All Building Design articles in 9 May 2008 – Page 2
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FeaturesThatcher’s tunnel vision
The entente cordiale between Margaret Thatcher and François Mitterand led to the link-up of the French and British rail systems
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Opinion
Press revelation
Some of the architects previously employed by RMJM to work on the Scottish Parliament project appear to be sensitive flowers if the recent correspondence from John Kinsley and Gordon McGregor (Letters passim) is anything to go by.
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Opinion
Power struggle
I was surprised to read that a CHP plant is to be installed at Transport for London’s Palestra building in Blackfriars Road (News May 2).
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NewsPassport for Pimlico
Haworth Tompkins has won planning permission from Westminster City Council for a new 55-unit mixed residential scheme at a conservation site in Pimlico, south-west London, for the Peabody Trust.
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NewsHodder's mills and thrills
Stirling prizewinner Stephen Hodder has released images of his practice’s largest-ever scheme — a £170 million mixed-use regeneration project at Eckersley Mills in Wigan.
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News
Foster prizewinner to study transport links
Foster & Partners has awarded a £6,000 travelling scholarship to a student of Rizvi College of Architecture in Mumbai.
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News
Hadid not a factor in Moore’s resignation
Architecture Foundation director Rowan Moore resigned this week, strongly denying the institution’s recent decision to scrap plans for a Zaha Hadid-designed headquarters had prompted the move.
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OpinionErased from our memories
The government wants to forget the optimism of sixites and seventies social housing ever existed
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NewsUrmston’s new Eden
Broadway Malyan has unveiled this apartment scheme, designed as the centrepiece of a major urban regeneration project in Manchester.
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Opinion
Hodge dodge
Boots thought David Lammy was the architecture minister with the least to say on the subject, but could successor Margaret Hodge be following his lead?
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News
Powell Dobson opens London HQ
Welsh practice Powell Dobson has opened an office in London, relocating four staff from its base in Cardiff.
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News
Digital images library to expand
The Chicago-based Society of Architectural Historians has received a $2.7 million grant to develop its online library of architectural images.
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OpinionKitchen devil
The fascinating insight into Will Alsop’s kitchen for those of us who read last weekend’s Observer magazine failed to explain the half drunk bottle of red wine on the kitchen table that had — just half an hour before the picture was taken — started life as a full ...
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News
Piano still working on Shard’s design
Renzo Piano is still finalising designs for Europe’s tallest skyscraper nearly five years after it was approved, it emerged this week.
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NewsDavis pulls out of race for president
The battle for the RIBA presidency took a dramatic twist this week as Paul Davis pulled out, leaving Ruth Reed and Andrew Hanson in a two-horse race.
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NewsNew mayor plans to cut skyscrapers
London’s newly elected Tory mayor, Boris Johnson, took a step toward halting the spread of skyscrapers in London this week with the appointment of a key adviser opposed to Ken Livingstone’s planning policies.
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Opinion
Crying shame
As ever, Alan Powers captures the moment perfectly — the Hayward was openly and almost universally reviled (Culture May 2).
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News
Make sustainable drainage compulsory, says RTPI
The government urgently needs to make sustainable urban drainage systems (Suds) compulsory in all new developments, the Royal Town Planning Institute said this week.
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NewsVertical ‘common’ plan for Smithfield Market
A 30m-high “vertical common” has been proposed for central London’s Smithfield market site.
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