All Building Design articles in 17 September 2004 – Page 3

  • News

    Edinburgh office plan on track amid attacks

    2004-09-17T00:00:00Z

    A controversial £40 million office development in Edinburgh by Reiach & Hall Architects has been given the go-ahead by the city council despite strong opposition.

  • Technical

    Leaving the dark age

    2004-09-17T00:00:00Z

    “No, you can’t use that fitting. It doesn’t comply with the regs!”

  • Hooray for Holyrood: RMJM managing director Brian Stewart says despite tough criticism, Fraser vindicates RMJM and restores his personal faith in architecture.
    News

    ‘I’d do it all again’

    2004-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Relief for architects as Holyrood inquiry lays blame with clients, but design team still suffers biting criticism

  • News

    Arb ups fees again

    2004-09-17T00:00:00Z

    The right to use the title architect will cost £3 more from next year if the Architects Registration Board votes to raise fees for the third year in a row this week.

  • After the party: Cabe awaits a new chief executive and chairman and faces yet another investigation into its practices - this time from a powerful select committee of MPs.
    News

    Facing the morning after

    2004-09-17T00:00:00Z

    As Cabe prepares to celebrate its fifth birthday, Zoë Blackler asks where next for a watchdog at the crossroads

  • An early prism experiment showing a collection of small stones that have been painted by coloured refracted sunlight.
    Technical

    In detail 22: Blackpool Rocks Kinetic Light Sculpture

    2004-09-17T00:00:00Z

    The sculpture will reflect sunlight through a prism on to seven rocks on the Blackpool promenade each positioned to catch a different colour of the refracted light. The rocks will vary in size and type and will be suspended on steel frames. The prism will be 5m high and 1m ...

  • News

    Pre-fab housing gets 100% backing from government

    2004-09-17T00:00:00Z

    Housing minister Keith Hill has called on architects to abandon their “misconceptions and prejudices” about modular housing, as he underlined the government’s commitment to modern methods of construction.