All Building Design articles in 30 September 2005 – Page 3

  • Opinion

    Arb is proactive

    2005-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Richard Coleman, head of regulation, ArbFurther to Kate Macintosh’s letter (September 23), your readers should be aware that the Arb board is working hard to eliminate what is a national problem with BT directories and inaccurate architect classifications.We have, in fact, used the example in Clive Jones’s local directory in ...

  • Zaha Hadid’s design for an art gallery in Edmonton, Canada.
    Opinion

    Hadid and Alsop’s designs are tragic

    2005-09-30T00:00:00Z

    On viewing the proposed schemes by Alsop and Hadid for a gallery in Edmonton, Canada (News September 23), I wasn’t sure whether to laugh or weep.

  • Simon Thurley
    Opinion

    After a fashion

    2005-09-30T00:00:00Z

    English Heritage chief executive Simon Thurley has a reputation for being a bit of a dapper dresser.

  • News

    Katrina may affect UK construction

    2005-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Rebuilding in the wake of Hurricane Katrina will lead to massive inflation in the US construction industry and could even have an impact on the UK, according to property services company Davis Langdon.

  • Opinion

    Adapt or die

    2005-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Former BDP head Richard Saxon said this week that the profession needed to be more technically proficient, business savvy and team up to form “megafirms” to take on PFI work.

  • News

    Arb accused of failing to protect title

    2005-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Up to 2,500 falsely claiming to be registered, says Association of Consultant Architects

  • Opinion

    Bad design abound

    2005-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Robin Vaughan seems to be quite excited, if a little confused, about the potential for the further testing of architects and their patience by Arb (News September 9). He shouldn’t, however, worry too much that “there’s a world out there thinking architects are doing well”. A perusal ...

  • The interior of the German Embassy from above the security wire system.
    Technical

    How we cracked it 14: Visa section, German Embassy, Belgrave Square, London

    2005-09-30T00:00:00Z

    Bernhard Blauel of Blauel Architects explains how cables of high-tensile steel stopped applicants for German visas from throwing things at diplomats

  • News

    Toyo Ito wins Royal Gold Medal

    2005-09-29T00:00:00Z

    The Japanese architect Toyo Ito has won this year’s Royal Gold Medal.