All Building Design articles in 15 April 2005 – Page 2
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News
Return to Fourth Grace site
The original developers behind Will Alsop’s failed Fourth Grace in Liverpool have been re-appointed to bring forward proposals for a £110 million mixed-use scheme on the waterfront site.
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OpinionOur prefab failures
Can architects design prefab housing? Yes, of course they can, writes Colin Davies.
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OpinionNot a drill
Architects spend a lot of time talking about the failings of the education system — perhaps because they spend so much time in it, writes Ellen Bennett.
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ReviewThe dreamer
Charles Robert Cockerell, 19th century architect, archaeologist and former RIBA president, is the latest Royal Academician to be featured in an exhibition at the academy.
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Opinion
Dont be so sure
I share Chris Shirley-Smith’s concern about the relationship landscape architects have with our architect siblings (Letters April 8).
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News
Flood defence warning for Gateway
Government’s chief scientific adviser says defences must be in place before development gets under way
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Opinion
Planners hot date
With the government’s pressure on local planning authorities to achieve a high percentage of decision-making within the 56-day statutory period, what now can be seen is a growing trend for approvals appearing to be backdated and then posted first class, often arriving next day, but up to eight days after ...
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NewsFinal piece of a Danish jigsaw
Tony Fretton Architects has submitted for planning permission designs for a historic Copenhagen site known as “the shame of Tietgen”.
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Technical
Green man:Carbon credits could be the currency of the future
Could the time have come for the government to adopt a coordinated policy on carbon emissions and could saving the planet even become an election issue?
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ReviewCrazy... but it just might work
Ellen Bennett heard Thomas Heatherwick talk about his practice
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NewsSpinnaker on course
The dramatic 170m-high Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth is finally starting to take shape and is due for completion by the end of the summer.
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Building StudyPauline conversion
Thomas Archer’s St Paul’s Deptford has been saved from fire, neglect and possible destruction. The restoration is a rebirth for both the building and its architect
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News
Shakespeare Company eyes County Hall move
A new chapter in the long and frequently controversial history of London’s County Hall is set to open after the Royal Shakespeare Company entered negotiations to join tenants ranging from Charles Saatchi to McDonald’s in the landmark building.
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News
Top talents to tackle housing at Elephant & Castle site
A panel including some of the most promising small- and medium-sized practices in the UK has been assembled by Southwark council to design 1,000 new homes.
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Opinion
Canterbury wail
I was dismayed to read of the possible closure of Canterbury School of Architecture (News April 8).
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NewsIs Labour built to last?
Has Labour lived up to its design rhetoric? We hit the road to find out if ordinary architecture is on the up
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OpinionConcrete Boots
Floored by falconsEveryone who has ever got off a train in Manchester and walked down Piccadilly will be familiar with the gloomy sight of Sunley Tower, home to the Government Office of the North West. Happily, developer Bruntwood has drawn up plans for a £20 million transformation, by Manchester architect ...
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