All Building Design articles in 19 January 2007 – Page 2
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Opinion
Housing deja vu
Poor 1960s estates were primarily the result of central government legislation and the housing cost yardstick.
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News
Regeneration super-quango confirmed
English Partnerships and the Housing Corporation are to merge to form a super-quango controlling public funds worth more than £4 billion.
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TechnicalFixing a concrete floor in Orford, Suffolk
The challenge To remedy a crucial concrete pour that had gone wrong
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Opinion
Competitions out
The correspondence (Letters January 12) on competitions fails to appreciate that they are in nobody’s interest. Frank Duffy is right (Soapbox) — they should be abolished.
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Technical
Zero carbon should mean zero carbon
In the past 12 months we’ve come a long way in our understanding of sustainable design, and in 2007 we’re likely to cover just as much ground.
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NewsCabe to give schools a kicking
Watchdog receives £3 million for design panel to review all Building Schools for the Future schemes
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NewsBlue hotel
This 79-room Travelodge hotel, designed by Gianni Botsford Architects, has opened in Peterborough.
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Opinion
Blame misplaced
An RIBA commission to look at the 1960s would not solve the problem. Those in charge then are in charge now — politicians. Central government controlled what was built.
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NewsFoster plans hit by Croydon’s bid to seize Gateway site
Croydon Council has issued a further blow to Norman Foster’s plans for a massive mixed-use scheme in Croydon.
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ReviewBeauty treatment
The latest in a long line of books on the arts and crafts movement looks impeccable, but brings little new illumination.
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NewsDumfries and Galloway College by BDP
BDP has revealed designs for a super-campus which will be Scotland’s largest multi-institutional educational establishment.
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NewsCompetition to find Barking design team
The search is on for a masterplanner for the single largest development in the Thames Gateway.
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Opinion
How to get invited back to the top table
Last year I re-established the RIBA Housing Group and my prediction for 2007 was that housing would be at the top of our agenda, because it is where climate change meets poor design and chronic undersupply.
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NewsAylesbury wood works
Aylesbury Vale District Council has granted planning consent for Arts Team’s £25 million theatre and entertainment centre.
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NewsAUU payments revealed
BD uncovers £100,000 paid to senior designer’s former practice as GLA concludes conflict of interest inquiry
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