All Building Design articles in 15 October 2004 – Page 2

  • News

    European research group is launched

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    A major pan-European construction research body was launched this week with a mission to tap into millions of euros of European Union research funding.

  • Model: education facility is in white render; main auditorium is clad in oxidised copper.
    Technical

    Dramatic impact

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Keith Williams makes the complex ‘structural gymnastics’ behind the Unicorn Theatre look easy, writes David Littlefield

  • Disney doily: Caruso St John’s art gallery.
    Opinion

    Nottinghams Lace disgrace

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    As an architect who works for a practice based in Nottingham’s Lace Market, I was bitterly disappointed by Caruso St John’s scheme for a new art gallery on our doorstep (First Look October 8). This is not the sour grapes or the vitriolic “should have been us” knee-jerk reaction that ...

  • News

    Ulster plots design watchdog

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Province responds to calls for better design with plans for a ‘policing’ department and design champion

  • Is this a fight to the death?
    News

    Is this a fight to the death?

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    As the power struggle between the RIBA and Arb becomes bloodier, Zoë Blackler asks...

  • Opinion

    Up shire creek

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Graham Bizley’s understanding, that Duxford Imperial War Museum is Oxford’s (In Detail October 8) rather than Cambridge’s, is a load of shire.

  • Opinion

    Crane overreaches

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    I am sorry to have to correct Alan Crane (Editorial October 1).The RIBA has not “requested Arb’s view on the quality of its reports” in the way Crane suggests. However, if Arb has constructive criticism, we will be happy to discuss it with them. The feedback we have to date, ...

  • Opinion

    Community spirit

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    It is important that the system adopted by Cabe for scoring the quality of new housing is both rigorous and valid (see page 6). In particular, the rating of “community” cannot be satisfied just by physical inspection, although this has been the practice in the architectural profession up till now ...

  • ‘Cool’ Zaha sails up Clyde
    News

    Cool Zaha sails up Clyde

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid Architects will design Glasgow’s new £50 million Riverside Museum, a building that would be the Pritzker Prize-winning architect’s largest British project to date.

  • Opinion

    Duty to the client

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Too many people have the misconception that an architect’s registration with Arb and protection of title are for the commercial benefit of the architect. They are totally for the client’s protection.Registration requires the architect to have been sufficiently educated and trained in the complexities of the service to a sufficient ...

  • War zone: Duxford Imperial War Museum.
    Opinion

    Counting claim

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Has it not occurred to the ODPM that the increase in the number of planning applications decided within eight weeks (News October 1) might have something to do with the increase in the number of planning applications this year? Prescott should ask the Planning Inspectorate if they think this is ...

  • The Charettes
    Features

    The Charettes

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

  • Opinion

    Pointless challenge

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Zoë Blackler rightly draws attention to the fact that the costs of all challenges to Arb legitimacy are being passed on to subscribers (Editorial October 1).

  • News

    Fears over Cardross scheme

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Seminary plan is ‘ill-considered’

  • Business school
    News

    Business school

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has won planning permission for a new academy-style secondary school in Westminster.

  • News

    New buildings shunned in favourites poll

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    British people love heritage buildings and dislike landmark modern architecture, according to a national poll published this week.

  • News

    Councils cold feet threaten Bradfords own Eden Project

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Bold plans for an Eden Project-style attraction in Bradford could be scrapped if crisis talks this week fail to win over the council.

  • Dreaming in blue
    News

    Dreaming in blue

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Proctor & Matthews’ 100-bed Travelodge hotel in Cambridge has opened for business.

  • News

    Gustafson denies fountain blame

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Diana memorial creator says she regrets involvementKathryn Gustafson, creator of the Princess Diana Memorial Fountain, has defended her design and denied responsibility for the problems that have blighted the pool since it opened this summer. The American landscape architect spoke out publicly for the first time this week “to set ...

  • News

    Grimshaw’s Bath blow

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Two weeks after denying responsibility for faults at the spa, architect told to find solutions