All Building Design articles in 05 September 2008 – Page 2
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OpinionSean’s seminary
Some may be disappointed that Sean Connery’s new memoir, Being a Scot, doesn’t dish any Hollywood dirt, but Boots was much more interested to read his thoughts on architecture.
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OpinionUnesco is right to be worried
I am delighted that Koïchiro Matsuura has visited Edinburgh and put brakes on the Caltongate project (News August 29).
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TechnicalReach for the sky
Richard Murphy Architects is masterplanning Edinburgh’s Haymarket and has designed a 17-storey hotel on the site which last week provoked Unesco to call for a halt to construction. Here director Richard Murphy defends the project
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Opinion
Public private
Boots has been keeping watch on the Public, the arts centre in West Bromwich designed by Will Alsop which has yet to receive a paying visitor!
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Opinion
The secrets out
Well, blow me down! Now that English Heritage has to look again at its decision over Robin Hood Gardens, evidence has emerged that its boss, Simon Thurley, has never liked the building.
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NewsMetal pair for Moscow
Anglo-Russian firm McAdam Architects has unveiled images of a £14.6 million apartment complex for central Moscow.
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FeaturesWhat do the revised site safety regulations mean for me?
I have seen a lot written about the changes to the CDM Regulations in the press. As a designer, can you clarify for me what my duties and responsibilities are under these regulations?
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FeaturesLiberty’s tarnished torch
As the US convulses itself in Dynasty-style shenanigans in the run-up to November’s presidental poll, here’s an image of Liberty’s torch being cleaned in preparation for the bicentennial in the seventies
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Opinion
Much to learn
Both Robert McGinnes (Letters August 8) and A Marsden (Letters 29) are slightly missing the point.
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Opinion
Great Lakes
The Wordsworth Trust Centre may be the only modern building in Cumbria to grace your pages, (Works August 29) but it isn’t unique.
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OpinionThe real truth is: you are where you eat
Last week’s ‘fat map’ of Britain set a challenge for architects and planners
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OpinionDog dinner
Calling all hot dog lovers! Architects at CZWG are limbering up for a hot dog eating championship, happening during the interval of a drive-in screening of Pulp Fiction at Abergavenny Food Festival.
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NewsSolar power plan to green deserts
Exploration Architecture has announced plans for an innovative scheme combining greenhouses with solar power to provide food, fresh water and energy in desert environments.
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NewsWexford Opera House makes its debut
The Office of Public Works Architects with Keith Williams Architects' new Wexford Opera House officially opens today.
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News
Cabe slams two major housing schemes
Cabe has slammed two residential schemes designed by Barton Willmore comprising more than 7,000 homes between them.
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Opinion
Planning bypass
The planning process has become so lengthy, complicated and bureaucratic that unscrupulous developers have found an effective method of obtaining planning permissions. They simply ignore the planning system.
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News
BSF school sees high grades leap
Bristol Brunel Academy, by Wilkinson Eyre, one of 13 BSF schools now open, has seen 34% of students awarded five or more GCSEs at grades A to C including English and Maths, up from 19% last year.
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FeaturesA brief for the unthinkable
Rogers made a creditable go of the brief for Terminal 5 but moving the capital’s main airport to the Kent coast would aid passengers, while the west London site could be reborn as an exemplar of good architecture
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News
Regional funds to boost waterfront
The Northwest Regional Development Agency has granted £1.9 million to the second phase of Liverpool city centre’s Waterfront Connections project.
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