All Building Design articles in 18 November 2005 – Page 2

  • Foster’s Sage Gateshead, which features 80cu m of FSC-certified American white ash, won the commercial and public access category at this year’s Wood Awards.
    Technical

    Give credit where it’s due

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    Help exists to source genuinely sustainable timber

  • News

    RIBA reveals its core curriculum for CPD

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Details of the RIBA’s proposed “core curriculum” for continuing professional development were revealed this week.

  • News

    Lancashire town launches design contest

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    A housing market renewal pathfinder has attempted to buck the trend for poor design by launching a competition for the transformation of the Whitefield ward in Nelson.

  • a £2.75 million residential scheme on Kennington Park Road in south London.
    News

    Clear daylight

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    Piercy Conner Architects has won planning permission for a £2.75 million residential scheme on Kennington Park Road in south London.

  • News

    City priorities queried

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Creating better and cheaper public transport would do more to improve cities than putting more police on the beat or cracking down on fly posting, binge drinking and litter, according to a survey published this week.

  • News

    Chipperfield wins Philadelphia project

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    David Chipperfield Architects has won the latest in a long line of US arts and museum projects .

  • Its owner Damien Hirst – “very interested in religious iconography”.
    News

    Hirst to realise unbuilt chapel

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    Artist hires White Cube architect to restore Gloucestershire gothic pile

  • News

    Cabe’s hit and miss

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    These design details can make a difference to new housing schemes

  • News

    Housing is grim up north, says Cabe

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    New housing audit of the North says more than 90% of new homes still suffer from poor to average design

  • Concrete boots logo
    Opinion

    Concrete Boots

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Wheel of fortuneAs British Airways sells its stake in the London Eye to the Tussauds Group for £95 million this week, Tussauds has made it clear to Marks Barfield Architects that it would buy its share on “the same terms as BA”. That presents quite a dilemma. What do you ...

  • Opinion

    Rules are written for the big boys

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Anyone who regularly bids for work will be familiar with the jargon of the Ojeu – the Official Journal of the European Union, where requests for architectural services can be found alongside calls for suppliers of large-capacity incontinence kits.

  • News

    BD wins top magazine prize

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Building Design was named subscription magazine of the year at the PPA’s Magazine Subscriptions Awards last week.

  • News

    Battersea woodlouse

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Sheppard Robson has released concept designs for a new horticultural school building in Battersea Park.

  • News

    Atlanta’s classical revival

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Robert Adam Architects has unveiled new images of its proposed triumphal arch in Atlanta.

  • Features

    We need help with photo archiving

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Too many of our graphics disappear into a black hole. Can you recommend some easy-to-use archiving software that makes the retrieval of images straightforward?

  • Kippers
    Features

    Architest

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    This week: Cedric Price

  • News

    Gummer calls for Arb patch-up

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Architects Registration Board critic John Gummer MP dealt a significant blow to the RIBA’s attempts to constrain the regulator’s powers this week by calling for a compromisebetween the two bodies.

  • Opinion

    It’s bad, but not all housebuilders’ fault

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Yet again, the volume housebuilders have been found wanting. An audit by Cabe of new housing developments in the north of England paints a bleak picture of poor design quality across the region.

  • News

    Dawning of a new age

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Rem Koolhaas and the mayor of Barcelona were among the architects and urbanists who gathered for last weekend’s Urban Age conference — a high powered summit on London’s future

  • Young architect of the year awards logo
    Competitions

    The contenders 4: Witherford Watson Mann

    2005-11-18T00:00:00Z

    Stephen Witherford, Christopher Watson and William Mann on getting ahead