All Building Design articles in 26 March 2004 – Page 3

  • Opinion

    The big conversation begins

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    John Prescott often says he is fed up of planners and architects failing to work together to deliver his beloved "wow factor" in Britain's buildings.

  • News

    Drive to beef-up London biennale

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    First architecture biennale will celebrate Clerkenwell heritage

  • Features

    Buildings need bebop

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    I'm reading Barney Hoskyns' excellent account of the Los Angeles music scene over the past 50 years, Waiting for the Sun; a book I would thoroughly recommend to all architects. Too many of you only read books about architecture, a fact that is reflected in the almost total absence of ...

  • Opinion

    Back to basics

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    In response to your article (News March 12), I have always considered Arb an irrelevance. Now it is just an expensive one.The Architects Act, which protects the term "architect", should be repealed. Some of the best architects I have worked with do not have any architectural qualifications. Some of the ...

  • News

    Aukett rebel rejects client walkout claim

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    The rebel shareholder bidding to take control of Aukett has rubbished claims by the board that the listed practice would lose work and credit lines if he succeeds (News March 19).

  • News

    Arup offers a sounder way to design

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Architects have always used sound to help design buildings, but a new design tool will involve more than the stereo in the studio on a Friday afternoon.

  • Review

    The Arts & Crafts Companion

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    The Arts & Crafts CompanionPamela ToddThames & Hudson£29.95Hard Back

  • Review

    Bartlett Works: Architecture, Buildings, Projects

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Bartlett Works: Architecture, Buildings, ProjectsLaura AllenAugust Projects£26.HB

  • Review

    Next Generation Architecture: Contemporary Digital Experimentation and the Radical Avant-Garde

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Next Generation Architecture: Contemporary Digital Experimentation and the Radical Avant-GardeJoseph RosaThames & Hudson£19.95PB

  • Review

    Hampton Court: A Social and Architectural History

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Hampton Court: A Social and Architectural HistorySimon ThurleyYale University Press£35HB

  • News

    Marks Barfield Architects

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    A design by Marks Barfield Architects for a landmark café in Birmingham’s Bullring development has won a limited design competition. Its spiral-shaped design is based on the Fibonacci sequence of numbers. Work on the copper-clad 60sq m building for developer the Birmingham Alliance begins in May and the café is ...

  • News

    Eric Parry Architects

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Eric Parry Architects this week unveiled images of its £34 million revamp of St Martin-in-the-Fields church and nearby buildings in central London. The project, which will start on site next year, includes modernised vaults and a new entrance pavilion. Prince Charles has agreed to act as patron for the project.

  • News

    Young Architect of the Year Award

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Five practices under 40 were shortlisted for the BD/Corus Young Architect of the Year Award.

  • News

    Archigram veteran

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Archigram veteran, Peter Cook is pressing ahead with his belated plans to become an architect who builds. Following his acclaimed Kunsthaus in Graz, Austria, designed with Colin Fournier, the Bartlett professor’s latest proposal is a concert hall in Lepeija, Spain. Cook’s unsuccessful competition entry, pictured here for the first time, ...

  • News

    Towers must be stopped, London City Airport told

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Ten proposed tall buildings in London's Docklands have been thrown into doubt after the Civil Aviation Authority moved to prevent London City Airport from supporting skyscrapers that penetrate the flight path. Planning applications for the towers have been held back because the CAA has clamped down on the airport's approach ...

  • News

    Aberdeen public space contest

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland is running a sketch competition sponsored by Aberdeen City Council to redesign its public spaces.

  • Competitions

    3rd SURFACE

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Alsop veterans with a strong theoretical position: Winners of £1,000

  • Competitions

    2nd: PLOT

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Vibrant danish wunderkinds with a bright future: Winners of £3,000

  • Competitions

    1st: Querkraft

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Winners of £5,000 and a commission from Urban Splash