All Building Design articles in 27 June 2008 – Page 3
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FeaturesSpaced out
In 1980, BD ran this photo of a happy young couple in their spatially challenged kitchen to accompany a story about starter homes.
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NewsVictorian horse repository reborn
Construction work on Ryder Architecture’s £2.5 million redevelopment of the grade II listed Cooper’s Auction Yard in Newcastle has begun.
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Opinion
We need heroes
The disgraceful treatment of Richard MacCormac’s practice by the BBC (News June 20) can only be understood in the broad context of the nationwide attack on the independent professions and their traditional role as a bulwark against the overweening power of the state and the market.
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NewsPiazza helps to reveal Minster
York City Council has approved plans to create a piazza outside the city’s famous Minster.
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NewsWakefield market hall stays simple
David Adjaye’s £3 million market hall in Wakefield opened this week, marking a major step forward in the town’s regeneration.
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ReviewShades of grey
Designs to reconstruct the Neues Museum lack the original’s architectural colour, says Tony McIntyre
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NewsFestival has a good point
A 10m-high conical structure by Foster & Partners was unveiled last weekend on Exhibition Road to mark the opening of the London Festival of Architecture.
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News
Walker steps down in SMC rejig
SMC Group executive chairman Rodney Walker is stepping back from frontline duties at the huge listed practice following a company reshuffle this week.
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Opinion
Hopes dashed
I read the the story about EU-qualified staff now being able to work in the UK (News May 30) with high hopes, and dashed off to confirm with Arb that this finally puts an end to the issue of recognition of my Polish part I and II qualifications..
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News
Donation saves Cutty Sark project
An 86-year-old Israeli shipping magnate has donated £3.3 million to the restoration of the historic tea clipper, Cutty Sark
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News
RIBA competition for flood-proof house
The RIBA is to launch a competition with insurer Norwich Union to create a prototype flood-proof house for the Thames Gateway.
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NewsEco-town designs look ‘too commercial’
Designs for a number of the proposed new eco-towns have been criticised as being unambitious, overly commercial and lacking identity in a report by a government advisory panel.
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Opinion
Sarky comment
Your leader and first news item on page 2 last week throw up an interesting question.
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TechnicalLessons in zero carbon
White Design’s scheme for the UK’s first zero-carbon school at Dartington in Devon
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Building StudyZaha Hadid’s Zaragoza bridge over muddied waters
Zaha Hadid’s bridge over the River Ebro for the Zaragoza Expo is another creative triumph, but will it achieve its legacy role once the expo is over, wonders Ellis Woodman
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NewsHowzat! Herzog & de Meuron scheme bowls Lord’s over
Swiss practice set to take its third major UK commission redeveloping the ‘home of cricket’