Briefing – Page 33
-
AnalysisBarbour ABI's September market review is out now
Barbour ABI’s Economic Construction Market Review for September is now available to download
-
AnalysisTokyo 2020, venue by venue
As the thrills of Rio slowly subside, attention turns to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, where a virtue is being made of necessity by re-using some of the venues built for the 1964 games
-
AnalysisLiverpool’s regeneration: Fate of the Futurist ignites row over city’s past
The demolition of Lime Street’s neo-baroque Futurist cinema highlights the misguided attitude to heritage and economic growth that prevails in Liverpool’s corridors of power, writes Ike Ijeh. The irony is that few cities offer better examples of what can be done when conservation-led regeneration is harnessed to high-quality contemporary architecture ...
-
AnalysisBarbour ABI's August market review is out now
Barbour ABI’s Economic Construction Market Review for August is now available to download
-
AnalysisAssessing the legacy of London's Olympics
The architecture of the 2012 Olympics had to do more than provide an awe-inspiring home for the Games: it was meant to provide a foundation for the regeneration of a blighted area of the capital. Four years on, Ike Ijeh reports on whether it has succeeded
-
AnalysisMeet the key players at the communities department
What are priorities of the new secretary of state and housing minister likely to be?
-
AnalysisBarbour ABI's July market review is out now
Barbour ABI’s Economic Construction Market Review for July is now available to download
-
AnalysisWhat Brexit means for architects: A client's view
BD columnist and developer Martyn Evans surveys the scene as clients, investors and contractors try to make sense of the referendum fallout
-
AnalysisBarbour ABI's June market review is out now
Barbour ABI’s Economic Construction Market Review for June is now available to download
-
AnalysisCould the pedestrianisation of London's busiest street work?
The idea to pedestrianise Oxford Street, Europe’s busiest shopping street, has been kicked about for decades without any action ever taking solid form. With signs new London mayor Sadiq Khan has made this his pet project, Ike Ijeh looks at how feasible the transformation would be
-
AnalysisBishopsgate: Khan's first test
The Goodsyard was put on hold when departing mayor Boris Johnson deferred the decision. It now falls at the feet of Sadiq Khan, in what could set a precedent for the new mayor’s planning policy.
-
AnalysisBarbour ABI's May market review is out now
Barbour ABI’s Economic Construction Market Review for May is now available to download
-
AnalysisCan Khan deliver?
London’s new mayor Sadiq Khan has the mother of all in-trays to contend with - everything from housing to Heathrow, Crossrail 2 to controversial planning decisions
-
AnalysisAfter Zaha: What does history suggest will happen?
What happens to an architectural practice when an inspirational founder dies? Ike Ijeh looks at the precedents
-
AnalysisWhat the LSE's Saw Swee Hock can teach us about procuring brilliant buildings
Pulling off a coup like O’Donnell Tuomey’s Stirling finalist is not easy but the story is worth studying, says Simon Carne
-
AnalysisDoes the government have the sticking power for proper estate regeneration?
Ministers want estates rebuilt as streets - yet they preside over a funding system that makes this unviable. Julia Park uncovers some cognitive dissonance
-
AnalysisBarbour ABI's April market review is out now
Barbour ABI’s Economic Construction Market Review for April is now available to download
-
FeaturesDon't blame the client - they're bloody heroes
It’s a miracle anything gets built given that every building is a prototype and most clients are ingénues, says the author of a new book intended to guide them through the pitfalls
-
AnalysisBoris Johnson: Assessing his legacy
As the eight-year tenure of the mayor of London draws to a close, many Londoners have mixed feelings about the changes he has wrought on their city
-
AnalysisBarbour ABI's March market review is out now
Barbour ABI’s Economic Construction Market Review for March is now available to download