All Building Design articles in 11 February 2005 – Page 2
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Opinion
Massaging egos
I refer to Patrick Lynch’s Soapbox article. He is right that narcissistic egoism drives much contemporary practice.
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News
Hopkins rues Dubais terrible new-builds
Leading British architect Michael Hopkins has branded the new architecture emerging in Dubai as “terrible” and claims it makes the task of designing a new building in the city “very hard”.
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Opinion
A dogs life
The “bow wow” factor (Concrete Boots February 4)? What about Lubetkin’s startling originality of roaring, snarling, shrieking architecture? Or Stewart Brand’s “months of glory, years of shame”?There seem to be some who can’t resist the urge to “cock their leg” up against the urban fabric.Martin Valatin, Wiltshire
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Opinion
The dark side
Both Robert Booth’s conversation with Charles Jencks about Philip Johnson (News Analysis February 4) and Andrew Saint’s obituary piece in the Guardian show that many in the architectural world, dazzled by the glamour of the “famous”, might not have been aware of their “other side”. They both suggest that beneath ...
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Opinion
The young hold key to community vision
In these days of high-speed urban renaissance, with its emphasis on social inclusion and desire for high-quality architecture, how do we successfully address the gap between vision and delivery?
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Opinion
Collapse hysteria
I would be the last person to deny Sam Webb a re-run of his 15 minutes of fame at the Ronan Point inquiry.
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Review
Talking up China
Tom Levitt heard OMA director Ole Scheeren tell the AA about his practice’s CCTV building.
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News
Gdansk competition in chaos
A prestigious competition in Poland that recently saw two young British practices awarded equal first prize has fallen into chaos after a local architect launched a public protest.
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Neighbourly artThere are many ways to get to know your neighbours but, in the 21st century, it would seem that the traditional act of popping round to borrow a cup of sugar no longer measures up. At a residential block in Glasgow designed by CZWG, local artist Daphne Wright has ...
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ReviewFats best friend
The houses we designed at New Islington in Manchester were inspired by the way the tenants had transformed their existing homes.
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News
‘No design vision’ in Belfast plan
A huge development plan aimed at transforming Belfast has been slammed by a leading city architect for lacking a “design vision” and coming too late.
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News
Mackintoshs Daily Record office to become cafe and pub
A derelict listed building in Glasgow designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh is to be refurbished and brought back into use.
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NewsGough versus Tesco in battle of the brewery
Supermarket giant tries to head off ‘inevitable’ inquiry in Sunderland
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News
Bath's blame game
The Bath Spa project became engulfed in a bitter political battle this week amid widening allegations of blame aimed at the architect, contractor and client.
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Opinion
Politicking won’t get Bath Spa built
When it comes to the world’s worst adverts, the Bath Spa project must rank pretty high for the damage it continues to do to the construction industry’s image and two of its bigger players — the architect Grimshaw and the contractor Mowlem.
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NewsCelebrating the art of timber
Hawkins Brown has revealed designs for the redevelopment of an artists’ complex on a rural site near Cambridge.
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Opinion
No more architects
Never mind the campaign for more women in architecture, I’m right behind the campaign for fewer architects in architecture.
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