All Building Design articles in 09 April 2009 – Page 3
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OpinionHigh society and low taste
As the Prince of Wales gears up for a rematch with the RIBA, what kind of architectural delights came to fruit after his Hampton Court speech 25 years ago?
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OpinionMetal gurus
Mecanoo claims on its website that the facade of the proposed Birmingham Library (News April 3) is a “delicate metal filigree, inspired by the rich and proud history of this former industrial city with a tradition of craftsmanship”.
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OpinionWe have strayed too far from the flock
Our reactions to the G20 and ambivalence to rural life are symptoms of a wider dislocation
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ReviewEuropean design’s fin-de-siècle uncertainties
A new book on European design since 1985 traces the lines of its descent
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ReviewThe gathering darkness in the life of Sir John Soane
A new book about London’s Sir John Soane Museum sets it in the context of its creator’s difficult life
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FeaturesPeter Cook’s Crab makes a sideways move
Amid the gloom, one architectural practice still recruiting is Crab, Peter Cook’s partnership with Gavin Robotham
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Opinion
A new start for conservation
Your invited columnists debating a new conservation register (Debate April 3) should have delved a little deeper, on two grounds.
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News
RIAS recognises Lally for city role
The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland has awarded Patrick James Lally an honorary fellowship, its highest honour for those outside the profession.
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NewsIs the RIBA right to invite Prince Charles to speak?
Yes, the prince has been good for architecture, says Robert Adam; no, counters Jack Pringle, he has abused his regal celebrity to promote his uninformed views
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OpinionChanging gear
How busted am I? I knew that photograph (Archive April 3) would come back to haunt me.
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TechnicalFoster & Partners’ Khan Shatyr Entertainment Centre
Foster & Partners is working on its latest project, the Khan Shatyr, in the unforgiving climate of Astana, Kazakhstan’s capital
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FeaturesTo Brighton for Congress with a queen
In 1987, Queen Noor of Jordan, an architect and planner, made BD’s front page with her address to the International Union of Architects’ 16th Congress, held at Brighton
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Opinion
Brought to book
Clive Dutton (News April 3) is clearly delighted that the councillors who employ him have “given” him £200 million to gamble on his pet property-led regeneration scheme.
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OpinionBattle lines draw at the Bartlett
Both the Bartlett and the RIBA are in the hunt to fill top posts, while could Mecanoo’s Birmingham Library proposals prove as controversial as Jan Kaplicky’s for Prague?
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Review
New Forms: Plans and Details for Contemporary Architects, by The Plan
As an architect I am always interested in new forms — excitement and experimentation are grist to the mill.
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Building StudyMalcolm Fraser Architects breaks for the border
Malcolm Fraser Architects has honed its reputation in Edinburgh, but how has its approach translated to creating Work Space, a business incubation centre in Berwick-upon-Tweed?
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TechnicalAdam Khan Architects broadens its outlook
Adam Khan Architects has extended and refurbished the New Horizon Youth Centre for homeless young adults near London’s Euston Station
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FeaturesDot to dot result: April 3
Last week’s winner was Elizabeth Wilby of Dignan Read Dewar Architects in Edinburgh, who identified Mario Botta’s San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
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