All Building Design articles in 24 September 2004 – Page 2

  • Keeping Cutty Sark shipshape
    News

    Keeping Cutty Sark shipshape

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Grimshaw has unveiled dramatic new images of a £2.5 million temporary enclosure for the Cutty Sark in Greenwich, east London.

  • Opinion

    Crazy paving

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    I am confused. Richard Rogers is a champion for quality open space.

  • News

    RIBA in code warning

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Design codes could be “dead hand” for housing plan, Prescott told

  • Features

    The Charettes

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    By Robert Thompson

  • Terracotta letters that are 6.4m tall  announce the new-look Hackney Empire.
    Building Study

    Hackneys curtain call

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Tim Ronalds’s bold intervention at Hackney Empire more than matches the exuberance of the Victorian original to create a beautifully judged piece of theatre, writes Catherine CroftTim Ronalds’s bold intervention at Hackney Empire more than matches the exuberance of the Victorian original to create a beautifully judged piece of theatre

  • This drawing was created in ArchiCad version 9. Note that shadows can be altered to reflect different sun positions and reflections in windows.
    Features

    Switching on to a new cad program

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Graphisoft has just launched version 9 of its ArchiCad design and modelling package. Here, two users check it out and give us their verdictsGraphisoft has just launched version 9 of its ArchiCad design and modelling package. Here, two users check it out and give us their verdicts

  • News

    MMPs mull sweeping changes to Cabe

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    MPs could recommend swingeing changes to the way that Cabe operates as a major inquiry into the design watchdog gets under way.

  • News

    A new battle sight

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Visitors to the Gareth Hoskins-designed Culloden Battlefield Memorial Centre will get an experience that culminates in a panoramic view of the site of the dramatic 1746 battle.

  • Opinion

    Delivering Barking

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    I would like to stress that Barking & Dagenham council has been closely involved in both the selection of the new masterplanner and the development of the emerging masterplan for Barking Riverside, and it’s a situation that will continue throughout the life of the project.

  • News

    Planning minister backs Poundbury model

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Housing minister Keith Hill MP was given a guided tour of Poundbury by the Prince of Wales last week.

  • News

    Hopkins back at Portcullis to fix leaky roof

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Hopkins Architects has returned to Portcullis House more than four years after its completion to offer advice on a leaking glass roof.

  • News

    Welsh body seeks more autonomy

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Royal Society of Architects in Wales holds devolution talks with RIBA

  • News

    Foreign Office Architects gets foothold in bureaucratic UK

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Foreign Office Architects has secured a fresh chance to establish itself in the UK market with a commission to design a new John Lewis department store in Leicester.

  • Wilfred Achille
    News

    Why don’t housing associations hire these architects?

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Despite catering for a widely diverse mix of tenants, housing associations are failing to call on ethnic-minority architects when building new schemes. Is it name and shame time?

  • A prototype house was built in just hours at the Pace Timber Systems manufacturing plant in Milton Keynes.
    Features

    DIY for architects

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Fed up and frustrated with the lack of integrated building systems, Cartwright Pickard formed a brave new business venture with a manufacturer to simplify housebuilding.

  • News

    Arb and RIBA clash over school

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Architectural education was plunged into crisis this week after a major row broke out between the Arb and the RIBA about the validation of architecture courses.

  • News

    Arb claims victory with rebel gag…

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Rebel Arb board member Ian Salisbury said this week he will not stand for re-election after the regulator passed two measures aimed at keeping him in check.

  • News

    Job axe at Alsop

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Staff halved at icon specialist

  • Opinion

    Suit for all sides

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    In response to “A dressing down” (Letters September 10), the use of the “encumbering suit” (News analysis August 27) is by no means a publicity stunt as suggested by Sek Cheong Ho.

  • A tale of two government buildings
    News

    Making it all add up in wake of Holyrood

    2004-09-24T00:00:00Z

    Budget-busting Portcullis House should have been a warning to Holyrood. It cannot be allowed to happen again, writes Charlie GatesBudget-busting Portcullis House should have been a warning to Holyrood. It cannot be allowed to happen again