All Building Design articles in 7 July 2006 – Page 3

  • News

    Barker may call for end to householder consent

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Planning experts have called on economist Kate Barker to recommend that householder consents, which account for 55% of planning applications, are taken out of the planning system.

  • News

    Cabe audit criticises new secondary school designs

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Cabe has branded half of all secondary schools built in the last five years “poor” or “mediocre”.

  • News

    Controversy over Welsh Assembly’s nomination

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Red-faced bosses at Richard Rogers’ Welsh Assembly in Cardiff admitted they will spend the summer tackling ongoing snagging problems — just as the building has been nominated for the Prime Minister’s Better Public Building Award.

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    Features

    Architest

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    This week: Wind turbines

  • News

    Majority of architects face harsh retirement

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Three-quarters of architects do not believe they will have enough pension provision to secure a decent standard of living, according to research carried out by the BD4jobs website.

  • Opinion

    Arb exam unfair

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Further to George Oldham’s letter about the “pointless exam” (June 16), I must say that I concur with his comments and the efforts of the Arb reform group.As an illustration of the absurdity, I am working with a German designer (nice chap), who by virtue of coming from an EU ...

  • Visualisation of Palestra building with added PV panels and wind turbines.
    News

    New Alsop building set for green retrofit

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    The mayor of London’s advisers on climate change have revealed ambitious plans to retrofit Will Alsop’s Palestra office building to make it the most environmentally advanced in the country.

  • Rogers’ Welsh Assembly in Cardiff: hopes to design a regional office in Llandudno have been thwarted.
    News

    Aedas beats RRP in bid for Welsh Assembly offices

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Richard Rogers’ bid to design a second building for the Welsh Assembly has been foiled by Aedas Architects.