Building Design articles from June 2004

Building Design archives from June 2004

Libeskind's Dublin debut.(Daniel Libeskind )(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Daniel Libeskind has unveiled dramatic plans for a 2,000-seat performing arts centre in Dublin, his first project in the city. The theatre, at Grand Canal Square, is the centrepiece of a 316 million [pounds sterling] retail and commercial...

Clissold faces bulldozers.
June 4, 2004... The troubled Clissold Leisure Centre could be demolished by the end of the year, Hackney council has said. The east London local authority and client for the scheme told BD it would demolish the 32 million [pounds sterling] centre, which...

Cabe rejects work by own design chairman: RHWL/make project 'fails in its architecture'.(News)
June 4, 2004... Cabe has lambasted a project worked on by the chairman of its own design review committee, Ken Shuttleworth. In an ironic twist, the design watchdog's review committee launched an attack on a proposed landmark tower near Waterloo station by...

King's Cross seeks approval.(News)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... One of Europe's largest regeneration projects, for London's King's Cross, masterplanned by Allies & Morrison and Porphyrios Associates, has finally been submitted for planning. The scheme, submitted by developer Argent St George, is for a...

Terminal architect faces jail.(News)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Paul Andreu, the French architect who designed the Charles de Gaulle airport terminal that collapsed last month, faces a maximum of three years in prison if found to have been reckless or negligent during the project. Since the structure...

BD awards.(News)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... BD has launched a new awards scheme called the Architect of the Year Awards. We have been asked to make it clear that, although the format of the entry panels is similar, this awards scheme is in no way connected with the Housing Design Awards....

Foster & Partners' 135m steel arch for the new Wembley stadium has started to be winched into place.(Hit and miss)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Foster & Partners' 135m steel arch for the new Wembley stadium has started to be winched into place (pictured). The arch will take six weeks to rise into position.

Letting agents are in talks with possible tenants for Grimshaw's unbuilt Minerva Tower in the City of London.(Hit and miss)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Letting agents are in talks with possible tenants for Grimshaw's unbuilt Minerva Tower in the City of London. The 92,900sq m tower has reportedly attracted the interest of insurance firm Aon.

Wilkinson Eyre's 197m-long bridge at Gatwick Airport, designed in conjunction with Arup, has opened.(Hit and miss)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Wilkinson Eyre's 197m-long bridge at Gatwick Airport, designed in conjunction with Arup, has opened. Large enough for a Boeing 747 to pass under it, it is one of only two footbridges in the world to cross an active airfield. The other is at...

Santiago Calatrava is confident the landmark roof to Athens' centrepiece Olympic stadium will be ready in time.(Hit and miss)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Santiago Calatrava is confident the landmark roof to Athens' centrepiece Olympic stadium will be ready in time. "I'm sure that we will deliver to Greece in time for the games," he told Associated Press.

Atkins has been revealed as the architect of a 200 million [pounds sterling] replica English town in Songjiang, China, complete with a medieval town square and including Tudor, Victorian and Georgian styles.(Hit and miss)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Atkins has been revealed as the architect of a 200 million [pounds sterling] replica English town in Songjiang, China, complete with a medieval town square and including Tudor, Victorian and Georgian styles. After a separate trip to China,...

The simmering row between Ground Zero architect Daniel Libeskind and developer Larry Silverstein has erupted again.(People)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... The simmering row between Ground Zero architect Daniel Libeskind and developer Larry Silverstein has erupted again. The New York Post said Libeskind was demanding a $1 million "genius fee" for his work on the Freedom Tower. Libeskind's lawyer...

Zaha Hadid was officially awarded the Pritzker Prize in St Petersburg, Russia, this week.(People)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Zaha Hadid was officially awarded the Pritzker Prize in St Petersburg, Russia, this week. Hadid is the first woman to win the architecture prize.

Robert Adam is offering a 1,500 [pounds sterling] travel scholarship for a student to travel outside the British Isles to study urban design and traditional architecture.(People)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Robert Adam (pictured) is offering a 1,500 [pounds sterling] travel scholarship for a student to travel outside the British Isles to study urban design and traditional architecture. Supported by RIBA president George Ferguson and historian Dan...

Rebel Arb board member and RIBA presidential candidate Ian Salisbury has called for Arb chief executive Robin Vaughan and Arb chairman Humphrey Lloyd to resign.(Power play)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Rebel Arb board member and RIBA presidential candidate Ian Salisbury has called for Arb chief executive Robin Vaughan and Arb chairman Humphrey Lloyd to resign. In a campaign speech, he called on them to "pack their bags and go" over his claims...

Will Hutton, head of think-tank Work Foundation.(Power play)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Will Hutton, head of think-tank Work Foundation, has backed calls for a windfall tax to be levied on landowners who benefit from huge increases in land values.

The Barker Review's recommendation to build 1.4 million homes in the next 10 years would hit government plans to reduce carbon emissions and lead to a huge loss of greenbelt.(Power play)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... The Barker Review's recommendation to build 1.4 million homes in the next 10 years would hit government plans to reduce carbon emissions and lead to a huge loss of greenbelt, warned the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs.

The Campaign to Protect Rural England.(Power play)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... The Campaign to Protect Rural England has demanded a halt to greenfield development in the Thames Gateway.

New York deal one in the Eye: London Eye architect Marks Barfield attacks partner for reneging on 'verbal agreement' for Big Apple wheel.(News)(Marks Barfield Architects, Tussauds Group Ltd., British Airways PLC)
June 4, 2004... Marks Barfield Architects has been frozen out of plans to build a New York version of the London Eye by its own business partner, the architect has revealed. Husband-and-wife team David Marks and Julia Barfield created the design for the...

Welsh Assembly steeled for completion.(News)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Richard Rogers' new Welsh Assembly in Cardiff is finally starting to take shape, as this exclusive on-site photograph reveals. The first of six identical steel-framed vaults has been craned into place. The vaults, made from 421 tonnes of...

Local vote may prove fatal for RRP library.(News)(Richard Rogers Partnership)
June 4, 2004... Richard Rogers Partnership's proposed Birmingham library could be scrapped if Conservatives gain overall control of the city, council in next week's local elections. The Conservatives' regeneration spokesman in Birmingham, Nigel Dawkins, told...

Fourth Grace redesign.(News)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Will Alsop has redesigned part of the Fourth Grace in Liverpool in response to concerns from planners that two residential blocks in the scheme would block views of the three existing Graces. BD revealed in February that concern had been...

Southwark hires.(Southwark Council )(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Southwark hires London's Southwark council has appointed John East as head of planning and transport. East has held senior planning roles at Richmond and Brent councils, and was principal planner at Southwark Council from 1986 to 1988....

Sheds on show.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Sheds on show Fat has designed one of a series of innovative sheds for the Victoria & Albert Museum's "The Other Flower Show". Fat's shed, called the Drip Shack, was put on show at the V&A last week with other sheds designed by the likes of...

On the waterfront.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... On the waterfront Assael Architecture has beaten Carey Jones, Marks Barfield, Ian Simpson and Stephenson Bell to design a mixed-use scheme at Globe Road, a 2ha waterfront site in Leeds centre.

Politicians blamed for Holyrood debacle: head of design team warned of spiralling costs, counsel tells inquiry.(News)(Holyrood Parliament building)
June 4, 2004... The responsibility of Holyrood's architects for spiralling costs has been played down by lawyers for the inquiry into the project. During a final summary of the evidence, counsel for the inquiry John Campbell blamed mismanagement by...

Put the Kettle on.(First Look)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Jamie Fobert Architects has won its first major public competition with designs for refurbishment and extension of the Kettle's Yard Gallery in Cambridge. The scheme would see exhibition space in a Victorian terrace refurbished and a...

Ferguson seeks China recognition pact.(News)(George Ferguson )(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... RIBA president George Ferguson is campaigning to win mutual professional recognition between British and Chinese architects. Ferguson has just returned from a 10-day visit to China to discuss the future of development in the country. ...

Circus skills.(Hurley Robertson & Associates )(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Circus skills Hurley Robertson & Associates has won planning permission for the restoration and extension of a grade II listed building in Finsbury Circus, London. The 45 million [pounds sterling] scheme will create 26,000sq m of office space...

Leeds grows up.(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Leeds grows up Aedas Architects' 80 million [pounds sterling] Bridgewater Place development in Leeds city centre has started on site. The 110m-high mixed-use building will be the tallest in the north of England when it is completed in two...

Roll credits.(Lee Boyd Architects)(Oliver Chapman)(Lee Boyd Architects )(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Roll credits Lee Boyd Architects has beaten Richard Murphy Architects and Oliver Chapman to redevelop all art deco cinema in Glasgow into flats and cafes around a central courtyard.

Lib Dems would sack Rogers: London mayor hopeful pledges shake-up of architectural advisers.(News)(Liberal Democrats, Richard George Rogers, Simon Hughes)
June 4, 2004... Richard Rogers would he dismissed as architectural adviser to the Mayor of London if Liberal Democrat candidate Simon Hughes were elected. Hughes has branded Rogers "exclusive" and said if elected he would consult a group of up-and-coming...

New Islington.(News)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... London-based practice Buckley Gray has completed three contemporary homes in Islington. The 1.26 million [pounds sterling] scheme, for developer Joel Field Properties, retained the outer walls of a 1930s warehouse building on the site. The...

Web Poll.(News)
June 4, 2004... Last week we asked: would you be willing to pay for pre-planning advice if it meant a better service? This week ask Is a vote for Labour, the Lib Dems in the local elections best for the built environment? Give your answer at...

Owusu project 'in jeopardy'.(News)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Elsie Owusu Architects is appealling against a British government decision to deny further funding for a new transport system it designed in Accra, Ghana. The 45 million [pounds sterling] project to create two bus routes, complete with...

Anger over tactics at Clifton inquiry.(News)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... A public inquiry into a visitor centre for Clifton Suspension Bridge in Bristol by Wilkinson Eyre concluded last week amid anger at the site owner's tactics. Objectors protested that the owner submitted significant revisions to the scheme...

EH faces pay strike.(News)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... English Heritage architects and officers are set to vote to strike mer pay within the month. Trade unions representing EH staff including architects, said a ballot was imminent unless it could reach agreement with the heritage body to...

Great West gateway.(News)(ESA Architects)(Billhold Enterprises)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... ESA Architects has won planning permission for a 10 million [pounds sterling] office building on the A4 Great West Road in west London. The 6,000sq m office, for Billhold Enterprises, has no start date. It will create a gateway into London with...

Housing architects face axe.
June 4, 2004... One of the only remaining collective housing associations in the country looks set to close its design department, making three architects redundant. Solon Wandsworth Housing Association was established by architects in south-west London...

Danish firm to bring beachlife to reading.(Henning Larsens Tegnestue )(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Danish practice Henning Larsens Tegnestue has unveiled plans for a new beach in Reading. The unusual idea is part of the Copenhagen-based practice's masterplan for Kennet Valley Park near Calcot. The developer, Prudential's property arm,...

London.(Spotcheck)
June 4, 2004... * Architect Nicholas Lacey is at the centre of a row between Thames barge-dwellers and residents of an adjacent block of luxury flats at Reeds Wharf near Tower Bridge. Southwark council last month refused the barge community planning permission...

Is Europe playing our tune? As UK contests continue to falter, practices are looking increasingly to design competitions in continental Europe and beyond. Damian Arnold speaks to three architects that have found greener pastures.(News Analysis)
June 4, 2004... If design competitions across Europe were entered into a Eurovision Song Contest-style showdown would Britain get nul points? If the last six months are anything to go by, Britain would probably end the night languishing in the doldrums with...

High drama in the north: Piers Gough finds skinny living rooms and Hollywood style in two towers.(Peer Pressure)(Stephenson Bell, Northern Light residential tower)
June 4, 2004... Stephenson Bell's Northern Light residential tower in Newcastle is on a site to the east of the city on the first bend downriver. A marker in the valley makes sense here, (closer into the bridges it might destroy the drama of buildings climbing...

George Ferguson.(Talkbox)(Royal Institute of British Architects )(Interview)
June 4, 2004... George Ferguson The RIBA president visited China last week leading a delegation of UK and US architects. The group, which included RIBA USA chairman Tim Clark and architect Angela Brady, visited Beijing and Zhengzhou to discuss the future of...

RIBA presidency: a two-horse race?(Comment)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
June 4, 2004... The presidential hustings at Portland Place on May 27 gave a good feel for the choice of candidate being offered. After a time it became clear that only two, Jack Pringle and Ian Salisbury, have a firm grasp of the seriousness of the threat to...

Pringle matchless.(Comment)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
June 4, 2004... In the race for the presidency, no other candidate can match Jack Pringle for breadth of experience across the RIBA spectrum. He has been prominent in issues that will dominate the next presidency, such as PFI, a fair deal for small practices,...

Charlie's angle.(Comment)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
June 4, 2004... Just a note to say how good your article on the Prince Charles 20th "anniversary" was (Special report May 28)--much better than some of the other stuff that's been published on this subject recently. Just for the record, I'd like to...

New world vision.(Comment)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
June 4, 2004... In the light of a report on race in architectural education, which found that many students from ethnic minorities feel alienated at architecture schools, you rightly (Editorial May 21) argue that one necessary step is to "introduce...

The ruling elite.(Comment)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
June 4, 2004... As a black student I have never experienced direct discrimination from individuals or even racist tendencies (BD May, 21). What I do find, however, is that the architectural profession in general is elitist in its outlook. This is evident in...

Ignored resource.(Comment)(Brief Article)(Letter to the Editor)
June 4, 2004... Cabe's disappointing findings in its study of race are sobering. Why should a profession that celebrates originality, creativity and difference in its buildings and products be so poor at encouraging this richness in its people? All...

Applauding Schosa.(Comment)(Letter to the Editor)
June 4, 2004... We write to clarify Archaos's position regarding the declaration on education by the Standing Conference of Heads of Schools of Architecture (News and Editorial May 14). The current system of education has great failings, which will be...

Stone age methods.(Comment)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... What do some architects find so attractive about gabions (News May 21)? * Gabions plus wire cutters equal a heap of stones plus nasty sharp wires. * Gabions plus rust equal a heap of stones plus a nasty rusty sharp wires. *...

Brighton breach.(Comment)(Correction Notice)
June 4, 2004... While it is true that Brighton's part II received a minor condition from the RIBA in November, the context in which it appeared in BD (New's May 14) was perhaps misleading. For information, Brighton has recently achieved prescription from Arb...

Poach scrambled.(Comment)(Letter to the Editor)
June 4, 2004... Your article, "Manchester firm poaches Piccadilly job" (News May 21) is misleading on three counts: 1) Stephenson Bell has not "poached" the project from us. We completed our work for Bruntwood earlier this year--a feasibility study on the...

Take the blame as well as the plaudits.(architectural failures)
June 4, 2004... If contemporary architecture came with a money-back guarantee, you would find my friend Cassie first in the queue for a retired. Cassie would normally be a cheerleader for all that is good about cutting-edge architecture. Wow factor, delight,...

Changing times and a new attitude.(In Practice)
June 4, 2004... On my first day at architecture school, the new cohort gathered in their unfamiliar studio to attend the introduction delivered by our year master. An air of apprehension was evident as us freshers listened attentively to gain our first insight...

Access denied.(Concrete Boost)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... We don't just report the news--sometimes we make it. The banning of our Scottish correspondent Peter Wilson from the media tour of Holyrood reached the chamber of the Scottish Parliament, and the news and leader pages of the Scotsman. MSP...

Own goal for FA.(Concrete Boost)(Football Association)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Great excitement this week when it seemed the enormous arch at the new Wembley Stadium had finally been heaved into position. An image on the Football Association's web site, with the headline "Big arch lift begins", showed the arch at a 45...

Tell it like it is.(Concrete Boost)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... New architectural terms could be seeping into common usage. Our own Inn Martin's web site www.spa.uk.net/lexicon.htm lists Designosaur, an architect who uses a drawing board instead of a computer: Designosaurus Rex, a member of the royal family...

Singled out.(Concrete Boost)
June 4, 2004... Meanwhile, Tory candidate Steve Norris wins the prize for best quip at last week's London mayoral debate on architecture. When Ken Livingstone mentioned his re-entry into the Labour fold, Norris swiftly congratulated the mayor for being "the...

It doesn't add up.(Concrete Boost)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... Unfortunately, many members of the audience found the candidates' agreement on issues such as the Thames Gateway, the green belt and skyscrapers unconvincing. A heckler shouted: "You're not all supposed to agree--there's an election in 20...

Ordinary world: Malcolm Fraser's bid to improve 'ordinary' housing in Bo'ness, Scotland is a success, writes Peter Wilson. But as the UK's suburban population grows by 100,000 a year, will other acclaimed architects follow suit?(Works)
June 4, 2004... Cursory inspection of most new suburban housing developments suggests that good contemporary design is some way down housebuilders' sales and marketing departments' list of "kerb appeal" items. So when a project comes along with considerable...

Fountain on the Nikolaikirchhof Leipzig, Germany Architect: David Chipperfield Architects.(In Detail)
June 4, 2004... The Nikolaikirchhof is a public space with historical significance both in the medieval structure of Leipzig and in the events leading up to the re-unification of Germany. It is paved with artificial cobbles made in the late 19th century...

An open door policy: ironmongery company Ize asked designers to create a stylish range of bespoke door handles and British architecture's finest have come knocking.
June 4, 2004... Clunk, clunk. One by one Edwin Heathcote, architect, Financial Times architecture critic and co-director of lz6, an ironmongery company, gingerly pulls out door handles, levers and knobs of bronze and stainless steel from his canvas bag and...

Portraits of American spaces: is architecture at the heart of Tate Modern's Edward Hopper exhibition?(Culture: books exhibitions events)
June 4, 2004... Perhaps because Edward Hopper (1882-1967) said and wrote little about his own work, it is his early description of fellow artist Charles Birchfield's work that has coloured many perceptions of his output. In 1928 he wrote of Birchfield's...

Selector.(Advertisement)
June 4, 2004... Exhibition Art in a variety of media inspired by the urban built environment, by Nathan Coley. Until July 18, The Fruitmarket Gallery, 45 Market Street, Edinburgh (0131 225 2383; www.fruitmarket.co.uk). Exhibition It's that time...

Surveyor of England: Bridget Cherry on an exploration of Pevsner's intellectual background.(Reassessing Nikolaus Pevsner)(Book Review)
June 4, 2004... The new hook Reassessing Nikolaus Pevsner is the outcome of a conference hem at Birkbeck College in 2002 to celebrate the centenary of Pevsner's birth. Skilfully edited and refreshingly free from anecdotal trivia, this collection of 12 essays...

On the bookshelf.(Hideaways: Cabins, Huts and Tree House Escapes; A-Frame; Liverpool City Guide; Floor Plan Manual: Housing; Minimalist Design)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
June 4, 2004... Hideaways: Cabins, Huts and Tree House Escapes, by Sonya Faure. Flammarion, HB, 168pp. 18 [pounds sterling]. Collection of an array of places to escape to, ranging from grand follies to humble garden huts from around the world (pictured)....

Roger Stephenson.(Radar)(Director of Architect: Stephenson Bell)(Brief Article)(Biography)
June 4, 2004... Books I only read novels while travelling or on holiday. I was very impressed with Dead Air by Iain Banks. I like biographies, particularly architectural ones. Brendan Gill's Many Masks: a Life of Frank Lloyd Wright is a fantastic story. I'm...

We have to cut the session short, as it's karaoke night and we can't hear ourselves tank-think.(Design of Leisure Centre)(Biography)
June 4, 2004... Monday I've been approached to design a Baghdad Eye. Iraqi entertainment consortium Two Swords has already done a feasibility study. It recommends running the wheel horizontally, like a big roundabout, and keeping it within the Coalition...

The Charettes.(Interior Design of Pubs)(Brief Article)
June 4, 2004... BOO! RUBBISH! THEY HAVEN'T EVEN GOT THE BASICS RIGHT. BOO! I COULD DO BETTER MYSELF! THOSE FOOTBALL FANS OVER THERE ARE VERY NOISY YEAH, I HATE HAVING TVS IN PUBS LET'S HOPE THEY DON'T FINS OUT WE'RE ARCHITECTS! LOOK AT THE...

Cabe boss could quit after audit.(Commission for Architecture & the Built Environment)(Stuart Lipton planning to resign)
June 11, 2004... Stuart Lipton is expected to stand down as chairman of the Commission for Architecture & the Built Environment after independent auditors report on potential conflicts of interest at Cabe next week. The audit scrutinises Lipton's role as a...

Make way for the Vortex.(Ken Shuttleworth contracts of building the tower)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2004... BD can exclusively reveal the first eagerly awaited project to emerge from Make, the office of former Foster's partner Ken Shuttleworth. The man behind the Swiss Re tower in the City of London is planning to return to his old stomping ground...

On the waterfront.(News)(Wilkinson Eyre Architects)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2004... Wilkinson Eyre Architects has released images of its landmark designs for Liverpool's Kings Waterfront as part of a new public exhibition. The scheme, part of a masterplan by Edaw for an area adjacent to the Albert Docks, includes a 10,000-seat...

Architects used as 'cash cows': planning fees siphoned off to avoid council tax rises.(News)
June 11, 2004... Concern is mounting that architects and developers will be used as "cash cows" by local authorities using new planning fees to avoid rises in council tax. This month, Westminster City Council, the busiest planning authority in the country,...

Rouse rejects radical social housing.(News)(Housing Corporation)(Jon Rouse)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2004... The new chief executive of the Housing Corporation, Jon Rouse, has played down the role of radical design innovation in new affordable housing. Rouse told BD this week that the private sector might be the place to explore major...

A Russian developer has hired Zaha Hadid to design a $180 million housing complex in Moscow.(Hit and miss)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2004... A Russian developer has hired Zaha Hadid to design a $180 million housing complex in Moscow. Near the city's embankment, the scheme will be Hadid's first building in Russia.

Richard Rogers Partnership's masterplan to regenerate 500,000sq m of brownfield land around the new Wembley Stadium in north-west London has won outline planning consent.(Hit and miss)(Richard Rogers Partnership Ltd.)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2004... Richard Rogers Partnership's masterplan to regenerate 500,000sq TO of brownfield land around the new Wembley Stadium (pictured) in north-west London has won outline planning consent. The masterplan includes 3,700 homes. [ILLUSTRATION...

Meanwhile, Rogers' Lloyd's insurance building in the City of London was reported this week to have alkali silica reaction, or "concrete cancer".(Hit and miss)(Deka)(Shelbourne Developments)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2004... Meanwhile, Rogers' Lloyd's insurance building in the City of London was reported this week to have alkali silica reaction, or "concrete cancer". The 240 million [pounds sterling] sale of the building by investment firm Deka to Shelbourne...

Pioneering modernist Oscar Niemeyer aged 96.(People)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2004... Pioneering modernist Oscar Niemeyer (pictured) aged 96, has picked up the 75,000 [pounds sterling] Japanese Praemium Imperiale award for architecture. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED]

Port Vendres, a small town in south-west France, has taken former resident Charles Rennie Mackintosh to its heart by hosting a major exhibition of his work.(People)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2004... Port Vendres, a small town in south-west France, has taken former resident Charles Rennie Mackintosh to its heart by hosting a major exhibition of his work. A local vineyard is even launching a Mackintosh wine. If the festival is a success a...

Architect Laurie Chetwood has commissioned Mori to survey public attitudes to contemporary architecture.(People)
June 11, 2004... Architect Laurie Chetwood has commissioned Mori to survey public attitudes to contemporary architecture. The results will be published later in the month.

A film about the life of Louis Khan is set to go on general release in the UK on August 13.(People)(Brief Article)(Obituary)
June 11, 2004... A film about the life of Louis Khan is set to go on general release in the UK on August 13. My Architect traces the five-year global journey of Khan's illegitimate son, Nathaniel, to understand Khan, who died in 1974.

Finger nails could be bitten away this Sunday when England take on France in one of Euro 2004's opening games at the HOK Sport-designed Estadio da Luz in Lisbon.(People)(Brief Article)
June 11, 2004... Finger nails could be bitten away this Sunday when England take on France in one of Euro 2004's opening games at the HOK Sport-designed Estadio da Luz in Lisbon. Director Rod Sheard talks about the future of stadium design (page 10).