All Features articles – Page 172
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FeaturesDot to Dot August 15
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday for a chance to win a copy of Redefining London: King’s Cross, Bloomsbury, Covent Garden, Holborn, Soho & Fitzrovia, edited by Andrew Mead.
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FeaturesBD's Class of 2008 is going places
From exotic spots such as Istanbul and Rome to more domestic locations such as Sheffield and Whitstable, the ambitions of BD’s five graduating diploma student award winners were scattered far and wide this year. Ellis Woodman, BD’s buildings editor, looks at what marked them out
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FeaturesNewcastle architecture students take on the capital at Dreamspace Gallery
Adrem’s Dreamspace Gallery near Old Street in central London is hosting an exhibition of work by graduating part II students from Newcastle University’s School of Architecture.
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FeaturesClass of 2008: Ross Perkin
Ross Perkin of the University of Edinburgh project explores ideas of porosity, allowing light to leak from the cinema spaces into the surrounding streets.
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FeaturesClass of 2008: Anna Page
Anna Page of London Metropolitan University chosen site was the ruins of the 1st century villa built by Emperor Hadrian outside Rome.
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FeaturesClass of 2008: Gurvir Tummana
Gurvir Tummana, of the University of Greenwich, scheme focuses on the regeneration of the working port of Whitstable, Kent.
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FeaturesClass of 2008: Peter Jennings
Peter Jennings of the University of Sheffield was commended for his project's contrast between highly refined components and its prevailing sense of austerity.
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FeaturesClass of 2008: Damjan Iliev
Damjan Iliev of the University of Westminster, impressed the judges with his immaculate computer renderings which gave a powerful sense of fluid spatiality.
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FeaturesYoung lion in waiting
In its tenth anniversary issue, BD celebrated the British architectural avant-garde and picked the cream of the crop — including a tyro Will Alsop, then only 34
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FeaturesRailing against the cult of retail
Allies & Morrison and Foreign Office Architects are set to redesign Euston and Birmingham New Street rail stations — but the developer’s need for a quick return on investment could trump good architecture
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FeaturesDot to Dot: August 8
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday August 13 for a chance to win a copy of Ant Farm: Allegorical Time Warp by Felicity D Scott.
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FeaturesThe Midas touch of the Olympics
In the race for gold, authoritarian governments in Beijing and London have overlooked the need for subtle planning in our cities
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FeaturesGone with the wind — and the waves
In the week that Weston-super-Mare’s Grand Pier was destroyed by fire, BD looks back at previous weather reports
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FeaturesShould I stay or should I go?
Value-engineering on my sustainable office scheme has removed all its passive energy and natural air circulation features. I’m furious, but am not sure whether to continue or pull out.
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FeaturesAre fuel cells the future of heating?
Pamela Buxton looks at planned London office projects by SOM and Wilkinson Eyre that will use this sustainable method of generating heat and power
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FeaturesMy contractor has just gone bust
My contractor has just become insolvent. Where does this leave me?
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FeaturesDot to Dot August 1
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday August 6 for a chance to win a copy of Informal Architectures: Space & Contemporary Culture by Anthony Kiendl.
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FeaturesRoof by Rheinzink
Rheinzink’s standing seam roof system lends itself to the double curving roof but can also be used at pitches as low as 3 degrees.