental impact
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Opinion
Dusting down
Mark Cotton (Letters November 28) need not be so pessimistic about the lack of a design opportunity with retrofitting projects.
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Opinion
Don’t quote me
Architect Richard Reid’s report on why a new Tesco is needed in the Suffolk town of Hadleigh is prompting local outrage, Boots hears.
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NewsNew verse for Lake District’s poetic site
Small practice Knox Bhavan Architects has won planning approval for a £1 million retirement house in the Newlands Valley in the Lake District National Park.
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Opinion
Identity crisis
Just how prepared is the Homes & Communities Agency to tackle collapse of the UK housing market was spelt out in stark terms by its London director David Lunts at a meeting last week.
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OpinionValues to save for Queen’s and country
What really counts in a building is its community role, and that’s worth fighting for
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NewsCouncil urged to reject Terry hotel opposite Hampton Court
Historic Royal Palaces has made a last-ditch plea to local councillors to reject a hotel development by Quinlan & Francis Terry Architects proposed for a site directly opposite Hampton Court Palace.
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