All Editorial articles – Page 161
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OpinionThis winter it’s all going south
At least we know the swallows will be back, unlike the values embodied in our cities’ architect’s departments.
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News
HOK denies Aecom buyout rumour
HOK has denied all knowledge of reports that fellow US firm Aecom is considering buying it out.
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OpinionHowells’ act of bravery
It’s about time schemes such as Glenn Howells Architects’ proposal for King’s Cross Central (News September 3) that are brave enough to use proportions and considered design thinking are given credit over the fashionable and icon- orientated dross the profession has churned out in recent years.
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OpinionThorp's top 40
Well done, John (“Thorp retires from Leeds as last of city architects” News September 3) and carry on your good works for the city of Leeds
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ReviewBuilding a Library 26: Poetry, Language, Thought by Martin Heidegger
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library.
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FeaturesDot to dot results: September 3 2010
Last week’s winner was Amy Bradley Smith, a student at London Metropolitan University, who identified the Royal Liver Building in Liverpool by Walter Aubrey Thomas
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NewsAYA shortlist announced
The shortlist for BD’s annual Architect of the Year Awards has been announced
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NewsTributes paid to Wakefield-Wylde
Steven Wakefield-Wylde (pictured), an architect and urban designer at Stride Treglown’s Bath office, has died of cancer, aged 54
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NewsZaha Hadid designs first project for her native Iraq
Central Bank headquarters in Baghdad will be a symbol of the new nation, says practice
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NewsRIBA to pay finalists early in delayed competition
The RIBA has promised to make early payments to four finalists caught up in a delayed £8 million international ideas competition.
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OpinionBoris is brave to think bigger
Ignore the critics, London’s new housing design guide will mainly give us a size of home long enjoyed in western Europe
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News
Light shines on Wallace scheme
Purcell Miller Tritton and John J O’Connell Architects have won planning for their extension to the Wallace art collection in central London after agreeing to lower the height of the roof lights following complaints by neighbours
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ReviewPrefab Houses
A new book by Arnt Cobbers and Oliver Jahn overlooks the real big hitters of the industry.
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Opinion
The resistance to regen starts here
Embracing every regeneration project on offer does no favours to our rundown urban areas
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Opinion
I’m going to have to let you go
Everything’s getting dumped faster and faster, and that includes good stuff like Broadgate.
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Opinion
Shaving foam
I deeply resent your characterisation of the Strata tower as “decked out with Philishave stylings” (Carbuncle Cup, August 13).
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Opinion
Firm responds
I wish to add some much-needed clarification to the story published on August 17
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OpinionDo we need national design standards for housing?
Ewan Willars thinks standards will provide the challenge to produce innovative design, while Andrew Whitaker thinks there is no place for them in private housing
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NewsDesign guide could ‘stifle creativity’ in homes sector
Architects have admitted the new London Housing Design Guide could jeopardise hope of an early recovery in the residential market