All Editorial articles – Page 166
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Opinion
Viñoly, Finch and redundancy fears
At Rafael Viñoly’s London Festival of Architecture talk last week, Roger Zogolovitch asked him whether Battersea Power Station should be knocked down for the sake of London?
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Opinion
Slaying monsters
Thank you Prince Charles for helping to stop such monsters from blighting this great city with such faceless banality
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Opinion
Terry's not urban
Charles should not meddle in the democratic process, using deceitful and secret letters and emails to other country’s royals.
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NewsRIBA action on low pay ‘does not go far enough’
The RIBA has announced a package of measures it says will tackle student hardship and low pay.
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ReviewThe Surreal House exhibition
The Barbican Art Gallery’s attempt to examine the influence of surrealism on architecture proves monotonal and lacking in confidence
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NewsControversy as Oxford competition collapses
Oxford University has thrown out designs by some of the UK’s leading firms shortlisted for a new academic building
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NewsVictorian artwork takes pride of place on Kingston’s riverfront
Haworth Tompkins has won planning permission for a £9 million mixed-use scheme to revamp and extend a monolithic brown brick 1970s building on the banks of the Thames near Hampton Court.
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NewsEH holds out hope for Stonehenge visitor centre
A crunch meeting will be held next week to examine the prospects for pursuing Denton Corker Marshall’s £27.5 million Stonehenge Visitor Centre despite the government’s withdrawal of £10 million worth of funding.
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NewsHaiti housing competition launched
An international competition to design new housing in Haiti has been launched on behalf of the Haitian government.
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OpinionRafael Viñoly: Manchester City’s hot new signing
Rafael Viñoly speaks to BD about the World Cup, his plans for the world’s richest football club, and whether at Battersea Power Station he can end 30 years of hurt.
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Opinion
On the art of surviving degree shows
It’s no wonder parents of architecture students feel bewildered at graduation shows
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ReviewBuilding a Library 17: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library
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FeaturesDot to dot results: June 18 2010
The winner of last week’s competition was Nina Oortman of FAP Architects in London, who identified Le Corbusier’s Swiss Pavilion in Paris
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FeaturesDot to Dot: 25 June 2010
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday, June 30 for a chance to win a copy of Great Public Squares by Robert F Gatje.
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ReviewThe Arts of Industry in the Age of Enlightenment
Celina Fox has written an extraordinary account of efforts to combine the mechanical and liberal arts
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News
HCA presses ahead with design standards
The Homes & Communities Agency is hoping to make public the findings of a consultation on housing design standards by September
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Opinion
Seen it all before
I had to smile at the article on Save Britain’s Heritage’s report on transforming empty Victorian terraces into sustainable housing
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News
Cuts also hit hospital and BFI Film Centre
A £450 million hospital and a £166 million centre for the British Film Institute are among other projects derailed by government cuts.
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Building StudyCentre for Alternative Technology education building by Pat Borer and David Lea
The Wales Institute for Sustainable Education at the Centre for Alternative Technology is an impressive physical embodiment of the values it champions