All Building Design articles in 14 July 2006 – Page 2

  • Opinion

    But client is happy

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland-approved selection process was not a design competition, it was a combined quality and price process, with 70% score awarded to quality (of which only part was for design) and 30% score for price.

  • News

    Dyson’s clean lines

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    This bold structure is the forthcoming James Dyson School of Design Innovation in Bath, by Wilkinson Eyre Architects.

  • News

    Supermarkets choose timber

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Supermarket giants Tesco and Asda are planning to replace their standard steel frames with timber in selected new stores to reduce their ecological footprint.

  • News

    O’Donnell & Tuomey snap up photo centre

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Stirling Prize nominee O’Donnell & Tuomey has been appointed to design its first building in England. The architect of the Lewis Glucksman Gallery at University College Cork, will create a new centre for London’s Photographers’ Gallery in Ramillies Street.

  • News

    Elephant & Castle delays raise fears over project

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Fears were raised this week over delays to one of the largest regeneration projects in the country — London’s £1.5 billion Elephant & Castle scheme.

  • The Norman Foster-designed Renault Centre in Swindon will be refurbished by Dennis Sharp Architects.
    News

    Renault Centre seeks one careful owner

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    A careful owner, preferably an architecture or design practice, is being sought to occupy Norman Foster’s iconic Renault Centre in Swindon after its future was secured through a new restoration scheme.

  • News

    New push for carbon-neutral homes

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    This week’s energy review outlined the government’s intention to step up its drive to make all new housing developments carbon-neutral, giving more support to on-site electricity generation such as mini-wind turbines and solar panels.

  • News

    C of E to decide which churches will be saved

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Heritage watchdogs have attacked the Church of England after its decision to abolish statutory body the Advisory Board for Redundant Churches.

  • Opinion

    Broken rules mean harm to industry

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    I would like to correct BD’s news story “Murphy upset over best coming second” (News July 7).

  • Gehry: Back on track in Abu Dhabi.
    Opinion

    Concrete Boots

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    This week in brief by Concrete Boots …

  • News

    A long way from Bash Street

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Reiach & Hall architects has won a competition to design a £20 million civic centre in Dundee. It beat a shortlist of three, including RMJM and Gordon Murray & Alan Dunlop Architects to design a replacement for the current council offices, which will be demolished as part of the city’s ...

  • The Graduation, by Ian Laurence and Karl Normanton, diploma unit 14.
    Review

    Bartlett proves breadth-taking

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Tracy Meller reviews the summer show at UCL’s architecture school

  • Rem Koolhaas: The OMA archive includes his napkin sketches and screenplays.
    News

    Rem spurns archive offer

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    OMA says £900,000 deal proposed by Netherlands Architecture Institute is too low

  • A
    Features

    Architest

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    This week: Theme parks

  • Denton Corker Marshall’s proposal for a visitor centre, 3km away from the stones.
    News

    Stonehenge centre wins approval

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    An epic 15-year-long struggle to build a new visitor centre at World Heritage site Stonehenge received a crucial boost this week after Denton Corker Marshall’s £65 million project won planning permission.

  • News

    Architects back RIBA in anti-nuclear stance

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Leading architects have joined the RIBA in condemning the government’s lurch towards a new generation of nuclear power stations, set out in this week’s energy review.

  • Opinion

    Answer is simple

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Charles Edwards (Letters July 7) asks why, as someone who lacks qualifications recognised by Arb, he must undertake its examination when his German colleague with a qualification recognised under the Architects’ Directive does not . The answer is straightforward.

  • News

    Dye another day

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    A £60 million development complex in Leicester by Ian Simpson Architects has been approved for planning.

  • Zedfactory’s residential building which has won planning permission for Changsa in China.
    News

    Zedfactory sets out Chinese ambitions

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Bill Dunster’s Zedfactory has won planning permission in Changsha, central China, for an innovative low-carbon residential building, which is currently out to tender.

  • News

    Museum in timber row opens after BDP revamp

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Glasgow’s A-listed Kelvingrove Museum reopened on Tuesday following its controversial £29 million refurbishment by BDP.