All Building Design articles in 24 August 2007 – Page 2
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News
Young guns hit New York
Young Londoners take the Big Apple in a cultural exchange set up by the Architecture Foundation
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TechnicalWhat we can learn from ‘the good life’
Being sustainable and being happy work surprisingly well in tandem
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NewsProtestors will keep on fighting
Opponents of the £2 billion Victoria Transport Interchange masterplanned by architect KPF have vowed to fight on after submission of the scheme for planning last week to Westminster council.
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OpinionA step too far for the RIBA?
The RIBA’s plans for a design quality panel have merit — but potential pitfalls too
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OpinionFaltering finger on the local pulse
As electronic upstarts replace local papers, who will shape our ‘imagined communities’ of the future?
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NewsNorthern General extension opens
Sheppard Robson’s £30 million Hadfield Building, an extension to the Northern General Hospital in Sheffield, has opened.
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Building StudyExpanded horizons
It was a tale of two galleries when thwarted plans to enlarge the Newlyn Art Gallery led to an ambitious expansion across two sites
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NewsM&S dressed to impress by Make
Make Architects’ first major scheme, a redevelopment of Marks & Spencer’s former headquarters, is nearing completion.
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Opinion
Dressed to thrill
Architects have taken a central role in the relaunch of upmarket men’s magazine Esquire, Boots is pleased to see. Next month’s new-look issue features office designs by practices including the “edgy” Seth Stein, de Metz Forbes Knight and the ubiquitous AHMM.
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Opinion
... don’t widen it
The US bridge tragedy seems to have prompted a new round of inappropriate and irrelevant “engineer vs architect” headlines in search of a story, with a reasonable debate on the promotion of good bridge design portrayed as a “clash” between professions.
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News
RIBA urges government to embed design in planning
Proposals to overhaul the planning system have failed to address the need to raise design standards, the RIBA claimed this week.
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TechnicalDelivering a garden space
The challenge for Ash Sakula Architects was to create a garden and media gallery in a tiny space at the back of a central London terrace. What the firm delivered was out of this world
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Opinion
Create a dynasty
Readers wanting their children to follow in their footsteps need look no further than the Archikids Club — a new website from Open House and landlord Grainger aiming to encourage youngsters to explore the world of architecture.
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News
Councils still to set energy targets
The Department of Communities and Local Government has denied it is to strip local authorities of powers to set renewables targets above UK guidelines.
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NewsHousing Corp keeps Dixon on
Peter Dixon has extended his role as chair of the Housing Corporation for a further two years.
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OpinionWhat an energising, self-built community
Ian Martin judges a self-build teepee contest at the Camp for Climate Change at Heathrow.
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OpinionVital ‘no set-off’ clause must stay
Despite Richard Brindley’s claims (News August 10), two solicitors specialising in construction law have advised that the ‘no set-off’ clause is fully enforceable in consumer contracts, provided the consumer has the term explained to him and agrees to it beforehand. The regulations specifically provide for this.
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News
G-force centrifuge is grade II listed
Architecture minister Margaret Hodge has listed a fifties-built centrifuge designed to test the effect of G-force on airmen and equipment.
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