All Building Design articles in 13 July 2007 – Page 2

  • Opinion

    Poor practice

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    “It is a magical project by one of our brightest emerging practices,” says Niall McLaughlin, chair of the RIBA Awards, about the Singing Ringing Tree (July 6).

  • News

    New image for warehouse

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Trevor Horne Architects has received planning permission for this £2.5 million conversion of a warehouse into a photography studio, offices and flats for the photographer and film director Rankin.

  • News

    Swindon picked as site for McCloud housing

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    DSDHA and Wright & Wright are to design two schemes in Swindon, Wiltshire, of up to 200 homes each as the first venture for TV presenter Kevin McCloud’s Hab Housing project.

  • News

    Velodrome win for Hopkins

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    This concept design by Hopkins Architects with Expedition Engineering is the winning proposal for the Olympic velodrome.

  • How to get ahead: Bennetts’ hat trick.
    Opinion

    Hats off to Rab

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Just in case anyone doubted that Bennetts Associates’ success hasn’t diminished its fun-loving side, it has published 20 Moments to mark 20 years of its history.

  • News

    Hadid’s pavilion is third time lucky for Serpentine

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid’s stand-in installation for the Serpentine Gallery was unveiled this week, marking the third design for this year’s ill fated pavilion project.

  • Michael Howe, Geoffrey Darke and Alex Ely.
    Features

    Grand masters

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Wouldn’t you love the chance to pick the brains of your architectural hero? Here, four young practices explain what made them seize that opportunity

  • Opinion

    Fairs’ fair

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Like Marcus Fairs (Opinion, June 29), we were sceptical about hiring an architect when we decided to give our 1970s townhouse a contemporary makeover. The building is equally devoid of straight walls and right angles, and the project was always about subtraction rather than addition.

  • Tower: backed by Cabe.
    News

    Fury erupts as Islington rejects tower as ‘too tall’

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Cabe has weighed in to defend a planned 39-storey skyscraper by Squire & Partners that has been rejected by Islington Council against the advice of planning officers.

  • One of the planted vitrines in the offices.
    Building Study

    Fretton redesigns Warsaw embassy

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Fretton’s second design for the British Embassy in Warsaw has such an authoritative presence it needs little fanfare.

  • Opinion

    Wet and dry

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Olympic chiefs, worried about the cost of Zaha’s aquatics centre, must be taking heart from her temporary Serpentine pavilion which opened this week, on time and budget.

  • Opinion

    Down with icons

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    With respect to the distinguished Thames Gateway panel, surely it is impossible to believe that any one building, however iconic, could invigorate a whole area?

  • Truro’s soaring arches.
    Technical

    I wish i’d done that

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Russel Hayden: Truro Cathedral, Truro, Cornwall

  • News

    Tate Modern keeps land set for Design Museum

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Director’s ambitions to expand museum thwarted as gallery trustees keep its options open

  • News

    Get green with online database

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    BRE Certification has launched a digital database to help built environment professionals reduce their carbon footprints.

  • Opinion

    Cunning plan

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Boots was alarmed to see that a group campaigning against the recent planning white paper has submitted an application to build a waste incinerator on the site of St Paul’s Cathedral.

  • Opinion

    Culture splash

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    As part of the Liverpool Capital of Culture 2008 celebrations, the School of Architecture is organising an exhibition and publication of work by prominent alumni, focusing mainly on their worldwide architectural influence.

  • Amanda Baillieu
    Opinion

    EH must win our confidence

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    The walkie talkie go-ahead gives notice that the UK will decide its own future — but we need strong, clear leadership

  • Opinion

    If money talks, let it be loud and clear

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    While the old days of distrust have diminished, real openness will only be won by frank dealings

  • Office building for canal site in Ghent, Belgium, by Fergus Devlin-Connolly.
    Review

    London Met shows its class

    2007-07-13T00:00:00Z

    London Metropolitan University reviewed by Ellie Duffy