All Building Design articles in 6 May 2005 – Page 2

  • News

    Take courage

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Sheppard Robson has won planning permission for a £200 million mixed-use scheme on the site of the former Courage Brewery in Bristol.

  • the cover of Ronchamp, published in 1957.
    Review

    Corbs covers

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Huge amounts have been written about Le Corbusier, but rarely about his work as a book designer and author, an activity he devoted himself to until his death in 1965.

  • Two-faced: the Gothic and the Grecian facades of the threatened Castle Goring .
    News

    Council heel-dragging imperils Shelley castle

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Worthing authority reluctant to put up £1.5m to save Castle Goring

  • Opinion

    Camden clear-up

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    May I correct a few factual errors in your article, “Camden planner clings on” (News April 29)?

  • Opinion

    Cloud of negativity ignores Cabe work

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    I applaud what Cabe has achieved in its short life and am surprised that two-thirds of the respondents to the BD readers’ poll think it has failed to make a significant impact on the quality of design (News April 29).

  • Opinion

    Where are the cast lists for buildings?

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    One of the things that strikes you when wandering around Paris is that in a reasonably prominent part of nearly every building is a little cartouche carved into an appropriate piece of stonework telling you the name of M le Architect responsible.

  • News

    British sea power

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Grimshaw has unveiled new images of a giant offshore wind turbine bigger than the London Eye and designed to generate three times more electricity than conventional turbines.

  • News

    No ‘City-on-sea’ for Brighton

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Brighton council has rejected Allies & Morrison’s plans for a 42-storey tower in the city centre, saying it is “not looking for a new City of London on the coast”.

  • Opinion

    Concrete Boots

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Air pressureDavid Marks and Julia Barfield of Marks Barfield Architects are official campaign champions for a pressure group that wants more power to be generated by wind turbines. The pair join prestigious champions Norman Foster, London mayor Ken Livingstone and TV presenter Chris Tarrant. The name of the pressure group? ...

  • Opinion

    The threat of Bob

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Did you see the new series of Bob the Builder this week?

  • S333 pushed the size of the building to the limit with a variety of design options.
    News

    New kids on the block

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Urban Salon has won the Bermondsey Square housing competition. But with all the shortlisted schemes producing innovative housing solutions, it’s a pity all three can’t be built

  • Technical

    Get the facts before the flood

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Amanda Birch says ignore your project’s risk factors at your peril

  • Kiran Curtis’s Canal Basin scheme (pictured) and a section showing flood defences.
    News

    Basin builds flood defences to be Thames Gateway blueprint

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Kiran Curtis Architects has unveiled new ways of beating floods in the Thames Gateway with its designs for the Canal Basin in Gravesend, Kent.

  • A
    Features

    Architest

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    This week: Architects and statesmen

  • News

    Tsunami architects ‘lagging’

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    British architects’ response to the Asian tsunami crisis is “embarrassingly scarce”, an architect and aid worker told BD this week.

  • News

    Leaked document reveals Scottish anti-green plans

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Scottish ministers are planning a move that would allow unpopular and ecologically damaging projects to go ahead by radically centralising planning power, environmentalists claimed this week.

  • News

    Alsop’s Bradford plans face audit

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    An audit of Will Alsop’s bold public space plans for Bradford city centre has been launched to see how much they will cost to build and maintain.

  • News

    Walking alone in Liverpool

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Glenn Howells Architects and Urban Initiatives’ £31 million plans for Lime Street station in Liverpool have been submitted for planning permission.

  • News

    Make aims to be first carbon-neutral practice

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Make is set to become the first carbon-neutral practice, it claimed this week.

  • Paned parting: Swiss Re’s missing piece.
    News

    Gherkin gasps for air after glass fall

    2005-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Windows shut at Building of the Year as safety is traded for sustainability