All Building Design articles in 16 May 2008 – Page 3
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News
Poplar Riverside delivery plan let
Meadowcroft Griffin is to develop a delivery strategy for the Poplar Riverside area of the Lower Lea Valley by the Thames Gateway Development Corporation.
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News
Scandinavians in design debate
Capita Symonds and the British Council for Schools Environments are hosting a conference in Salford next month to bring together Scandinavian and British experts on school design.
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NewsFosters’ return customer
Fosters & Partners unveiled its latest addition to the City of London skyline this week with the official opening of the 28-storey Willis Building more than three decades after Norman Foster designed his landmark hi-tech Willis Faber building in Ipswich.
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Review
Identity crisis
What role can architecture play in preserving local and traditional cultures in the face of globalisation?
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Opinion
So solid crew
Any doubts that the Shard might not happen were firmly quashed this week by Irvine Sellars’ glittering Wednesday night reception at Fishmongers’ Hall for property’s movers and shakers.
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Opinion
Not for Cotton
Crikey, I seem to have really wound up Mark Cotton with what I thought were fairly innocuous responses to Irena Bauman’s book (Letters May 9).
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FeaturesHelpdesk: Green computing is easy and very PC, says IT consultant Hugh Davies
How green is my PC? How do I get rid of a redundant computer?
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FeaturesCan I halt work on site if my client doesn’t pay his fees?
I have an alteration and extension project on site for which I expect Building Regulations approval shortly, and the remaining drawings are nearing completion. My terms and conditions state that 62.5% of the 40% E to H fee is due on submission of the Building Regs application. I submitted an ...
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ReviewCrystal clear
One of the lesser known design projects at the 1951 Festival of Britain was the Festival Pattern Group, which brought together scientists and designers to create ceramics, fabrics and furnishings inspired by the intricate structure of crystals.
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Opinion
Culture clash
A curious choice of speaker for the Association of Consultant Architects’ annual dinner at the Royal Thames Yacht Club in London.
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NewsCreative in White City
Dutch practice OMA is dubbing its £2 billion masterplan for White City “Creative London”.
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Opinion
First choice
Following the RIBA/ACA failure to agree on forms of contract (News May 9), small and young practices would benefit from professional institutions giving them free and accessible education on standardised services agreements.
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Opinion
Chinese check
I read your leader on the Chinatown revolution (May 2) with dismay. There seem to be conflicting messages these days about how a multiethnic country should move ahead.
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Building StudyWright & Wright's Cambridge University Corpus Christi College Campus
When Cambridge University’s Corpus Christi College ran out of undergraduate library space, it engaged Wright & Wright to remodel a former bank it owns on one of the city’s main streets as the Taylor Library, reports Ellis Woodman. Photos by Peter Cook and Dennis Gilbert
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News
Building Regs hinder green refurbs, RIBA tells MPs
Building Regulations are a “barrier” to the government’s carbon reduction targets, the RIBA has told a parliamentary inquiry into retrofitting commercial property.
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NewsOnwards and up for Brunswick
London’s listed Brunswick Centre (pictured) could be extended one storey upwards under a proposal to reinstate architect Patrick Hodgkinson’s original 1960s design.
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NewsBroadway Malyan told to rework Everton plan
Broadway Malyan’s design for a £400 million, retail-led development in Kirkby, including a new stadium for Everton Football Club, has been sent back to the drawing board after being slammed by Cabe and neighbouring local authorities.
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News
RIBA seeks Preston bridge entries
The RIBA has launched a competition to design a bridge across the River Douglas in Preston, Lancashire.
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NewsRow as JCB boss tries to demolish own house
Experts split over bid to redevelop Chelsea grade II listed Georgian house
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Opinion
Glancey’s blow
Jonathan Glancey’s comment (April 25) that “no amount of special pleading will make supermarkets physically attractive” is so apt for us in St Albans.
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