All Editorial articles – Page 162
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FeaturesI feel a sneeze coming...
Defeat was on the cards for Victoria Maitland when her world record was smashed by this master stacker 73 years later
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NewsSimpson’s Leeds towers cancelled
Ian Simpson’s scheme to build one of Europe’s tallest residential towers in Leeds has been formally scrapped by the developer.
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NewsHadid’s debut London building nears opening day
Zaha Hadid Architects’ first building in England – and the practice’s first school – has now been completed
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Opinion
Resorts should kick the bucket
Recent news that the average visitor to Redcar spends just £1.70 typifies the problems of Britain’s many rundown seaside towns
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NewsNew chapter for Croydon Carnegie library as Fat brings it up to date
Thornton Heath Library in Croydon has reopened to the public after a £1.5 million renovation and extension project by Fat.
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Opinion
Cracking Brazil
In response to your story “Practices look abroad as double dip looms” (News August 13), I believe that there are two main reasons why very few foreign architectural practices have acted in Brazil so far
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NewsShowtime at site of art deco cinema
DLA Architecture’s mixed-use scheme on the site of a grade-II listed art deco cinema in Eltham, south-east London, has started on site this week
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OpinionDebt and doubt for architecture graduates
It seems that only an extremely foolhardy 16-year-old student would choose to pursue a career in architecture if they pay any attention to the advice they’re getting from their careers advisers.
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NewsYaya entry deadline Sept 3
Architects wanting to enter the 13th Young Architect of the Year Award have just a week to do so
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ReviewBuilding a Library 25: What is Japanese Architecture?
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library.
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FeaturesDot to Dot: 27 August 2010
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday September 1 for a chance to win a copy of Solar Domestic Water Heating, an Earthspan Expert handbook, by Chris Laughton.
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Opinion
Corrections: 13 August 2010
We have been asked to point out that the architects of the 1970 main museum extension to Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge were Leslie Martin and David Owers (News July 23).
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FeaturesDot to dot results: August 13
The winner was Marc Escobar Esteve of FAP Architects in London, who identified Oscar Niemeyer’s Ministry of Justice in Brasilia
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NewsRIBA joins alliance against coalition planning policies
The RIBA has joined a group of 29 national bodies in an unusual alliance against the coalition government’s proposed planning policies.
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NewsNWDA cuts hit capital projects in the North West
The North West Development Agency has announced that it will withdraw all non-contracted funding for regional projects, hitting schemes including Haworth Tompkins’ Everyman Theatre and Proctor and Matthews’ Chester Zoo project.
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OpinionBig society looks set to backfire
Even if you don’t side with critics of David Cameron’s Big Society, it’s hard to see how it’ll make any serious difference.
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NewsCabe must cut back to core, say former bosses
Lipton and Rouse call for watchdog to focus on design reviews and produce fewer reports.
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NewsTax row could still see Foster lose his title
Norman Foster and other individuals who gave up their membership of the House of Lords for tax reasons could now face being stripped of their titles under forthcoming legislation.
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NewsFree schools ‘offer new market for architects’
As BSF bites the dust, campaigner claims initiative provides opportunity.
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NewsUK firms eye China expansion
British architects are taking advantage of a recovering Asian economy with Benoy and BDP both set to open new offices in China.