All Building Design articles in 09 November 2007 – Page 2
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NewsCarmody Groarke wins 7/7 memorial commission
Carmody Groarke has been selected as the 7/7 memorial designer just one week after being crowned BD’s Young Architect of the Year 2007.
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NewsCoexistence holds charity auction for Maggie's Centres
Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid are among the architects donating items for Coexistence's charity auction in benefit of Maggie's cancer care centres
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Opinion
Wood and trees
It would be a mistake by Justin Bere to write off the UK timber window manufacturing industry solely on the strength of an experience related to one highly specialised project (Solutions October 12).
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Opinion
Space realities
News that English Partnerships is to introduce minimum space standards for its housing (News November 2) is welcome; all the more so if they are also adopted by the mega-quango that will result from its expected merger with the Housing Corporation.
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NewsSheppard Robson’s Trocadero plan rejected
A landmark 500-bed hotel proposed by Sheppard Robson on the site of London’s famous Trocadero complex has been sent back to the drawing board by Westminster City Council’s planning committee.
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Opinion
Oscar's podcast
Although I am unconnected with the architectural profession, I look regularly at the podcast page on your website.
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News
Restored St Pancras station opens
The restored St Pancras station was officially opened on Tuesday.
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Opinion
The long view
Oh dear! So Yvette Cooper has pledged a range of styles for eco-towns (News November 1).
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OpinionDid I see you on the movies last night?
Why do films about architects so rarely make their celluloid representations ring true to life?
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Opinion
Idol pitch
Last week’s Gillespie, Kidd & Coia exhibition opening was a frenzied affair, with more than 500 GKC enthusiasts seeking a free drink descending on The Lighthouse.
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FeaturesTschumi holds his own with Price
In this week’s archive photo, Cedric Price, a youthful Bernard Tschumi and an old guy in a painting form an unlikely trinity at Tschumi’s 1985 RIBA talk about his scheme for a major Paris park
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NewsHackney regenerates
The second phase of Levitt Bernstein’s celebrated Queensbridge Quarter has received planning permission.
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News
School-to-homes scheme go-ahead
Alan Phillips Architects has won planning for an ultra high-density residential scheme in Haywards Heath, West Sussex.
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Opinion
Sun and games
Fears of another lacklustre performance from English Heritage were raised on the first day of the inquiry into KPF Architects’ plans for Smithfield Market, after the heritage watchdog’s QC began a bizarre cross examination of KPF principal Lee Polisano.
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NewsStadium stresses flexibility over flair
HOK Sport’s long-awaited designs for the London 2012 Olympic stadium were unveiled this week, with a clear emphasis on functionality and flexibility rather than iconic architecture.
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News
HOK's Olympic stadium lacks flair
NEWS IN PICTURES: 2012 stadium shuns iconic architecture - images and slideshow YOUR COMMENTS: HOK's design gets the thumbs down from BD readers OPINION: Stadium is unsustainable and bad value, says Amanda Baillieu
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Opinion
Grace and favour
Meanwhile, London design director Peter Bishop was doing his best to throw off suggestions of Dutch favouritism, recently aired in BD.
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OpinionFull exposure
The image Riverbank revelation (News November 2) shows a wonderfully seductive rendering of glass building.