All Building Design articles in 29 June 2007 – Page 2
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Opinion
Tall storeys
It is ironic that Germaine Greer (Debate June 22) should have proposed tower blocks in Cambridge.
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TechnicalShampoo and set
Inspired by the tedious business of drying her hair, AA student Margaret Dewhurst’s winning pavilion for the school’s summer show is now being built
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OpinionWorth repeating
The world of built environment professionals isn’t short of acronyms and abbreviations, but here is one which deserves a special mention.
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Opinion
In for a pound
I have a copy of Architectural Design dated June 1951 which reviewed the Royal Festival Hall (Letters June 15 and 22).
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OpinionPM should seize the moment
Gordon Brown’s housing ambitions rely on a decent and sustainable public realm. Bold action — now — is his best way to achieve it
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NewsMary Wrenn quits RIAS
Mary Wrenn has resigned as chief executive of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland so she can be nearer to her husband Richard Parnaby, who works as a professor of architecture at the University of the West of England.
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ReviewStudent shows: The Mac and the RCA
BD's reviewers are impressed by stunning work at the RCA and a strong endeavour at the Mac
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News
OFT launches industry probe
The Office of Fair Trading is to review the UK housebuilding industry.
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FeaturesReader riled by Kaplicky’s helihome
An early design by Future Systems leads to a complaint of pornography
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Opinion
The wrong hat
From Ken Powell’s many achievements it was misleading to select his former directorship of the Twentieth Century Society by quoting his support for Foster’s scheme in your report on the public inquiry over the School and Inner Court in Chelsea (News June 15).
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Opinion
It’s grim up north
On the same day that I read Paul Gregory’s letter querying the fact that 28 of the 31 positions on Cabe’s schools panel are from the South-east (June 15), voting papers for the RIBA council election arrived. Of nine names, six of the candidates’ practice addresses are in London, with ...
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OpinionNeedled by Greer
I could not help laughing at Germaine Greer’s idea about building 75-storey “transparent needles surrounded by a wild habitat”.
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NewsMurrain takes role at Greenwich
Paul Murrain, senior fellow at the Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment, has been appointed a visiting professor at the University of Greenwich.
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News
Traditional homes are greener, says study
But exponents of modern methods reject ‘simplistic’ findings
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News
... while handball is still up for grabs
The ODA this week started the Ojeu process to find a design team for the handball arena for the Olympics. The arena will be one of the games’ five permanent venues, and is expected to have a capacity of up to 10,000 spectators.
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Opinion
Gloomy outlook
As a grumpy old architect spurred on by the avalanche of largely politically motivated paperwork that is now deemed necessary to create a building, I enjoyed June’s BD Magazine on housing.
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ReviewMind-expanding trip to the frontier
Cecil Balmond has made hugely complex ideas rewardingly accessible
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OpinionFrench settlers
There was heated debate at the RIBA Awards over whether the Singing Ringing Tree is architecture.
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Opinion
Rotten egg
Like Bill Mitchell (Opinion June 22), I and millions of others grew up with rows of local specialist shops selling fresh local seasonal produce.
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