All Building Design articles in 4 June 2004 – Page 3
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News
Politicians blamed for Holyrood debacle
Head of design team warned of spiralling costs, counsel tells inquiry
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Opinion
Take the blame as well as the plaudits
If contemporary architecture came with a money-back guarantee, you would find my friend Cassie first in the queue for a refund. Cassie would normally be a cheerleader for all that is good about cutting-edge architecture. Wow factor, delight, call it what you may, Cassie (no architectural expert — she's an ...
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News
Danish firm to bring beachlife to Reading
Danish practice Henning Larsens Tegnestue has unveiled plans for a new beach in Reading.
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News
BD awards
BD has launched a new awards scheme called the Architect of the Year Awards. We have been asked to make it clear that, although the format of the entry panels is similar, this awards scheme is in no way connected with the Housing Design Awards. Gongs include public housing, office ...
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Features
Changing times and a new attitude
On my first day at architecture school, the new cohort gathered in their unfamiliar studio to attend the introduction delivered by our year master. An air of apprehension was evident as us freshers listened attentively to gain our first insight into the mysteries of the architectural fraternity.
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NewsWelsh Assembly steeled for completion
Richard Rogers' new Welsh Assembly in Cardiff is finally starting to take shape, as this exclusive on-site photograph reveals.
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Review
Eladio Dieste: Innovation in Structural Art
Eladio Dieste: Innovation in Structural Artedited by Stanford AndersonPrinceton Architecture Press£42HB, 264pp.
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News
Housing architects face axe
One of the only remaining collective housing associations in the country looks set to close its design department, making three architects redundant.
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News
Terminal architect faces jail
Paul Andreu, the French architect who designed the Charles de Gaulle airport terminal that collapsed last month, faces a maximum of three years in prison if found to have been reckless or negligent during the project.
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NewsKing's Cross seeks approval
One of Europe's largest regeneration projects, for London's King's Cross, masterplanned by Allies & Morrison and Porphyrios Associates, has finally been submitted for planning.
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Opinion
Applauding Schosa
We write to clarify Archaos’s position regarding the declaration on education by the Standing Conference of Heads of Schools of Architecture (News and Editorial May 14).The current system of education has great failings, which will be exacerbated by tuition fees and the current professional situation. We welcome Schosa’s declaration as ...
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Opinion
Charlie’s angle
Just a note to say how good your article on the Prince Charles 20th “anniversary” was (Special report May 28) — much better than some of the other stuff that’s been published on this subject recently.Just for the record, I’d like to reiterate two points that I made in the ...
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News
Anger over tactics at Clifton inquiry
A public inquiry into a visitor centre for Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol by Wilkinson Eyre concluded last week amid anger at the site owner's tactics.
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ReviewPortraits of American spaces
Is architecture at the heart of Tate Modern's Edward Hopper exhibition? asks Catherine Croft
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OpinionStone age methods
What do some architects find so attractive about gabions (News May 21)?Gabions plus wire cutters equal a heap of stones plus nasty sharp wires. Gabions plus rust equal a heap of stones plus a nasty rusty sharp wires.Gabions with small stones equal a home for small brown furry creatures with ...
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Opinion
It doesn’t add up
Unfortunately, many members of the audience found the candidates’ agreement on issues such as the Thames Gateway, the green belt and skyscrapers unconvincing.A heckler shouted: “You’re not all supposed to agree — there’s an election in 20 days”. Sadly, she had got her sums wrong and the candidates all agreed ...
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Opinion
Access denied
We don’t just report the news — sometimes we make it. The banning of our Scottish correspondent Peter Wilson from the media tour of Holyrood reached the chamber of the Scottish Parliament, and the news and leader pages of the Scotsman. MSP Margo MacDonald demanded an explanation, declaring “it’s an ...
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TechnicalIn detail 08: Fountain on the Nikolaikirchhof Leipzig, Germany
The Nikolaikirchhof is a public space with historical significance both in the medieval structure of Leipzig and in the events leading up to the re-unification of Germany.
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