All Building Design articles in 27 February 2009 – Page 2

  • ©Daichi Ano courtesy of Sony World Photography Awards 2009
    News

    Architecture shortlist for World Photography Awards unveiled

    2009-03-03T09:44:00Z

    The shortlist for the prestigious 2009 Sony World Photography Awards has been unveiled with ten candidates competing in the amateur architecture category.

  • Review

    Le Corbusier's lyrical legacy

    2009-03-03T09:18:00Z

    Jean-Louis Cohen’s lecture at the Barbican last week painted an unexpected picture of Le Corbusier. The academic from New York University Institute of Fine Arts spoke of the architect’s capacity for “lyricism in the machine age”.

  • Jørn Utzon, architect of the Sydney Opera House
    News

    Utzon honoured with state memorial

    2009-03-03T08:46:00Z

    Jørn Utzon, architect of the Sydney Opera House, is to be honoured with an Australian state memorial service this month.

  • The launch of the Waste of Space design competition
    News

    Stephen Lawrence Trust scheme to help ethnic minority young people become architects

    2009-03-02T15:10:00Z

    The mother of murdered teenager Stephen Lawrence is backing a new competition to encourage disadvantaged young people from ethnic minorities to become architects.

  • Competitions

    Studio Let: 1 Desk space in Kew Creative Studio.

    2009-03-02T15:03:00Z

    The studio is at the top floor of 3 floors in a private, cobbled Gated Mews in a re-developed (2002) site in Kew Village. 1000 square feet - loft style, open-plan airy studio, fully, newly furnished with partitioned meeting area, toilet and small kitchen area with dishwasher. Wooden floor, gabled ...

  • Competitions

    Holiday let: Barn Conversion ­ nr Wells-next-the-Sea

    2009-03-02T14:52:00Z

    Barn Conversion ­ nr Wells-next-the-Sea, North Norfolk Grey¹s Court Stunning barn conversion in tranquil setting five miles from the North Norfolk coast.

  • Competitions

    To Let: Room at Highpoint, N6

    2009-03-02T14:25:00Z

    Large double room to let in 3 bed flat in Highpoint while landlady abroad. Room available over this summer from April 1st until early September.

  • Richard Rogers
    News

    Rogers Stirk Harbour to make 35 redundancies

    2009-03-02T12:23:00Z

    Richard Rogers has announced plans to make 35 redundancies at Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners, describing the recession as “the most ruthless and wide-ranging” he can remember.

  • Work has been completed on a landmark campus building by Todd Architects for the University of Ulster in Belfast
    News

    Belfast faculty completed

    2009-03-02T09:48:00Z

    Work has been completed on a landmark campus building by Todd Architects for the University of Ulster in Belfast

  • News

    Public sector focus buoys Capita

    2009-03-02T09:24:00Z

    Capita Architecture has reported an uplift in pre-tax profit of 20% to £3 million, on turnover of £30 million for the year ending December 2008. Turnover was up slightly from £29.5 million the year before.

  • Colin St John Wilson's Hereford House
    News

    20th Century Society seeks more power on delisting

    2009-03-02T09:20:00Z

    The 20th Century Society is seeking more influence on delisting decisions after Colin St John Wilson’s Hereford House was controversially stripped of its grade II status.

  • Close Encounter by David Worthington is part of the Jerwood Sculpture shortlist exhibition.
    Review

    BD's guide to your cultural week: March 2 to 8

    2009-02-27T17:40:00Z

    Hang out in Le Corbusier’s Cabanon, reconstructed at the Riba; spend an imaginary day or two in the architect’s life at the Barbican; listen to a lecture in Leeds; or put the Horlicks on for an architectural edition of Night Waves.

  • News

    Hopkins wins Brent civic centre competition

    2009-02-27T09:30:00Z

    Hopkins Architects is to design a landmark civic centre for Brent council, opposite Wembley Stadium in north London, according to council papers seen by BD.

  • Goldfinger’s Trellick Tower, completed in 1972
    News

    Campaign aims to save Goldfinger housing

    2009-02-27T09:04:00Z

    Residents and heritage groups are leading a campaign to head off a potential demolition threat to a Goldfinger-designed housing estate beside Trellick Tower in west London.Kensington & Chelsea council announced in its business plan last month that the Cheltenham Estate and Edenham Way in north Kensington, part of the ...

  • Grimshaw has unveiled its $95 million (£65 million) design for New York’s first water filtration plant
    News

    Grimshaw filters New York water

    2009-02-27T09:03:00Z

    Grimshaw has unveiled its $95 million (£65 million) design for New York’s first water filtration plant

  • Make has defended Pier One’s relationship with the area
    News

    Make Edinburgh project raises context concerns

    2009-02-27T09:03:00Z

    Architecture & Design Scotland has said it “remains concerned” about a major Edinburgh office and retail scheme by Make because it has been designed without the context of a masterplan

  • Work has completed on David Chipperfield Architects’ dramatic remodelling of the Neues Museum
    News

    Chipperfield's Berlin Neues Museum (video)

    2009-02-27T09:03:00Z

    Work has completed on David Chipperfield Architects’ dramatic remodelling of the Neues Museum. Take a sneak peak at the renovation work

  • YRM to design first new nuclear power station
    News

    YRM to design first new nuclear power station

    2009-02-27T09:02:00Z

    YRM has been confirmed as the first architect to be commissioned to design one of Britain’s new generation of nuclear power stations.

  • Opinion

    Qualified success

    2009-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Protection of the title of architect is ineffective without protection of the role. Individuals cannot use the title without being registered with Arb, but can carry out any services they like without qualifications. It is futile to protect the title without protecting the role.

  • Amanda Baillieu
    Opinion

    What makes a view special?

    2009-02-27T00:00:00Z

    Legislation to protect much loved views of London needs overhauling if it’s to be really effective