All Building Design articles in 16 March 2007 – Page 2

  • Jonathan Hines
    Technical

    Navigating the green moral maze

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Our crusade for more sustainable buildings must begin at home

  • Futuristic forms: Spherical kitchen, 1968-71.
    Review

    Saving grace

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Is Luigi Colani a fading pop star with a giant ego or one of the world’s most original design talents? Amanda Levete gives her assessment

  • Features

    Invest in your staff is the golden rule

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    People are your most important asset, but how do you get the best out of them and ensure they feel wanted.

  • The five-storey apartment block sits at the north end of the square.
    Building Study

    Through the Gateway

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Twelve years into the planning project that is the Thames Gateway, a new scheme in Barking offers an early indication of the change to come, says Ellis Woodman. Pictures by Morley von Sternberg

  • FOA’s Trinity EC3 scheme was displayed at the London stand at this week’s Mipim conference.
    News

    Sour note for FOA’s Mipim showcase

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    A landmark office scheme by Foreign Office Architects in the City of London has become the latest victim of tough new protection for world heritage sites.

  • Denys Lasdun’s listed University of East Anglia would be subject to an agreement between the owner, the local authority and EH.
    News

    Heritage funding gap feared

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    The government’s long-awaited white paper on heritage has sparked fears of a looming funding gap in the sector.

  • Opinion

    An icon too far

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Apropos the proposed massive and bulky Viñoly tower, I was surprised that the BD editor would be shocked if English Heritage won this enquiry (February 23).

  • Vallecas 23, by Peter Cook, Gavin Robotham and Salvador Perez Arroyo.
    Review

    Spain’s experiment with social housing

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    An exhibition on Madrid public housing provoked a lively dialogue between an English and a Spanish architect

  • News

    Smithfield report excludes Farrell plan

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    A proposal by Terry Farrell to turn part of London’s Smithfield Market into a conference and exhibition complex was excluded from his report on the area at the request of English Heritage.

  • “This is exactly where we want to take the RIBA. We want a seat on the top table.” Jack Pringle
    News

    DTI invites Pringle to join sustainable energy group

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    The RIBA’s bid to influence government policy on climate change has received a huge boost as part of a new initiative involving president Jack Pringle and the government’s chief scientist David King.

  • Opinion

    Dreaming towers

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Your front page (March 9) states “Heritage ‘buffer zones’ threaten KPF towers”, and is accompanied by a leafy seemingly pleasant Square.

  • The Cobb at Lyme Regis, Dorset: An example of the Architectural Review’s “Functional idea” in 1950.
    Review

    Dissecting the power of the press

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    The influence of publications on our view of British architecture makes an absorbing read.

  • News

    Landscape is key to development

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    The Landscape Institute has joined forces with the government-backed Academy for Sustainable Communities to put landscape at the heart of development.

  • News

    Gallery drops Otto’s pavilion design

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Frei Otto’s design for this year’s Serpentine Pavilion has been rejected after the gallery admitted his team would not have enough time to develop the architect’s “ambitious” structure.

  • Features

    Satisfied customer sees a return

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Shopping centre, thisted Bjerg Arkitektur, Denmark

  • News

    Tower developments for Croydon

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Rolfe Judd Architecture and Berkeley Homes have submitted plans for a residential-led development with a 43-storey tower.

  • David Littlefield
    Features

    Collaboration lag

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    There is always room for improvement, but so much energy has been ploughed into design packages over the last couple of decades that, it could be argued, architects have everything they need.

  • News

    Stratford City recruitment drive

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    Developer Westfield has launched a major recruitment drive for Stratford City, its huge regeneration project next to the London 2012 Olympic Games site.

  • News

    Chipperfield wins Norway museum

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    This £25 million competition-winning scheme by David Chipperfield Architects will be the practice’s first building in Scandinavia.

  • Ian Martin
    Opinion

    I’m invaluable to Prince Charles in a crisis

    2007-03-16T00:00:00Z

    This week from Ian Martin...