All Building Design articles in 16 November 2007 – Page 2

  • News

    Ken to work with Sweden’s Olin

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    London mayor Ken Livingstone has announced plans to co-operate with his Stockholm counterpart Kristina Axén Olin on tackling climate change.

  • News

    Pathfinder has lost its way, says NAO

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    The National Audit Office has slammed the government’s costly and controversial £2.2 billion Pathfinder housing scheme, warning that it has not proved its worth.

  • Opinion

    Past imperfect

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    The only person who has not run out of superlatives to praise the new St Pancras station is its chief architect Alistair Lansley, who provided some of the most gripping moments in the BBC’s fly-on-the-wall documentary which began this week.

  • Opinion

    Homes on target

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    It is wrong to suggest the BRE eco-homes have failed their final build test (News November 9).

  • Opinion

    Home truths

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Launching his vision for Croydon on Tuesday evening, Will Alsop was keen to stress his personal links with the London borough.

  • Opinion

    Olympics — let me hear you say ‘Yay’!

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Ian Martin’s away, so Olympics Minister Suzi Towel guests, sharing her thoughts about the all-important London Games mascot — possibly a newt

  • Bill Mitchell
    Opinion

    MIT vs Gehry puts the papers in a spin

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    What is the truth behind the media brouhaha over MIT’s legal spat with Frank Gehry?

  • Opinion

    Panel games

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    What has become of the RIBA’s radical plans for a design review panel to advise the president on major buildings?

  • News

    Jestico & Whiles’ Fortnum’s unveiled

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Fortnum & Mason has unveiled its new look six-floor flagship store in Piccadilly, central London, refurbished by Jestico & Whiles.

  • RMJM’s athletes’ village will be sold on privately after the event.
    News

    Scottish firms hail Glasgow win

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Scottish architects have hailed Glasgow’s successful £288 million bid for the 2014 Commonwealth Games as a unprecedented opportunity for local practices.

  • Opinion

    Firm plans

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Paul Morrell (Opinion November 2) implies that business restructuring in the professions is a source of embarrassment for those who do it. I disagree.

  • News

    Fabric of their lives

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    John McAslan & Partners’ £20 million Harris Academy in south London was opened this week by schools minister Lord Adonis, who described it “one of the best” in the country.

  • News

    London’s veg market to expand

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Architects have been invited to compete for the redevelopment of New Covent Garden Market at Vauxhall, south London.

  • Technical

    Eco-towns: pornography for planners

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    The concept isn’t radical enough to deal with the problems we face

  • News

    Westminster's Dutch treat

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Danish practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen has won planning consent for this £93 million scheme for the City of Westminster College.

  • News

    DCLG ‘not up to’ dealing with Thames Gateway

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    The Thames Gateway project is a disjointed and overambitious exercise beyond the abilities of the DCLG to manage, a leading MP has claimed.

  • Features

    In the rough with Paul Davis & Partners

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    ‘Golf tournaments are usually between ourselves but they can get quite competitive’

  • The Crucible: influential and architecturally distinguished.
    News

    Crucible Theatre listed

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Sheffield’s famous Crucible Theatre has been listed by DCMS.

  • Bernard Tschumi in conversation with AA head Brett Steele.
    Review

    Hover craft

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Tschumi has abandoned his radical past, says Gerrard O’Carroll

  • Opinion

    Supply claim

    2007-11-16T00:00:00Z

    Peter Phillips (Letters November 9) makes a reasonable suggestion when he commends the urgent introduction of more sensible housing space standards for the open market.