All Building Design articles in 19 May 2006 – Page 3

  • Michael Laird Architects has designed a bold new office building for BAE Systems at South Gayle in Edinburgh — phase one of its masterplan to redevelop the site.
    News

    Bold design for BAE

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Michael Laird Architects has designed a bold new office building for BAE Systems at South Gayle in Edinburgh - phase one of its masterplan to redevelop the site.

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    Features

    Architest

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    This week: lawyers

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    Observer architecture critic pledges to avoid celebrities

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    British design guru Stephen Bayley, who is to become the Observer's next architecture correspondent, has pledged to keep celebrities off the page to make room for less well-known architects and designers.

  • BD reported last week about the growing concern among architects over lawyers who advise clients to use bespoke contracts for every job.
    News

    Architects relate their bespoke contract hell

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Last week, BD reported on attempts by the RIBA and Construction Industry Council to develop standard contracts that would stop lawyers lining their pockets by developing cumbersome bespoke contracts that are unfair to architects (News May 12). This week, readers tell of their own experiences at the hands of lawyers:

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    One in three London architects is foreign

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    A BD survey has uncovered a staggering number of foreign architects working in London, with nationalities from all over the world flocking to the capital to gain architectural experience.

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    Arb reformers fall at first hurdle

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    The Arb Reform Group suffered two defeats in its first board meeting last Thursday, indicating the struggle it faces influencing the 15-strong board with eight appointed members from outside the profession.

  • Trafalgar Square is no stranger to public art, but will set new standards this summer with an inflatable structure designed by Studio Egret West.
    News

    Dancing on air

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Trafalgar Square is no stranger to public art, but will set new standards this summer with an inflatable structure designed by Studio Egret West.

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    Adam's house fails to impress

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Robert Adam has been denied planning permission for a controversial country house in a test case of new planning guidance.

  • The team erects the central arch at last year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
    Technical

    How we cracked it 28: Unipart Stand at Goodwood Festival of Speed

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    The challenge: To design a truss for a 25m-diameter inflatable dome so the whole structure could fit in a transit van and be erected without specialist equipment

  • Bognor Regis may be associated with Butlins and gloomy British seaside holidays, but that is set to change with Lewis & Hickey Architects’ plans for a £100 million redevelopment.
    News

    Bognor's £100m revamp

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Bognor Regis may be associated with Butlins and gloomy British seaside holidays, but that is set to change with Lewis & Hickey Architects' plans for a £100 million redevelopment.