All Editorial articles – Page 159
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News
RIBA calls for less red tape
The RIBA has written to the government outlining how building regulations should be simplified and made less “alienating”.
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OpinionHas Cabe got the teeth to tackle poor design?
No, says Rowan Moore, the watchdog is too close to the professionals it assesses; but Richard Simmons feels Cabe goes as far as it can without statutory powers.
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OpinionWade in to the beauty debate
There has probably never been a better time to publish a book on architecture and beauty (Debate September 10)
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NewsAuthorities to review Gazprom tower plans
Russian authorities are set to review RMJM’s Gazprom Tower in St Petersburg following a report from Unesco’s World Heritage Committee
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Building StudyRavensbourne College, Greenwich, by Foreign Office Architects
FOA’s new building for Ravensbourne College makes bold predictions about how the next generation of students will be taught
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FeaturesApple Autocad software looks fruitful
Autodesk’s new cad software seems set to put Apple back at the top of the tree for architects.
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OpinionCastles in the air
The winning dinosaur entry for your 1975 Natural History Museum competition (Archive August 13) reminded me of my own submission, which illustrated an entirely flexible floor mega-structure surrounding the lodge. What was I thinking?
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NewsArchitects to aid coalition climate-change plans
Architects are set to play a central role in the government’s double-pronged attack on climate change under new plans set to be announced this week.
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ReviewPeople’s Palaces: The Golden Age of Civic Architecture
BBC4’s show on northern England’s Victorian buildings was a missed chance.
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NewsNewport station opens as Grimshaw turns 30
Grimshaw has unveiled new images of its rail station in Newport as the practice celebrates its 30th anniversary
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ReviewBuilding a Library 27: Strolling Through Istanbul
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library.
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ReviewArchitecture of the Sun: Los Angeles Modernism, 1900-1970
Thomas S Hines’s huge volume examines LA through the architects that created it, with special focus on Schindler and Neutra
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Opinion
Correction: 17 September 2010
Ferguson Mann’s proposal to redevelop the Tropicana centre in Weston-super-Mare (News September 10) is a collaboration with S&P and not Faulkner Brown as we were originally told.
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FeaturesDot to Dot: 17 September 2010
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday September 22 for a chance to win a copy of American Decorative Arts and Sculpture.
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FeaturesDot to dot results: September 10 2010
Last week’s winner was Alex Reeve of RH Partnership in Cambridge, who identified Renzo Piano’s Parco della Musica in Rome
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NewsPrince book renews attack on profession
Prince Charles has renewed his assault on the architecture profession in a new book which argues that sustainable construction is imperilling the world by ignoring the importance of tradition
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NewsCabe paid £168,000 for finance director
Cabe has defended the £168,000 it shelled out to hire a stand-in finance director for just 10 months, claiming the appointment saved it double that amount.
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NewsCouncil pledges to save Finsbury Health Centre
London’s Finsbury Health Centre looks set to be saved after the local council promised to block any attempt by the owner to move out and leave it standing empty.
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