All Building Design articles in 8 August 2008 – Page 4
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FeaturesClass of 2008: Anna Page
Anna Page of London Metropolitan University chosen site was the ruins of the 1st century villa built by Emperor Hadrian outside Rome.
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NewsBlears stops KPF’s Smithfield General Market redevelopment
Communities secretary Hazel Blears has vetoed plans by Kohn Pederson Fox to demolish a set of Victorian red brick buildings at the western edge of the historic Smithfield meat market in Farringdon, central London.
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FeaturesClass of 2008: Gurvir Tummana
Gurvir Tummana, of the University of Greenwich, scheme focuses on the regeneration of the working port of Whitstable, Kent.
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FeaturesClass of 2008: Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings of the University of Sheffield was commended for his project's contrast between highly refined components and its prevailing sense of austerity.
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FeaturesClass of 2008: Damjan Iliev
Damjan Iliev of the University of Westminster, impressed the judges with his immaculate computer renderings which gave a powerful sense of fluid spatiality.
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TechnicalRMJM’s Russian odyssey
Roger Whiteman, principal of RMJM and director of its London office, talks to Amanda Birch about the trials of the practice’s Gazprom HQ scheme, recently renamed the Okhta Centre, in St Petersburg
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FeaturesYoung lion in waiting
In its tenth anniversary issue, BD celebrated the British architectural avant-garde and picked the cream of the crop — including a tyro Will Alsop, then only 34
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Opinion
Sadly, it's a wrap
Geoffrey Reid could have been forgiven for looking forward to a quiet retirement after he left the world of architecture last year.
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Opinion
Gardens salad
Despite locking horns over the future of Robin Hood Gardens, Boots was intrigued to hear that 20th century architecture champion Alan Powers and English Heritage supremo Simon Thurley enjoyed a spot of supper together this week.
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OpinionWhen the fall guy is a very tall guy
As soon as a crime’s gone down, the TV cameras turn on an innocent tower block...
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News
How Buildings Learn
Do you remember the 1997 BBC TV series entitled How Buildings Learn? Well if you missed it the first time round, or haven't seen it, the six-part series written and presented by Stewart Brand, focuses on what happens when a building is built and the users take over, and begin ...
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NewsHazle McCormack Young brings music to Canterbury
Kent-based practice Hazle McCormack Young has unveiled its £8 million music centre for Canterbury Christ Church University
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OpinionBashing Bishop
Architects are deeply worried about the future for architecture in the capital with the absorbing of Design for London into the London Development Agency.
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Opinion
Loan arranger
These hard-up times must be affecting Mecanoo, the practice that scooped the new Birmingham library project on Tuesday
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OpinionAre architecture students facing a fragile jobs market?
Yes, says Portsmouth School of Architecture’s Pam Cole, we’re heading out of the comfort zone of the past few years; no, says Flacq director Marcus Lee, it’s just a question of persistence
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FeaturesRailing against the cult of retail
Allies & Morrison and Foreign Office Architects are set to redesign Euston and Birmingham New Street rail stations — but the developer’s need for a quick return on investment could trump good architecture
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FeaturesDot to Dot: August 8
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday August 13 for a chance to win a copy of Ant Farm: Allegorical Time Warp by Felicity D Scott.