New images of RSHP’s sports centre revealed
5 September, 2008
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ Chelsea Barracks scheme will include a £40 million community sports centre, it has emerged.
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New images of RSHP’s sports centre revealed
Foster loses £15m on record revenue
05 September 2008
Foster & Partners suffered a £15 million loss last year despite experiencing a record-breaking boost in revenue.
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Cost-cutting fears over Zaha's Glasgow museum
05 September 2008
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Big names lined up for Biennale talks
05 September 2008
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Architecture degrees leap in popularity
05 September 2008
Picture of the Day
Wexford Opera House makes its debut
05 September 2008
The Office of Public Works Architects with Keith Williams Architects' new Wexford Opera House officially opens today.
Rescue Robin Hood Gardens
Editor's Choice
New 2012 Olympic stadium images
4 September, 2008
HOK Sport's design for the 2012 Olympic stadium has passed a fresh hurdle after being granted second stage reserved matters planning permission last week.
Adam hails start of a classical revolution (video)
4 September, 2008
Traditional architecture prospers as New Palladians exhibition launches
Comment
Are architecture schools turning into factory farms?
05 September 2008
The uniform teaching programme of many schools will create “tasteless chickens”, says Tim Ronalds; while Richard Hayward argues that schools remain almost entirely free-range
Please ditch the mudslinging
05 September 2008
Don’t let this autumn’s Le Corbusier and Palladio shows be used to settle old scores
Buildings
Cocoon phase
05 September 2008
The second phase of the Natural History Museum’s Darwin Centre takes a startling approach to the storage of the insect specimen collection, writes Tony McIntyre
Technical
Reach for the sky
05 September 2008
Richard Murphy Architects is masterplanning Edinburgh’s Haymarket and has designed a 17-storey hotel on the site which last week provoked Unesco to call for a halt to construction. Here director Richard Murphy defends the project
Architecture Ensemble remakes St Anne’s Garden, Soho
29 August 2008
Catherine Croft discovers how Architecture Ensemble turned a neglected central London churchyard into a thriving, art-filled community resource
Reviews
What’s on this Autumn
05 September 2008
Autumn is always the busiest time of year for cultural events, so Liz Bury has picked out the best. From Cold War propaganda to high-wire daring, it’s time to find a window in your diary
Growing crystals from architecture
29 August 2008
Catherine Croft talks to artist Roger Hiorns about Seizure, his project to transform a condemned council flat with copper sulphate
Heterotopia
Dot to dot results: August 29
05 September 2008
Last week’s competition winner was John G Ellis of Urban Design Solomon ETC in San Francisco, who identified Louis Kahn's Kimbell Art Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas.
Dot to Dot September 5
05 September 2008
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday September 10 for a chance to win a copy of How to be a Happy Architect by Bauman Lyons Architects.
More miscellany including Dot to Dot, readers' ads and From the Archive
Student Space
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Architecture degrees leap in popularity
Architecture degrees leap in popularity
05 September 2008
The annual number of students applying to study architecture has jumped by almost 10,000 in the past four years, making architecture degrees more popular than ever.
Class of 2007: Where are they now?
19 August, 2008
Every year BD holds its 'Class of' awards to identify the brightest upcoming architectural talent. With 2008's winners unveiled, Emily Cadman looks up a few of last year's winners to see how they've fared.
Sustainability
Sustainable hub for 1,600 St Albans students
4 September, 2008
The structure features ground source heat pumps and an equine centre
Thrice-recycled dome will host visitors to science first
3 September, 2008
Globe will be host to 'world's greatest physics experiment'
