All Building Design articles in 09 November 2007 – Page 5

  • Blogs

    News Junkie: 10 and 11 November

    2007-11-08T00:00:00Z

    This week: virtual smoking, loft conversions for squirrels, and how fund managers are cashing in on global warming.

  • Review

    Thomas Schütte's Fourth Plinth sculpture unveiled

    2007-11-07T17:33:00Z

    The latest sculpture for the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square, Model for a Hotel 2007 by German artist Thomas Schütte, was unveiled today. The glass sculpture is an architectural model of a twenty-one storey building, constructed in specially engineered red, yellow and blue glass and weighing over 8 tonnes. London ...

  • News

    HOK's 2012 Olympic stadium design revealed - images and slideshow

    2007-11-07T11:26:00Z

    HOK Sport and Peter Cook’s long-awaited designs for the 2012 Olympic stadium were finally unveiled today with a clear emphasis on functionality and flexibility rather than iconic architecture.

  • News

    Queen’s speech heralds major changes to built environment

    2007-11-06T18:33:00Z

    The built environment has featured strongly in the Queen’s speech, with bills proposing sweeping changes to the sector. The Housing & Regeneration Bill outlines the long-anticipated merger of the Housing Corporation and English Partnerships to create a new Homes & Communities Agency; the Planning Reform Bill sets out a separate ...

  • Reiach and Hall's Pier Arts Centre. Photo credit: Ioana Marinescu
    News

    Pier Arts Centre wins Best Building in Scotland

    2007-11-05T14:26:00Z

    Reiach and Hall’s Pier Arts Centre has beaten competition including Zaha Hadid’s Maggie’s Centre to scoop Britain’s most lucrative architectural prize.The Edinburgh-based practice was presented with the £25,000 Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland award by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) on Friday.The Orkney building, which was ...