All Building Design articles in 19 November 2004 – Page 3
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NewsThe inspectorate calls
A new recruitment drive hopes to lure architects into the planning inspectorate. Should you take up the challenge? asks Charlie Gates
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FeaturesRussell Brown
Having relocated to Norfolk, I read a lot on the train. BooksI read endless Penguin crime books — the old-fashioned ones with green covers — by Josephine Tey, Dorothy L Sayers, Margery Allingham, Patricia Wentworth; and lots of magazines, such as Domus, Archis, Frame, Frieze. I got Gilles Deleuze’s Desert ...
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News
Bid team lines up Olympic contests
As many as 15 design competitions will be triggered if London is announced as the host of the 2012 Olympic Games next summer.
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Opinion
The fine line between influence and rip-off
As an undergraduate I was accused by some generous-minded peers of “ripping off” a building that had just appeared in the Architectural Review. My scheme undeniably bore a striking resemblance to its alleged model, and protestations that I had never set eyes on it before fell on deaf ears.
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News
Building to continue despite BBC job cull
The BBC this week denied that the era of major new buildings at the corporation was over after announcing it was slashing the number of staff at its property division by more than half.
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News
Arup to push for reuse of foundations
An ancient form of construction technology could hold the key to overcoming one of the major challenges to urban development in the 21st century.
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News
UCE decides not to axe its architecture school
The future of the University of Central England’s school of architecture has been secured.
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News
Arb in BT directories dispute over listings of architects
Arb has clashed with BT after accusing the company of wrongly listing individuals as architects in its business directories.
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Opinion
Witness appeal
I read your article, “Waiting for disaster” (News analysis November 5), with interest, but some puzzlement. In answer to the question “Who are these expert witnesses?”, Bickerdike Allen’s history goes back to founding partner Bill Allen’s days as chief architect and head of physics at the Building Research Establishment (which ...
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NewsMakes Antarctic expedition
Pyramids are perhaps most associated with hot climes, but Make, the practice headed by former Foster’s director Ken Shuttleworth, has designed a series of pyramids for one of the coldest places on earth. Make is one of six well-known practices competing to design a new research station for the British ...
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Technical
Your questions answered
The DDA requirements seem to go beyond the stipulations of Part M and British Standard BS 8300 (2001): Design of buildings. The DDA hinges on taking “reasonable” measures. Decisions made on this basis could be hugely subjective and would no doubt open the door to litigation. How can I protect ...
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Opinion
Disappearing act
Zaha Hadid may have been frustrated in the past when her competition winning designs didn’t see the light. But it was she who failed to materialise last Wednesday night when at the last minute she let the RIBA know she couldn’t personally deliver her long-scheduled Lutbetkin lecture at Portland Place. ...
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Technical
Understanding access for all
The practicalities of working with the Disability Discrimination Act
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TechnicalIn detail 31: National Gallery, East Wing, London
An external courtyard has been covered with an ETFE roof to provide a disabled access route from a new public entrance on Trafalgar Square to the gallery’s central circulation spaces.
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