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RIBA presidential candidates spar over climate and protection of function at hustings
11+ hour, 44+ min ago (118+ words) Building Design RIBA presidential candidates spar over climate and protection of function at hustings Voting opens next week Four candidates for the RIBA presidency set out their stalls this week at a hustings event dominated by discussion over protection of…...
Book review: Totems: Selected Essays on Architecture, by Ir'n'e Scalbert
17+ hour, 7+ min ago (136+ words) Building Design The depth of Scalbert's architectural knowledge and his minimalistic style of prose are evident throughout this sensitive, resonant collection of writing, writes Ben Tosland Ir'n'e Scalbert writes with clarity about buildings and cities. Taking a non-ideological stance, he…...
Studio Egret West submits plans to replace docklands Thai restaurant with 16-storey aparthotel
12+ hour, 8+ min ago (121+ words) Building Design Studio Egret West submits plans to replace docklands Thai restaurant with 16-storey aparthotel The 234-room scheme will include a greenhouse, communal kitchen and flexible events spaces Studio Egret West has submitted plans to knock down a Thai restaurant…...
How heritage can shape the future of new communities
1+ day, 17+ hour ago (849+ words) A former RAF airbase in Oxfordshire lies at the heart of a unique and exciting new residential neighbourhood, writes Harrison Symonds Source: Proctor & Matthews Architects and Minmud An illustrative CGI aerial view from the west of the proposed development at…...
Fosters" Sainsbury Centre set for revamp after "90m donation
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (93+ words) Building Design Fosters" Sainsbury Centre set for revamp after "90m donation Source: Foster + Partners Money from Sainsbury family will enable upgrades to building"s envelope and environmental systems The art museum, located at the University of East Anglia (UEA) campus in…...
A good architect should be a polymath more than a specialist
2+ day, 17+ hour ago (586+ words) If we lose our wider intellectual curiosity, we loss the essence of what it is to be in this profession, Eleanor Jolliffe writes Eleanor Jolliffe is apractising architect and co-author of Architect: The Evolving Story of a Professionand Royal Festival…...
Towards audio inclusivity " how to make spaces that work better for people who are sensitive to noise
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (572+ words) To mark the launch of a new audio-inclusive certification scheme for buildings, we talked to one of its backers, Ben Hancock, managing director of Oscar Acoustics, to learn more about how designers can make spaces more accessible to those who…...
French lessons: learning about timber construction " and dreaming big " from Thomas Coldefy
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (1047+ words) When I met French architect Thomas Coldefy I planned for us to discuss what the UK can learn from France about building with wood " and we did " but we also got distracted discussing some of his practice's rather wonderful imaginative…...
In pictures: timber and transparency combine in Ten Berke's Kathleen Mc Cartney Hall for Smith College
4+ day, 4+ hour ago (361+ words) On all-women Smith College's campus in Northampton, Massachusetts, Ten Berke has designed a new home for institutions that reflect the college's commitment to women's leadership Named for a former college president, the hall is perched on a hillside overlooking Paradise…...
Chipperfield working on plans to replace Deutsche Bank's former City HQ with 22-storey office tower
4+ day, 12+ hour ago (127+ words) Building Design Chipperfield working on plans to replace Deutsche Bank's former City HQ with 22-storey office tower Scheme to be practice's first high-rise project in the Square Mile David Chipperfield Architects is working on plans to demolish the former headquarters…...