All Building Design articles in 31 October 2008 – Page 4
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OpinionCan the public be trusted to choose the best architecture?
Yes, if it means it suits the purpose, says Grand Designs producer Charlie Bunce, but George Ferguson fears it sees too little of the whole concept to judge
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CompetitionsSport & Leisure: Hopkins Architects
In a sector that’s dominated by a few big practices, Hopkins’ portfolio of projects, from the commission for one of the Olympics’ legacy buildings to a small pavilion in the grounds of a stately home, made it the unanimous winner.
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CompetitionsPublic Building: Keith Williams Architects
This was a strong category and while the judges were not unanimous, they agreed that the winner had a broad range of complex and completed work, including an opera house and a library, both in Ireland.
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CompetitionsRetail: Foreign Office Architects
A fresh and radical approach is how one judge described FOA, which had yet to complete a building in Britain let alone a department store, when it was picked to design a flagship John Lewis store in Leicester.
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NewsParliament tents must go, say MP and architects
Architects have backed MP Andrew MacKinlay’s move to get rid of a set of semi-permanent marquees which he says have become a “blot” on the private terraces of the Houses of Parliament.
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CompetitionsWorld Architect of the year: Grimshaw
There are a number of different models of how to run a successful global practice but the judges thought Grimshaw had got it about right.
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CompetitionsInteriors: David Archer Architects
In a sector prone to the vagaries of fashion, David Archer Architects has a restrained aesthetic that the judges really enjoyed.
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News
Apple wins go-ahead for Covent Garden HQ
Westminster City Council has granted planning permission for computer giant Apple to create its new European headquarters in a series of grade II listed buildings close to the Royal Opera House in Covent Garden.
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Building StudyAPA Architects gets established
APA’s showroom and offices for upcoming furniture designer Established & Sons provided it with an opportunity to prove itself beyond its Future Systems background
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NewsHTA answers Carbon Challenge with Hanham Hall eco-village
Housing and regeneration specialist HTA Architects has revealed detailed images of Hanham Hall, England’s first eco-village, proposed for a 6.6ha site near Bristol.
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CompetitionsRichard Feilden Award: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Affordable housing is just one of the sectors where the winner of the Richard Feilden Architect of the Year Award has made a mark alongside public buildings, education and offices. This makes AHMM a hard office to ignore. Not only does it win awards, it delivers projects on time and ...
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News
NHS agency wins design award
The NHS’s National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has received an award for its use of design in improving patient safety.
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NewsHeritage bill rethink after costs disputed
The cost of implementing the heritage protection bill is likely to be far more than estimated, the government has admitted.
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CompetitionsAffordable Housing: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
This year's winner AHMM has demonstrated it is possible to deliver affordable housing that has the same attention to detail and built quality as the private sector.
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NewsDCLG adds three new advisers
The Department for Communities & Local Government has appointed three members to its Building Regulations Advisory Committee.
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NewsPrasad and Adam in conference clash
RIBA president Sunand Prasad has hit out at classicist Robert Adam for “fighting yesterday’s battle” after the pair sparred in the closing debate of the RIBA International Conference last weekend.
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Opinion
Act in haste...
Experience tells me the government should not speed up school building (Debate October 24).
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FeaturesThat just about wraps it up for the Cellophane House
Michael Stacey looks at the systems behind the pioneering five-storey eco-house by US architect Kieran Timberlake Associates temporarily erected at the Museum of Modern Art in New York this summer
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FeaturesDot to Dot: 31 October
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday for a chance to win a copy of Ken Adam Designs the Movies: James Bond and Beyond by Ken Adam & Christopher Frayling.
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FeaturesDot to dot results: October 24
Last week’s competition winner was Andy Barrett of Barrett Haskins Architects in Sevenoaks, who identified Bertrand Goldberg’s Marina City in Chicago.