All Editorial articles – Page 169
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NewsOutrage at gutting of landmark listed block
The City of London has been accused of ruining the interiors of flats at Chamberlin Powell & Bonn’s renowned 1950s Golden Lane Estate by carrying out modernisation work without listed building consent
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OpinionIt's not gardens that are the problem
The end of so-called ‘garden grabbing’ in fact marks an abandonment of the the policies set out by the Urban Task Force.
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NewsCardiff firm recruiting as business booms
Holder Mathias Architects has announced a recruitment drive in the wake of a “flow of new contracts”, including a £62 million shopping mall in eastern Europe.
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Opinion
Technical terms
Architectural “draughtsmen” did not get together to form their own organisation (Letters May 28)
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OpinionPricey principles
Your report on Tooley & Foster’s “zero carbon”housing in Basildon (News June 4) made my eyebrows shoot upwards so far that Nasa is thinking of using them as replacement shuttles to the International Space Station
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Opinion
Upwardly mobile
Regulation-free or child-free zone? Please, have some respect for the kids of today (Letters May 21).
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FeaturesThe spy whom RIBA loved
We remember the rise and fall of former honorary RIBA fellow Anthony Blunt.
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OpinionLet’s nurture nature
I know architects are supposed to prize architecture above all, but some of us are concerned about agriculture too; concerned enough not to condone a glib formalistic view of how crops should be raised and animals husbanded
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Opinion
Less than zero
BD June 4: zero-carbon 28 unit affordable housing at Basildon, £5.7 million pound development (News)
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OpinionGrand designs
David Nixon’s piece on the International Space Station (Works June 4) was just brilliant. Great pictures and layout
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OpinionHow the other half builds
The gap between low-cost housing and luxury developments grows ever wider.
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OpinionHas money been wasted on school design work?
Yes, says Katharine Quarmby, the programme is wasteful and overcomplicated; but John Waldron argues that BSF has done well in the face of a massive maintenance backlog.
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ReviewRefuge: Five Cities – photographs by Bas Princen
Looking at Bas Princen’s photos of Middle East fringe cities at NY’s Storefront museum is like visiting other worlds
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OpinionPeriod features for Alsop, Finch and Zogolovitch
Fancy dress shops are being severely tested in the run up to the London Festival of Architecture, Boots learns
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ReviewShanghai Expo 2010
Consumerism and environmental concerns make awkward bedfellows at China’s Shanghai Expo
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ReviewBuilding a Library 15: Experiencing Architecture by Steen Eiler Rasmussen
Robert Harbison picks 50 books that should feature in any architectural library
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Opinion
Correction: 11 June 2010
Contrary to our story on page 2 last week, there is no current threat of redundancies at Nightingale Associates following its sale to Canadian firm, IBI Group. BD would like to apologise for the error.
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FeaturesDot to Dot: 11 June 2010
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday June 16 for a chance to win a copy of Gentle Landmarks: Marks Barfield Architects.