All Building Design articles in 08 June 2007 – Page 3
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NewsMcColl leaves SMC in turmoil
The founder and deputy chair of one of Britain’s largest architectural firms has resigned amid warnings that practices within the SMC Group may have to close.
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OpinionWe can learn from Victorian values
Glasgow’s architectural unity transcends style. So why don’t today’s designers get it?
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NewsHolt Town regeneration
Plans by Edaw and Studio Egret West for the £1.2 billion Holt Town Waterfront housing scheme (above), one of the UK’s largest regeneration projects, have been submitted.
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ReviewHeart of the north
An exhibition of Norwegian architecture reaches from the great outdoors into the centre of the mountains.
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NewsLarge PFI healthcare projects slashed
Healthcare architects are facing growing competition for work after the government admitted its £12 billion PFI hospital building programme has been slashed by almost £4 billion in the past 16 months.
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Opinion
Shaky ground
Charles Jencks (Letters June 1) might be interested to know that there was no such state as Palestine in 1907 as the area was part of the Ottoman Empire.
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TechnicalGlaze of light
In development for years, Serraglaze lamination may be coming into its own as a way of boosting natural daylight and cutting energy use. Roderick Bunn looks at how Hurd Rolland used it at a university science faculty
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OpinionHome front
Readers might be surprised to learn that Will Alsop has any spare time, but in between coming up with ideas for buildings he, er, sketches ideas for buildings.
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NewsMedia friendly
Landscape architect Gillespies has revealed public space designs for the £400 million MediaCity:UK development in Salford.
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Opinion
Frankly speaking
Looking for an outfit to turn heads at the office summer party? Boots may have found the answer to every young architect’s dilemma — a t-shirt from www.itsasickness.com, tastefully emblazoned with the logo FUCK FRANK GEHRY.
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Opinion
Positive feedback
As a contribution to the debate about how to improve late 20th century modernist icons it is a shame Christopher Woodward’s feature on the Royal Festival Hall was not more positive about improvements to the RFH auditorium.
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News
Expo proposed for Scotswood scheme
Urban Initiatives has unveiled proposals to create the UK’s first “expo” as part of the initial phase of a £380 million masterplan to redevelop the Scotswood area of Newcastle.
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Opinion
Eminent power
Bad girl of Brit Art Tracey Emin, who represents Britain at the Venice Biennale opening next week, has moved quickly to renovate the British Pavilion, which was not to her liking.
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Opinion
Depressing view
My stroll last Sunday along the riverside upper deck of the Royal Festival Hall in anticipation of its opening this Friday after the £92 million refit was depressing.
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News
Seed sculpture debuts at Eden
Nicholas Grimshaw has hailed a unique granite sculpture, dubbed Seed, which will sit within The Core, his education building for Cornwall’s Eden Project.
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OpinionExposing PFI’s dead hand
Manchester’s fantastic new civil justice centre is proof positive of the benefits of being liberated from PFI
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NewsToronto turns out for Libeskind crystal
Libeskind’s £128 million extension to the Royal Ontario Museum prompted a staggering 40,000 Torontonians to witness the official opening last week.
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NewsLiverpool fears for Corb event
The first major exhibition on Le Corbusier to be held in Britain for two decades could be cancelled unless worries over the venue are resolved.
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FeaturesThe contractor is cutting corners on our design
I am an architect working under novation to a contractor on a design-and-build project. The contractor is not building to our specification, drawings or our employer’s requirements. Is there anything we can do?