All Building Design articles in 24 June 2005 – Page 3

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    Features

    Architest

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    This week: the press

  • News

    Space, not buildings, is architects’ key concern

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Infrastructure more important than icons, admits star-studded panel

  • News

    War declared on Arb

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Former minister who created regulator now calls for architects to ignore its rulings

  • Opinion

    Strong arm of Arb

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Robin Vaughan’s letter spells out distinctly that Arb under his leadership is not concerned with the spirit of the 1997 Architects Act or the intentions of Parliament, but with interpreting it to allow Arb as extensive a power over the profession as the unfortunately ambiguous wording of the act can ...

  • News

    Buildings vie for stamp of approval

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    It might be little more than a piece of sticky paper, but the humble postage stamp is set to provide architects with the kind of publicity money can’t buy.

  • Opinion

    Critical appraisal

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Jeremy Paxman of University Challenge fame, not to mention a certain reputation for interrogation, provides a nice counterpoint to the raging crit debate (Campaign June 10) in his Daily Telegraph column.He writes: “I was accosted by an angry viewer the other day, who wanted to know why I was being ...

  • News

    Green Ken launches climate change agency

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    London mayor Ken Livingstone has launched a climate change agency in an effort to make London the world’s greenest city.

  • Fraser: Architects fail on disabled access.
    Opinion

    We are working on accessibility

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    I was sorry to read the report of Mat Fraser’s attack on architects for failing to make cities accessible for disabled people (News June 17). Of course all buildings are not yet accessible, but there is a willingness and understanding in the profession to make things better. Many of ...

  • Opinion

    The key to access

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Mat Fraser is right when he says that architects are to blame for lack of access in London, but David Bonnett is also right when he says that architects design what clients require of them. There is no one answer. Architects often don’t understand what the needs of disabled people ...

  • News

    Academy on hold after sponsor pulls funding

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Designs by Swanke Hayden Connell for a city academy in Islington, north London, have been put on hold.

  • News

    60k homes contest is hit by delay

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The government competition to build a £60,000 house has been delayed by two weeks because architects and developers were over-stretched by the tight deadline and demanding brief.

  • Etched-glass tree planters will mark the path around the perimeter of the lawns at the V&A courtyard.
    Technical

    In detail 47: Victoria & Albert Museum courtyard, London

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The new garden at the centre of the V&A combines the traditional simplicity of a garden courtyard with the drama and flexibility of a stage set. A paved ellipse creates a calm centre to the garden surrounded by lawns, lemon trees in glass planters and two larger Liquidambar trees.