Kevin McCloud’s own ‘grand design’ in chaos
8 August 2008
TV presenter replaces Wright & Wright with practice ready to work weekends for no money
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Kevin McCloud’s own ‘grand design’ in chaos
Blears nixes KPF’s Smithfield General Market redevelopment
7 August, 2008
Communities secretary Hazel Blears has vetoed plans by Kohn Pederson Fox to demolish a set of Victorian red brick buildings at the western edge of the historic Smithfield meat market in Farringdon, central London.
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Starting gun sounds for Athletes’ Village
8 August 2008
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Brits shortlisted in under-50 awards
8 August 2008
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Saga of Barbican office block stalls
8 August 2008
Picture of the Day
Fletcher Priest Stratford mall enters planning process
7 August, 2008
Designs for a 140,905sq m shopping centre to be sited between the international and regional train stations near the Olympic Village in Stratford, east London, have been submitted for planning approval.
Editor's Choice
Ken blasts Boris for ditching 100 Public Spaces programme
1 August, 2008
Former mayor of London Ken Livingstone has launched a stinging attack on his successor Boris Johnson, accusing him of cost cutting and “hypocrisy” following BD’s revelation that he has axed the 100 Public Spaces programme.
Dunster’s ZedFactory reveals plans for luxury Bath eco-home
01 August 2008
Bill Dunster’s ZedFactory has unveiled plans for a luxury eco-home in an area of outstanding natural beauty outside Bath.
Rescue Robin Hood Gardens
Robinson attacks EH claims on liveability
8 August 2008
Housing expert hits out at argument that estate ‘fails as a place to live’
Comment
We need to talk about Kevin
8 August 2008
Kevin McCloud is right to want to raise the standard of housebuilding, but first he must learn how to be a good developer
When the fall guy is a very tall guy
8 August 2008
As soon as a crime’s gone down, the TV cameras turn on an innocent tower block...
Buildings
Dixon Jones Architects’s perfect pitch at King’s Place
01 August 2008
Two new major concert venues live in harmony with The Guardian’s new headquarters at Dixon Jones’ Kings Place building in King’s Cross
Technical
Studio E’s Woodside Leisure Centre
01 August 2008
Cathy Strongman talks to architect Studio E and Max Fordham Consulting Engineers about the sustainable services solutions they choose for Watford’s Woodside Leisure Centre
Are fuel cells the future of heating?
01 August 2008
Pamela Buxton looks at planned London office projects by SOM and Wilkinson Eyre that will use this sustainable method of generating heat and power
Reviews
Hadrian’s purple patch
8 August 2008
As the British Museum stages a major exhibition on the Roman emperor Hadrian, Hugh Aldersey-Williams takes a tour round his imperial villa at Tivoli and talks to architects about its lasting influence
Sert in thrall to the makeover
8 August 2008
A new book by Eric Mumford & Hashim Sarkis tells how Josep Lluís Sert was a little too in love with ordering the city, says Thomas Muirhead
Heterotopia
Dot to dot results: August 1
8 August 2008
Last week’s winner was Heather Roockley of Gelder & Kitchen in Richmond, Yorkshire, who identified Le Corbusier’s Unité D’Habitation.
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Carey Jones in retrospective (video)
Carey Jones in retrospective (video)
7 August, 2008
Carey Jones celebrated its 20th anniversary with this retrospective swoop through some of its biggest projects.
More miscellany including Dot to Dot, readers' ads and From the Archive
Student Space
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BD's Class of 2008 is going places
BD's Class of 2008 is going places
8 August 2008
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...
Newcastle architecture students take on the capital at Dreamspace Gallery
7 August, 2008
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.
Sustainability
Xtreme self-build: Scrap Heap Challenge meets Grand Designs
25 July, 2008
Making a shed-cum-spare room from reclaimed items: get together a team of mates, pop to a woodland to find a few unloved trees, nose around some skips or a disused railway. Bit of edible paint, bit of copper guttering. What could be easier?...
An open letter to the Oxford Conference
25 July, 2008
BDonline green columnists Jon Goodbun and Karin Jaschke step into the debate on architecture, sustainability and education in an open missive to Oxford delegates
