All Roll on Friday articles – Page 8
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FeaturesDwellings near the house of the Lord
In November 1980, then archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie took to the south London streets near his official Lambeth Palace residence to protest the Thatcher government’s cuts to public sector housebuilding and stock upgrades
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FeaturesTo Brighton for Congress with a queen
In 1987, Queen Noor of Jordan, an architect and planner, made BD’s front page with her address to the International Union of Architects’ 16th Congress, held at Brighton
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FeaturesJumpin' Jack Flash on life in the fast lane
Here’s future RIBA Jack Pringle and his very nice motor in 1987. Doesn’t he look as if he’s auditioning for a part in The Sweeney?
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FeaturesTravails of an inner city travelling machine
Date March 1987Architect Julyan WickhamCars are more than mere vehicles for getting from A to B, opined BD, in its series called Motors, before adding that architects — being aesthetes — don’t simply pick the most expensive on offer, but go for looks and design as well. Of course they ...
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FeaturesDot to Dot: March 20 2009
Name the building for the chance to win a copy of Félix Candela: engineer, builder, structural artist by Maria E Moreyra Garlock & David P Billington
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FeaturesBaby, you can drive my car
In the pre-Clarkson era of 1987, BD explored the relation between architects and their cars, including Eva Jiricna (pictured), Hugh Casson and others
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FeaturesIce man cometh
In 1992, Frank Gehry celebrated his new chair range for Knoll Studio by dressing up in his ice hockey kit. A chacun...
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NewsFollow the Cycle to Cannes live!
Follow the annual Cycle to Cannes ride live and send your messages of support to the riders
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FeaturesArcuk gets on top of its paperwork
The precedessor to Arb, the Architects’ Registration Council UK, wasn’t exactly a barrel of laughs either as this 1984 snap of registrar Ken Forder (left) and finance chair Max Hutchinson shows
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FeaturesBanking on international markets
Tales of a different recession from 1982, when borrowing was also a big issue for architectural start-ups such as that of Robin Spence and Robin Webster
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FeaturesFoster’s familiar tune
“Are we ruthless or just consistent?” Foster pondered in a BD interview that described him as the first architect since Lutyens to have achieved “acclaimed buildings and a large and expanding workload”
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CompetitionsThe Line of Site Final 2009
The Line of Site Final was an occasion which had an exciting backdrop of 75 participating countries, 330 entries, 5 top judges and a view of the Thames, St Pauls and a snow bound London.
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FeaturesPioneer spirit meets polyurethane
We look back to the heady days of the 1970s energy crisis, when hand-crafting your own home out of super-insulating foam was the way to go in Wisconsin
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FeaturesReaders' pictures of the city under snow
The snow in the city has produced a series of great reader pictures – including the Gherkin and the snowman.
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FeaturesDot to Dot result: January 16
Last week’s winner was Christina Xypolia of Crawford Partnership in London, who identified Le Corbusier’s Assembly Building at Chandigarh
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Features(Re)store no more
As Woolworths shuts up shop for the last time, we cast our minds back to Andrew Rabeneck’s restoration of the firm’s 54-storey New York HQ in 1980
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FeaturesDot to Dot result: December 19 2008
The winner of our December 19 competition was Stephen Clegg of Calderpeel in Altrincham, who identified Eileen Grey’s E1027 at Roquebrune Cap Martin in France.
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Features1980s yuppies at play
When the refurbishment of some Turkish baths in Motherwell led to speculation about the outcome of the 1983 general election
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FeaturesDot to Dot: 19 December 2008
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday January 7 for a chance to win a copy of Talking Architecture: Interviews With Architects by Hanno Rauterberg.