All articles by Ellis Woodman – Page 15
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Building StudyFirst look: Duggan Morris is cooking in Croydon
Work has started on three projects designed by Duggan Morris Architects for secondary schools in the London Borough of Croydon.
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OpinionThe Chinese are coming
With Chinese firms beginning to crack London, is the balance of the industry about to shift?
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OpinionThe price of independence
Maintaining public confidence in the planning system is key to the Big Society
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OpinionShop around for expertise
The revival of the high streets will depend on architectural vision as much as economics
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OpinionA question of survival
The fate of Louis Sullivan’s work shows exactly why we must save Thomson’s Egyptian Halls
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Building StudyHolburne Museum of Art extension, Bath, by Eric Parry Architects
Eric Parry’s Holburne Museum pavilion has emerged from protracted battles with planners to reflect the best of its former pleasure garden setting.
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OpinionPut your own house in order
The housing minister needs to offer more than rhetoric to make self build a viable option
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AnalysisVictoria development is Lynch’s big break
The massive commission for Kingsgate House in central London signals a major step up for Lynch Architects.
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NewsLynch submits major Victoria plans
Former BD Young Architect of the Year, Lynch Architects, has submitted a major mixed use development on London’s Victoria Street for planning permission.
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OpinionA union is not the answer
A less tepid RIBA would be a more effective way of safeguarding the profession’s future
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OpinionOne size does not fit all
The James Review’s vision of standardised schools is likely to prove as limited as BSF
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OpinionRelying on cheap labour
If the profession is to persuade society of its worth, it needs to get out of the low-pay habit
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OpinionIt was acceptable in the 80s
Osborne’s new enterprise zones reflect the misplaced belief that planning is the enemy of development
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OpinionWho can afford localism?
Neighbourhood plans will only be as local as the people that pay for them
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OpinionLocal identity is the least of it
Grant Shapps’ Legoland comments are to be applauded, but we’ve got bigger problems than contextual sensitivity
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OpinionBack to the drawing board
Architecture schools need to rethink more than business skills training if the profession is to survive
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Building StudyXPO and Villa Voka by Office Kersten Geers David van Severen in Kortrijk, Belgium
The first major projects completed by this Belgian practice make good on the promise of its speculative work.
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OpinionCabe must adapt to survive
In the face of a funding conundrum, the quango needs to embrace reinvention.
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OpinionA purpose far beyond books
Libraries provide communities with a vital physical infrastructure, so closures sit ill with the notion of the Big Society.
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OpinionGove cannot go it alone
The government announced last week that Building Schools for the Future is to be replaced by a programme within which all projects will be based on one of six standardised templates.