All Building Design articles in 13 May 2005 – Page 2

  • News

    Profession shuns RIBA democracy

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Only one nomination for council

  • A borehole being drilled in a previous project at the Building Research Establishment’s BRE’s environmental building at Garston.
    Technical

    Deep impact

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Roderic Bunn explains the benefits of using borehole cooling at the refurbished Royal Festival Hall

  • Review

    David Lynch and me

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    What I find interesting about film director David Lynch is the fact he operates on two levels.

  • News

    Councils vow to stop Solent Gateway plan

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Local authorities in Hampshire have vowed to fight reported plans for a Thames Gateway-type scheme in their area.

  • News

    Maltings complex in next musical work

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Haworth Tompkins is working on detailed designs for the conversion of a large complex of grade II-listed malting houses in Suffolk.

  • News

    Glasgow client lambasts RMJM project handling

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Will HurstScottish Parliament architect RMJM launcheda robust defence this week after a client attacked its performance on the prestigious Glasgow Harbour project.Cala Homes regional director Hugh Martin said he had struggled to communicate with RMJM after a number of senior architects working on the project left the practice in the ...

  • News

    Office clash hits Scots watchdog

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Doubts over sharing HQ with RIAS

  • News

    Piccadilly circuit

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Piccadilly Circus would be thrown open to pedestrians and feature a new central sculpture under radical plans for London's shopping district obtained by BD this week.

  • News

    Spot check

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    West Midlands

  • News

    Hodder calls in Clissold help

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Hodder Associates has enlisted former RIBA president Paul Hyett to provide professional advice in its legal battle with Hackney council over the troubled Clissold Leisure Centre.

  • Opinion

    We bring everything upon ourselves

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Just as Mind (the National Association for Mental Health) is set to launch its Let off Steam Week, the Sunday Times announces “Get stressed, stay young – the new health advice”.

  • Opinion

    Concrete Boots

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Cheesy chipsDeveloper Urban Splash has gone the whole hog in a marketing push for Will Alsop’s chip-inspired flats in the New Islington scheme in Manchester. The promotional website, at www.chipsforsale.com, features an animation of Alsop with a white chip-shop hat lowering onto his head and the flats being doused in ...

  • News

    Lea Valley plans boost Olympic chances

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    London’s chances of hosting the 2012 Olympics Games have been significantly improved, thanks to the Lower Lea Valley regeneration programme, according to rankings released this week.

  • News

    Gardens bloom for a golden Jubilee

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Jubilee Gardens on London’s South Bank is set to receive a long-awaited overhaul with the submission of these shortlisted designs by Edaw, Gross Max, Thomas Heatherwick Studio and West 8.

  • News

    Jowell bids for design power

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Culture secretary wants cross-government role to lobby for better design in public buildings

  • Opinion

    Wait for proof before judgment

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    We can only endorse George Ferguson’s proposal (News, May 6) to extend the period after completion that buildings can be entered for the Stirling Prize.

  • Opinion

    Francesco Bandarin

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Francesco Bandarin, director of Unesco World Heritage Sites, this week hosted a conference in Vienna to discuss proposed guide-lines designed to protect heritage sites, such as Liverpool, from iconic, high-rise development.

  • News

    UN plots icon ban

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Unesco proposes tough new rules that could ban tall towers near world heritage sites

  • News

    Art nouveau theatre loses out in revamp of Yarmouths pier

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    A scheme to restore the historic Wellington Pier in Great Yarmouth looked set to win planning permission this week after English Heritage backed the project.

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    Features

    Architest

    2005-05-13T00:00:00Z

    This week: Norman Foster