All Building Design articles in 22 February 2008 – Page 2
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Technical
Flooring products
A new series where we look at a top of the range product and a more cost-effective alternative for projects on a tight budget
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Opinion
Flaws in strategy
The whole New Street project is fundamentally flawed because it only addresses passenger congestion at the station.
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OpinionFit only for malls
Jonathan Glancey’s comments on the glut of recent figurative monuments (February 15) are timely. London, in particular, is being littered with third-rate “public art”.
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Opinion
Universal ethics
Now that the debate on ethics has opened up (News February 15), we wish to commend those architects whose courageous stand on such an issue has been expressed in your paper.
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Opinion
Escape pan
Fresh news has surfaced about Sandy Wilson’s masterplan for the Royal Academy, on which he was working before he died, and which has never seen the light of day.
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News
EH upgrades listed synagogue
Ernest Alfred Shennan’s 1936 New Hebrew Congregation Synagogue in Liverpool has been upgraded to grade II* listed status.
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NewsGLA defends Doon Street
The Greater London Authority has publicly defended Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ Doon Street tower as the second week of the public inquiry got under way.
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FeaturesDebate remains at dustbin level
Calling Patel Taylor’s Ivor Crewe lecture hall a dustbin was simple bad manners, says Jonathan Glancey
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News
‘Credit crunch’ does for Hadid HQ
The Architecture Foundation has ditched its proposed Zaha Hadid-designed HQ, blaming the “credit crunch”.
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News
RIBA showcase on CPD hits road
The RIBA is to kick off its biggest programme to date of Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Providers Network roadshows.
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Opinion
Pops at China
Daniel Libeskind’s call for architects to take an “ethical stance” places him firmly with the oh-so-ethical Hollywood set, where having a pop at China seems to have become highly fashionable.
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NewsCheltenham gallery win
Oxford-based practice Berman Guedes Stretton has won an RIBA competition to design a £4 million extension to the Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum.
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OpinionYou can’t simply wave a wand
It is clear Network Rail bosses know nothing about the procurement of architecture (Stars compete to bring ‘magic’ to New Street station, News February 15), while the RIBA should be ashamed of itself for supporting this competition.
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News
Tories call for planning reform
The planning system should be reformed to “incentivise the use of an architect for both applicants and local authorities”, shadow architecture minister Ed Vaizey said this week.
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News
Cabe cautious on Simpson’s Owen St
Cabe has criticised the quality of public space proposed for Ian Simpson Architects’ Owen Street scheme in the practice’s home city of Manchester.
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Opinion
Built to last
Congratulation to English Heritage’s chief executive Simon Thurley, who wed Anna Keay, formerly a curator at Historic Royal Palaces, in the crypt of his Norfolk home at the weekend.
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News
Venturi, Scott Brown and Hutton join Robin Hood Gardens campaign
LATEST: Over 500 join BD fight to rescue Smithson's estate PETITION: Add your name PLUS: Comment and interviews
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NewsPutney block given new facade as Miller rethinks sixties design
David Miller Architects has submitted a planning application for a 2,800sq m mixed-use building in Putney town centre, south-west London.
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OpinionA bit more money can give real value
Splashing the cash doesn’t guarantee a good design, but wisely spent, it can really pay off
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