All Building Design articles in 16 February 2007 – Page 2

  • Competitions

    For sale - Volvo V40

    2007-02-20T14:55:00Z

    Volvo V40 1.9 T4 CD Estate. First registered 1998. 74K Miles. Metallic black. Full Volvo service history. Black leather interior. Electric sunroof, mirrors (heated), & windows.

  • Competitions

    For sale - Printer

    2007-02-20T14:48:00Z

    OZAMINOR 33FL Diazo Printer complete with Machine, stand, cover, 20 litres Ammonia Solution and operating & service instruction manual. 3 x 140 watt Hi Actinic Lamps, Maximum Print Width - 1220 mm (48"), Maximum Print Speed - 400 metres/hour (22 f.p.m.), Machine Dimensions - Height with Stand 1060 mm (41 ...

  • News

    Aalto competition winners revealed

    2007-02-20T13:12:00Z

    Five people have won tickets to the Alvar Aalto private view at the Barbican on Wednesday night

  • Opinion

    Britain's second city: Manchester or Birmingham?

    2007-02-20T12:50:00Z

    In his second blog entry, Nick Johnson, chair of Marketing Manchester, has no doubts which city deserves the title

  • Opinion

    The ODA's Olympic break for young architects

    2007-02-20T09:49:00Z

    The ODA has responded to pressure from the architecture community, led by BD, and launched an urban design scheme for the Olympics aimed specifically at “emerging” practices. But what are up-and-coming firms saying about it? Interviews below by James Rose. To read Ellen Bennett's news story "Walkway design competition gives ...

  • News

    News Junkie: 17 and 18 February

    2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

    The government is set to block Mangera Yvar’s £3 million east London supermosque, the Telegraph reported on Sunday. Find out what Ian Martin has to say on this story and the rest of the weekend's news in the first of his weekly dispatches.

  • Competitions

    Office let - Desk space

    2007-02-19T18:18:00Z

    Desk places available sharing with Architects and other small creative businesses on Ground Floor of Quay House recently featured on BBC 4 Series on Architecture “Living with the Future”.

  • Competitions

    For sale - MGB

    2007-02-19T18:15:00Z

    For sale: 1975 MGB GT limited edition Jubilee model, 55,000 miles only, 12 months tax, 7 months MOT. Bought in first class condition and much money spent to keep her that way. Tel. 01304 831034.

  • Competitions

    For sale - Peugeot

    2007-02-19T16:42:00Z

    Peugeot 1.4 Style, 52 reg (Dec 2002), 38000 miles, full service history, MoT until December 2007, taxed until April 2007, bright shiny red, alarm, electric windows, excellent condition, £4395 o.n.o.

  • Competitions

    Holiday let - Woolacombe, North Devon

    2007-02-19T16:40:00Z

    Spacious house with two 4-bedroom self-contained flats overlooking beach at Woolacombe, adjoining the North Devon Coastal Path. Glorious views, ideal family seaside holidays. Good base for walkers on the Heritage Coast, garden lovers to visit Rhs Rosemoor, and exploring North Devon and Exmoor.

  • Competitions

    For sale - Honda motorbike

    2007-02-19T16:29:00Z

    1998 (R reg) Honda CBR600F. Black. 17k miles, VGC. 1 owner from new. Standard bike. FSH. Datatag, S/S hoses, recent service and new tyres. Tax 09/07, MOT 05/07. £2100. Spare fairings (black), Remus can, crash protectors, matching baglux tank cover and bag - £250. Will split. Tel Mark on 07834 ...

  • News

    Sign up to News Junkie

    2007-02-19T14:17:00Z

    Every week BD’s acerbic columnist Ian Martin will be bringing you his take on the weekend papers. Subscribe now to receive News Junkie by email every Sunday.

  • Opinion

    On competitions

    2007-02-17T13:06:00Z

    Nick Johnson blogs on judging the latest addition to New Islington, the true meaning of Biffin's Bridge and what judges are really looking for

  • London to Get Britain's first Mies Van Der Rohe?
    News

    London to get Britain's first Mies Van Der Rohe?

    2007-02-16T20:10:00Z

    High hopes that Peter Palumbo would win his battle to build Mies's Mansion House Square scheme.

  • Opinion

    PFI

    2007-02-16T17:22:00Z

    The biggest public building programme of a generation is underway and is being paid for by the PFI. With these complicated deals between the public and private sectors come a lot of red tape, time wasting and tricky procurement – which can only be bad for design.

  • Opinion

    Zero Carbon Development

    2007-02-16T17:18:00Z

    Suddenly it seems that sustainability is on everyone’s lips. It has rapidly become an overriding national priority and when Chancellor Gordon Brown committed himself to the target of making all new homes carbon neutral by 2016, he handed a massive challenge to the design and development industries (Tough New Rules ...

  • News

    Tall Buildings

    2007-02-16T17:16:00Z

    The UK’s skyline is on the rise, particularly in the main cities – London and the north. Skyscrapers are popping up all over the place with the enthusiastic backing of civic leaders such as London Mayor Ken Livingstone and Manchester city council chief executive Howard Bernstein, who want to maintain ...

  • News

    The Olympics

    2007-02-16T17:02:00Z

    With just five years to go until the London 2012 Olympics, the race is on win lucrative jobs designing the permanent and temporary structures. But despite the profession’s euphoria when London first won the Games, grave doubts over the government’s commitment to design quality soon emerged as it became clear ...

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    News

    This week

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Hot and not

  • Opinion

    Tell us what you think

    2007-02-16T00:00:00Z

    Have any of these ideas worked for you? Would you do anything differently? Post your comments at the bottom of the story