All Building Design articles in 07 November 2008 – Page 2

  • Dot Envelope, a low-cost shopping mall by Ofis
    News

    Ofis designs Ljubljana’s Dot Envelope mall for Mercator

    2008-11-10T13:16:00Z

    Dot Envelope, a low-cost shopping mall by local architect Ofis for Slovenia’s largest food retailer, the Mercator chain, has opened in Ljubljana.

  • Richard Neutra’s Cyclorama building at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
    News

    Richard Neutra’s 1962 Gettysburg Cyclorama building gets stay of execution

    2008-11-10T13:07:00Z

    Richard Neutra’s Cyclorama building at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, which he designed in 1962, has received a stay of execution after the US National Parks Service agreed to call a halt to demolition plans.

  • David Chipperfield’s Liangzhu Culture Museum at Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, China
    News

    David Chipperfield’s Liangzhu Culture Museum opens in Hangzhou, China

    2008-11-10T12:53:00Z

    David Chipperfield’s Liangzhu Culture Museum at Hangzhou in Zhejiang province, China, has opened to the public after five years of design and construction work.

  • All of the films revolve around the premise of the flow of the River Thames and its relationship with London's architectural heritage.
    Multimedia

    See the Docklands in a different light (video)

    2008-11-10T10:19:00Z

    In this first of six architectural film vignettes, Hole in the Wall explores the Docklands, especially the area around the 02 Arena and Canary Wharf.

  • Castlemilk House stable block, Glasgow, by Elder & Cannon Architects
    News

    Two firms share Doolan prize

    2008-11-10T09:47:00Z

    Scotland’s most prestigious architecture prize, the RIAS Andrew Doolan Award, has been awarded to Bennetts Associates and Elder and Cannon Architects.

  • A bird's eye view of the new public space in the Chelsea Barracks scheme
    News

    Major design changes for Chelsea Barracks

    2008-11-07T15:58:00Z

    Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners has carried out major design changes to its highly controversial Chelsea Barracks project.

  • Engineer Max Fordham with Prince Phillip
    News

    Max Fordham wins 2008 Prince Philip Designers’ Prize

    2008-11-07T13:43:00Z

    Engineer Max Fordham has won the 2008 Prince Philip Designers’ Prize.

  • Adelaide Wharf, Hackney, east London by AHMN
    News

    AHMM and Project Orange win big at 2008 Building for Life Awards

    2008-11-07T11:05:00Z

    British architects including Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Project Orange swept the board at this year’s Building for Life Awards organised by Cabe and the Home Builders’ Federation.

  • Opinion

    Us and them

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    The effect of the economic downturn is hitting architects hard but seems not to have reached Arb, whose marketing budget appears to be in rude health.

  • Opinion

    Ruling the roost

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Herzog & de Meuron’s Tate Modern extension is being fast-tracked by Southwark Council, Boots hears.

  • Opinion

    Taxing question

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    During your Robin Hood Gardens campaign, the concept of listing was given undue importance.

  • Opinion

    Poor planning

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    The government’s target-driven attempt to force planning authorities to determine most applications within the statutory eight weeks has clearly failed. Hard-pressed officers have developed a range of tactics to delay applications for as long as possible.

  • Sunand Prasad
    News

    Survey warns of low profit margins

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Firms made too little during boom

  • A Charles Rennie Mackintosh building houses the centre.
    News

    SNP minister pledges support for Lighthouse

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Architecture centre cites Venice Pavilion as reason for funding crisis

  • Simon Thurley
    Opinion

    Surprised by Joy

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    More than a year and a half after chief architect of English Heritage David Heath quit the organisation amid a seething attack over low morale, his replacement has finally been appointed.

  • Ruthless: River Café to the fore.
    Opinion

    'im indoors

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    It can be hard to be recognised for one’s own achievements when a partner is hogging the limelight.

  • Opinion

    How to win trust

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Like Charlie Bunce (Debate October 31), I too was involved in the Castleford project, persuading poorly paid architects to take part and liaising with the community to help select preferred design partners.

  • To achieve the design standards of Stirling winner Accordia, architects must work with housebuilders.
    Opinion

    Housebuilders need our support

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    It is indicative of the gulf between architects and developers that your leader (October 30) assumes an economic downturn will somehow force housebuilders to think about how to deliver Cabe’s demands.

  • News

    Make going nowhere with Noho

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Make’s proposal for Noho Square (pictured), on the site of the former Middlesex Hospital in central London, looks increasingly unlikely to be realised after troubled Icelandic owner Kaupthing admitted a string of developers were looking to buy into the scheme.

  • Set in a flat at Robin Hood Gardens, Pickering’s film charts the interplay between the family that lives there and two soap stars from EastEnders representing them.
    Review

    The real Robin Hood Gardens

    2008-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Artist Gail Pickering’s film on Robin Hood Gardens explores the boundaries of life and art