All Building Design articles in 22 January 2010 – Page 3

  • Saving older schools: good for heritage — and the climate.
    Opinion

    Wasted energy

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    While I remain unconvinced that the relatively small amounts of man-made CO2 contribute significantly to climate change, (a belief which seems to me to rely overmuch on weak maths, poor science and too much religion), I have always been in favour of conserving energy and resources

  • Opinion

    Correction

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    The reference to Jay Merrick’s article on Salvation Army Chelmsford (Quoted January 8) incorrectly credited the project to Andrew Hudson

  • Christ’s College addresses DSDHA’s earlier Pond Meadow school across a new road that runs through the site.
    Building Study

    DSDHA’s double chemistry lesson in Guildford

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    A year after its opening, DSDHA’s special needs school is joined on the site by the practice’s fantastically impressive Christ’s College secondary school

  • AHMM’s Adelaide Wharf housing on the Grand Union Canal.
    Review

    Making Hackney central

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    A new book celebrating the Hackney Society’s 40th birthday shows that it has much to celebrate

  • Opinion

    Said to Fred: Caption competition winner

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    More than 100 of you entered our caption competition to suggest what Fred Goodwin might saying to Peter Morrison as they posed for the cameras, announcing that Goodwin was to become a RMJM employee.

  • Opinion

    Capital offence

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    While reviewing the requirements for the Forgotten Spaces competition (News January 8), we noted the sentence: “The site should be local to the competitor’s workplace or home.” We assumed this must be an unfortunately worded sentence, however, on quizzing the RIBA, this competition is indeed closed off to architects who ...

  • Elm Court School in Lambeth demonstrates how a 21st century education can be provided in a 19th century school.
    Opinion

    Is the BSF programme a threat to our Victorian heritage?

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Yes, says Ian Dungavell, there’s no reason not to reuse our Victorian schools; while Mairi Johnson says we need learning spaces fit for the 21st century

  • AWP and AtelierOslo's Lantern pavilion in a square in the town of Sandnes.
    Review

    Back to the land

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    A talk at the Architecture Foundation by three of Norway’s top young practices brought together the country’s mystical landscape and urban culture

  • Features

    Is Google Apps the solution startups are searching for?

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Today Google offers much more than the ubiquitous search engine that it started with. With Sketch Up, Google Maps, Google Earth, the Android operating system and the release of the Nexus One smartphone, it is positioning itself to be an integral part of everybody’s computing experience

  • Features

    Writing on the wall for ABK’s gallery

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    A year before Prince Charles’s carbuncle speech, Peter Ahrends defended his project at a Nation Gallery press conference

  • Features

    How to navigate your practice through an uncertain 2010

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Our experts take a look ahead and offer advice on areas that will be important to architects this year such as procurement, contracts and even social networking

  • Features

    Dot to dot - 22 January 2010

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday 27 January for a chance to win a copy of Colin St John Wilson: Buildings and Projects, by Roger Stonehouse, plus The Gardens of Vladimir Sitta, by Tempe Macgowan

  • News

    Boots - 22 January 2009

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Boots - 22 January 2009

  • News

    Letters to the Editor - 22 January 2009

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Letters to the Editor - 22 January 2009

  • Features

    Dot to dot results: January 15 2010

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Last week’s puzzle answer was Gunther Behnisch’s Charlotte House in Stuttgart, Germany

  • The new president of the Royal Town Planning Institute.
    News

    Skippers takes up RTPI

    2010-01-21T09:34:00Z

    Ann Skippers (pictured) has succeeded Martin Willey to become the new president of the Royal Town Planning Institute.