All Building Design articles in 24 March 2005 – Page 3

  • Features

    Architest

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    This week: Prince Charles

  • News

    The designer of which of these buildings just won the USs richest architecture prize?

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The answer’s both. One is known as the bad boy of American architecture who “sees architecture as a contact sport”, the other is a tweed-wearing leader of the classical revival.

  • News

    RIBAs votes in architecture manifesto gets mixed reaction

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    A flagship 21-point manifesto for architecture launched by the RIBA this week has won praise from construction minister Nigel Griffiths but was questioned by other MPs contacted by BD.

  • News

    Row as Arb gets heavy over PII

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The row between Arb and the RIBA over professional insurance has flared up again after the regulator punished six architects for failing to prove they have sufficient cover.

  • News

    Aquatic ambition

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Grimshaw’s ambitious plans for a £250 million sealife centre four times the size of the Eden Project took a step forward this week when a site was chosen for the two biodomes in Bedfordshire.

  • News

    Adjaye back in to fix Street-Porter house

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    David Adjaye has returned to fix problems with the house he designed for journalist Janet Street-Porter, just a year after completion.

  • News

    Mr Japan dies at 91

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Kenzo Tange, a colossus of post-war Japanese architecture, died in Tokyo on Tuesday, aged 91. He leaves behind a legacy of distinctively adapted European modernism in his own schemes and the work of celebrated followers such as Arata Isozaki.

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    Technical

    In detail 41: Light industrial units, Mitcham, Surrey

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    A 4,500sq m speculative commercial development by the Chancerygate Group is the first project to be granted planning approval under the London Borough of Merton’s prescriptive renewable energy policy.

  • Up in 40 minutes: The Concrete Canvas.
    News

    Innovation prize for 40-minute building in a bag

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    A temporary concrete building that can be erected in 40 minutes by just adding water and air has won a £25,000 design innovation award.