All Building Design articles in 05 December 2008 – Page 3

  • Opinion

    Corrections

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Last week's corrections

  • Opinion

    Contract killer

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Sunand Prasad has been criticised for the RIBA’s response to the recession.

  • Opinion

    Design in context

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Your limited sample of the views of the architects involved in early Building Schools for the Future projects (News November 28) did not really throw up any surprises for Partnerships for Schools — we have heard the comments before and are changing as the programme gathers pace.

  • Sheppard Robson’s designs for this £27 million, 13,000sq m school in Wokingham, Berkshire, have been given the go-ahead by planners
    News

    Sheppard Robson’s college days

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Sheppard Robson’s designs for this £27 million, 13,000sq m school in Wokingham, Berkshire, have been given the go-ahead by planners.

  • Roger Hawkins
    Technical

    Hawkins Brown on the Parliament Square debacle

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Hawkins Brown director Roger Hawkins spent two years leading an £18 million project to pedestrianise London’s Parliament Square, only to see the scheme axed by mayor Boris Johnson

  • Opinion

    We’re still here in the boroughs

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    I had to permit myself a wry smile when reading last week’s leader on the borough architect.

  • Stonehenge
    News

    A second bite at Stonehenge centre

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Two architects who have drawn up unrealised designs for a visitor centre at Stonehenge are on a new shortlist for a slimmed down version of the scheme, BD can reveal.

  • Spa Green: time and effort.
    Opinion

    Back to the Spa

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    I would like to correct some points in your report on the Spa Green estate (News November 14).

  • News

    BD wins best magazine award

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    BD has been named Weekly Magazine of the Year at the International Building Press awards, with BD’s news editor Will Hurst taking home News Reporter of the Year.

  • CZWG has submitted plans for a £160 million mixed-use scheme opposite Arsenal football club in north London
    News

    CZWG's Arsenal towers

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    CZWG has submitted plans for a £160 million mixed-use scheme opposite Arsenal football club in north London.

  • A scruffy fisherman’s hut on Holy Island, Northumbria
    Review

    Architectural artist Michael Stiff leaves a lasting impression

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Michael Stiff, champion of drawing as an architectural skill, has a rare show. Give us more, says Stephen Astley

  • Hatch Warren Junior School, Basingstoke, by Hampshire County Council Architects, known for its innovative school design.
    Opinion

    Is now the time to bring back borough architects?

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Yes, AOC director Vincent Lacovara, architecture must reingage with the nuts and bolts of planning; no, says John East, head of London planner Savills, we can’t go back to the past

  • News

    HCA launches without any housing targets

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    The Homes & Communities Agency has not yet drawn up targets to improve the supply of housing and kick-start regeneration schemes across the country, its chief executive has admitted.

  • News

    Mayor consults on accessibility

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    London mayor Boris Johnson has commissioned a major survey to discover how the city can be made more accessible in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

  • Insall (right) with Cormack.
    News

    50 years not out for heritage firm

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Donald Insall launched his latest book, Living Buildings, to coincide with the 50th anniversary of his firm, Donald Insall Associates, at a reception at Goldsmiths’ Hall in the City of London last month.

  • Dot to Dot December 5
    Features

    Dot to dot December 5

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday for a chance to win a copy of Fuller Houses by Federico Neder.

  • News

    Titanic project gets £43.5 million

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Eric Kuhne’s scheme for a £97 million development in Belfast has received a massive boost after the Northern Ireland Executive agreed to offer £43.5 million worth of funding.

  • Dot to dot results: November 28
    Features

    Dot to dot results: November 28

    2008-12-05T00:00:00Z

    Last week’s winner was Patrick Dignan in Edinburgh, who identified the Wittgenstein House, Vienna, by Paul Engelmann and Ludwig Wittgenstein.

  • Daniel Libeskind's New York tower
    News

    Libeskind's New York tower and park

    2008-12-04T18:14:00Z

    This is a section of Studio Daniel Libeskind’s designs for a new residential 'park in the sky' in New York city’s Madison Square Park.

  • Hadid Architects’ recently approved gallery and residential scheme for Hoxton Square in Shoreditch.
    News

    Hadid’s Hoxton Square project wins approval

    2008-12-04T10:47:00Z

    Zaha Hadid Architects’ gallery and residential scheme for Hoxton Square in Shoreditch, east London, has won planning permission from Hackney Council despite strong objections from English Heritage.