All Building Design articles in 27 April 2007 – Page 4
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TechnicalBend me, shape me: furniture takes a playful turn
With cupboards and chairs that would not look out of place in the Flintstones, a bandaged coat stand and seats in the shape of an elephant and a clover leaf, this year’s event took fun seriously.
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Opinion
Be fair to the BBC
Some of the criticism of the BBC, Bovis Lend Lease, and the implied criticism of Sheppard Robson (Letters April 13), is not justified.
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ReviewBanishing green design to a parallel universe
This shallow show decontextualises green design, says John Lee
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News
Cabe audits its ecological footprint
Cabe has carried out the most comprehensive audit of an ecological footprint ever conducted by a British public sector organisation.
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NewsArts boost at the Winter Gardens
Grimshaw has won planning permission for its Winter Gardens project, a new centre for the performing arts in Bournemouth.
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News
Argent does deal at King’s Cross
Developer Argent has agreed a deal with campaign group King’s Cross Think Again not to demolish the grade II listed Stanley Buildings North before the group’s judicial review is heard on May 24.
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OpinionRaising a glass to English architecture
Now we’ve stopped making schoolchildren dance around maypoles and sing the Commonwealth countries in alphabetical order, what does Englishness mean? asks Ian Martin
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Opinion
Let the arch lie
Network Rail does deserve a Euston Arch (Letters April 20) to mark its burial spot. The destruction of the Euston Arch was utterly deplorable and an act of mindless philistinism by British Railways.
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Opinion
Be specific, Arb
In the article about Arb’s “prescribed examination” (News April 13), you quote the registrar as indicating that Arb would not be in a position to outsource any of its other education roles because of the wording of the act, while “only on the prescribed exam is the wording more flexible”.
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OpinionWinning design anticipates the future
Changing times challenge the architect as one who designs the stage on which we live our lives
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NewsGrants to aid low- scoring homes
Buyers of energy-inefficient homes will get £100 to £300 in grants for improvements such as insulation, housing minister Yvette Cooper announced last week. Energy suppliers will give the grants to homes scoring low in their Energy Performance Certificates, mandatory for homes marketed from June 1.
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OpinionAction is better than words
Direct action by architects to help people into the profession would be more effective than another round of research.
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News
First Procure 21 project finished
The first phase extension of Friarage Hospital in North Yorkshire has been completed. The scheme, designed by P&HS Architects in Northallerton, is the first in the UK to be procured under Procure 21, the NHS’s framework agreement for the delivery of new capital-funded health schemes.
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NewsEight shortlisted for 2012 Velopark
Eight teams of architects have been shortlisted to design the Velopark for the 2012 London Olympics.
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News
London probes value of section 106 deals
The London Assembly has launched an investigation after raising doubts that section 106 agreements are fully benefiting local communities.
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News
Can RIBA make the profession more diverse?
The RIBA has sets up a new “equality task force” but how effective will it be? Read our news report and Amanda Baillieu’s leader comment while two women debate the issue.
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TechnicalCurving space and saving time
Stand-alone structures can create a more dynamic office and bring down costs
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ReviewTicket competition: Grimshaw lecture Wednesday evening
Win one of five pairs of tickets to Nicholas Grimshaw's talk on Southern Cross Station in Melbourne, part of the Architecture Foundation's Real Architecture series
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ReviewMies van der Rohe by Jean-Louis Cohen
Mies van der Rohe Jean-Louis Cohen Birkhäuser £29.90192pp HBCohen's book traces the multifaceted development of van der Rohe's work, including his first Berlin projects, his villas, Bauhaus in the 30s and the American projects of the postwar years.