All Editorial articles – Page 167

  • The scissor brace is made of S-shaped lengths of green oak and connected at midpoint by a traditional dovetail halved joint.
    Technical

    Twilly Springs house by Diamond Architects

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    A new-build green oak frame joins an original 17th century elm timber rafters to create a contemporary house with historic roots

  • Opinion

    Battle lines

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Congratulations to Stephen Taylor/Brockmann Stierlin on their competition success for a Zurich housing project (News June 18) but surely no points for presentation.

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    Opinion

    A vision of virtual bliss

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    The obituary of Bill Mitchell and the iPad review were interestingly juxtaposed in last week’s BD

  • John Christophers’ zero carbon house in Birmingham.
    Opinion

    Is the government rushing the definition of zero carbon?

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Yes, says Ben Derbyshire, we should be taking time to develop simple, lasting solutions; but John Alker claims there is enough unity among key stakeholders to see the task through

  • Opinion

    Duty of care

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Thank you for the article about the renaming of the practice (New practice emerges as Buschow Henley relaunches, News June 11). My quote was, nevertheless, taken somewhat out of context

  • News

    Community centre go-ahead

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Belfast-based McCaw Architects has won planning permission for a new community centre and retail unit in the Upper Ardoyne area of the city

  • Jonathan Glancey
    Opinion

    Digi-design is virtually reality

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Judging by advances in the car industry, virtual interior design could be closer than we think.

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    News

    This week's ups and downs

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Hot and not

  • But which one would you want to manage your football team?
    Blogs

    Keep your eyes on the food in Stratford

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    While Olympics visitors should thankfully be spared the urban horror show that is present-day Stratford once Egret West’s ingenious Shoal is installed, what of the poor souls paying £75 a head to dine in Carmody Groarke’s pop-up restaurant which opened last week on the roof of the new Westfield Stratford ...

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    News

    Hayward Smart wins planning for Henley family house

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Hayward Smart Architects has won planning permission for a large family house (pictured) in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire.

  • News

    Green is go at Public

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Architect Flannery & de la Pole has put the finishing touches to the final £1.4 million phase of Will Alsop’s troubled West Midlands landmark, The Public

  • The 9m-tall pavilion in Park Crescent sits on four steel trays weighted with concrete slabs.
    Technical

    Price & Myers’ Hy-Pavilion

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Designed for the London Festival of Architecture, Price & Myers’ Hy-Pavilion is a clever folding timber structure that can be easily transported and erected.

  • Opinion

    Language lesson

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    As a teacher in a BSF school and someone who trained as an architect, I feel fairly well qualified to comment on the debate (“Has money been wasted on school design work?” Debate June 11)

  • Scouting for water: did the early Boy Scouts follow Breeam?
    Opinion

    Be prepared

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    The rejigging of regulations regarding water use has switched me into my Meldrew mode. Now, along with the Low Energy, Shut the Windows and Be Quieter Police come the more voyeuristic Bathwater Police

  • Stephen Gardiner
    Features

    Sartorial stature

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    Architect and critic Stephen Gardiner’s strong opinions were matched by his distinctive wardrobe.

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    Opinion

    Take a gander at the Goldhawk Road

    2010-06-18T16:20:00Z

    Less is definitely more at this year’s London Festival of Architecture

  • The lido: “an art deco masterpiece of 20th century modernism”.
    News

    Conran’s to work for free in bid to save Saltdean lido

    2010-06-18T08:45:00Z

    Conran & Partners has thrown its weight behind a community campaign to save one of the finest lidos in the country from the “wrecking ball”

  • Liverpool housing set for demolition under Pathfinder.
    News

    Reinvent terraces as eco-housing, says report

    2010-06-18T07:40:00Z

    Save calls for upgrading of homes emptied under Pathfinder scheme

  • The extension’s red-brick facade provides a visual link to the original London School Board building on Monnow Road.
    News

    AOC’s red-brick school extension

    2010-06-18T01:56:00Z

    AOC has won planning permission for a 734sq m extension and refurbishment of a secondary school for students with autistic spectrum disorders in south London

  • Arte povera meets Narnia: Helen & Hard’s dancing ash trees.
    Review

    1:1 Architects Build Small Spaces

    2010-06-18T00:00:00Z

    The V&A’s new architecture show puts things in proportion.