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All Building Design articles in 8 July 2005 – Page 2
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News
New Freedom
SOM has revealed new designs for New York’s Freedom Tower. The building is being built on the site of the World Trade Centre, destroyed by terrorists in 2001.
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Opinion
Ever reddy
As his presidency draws to a close, a plausible reason is offered as to why George Ferguson wears red trousers. According to eastern thinking, the human body has several chakras — energy points that start in the head and end in the crotch. You can accentuate or play them down ...
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Opinion
Turkish delight
Ferguson has had a busy week. Straight after the RIBA conference, he flew out to Istanbul for the Union of International Architects conference. He was on the phone to Boots, in full flow about a scheme in Bristol, when suddenly there was a pause followed by the exclamation: “Zaha!” Boots ...
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News
Veil of secrecy over Liptons Olympic deal
Public authorities this week refused to publish details of a deal that could see a private company led by a former government adviser on the Olympics bid handed several million pounds in public cash to help build homes for athletes attending the 2012 Olympics in London.
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Opinion
Why Cullinan should take the Gold Medal
Every year, as the deadline for nominations for the RIBA Royal Gold Medal looms, many of us begin to think of likely contenders. There are a number, both in Britain and beyond, but we believe it should this time go to Edward Cullinan.
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Opinion
A commonsense solution to PFI debacle
When officials from Gordon Brown’s office attended a recent RIBA seminar on possible reforms to the Private Finance Initiative, they were reported to be rather pleased not to find the assembled architects pouting, shrugging and generally in a nasty sulk about life.
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News
Scots planning reforms clash
Architects and environmentalists have clashed over changes to the Scottish planning system.
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News
Chaos mires King’s Cross
Developer attacks transport delaysDelays and confusion surrounding transport projects at London’s King’s Cross are a “complete and utter example of public incompetence at the highest level”, according to the site’s developer.Argent chief executive Roger Madelin has lambasted the government for failing to sort out the traffic chaos at King’s Cross, ...
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NewsChance of a lifetime
The biggest names in architecture are queuing up to design the prestigious centrepiece of the 2012 London Olympics.
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News
Crystal Palace centre ‘at risk’
One of the most important post-war buildings in Britain has been put on English Heritage’s buildings at risk register.
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Building Study
First Look: A new stripy star for Tower Bridge
Glas Architects has revealed designs for this bold apartment scheme at Tower Bridge in London.
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Opinion
Putting up borders
In the same way that the EU’s credibility suffered when it published a map of the Union that excluded Wales, the credibility of your breast-beating “Africa Special” (July 1) is rather dented by your map suggesting that Zambia is two separate countries. Artistic licence is one thing, but downright and ...
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News
Games to provide big break for new generation
The 2012 Olympic Games will allow a new generation of British architects to showcase their skills on a global stage, say the masterplanners behind the successful bid.
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News
RIBA urges boycott of bad PFI
Architects should refuse to work on PFI projects unless they meet tough new design criteria, the RIBA has proposed.
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Opinion
Back-pedal feat
Boots recently received perhaps the most bizarre press release in living memory. Sent by design watchdog Architecture & Design Scotland, the memo revealed that 55-year-old chief executive Sebastian Tombs had cycled from Edinburgh to Glasgow — backwards. Guided by shouts from his 18-year-old daughter, Rowena, Tombs had covered 58 miles ...
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News
London appalling for cyclists and pedestrians
Oxford Street is the worst place in the industrialised world for pedestrians and cyclists, and London streets and spaces are as bad as the Soviet Union, a respected adviser to London mayor Ken Livingstone has said.
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News
Alsops country house
The Alsop House is one of more than 40 homes designed by architects also including Piers Gough, Eva Jiricna and Sarah Featherstone, to be built on a Cotswolds site.
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