All Building Design articles in 28 August 2009 – Page 3

  • Sahara Forest Project, one of the proposals discussed in the book, is a desert farm that can export electricity as well as food.
    Review

    One planet theory goes into orbit

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Hailed as real-life guide that cuts through the confusion surrounding sustainable development, Pooran Desai’s new book, One Planet Communities, is assessed by three architects

  • Three-dimensional op art: Esther Stocker, Untitled, 2009.
    Review

    Looking under the skin at the South London Gallery

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Work by seven international artists interacts with the South London Gallery

  • Greenwich: plans on course.
    Opinion

    Market forces

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    You state that Hopkins’ plans for Greenwich Market are on course to be approved (bdonline August 21). Is Greenwich Council mad?

  • Opinion

    Scots exodus

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    On the face of it Owen Hatherley’s article is quite a damning and thorough critique on Glasgow. But it fails to mention the residential and educational work in the city of Elder & Cannon, the excellent Beatson Institute by Reiach & Hall and the regeneration of the Merchant City

  • Orpheus, a 7m-deep inverted pyramid responds to the huge scale of the Mount.
    Building Study

    Kim Wilkie gets down to earth

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Landscape architect Kim Wilkie Associates’ monumental 7m excavation called Orpheus brings both historic continuity and unexpectedness to the grounds of Boughton House in Northamptonshire

  • Richard Brindley
    Features

    Ideas for a short, simple contract

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Your column keeps recommending standard appointment contracts and convoluted clauses that would frighten away most of my clients. In the real world, it is impossible to get clients to sign up to anything legalistic and more than a page or two long. What practical suggestions do you have for short, ...

  • Sleddale Hall: ramshackle.
    Opinion

    "Remote" Stirling connection

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    The RIBA’s claim that there is “a remote connection” between Stirling judge Stephen Bates and Tony Fretton, tipped to win this year’s prize, seems a little bit of an understatement if you read Ellis Woodman’s interview with the former in a Sergison Bates monograph for 2G

  • Opinion

    Cladding failure

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    In his article on Glasgow (Urban Trawl August 14), Owen Hatherley mentions the Dundasvale Estate and the Glasgow Housing Association policy on demolition and recladding

  • Opinion

    Charm of Finch

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Paul Finch is a brilliant choice to head Cabe (bdonline August 17)

  • Is the prince like Louis XIV in his claims to speak for the people?
    Opinion

    Do Prince Charles's views represent the people?

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    About as much as Louis XIV’s did, argues Kate Macintosh; while Robert Bargery counters that he echoes the voice of Middle England

  • Features

    You can't see the join

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Morecambe & Wise appear larger than life in Regent’s Park

  • Opening of the Dessau school, 1926
    Review

    Exploring the Bauhaus odyssey

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    The Bauhaus: A Conceptual Model exhibition in Berlin sheds light on the contradictions at the heart of utopianism

  • Hugh Davies
    Technical

    Breaking away from the slideshow presentation

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    How software can solve problems with images in screen-based presentations

  • Features

    Can I stop animal rights activists from harassing my staff?

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Some of my staff involved in a planning application have started to receive aggressive correspondence and phone calls from animal rights activists. Is there anything I can do?

  • Is a return to the pre-IT era of the technologically sparse workspace the next step for the office?
    Features

    21st century clear-desk policy

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Cloud computing is just one of the technologies that is going to reshape the way we work

  • News

    Boots - 28 August 2009

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

  • First Prize: Hamilton Architects’ Liverpool Pier Head Ferry Terminal.
    Features

    Liverpool Ferry Terminal wins Carbuncle Cup 2009

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Despite strong competition from a record number of entries, this year’s winning building by Belfast-based Hamilton Architects is a shining example of bad architecture and bad planning

  • Features

    Dot to Dot: 28 August 2009

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday September 2 for a chance to win a copy of 10 Architectural Walks in Manhattan, by Francis Morrone and Mathew A Postal

  • Features

    Dot to dot results: 14 August 2009

    2009-08-28T00:00:00Z

    The winner of last issue’s competition was Stephen Dixon of Calls Architecture in Leeds who identified Mario Botta’s Casa Rotunda