All Building Design articles in 16 May 2008 – Page 2
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News
Students show social projects
An exhibition of student projects funded by the RIBA/ICE McAslan bursary will be held at the Dreamspace Gallery at recruitment firm Adrem during this year’s London Festival of Architecture.
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OpinionOpen minded
Boots was treated to all-American corporate glamour at the unveiling of Norman Foster’s latest skyscraper in the City of London.
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Review
Market leader
Frome, a market town in Somerset, is hosting work by seven artists as part of commissioning agency Foreground’s Intervention/ Decoration project.
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OpinionIn terms of place-making, it’s a wrap
Rather than taking urban design forward, are ‘wrapped’ superstores a dead end?
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Technical
How it works
Geometrics: Elements of Form, Structure, Materials and Manufacture exhibits work by structural engineer Price & Myers’ geometrics group...
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ReviewMike Reynolds is a scrapman on a hot tin roof
Gerrard O’Carroll is lifted by this documentary on an eco-architect who uses waste to build communities
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TechnicalHome truths
Former accountant Carol Atkinson has built the UK’s first straw-bale holiday home in East Yorkshire, and is now leading courses on how to build with it.
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NewsLow rise at high tide
Mosedale Gillat Architects has submitted for planning a new maritime centre in Newbiggin by the Sea in Northumberland.
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OpinionPutting politics over heritage
English Heritage is favouring self-preservation at the expense of protecting post-war architecture
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FeaturesGoldfinger tower wins over the punters
Does the listing 10 years ago of a concrete housing estates, including Goldfinger’s Trellick Tower, provide hope for Robin Hood Gardens?
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Technical
Finishing touch
Ibstock has launched its Umbra range of textured brickwork in four designs: Wave, Sphere (pictured), Pyramid and Sawtooth.
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Opinion
Light fantastic
I agree that rebuilding a school will not necessarily make any difference to its performance. However, having worked on school design for 17 years, I can say that in certain situations, a better design can have an effect.
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MultimediaVideo: Rotunda, the low down
We were in Birmingham’s Rotunda last week for the second in the BD Lecture Series.
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NewsManser in the dock
Work has begun on site for a 8,000sq m terminal building at Southampton Docks by the Manser Practice.
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TechnicalMaterial detail
Author Sylvia Leydecker, an interior designer and expert in nano surfaces in architecture (pictured), considers the functions and applications of nano materials in her new book.
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NewsSuffolk honours winning designs
Four buildings have won Suffolk Association of Architects annual design awards.
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FeaturesShould I design a tobacco firm’s new HQ?
In the first of a new series, Irena Bauman, author of How to be a Happy Architect, tackles your ethical dilemmas.
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OpinionSchool design does matter
You probably can’t make a good school out of wonderful buildings and poor teachers (Opinion May 9). You probably can make a good school out of wonderful teachers and poor buildings. But the link between building design and educational performance is real, and teachers as well as architects make this ...
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