Building Design articles from March 2004

Building Design archives from March 2004

One vision for new Europe: huge research projects to improve design in new member states as EU gives go-ahead to European Technology Platform.
March 5, 2004... Brussels is plotting a single pan-European vision of the future of architecture in an expanded European Union, BD can reveal. The European Commission last week gave the green light to the formation of a well-funded technology research body...

Designs for a 115m, 35-storey tower by Squire & Partners and a neighbouring tower by Bennetts Associates in Islington were unveiled this week.(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Designs for a 115m, 35-storey tower by Squire & Partners and a neighbouring tower by Bennetts Associates in Islington were unveiled this week. They form part of a Bennetts Associates masterplan for the City...

Second Clissold legal claim to focus entirely on design.(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... Hackney council is preparing a second legal claim over the troubled Clissold Leisure Centre in north London which will focus solely on the building's design problems. As BD went to press, details of the legal claim were scant, but Hackney...

Workers hit out at office design: survey finds staff are depressed and uninspired by workplace.(News)
March 5, 2004... A major new" survey has found that office workers feel the design of their workplace is depressing, uninspiring and oppressive. The survey discovered that almost a third of office workers found the exterior design of their workplace...

Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has reduced the height of its proposed residential tower in London's Docklands by 31m to 131m, in response to local opposition.(News)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: Skidmore Owings & Merrill has reduced the height of its proposed residential tower in London's Docklands by 31m to 131m, in response to local opposition. Redevelopment of the 2.74 ha London Arena site in...

Rogers' design clause stuck in government 'red tape'.(News)
March 5, 2004... The government has still not bowed to pressure from Richard Rogers to amend the forthcoming Planning Bill and place greater emphasis on design. The RIBA has been campaigning to include safeguards in the bill to prevent the practice of...

Insurers to have say on Thames Gateway.(News)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... The government is preparing to make concessions to British insurers after they warned that they will not insure up to 120,000 homes planned in London's Thames Gateway because of the flood risk. Insurers have raised doubts that they have the...

Holyrood had 15,000 changes.(News)(Holyrood contractor Bovis)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... The Scottish Parliament building has had more than 15,000 design changes since the start of construction in 1999, it emerged this week. Alan Mack, project director of Holyrood contractor Bovis, also said he could not guarantee the 430...

Fund axe looms over Yorks 'Renaissance'.(News)
March 5, 2004... Iconic plans by figures such as Will Alsop, Jan Gehl and Koetter Kim to regenerate more than 20 Yorkshire towns could be axed as part of a review of local funding priorities, BD has learned. Regional development agency Yorkshire Forward's...

RRP Birmingham library in balance.(News)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... Richard Rogers' vision for a new library in Birmingham was drawn into a political row this week as a leading figure in the council cast doubt on the project and the city's Tory leader said he would scrap the library if he wins the local...

World-renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava this week unveiled plans for a 255m-high residential tower on Manhattan's East River waterfront, near the World Trade Centre site.(News)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: World-renowned Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava this week unveiled plans for a 255m-high residential tower on Manhattan's East River waterfront, near the World Trade Centre site. The scheme, being...

RCA ellipse cladding doubts.(News)(Royal College of Art)(Grimshaw)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... Grimshaw has been ordered to do further work oil its 27 million [pounds sterling] elliptical extension of the Royal College of Art after Westminster council voiced doubts over its zinc cladding. Changes to the roof, north elevation and main...

Hutchinson energy talk.(News)(Royal Institute of British Architects)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... Broadcaster and former RIBA president Maxwell Hutchinson is to lead a debate on the UK's challenging energy targets. The debate will take place on the first day of Resourceo4, an exhibition of renewable and innovative energy-efficiency...

Catherine Cooke 1942-2004.(News)(Obituary)
March 5, 2004... The death last month in a car crash of Catherine Cooke, at the age of 61, robs the profession of a distinguished scholar and a vivacious, provocative character of great warmth and generosity, writes Twentieth Century director Catherine Croft....

Thames Gateway masterplan is 'dull'.(News)
March 5, 2004... A huge 2 billion [pounds sterling] masterplan for a key Thames Gateway site has been criticised by an all-star panel of international architects for being "very dull" and lacking imagination or ambition. The London Development Agency's...

Rick Mather Associates' 2.6 million [pounds sterling] Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, west London, has been completed.(News)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... Rick Mather Associates' 2.6 million [pounds sterling] Lyric Theatre Hammersmith, west London, has been completed. The scheme links into the newly landscaped Lyric Square and includes a glass-fronted entrance foyer as well as a cafe and box...

Green light for DLR extension.(News)(Docklands Light Railway)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... The government has given the go-ahead tot an extension to London's Docklands Light Railway. The 150 million [pounds sterling] project will extend the DLR east of London City Airport, going under the River Thames to Woolwich, south-east London....

RIBA adds non-exec.(News)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... The RIBA has appointed a leading financial expert as a non-executive board director, but has denied that the appointment has anything to do with the "big financial challenge" the institute faces over a 5.5 million [pounds sterling] shortfall in...

Undergraduate award.(News)
March 5, 2004... Corus is inviting entries for its 16th Undergraduate Architects Award. This year's award calls on students to tackle questions of transport, community, accessibility and sustainability on pedestrianised streets, The competition is based around...

Public building award.(News)
March 5, 2004... Cabe this week called for nominations for the Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award. The award, to be presented in October, is for buildings completed between January 1, 2003, and January 1, 2004, that were commissioned by central or...

Rivington Brunel win.(News)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... Rivington Street Studio has been hired by Brunel University as framework architect for projects at its Uxbridge Campus in north-west London as the client continues to implement a 100 million [pounds sterling] masterplan.

7m [pounds sterling] daycare plan.(News)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... Norman & Dawbarn has submitted a detailed planning application for a 7 million [pounds sterling] 3,000sq m daycare centre for the over-50s. The scheme for Guildford Borough Council also includes 14 residential units.

Wood Awards launch.(News)
March 5, 2004... Architects and designers are invited to enter the Wood Awards 2004. The awards are for the production, installation or commissioning of outstanding timber-based designs created between May 2003 and May 2004. The presentation will take place at...

RIBA in 'inept' contest blunder.(News)
March 5, 2004... Architects in Cambridgeshire were left lost and bemused after a clerical gaffe by the RIBA Competitions Office for the high-profile Landmark East design contest sent them to the wrong address. One architect who was left confused and angry...

British practices still in line for Iraq contracts.(News)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... The head of the government's Iraq Industry Working Group (IIWG) has rejected claims that government lobbying has failed British architects competing to win reconstruction work in Iraq. IIWG chairman Tony Allun said he remained "guardedly...

McAslan replans Somerset House.(News)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... John McAslan & Partners is working up ideas to "unlock the potential" of London's Somerset House. Its soon-to-be-completed study will recommend alternative uses for the east wing of the Regency-style building currently occupied by the...

London-based practice Weston Williamson has won Urban Splash's RIBA-run international competition for a mixed-use scheme on the banks of the River Irwell in Salford, Greater Manchester.(News)
March 5, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Caption: London-based practice Weston Williamson has won Urban Splash's RIBA-run international competition for a mixed-use scheme on the banks of the River Irwell in Salford, Greater Manchester. Weston Williamson...

HOK Sport boosts team to meet Arsenal challenge.(News)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... HOK Sport has made a 12-fold increase in the number of staff delivering a new 60,000 seat stadium for Arsenal Football Club. Confirmation of 357 million [pounds sterling] of funding for the project has led project architect HOK to increase...

Don't let Gateway fever dwarf design.(Comment & Analysis)
March 5, 2004... The sense that the Thames Gateway is just a wild, untamed wasteland is part of a political plan to allow politicians to claim awesome powers of transformation once the first new housing estates are up. It might also be used as an excuse for...

A plea for play.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
March 5, 2004... I write in response to your recent series of articles on city academies (BD February 6). I am the landscape architect for both Feilden Clegg's new Bristol City Academy and Richard Rogers Partnership's Mossbourne Academy in Hackney, London....

Learning together.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
March 5, 2004... Ire-read with interest the article "Shame academy" and your leader (BD February 6) following the release of the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) exemplar designs last week. While there may be political agendas distorting the design and...

Appeals barrier.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
March 5, 2004... The concern over the increase in planning appeals resulting from local authorities' attempts to meet the government's targets for planning decisions to be decided within two months (News February 20) highlights a fundamental restriction in the...

Rethink gateway.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
March 5, 2004... Apropos the insurance problems with housing in the Thames Gateway (News February 13), surely a radical review of the whole Thames Gateway project is long overdue. Enshrined by both Tory and Labour regimes, this vast hyped up...

Timespam.(Comment & Analysis)
March 5, 2004... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 1994 Norman Foster discoves a useful tip on a skiing holiday. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2004 Environmentalist presents his vision of the future. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] 2084 All human cells fitted with...

We do need Arb.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
March 5, 2004... This is an edited version of an open letter to Ian Salisbury. I'm baffled in equal measure by the ferocity of your anti-Arb campaign, and by our colleagues' reactions to it. You clearly have gathered a substantial following, but this...

A cheaper way.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
March 5, 2004... Arb chief executive Robin Vaughan's comment that sending out Humphrey Lloyd's letter to 30,000 members at a cost of nearly 15,000 [pounds sterling] was seen by some as a "shattering waste of money" has a ring of truth (News February 27). ...

No money-man.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
March 5, 2004... I guess Karen Glaser (Comment & Analysis February 27) hasn't read Jon Rouse's MBA dissertation. If she had, she'd know that it isn't about finance. His dissertation--How do Profit-Generating Organisations Measure and Manage the Costs and...

Addendum.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
March 5, 2004... The government-funded goodpractice guide, Living Places: Caring for Quality (News February 27), was researched and written by a team at Bartlett School of Planning, UCL, under the direction of Matthew Carmona, with Leo Hammond, an urban...

Playing by the rules: the latest of our new columnists wrestlers with the twisted maths of government housing rules.(Comment & Analysis)
March 5, 2004... Britain is in the grip of a legalistic and administrative obsession that mistakes process for progress in urban development. In particular, the politically correct mind-bite of "affordable homes" is sucking everyone, architects included, into a...

Gateway goes Dutch.(Concrete Boots)(Thames Gateway, London, England)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... The Dutch have had their eye on the Thames Gateway for centuries--Samuel Pepys helped run the navy that drove their ships out of the estuary in the 17th century. The encroachment is a little more friendly this time, with firms such as West 8...

Beadle's not about.(Concrete Boots)(English Heritage)(David Beadle )(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... Heritage campaigners were this week asking if Beadle's about. But rather than looking over their shoulders for an annoying bearded prankster ready to expose them to the mirth of a prime-time TV audience, they were asking what had become of...

Banana split.(Concrete Boots)(Marks and Spencer PLC)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... Marks & Spencer director Vittorio Radice this week came up with an interesting architectural challenge when announcing a complete overhaul of 10 of the chain's stores. The man credited with transforming Selfridges by commissioning a string...

Flushing the cash.(Concrete Boots)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... The latest embarrassing detail to emerge from the train wreck of the new Scottish Parliament building is that each toilet in the new facility will cost more than 30,000 [pounds sterling]. The cost of the 92 toilets in the building has tripled...

A rising problem.(Concrete Boots)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... An amusing take on "megalomaniac male architects" by Guardian columnist Michele Hanson this week. Hanson accuses architects of rampantly building "a whole clump of monster dicks" across the country and not sparing a thought for the "poor...

Do the right thing: is architectural practice as much a test of moral scruples as aesthetics? Karen Glaser asks professionals how they deal with ethical issues.(Comment & Analysis)
March 5, 2004... In January, Piercy Conner Architects won a contest to design 8 million [pounds sterling] of social housing in east London, but before it could pop the champagne corks, the practice was snubbed by the client, who handed the job to second-placed...

Little feat: in a London suburb quickly becoming a hub of exciting new design, DSDHA has produced a nursery rich in architectural ideas, from the monumental to the intimate.(Building Study)
March 5, 2004... Deborah Saunt is struggling to give me directions. Frustratingly, Dagenham falls just outside the scope of her London A-Z. It is a situation that will surely be rectified in the next edition. This stretch of the capital's most easterly...

On the radar.(Culture)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... BOOKS My taste is for strange science fiction. I'd also recommend Ark Baby by Liz Jensen, which is about Charles Darwin. It deals with the past, but shows how his ideas can be projected to the near future. I find architectural books really...

Jagged edge: Jean Renaudie's daring designs were a pivotal chapter in the history of urban renewal. An exhibition at the AA looks at his major works, but gives little away about the man himself.(Culture)
March 5, 2004... Without doubt French architect Jean Renaudie's work was original and daring. His major projects in the years following the turmoil of 1968 combined a political commitment with a structuralist sensibility. A new exhibition at the...

Humanity gap: photographs in Scout Gallery's Built exhibition reflect our gaudy, eerie and sometimes sinister built environment.(Culture)
March 5, 2004... Crumbling Hong Kong factories, Las Vegas casinos, housing developments in Spain. The work of three photographers at Built, an exhibition at London's Scout Gallery, covers a disparate range of subjects. It could be a recipe for chaos, but...

Diary.(Calendar)
March 5, 2004... LECTURES TUESDAY * Archi(ject)ture: recycling, reconfiguring, rebuilding by David Adjaye. Venue Royal College of Art, Kensington Gore, London, 7pm. Ticket only. Details 0207590 4567 or e-mail archides@rca.ac.uk *...

Versacor's tough performance pulls through for Corus.(Profile Panels)
March 5, 2004... Corus is pleased to announce its right to provide Colorcoat Versacor[R], the high performance steel coating system used in harsh climates and conditions, throughout the majority of Europe and the Middle East. Following a recent High Court...

EverEdge made to measure.(Profile Panels)
March 5, 2004... In response to customer demand, a tougher and made to measure version permanent lawn edging system has been developed. EverEdge have produced Bespoke following demand for a deeper and customised version, especially for public areas where there...

Rectangular tile is new addition to H&R Johnson's aspects range.(Profile Panels)
March 5, 2004... H&R Johnson, the UK's largest manufacturer of ceramic tiles has launched within its Aspects collection a rectangular tile to offer up-to-the-minute chic for bathrooms and kitchens Both styles create a distinctive look for bathrooms and kitchens...

MR-24[TM] and Execa are the business for Northumbria University's new learning resource centre.(Profile Panels)
March 5, 2004... Innovative cladding and roofing systems manufactured by CA Building Products were widely used in the new 3 million [pounds sterling] Learning Resource Centre at the Carlisle campus of Northumbria University. The purpose designed centre...

New: Haf lockable window fastener.(Profile Panels)
March 5, 2004... With window security being of paramount importance, HAF has designed a lockable window fastener without compromising the aesthetics of the product. The Modis european fastener is manufactured in solid stainless steel and is suitable for opening...

Architectural cast stone from Lignacite Ltd.(Profile Panels)
March 5, 2004... Lignastone is a hand cast masonry material that closely resembles natural stone It is an extremely durable architectural gradual, manufactured to BS 1217, and is an affordable alternative to natural stone. Lignacite is hand cast using...

Armourcoat delivers a blend of quality and design to Tea Trade Wharf.(Profile Panels)
March 5, 2004... An unusual refurbishment project at a discussed tea warehouse in the Butler's Wharf Conservation Area, provides the stunning showcase for Armourcoat polished Plaster. Situated in one of London's most fashionable riverside locations, and...

Top awards for Stevensons of Norwich at Birmingham Bullring.(Profile Panels)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... The Plasterers Trophy, the plastering industry's top accolade, together with the Humber Silver Salver have both been awarded to Stevensons Of Norwich for their first class workmanship and accurate, even finish at the recently opened Birmingham...

New' Pod Lockers from OfficeSTOR.(Profile Panels)
March 5, 2004... OfficeSTOR, specialists in storage solutions, can now provide locker space saving solutions too! New revolutionary designed Pod Lockers are typically 22% more space efficient than traditional lockers and 165% more, in a rotating base format...

Barlows fit out pilot 'Marks & Spencer Lifestore.(Profile Panels)
March 5, 2004... Sheffield-based, retail interiors specialist, Barlows has teamed up with AMEC in the creation of the first 'Marks & Spencer Lifestore' at the Metro Centre, Tyne & Wear. The conceptual new store will open February 2004 and features a full sized,...

Monodraught at Interbuild, stand No 10-L44.(Profile Panels)
March 5, 2004... Monodraught will be launching its new range of solar driven natural ventilation systems on stand No 10 L-44 at this year's Interbuild. Products such as the pioneering Monodraught Windcatcher natural ventilation system, which eliminates the...

Levolux.(Profile Panels)
March 5, 2004... Plot 6, More London is a seven-storey office building designed by Foster and Partners completed in Autumn 2003. More London is an exciting new 13 acre development adjacent to Tower Bridge with thousands of square metres of office space, a...

Lindapter International.(Profile Panels)
March 5, 2004... Lindapter have launched an exciting new product to significantly reduce installation time, whilst offering greater performance than traditional cast beam clamp products. Called the 'Swiftgrip', it enables connection of drop rod to beam in one...

Virtual showroom tour previewed at exclusive event.(Profile Panels)
March 5, 2004... Over 100 invited guests attended an exclusive preview of an animated 'fly-through' demonstration created by Railex Systems to showcase the range of design-led storage solutions offered by the firm An audience mostly made up of architects and...

Clearwater Environmental Solutions.(Profile Panels)(range of products available from Clearwater Environmental Solutions )(leaflet prepared by RIBA Enterprises)(Brief Article)
March 5, 2004... Clearwater Environmental Solutions have a four page A4 leaflet prepared by RIBA Enterprises, which clearly illustrates the range of products manufactured by them for surface and waste water treatment systems. Clearwater offers the specifier a...

Image is everything.(Back Space)
March 5, 2004... Taking photographs has always been risky. An old family friend, on holiday in Elba in 1937, stopped to take some pictures of a particularly attractive bay on the coast, and shortly after noticed soldiers following him. Removed for questioning,...

Ian Martin.
March 5, 2004... Monday To the Aegean island of Bathos, for a conference on pan-European building technology research binding. It's difficult to follow, as presentations are: in European, and delegates say things such as: "The train to Discover is, of...

Zaha Hadid has unveiled her masterplan for a 4,400-apartment Olympic Village as part of New York's bid for the 2012 Olympics.(Brief Article)
March 12, 2004... Zaha Hadid has unveiled her masterplan for a 4,400-apartment Olympic Village as part of New York's bid for the 2012 Olympics. Hadid is competing for the prestigious project against four other practices, including MVRDV and Morphosis of...

China showcase to celebrate diversity.(exhibition to showcase work of architects from Chinese minorities planned)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2004... China is to embrace architectural diversity by asking an RIBA team to organise a celebration of the work of Chinese architects from ethnic minorities. A nation with a reputation for suppressing troublesome minorities is now set to...

No official push for Iraq work.(British firms to find work in post-war Iraq without government assistance)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2004... The government will take a back seat in securing reconstruction contracts for British firms in Iraq, construction minister Nigel Griffiths told BD this week. In comments that will disappoint UK architects hoping to secure contracts, the...

Stiff fines for planning rule abuse: government crackdown after BD reveals 8-week rule crisis.
March 12, 2004... Architects frustrated by the record rise in planning appeals won a major victory this week as the government punished councils that unfairly rejected schemes outright. London mayor Ken Livingstone plans to take separate action in the capital....

HLM has won a contract to design a 60 million [pounds sterling] Joint Services Training College for more than 2,000 students just outside Oman's capital, Muscat.(News)(HLM Design (UK))(Brief Article)
March 12, 2004... HLM has won a contract to design a 60 million [pounds sterling] Joint Services Training College for more than 2,000 students just outside Oman's capital, Muscat. The 75ha facility includes accommodation, teaching facilities, a mosque, a sports...

Islington towers win go-ahead.(News)(Islington Council gives go-ahead to two towers)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2004... Designs for a 115m, 35-storey tower by Squire & Partners in Islington, north London, and a neighbouring 25-storey tower by Bennetts Associates were approved by Islington council's south area committee this week. The schemes will now go...

Way clear for Tricorn demolition.(News)
March 12, 2004... The bulldozers will demolish Portsmouth's brutalist Tricorn Centre before the end of March after an application to spot list the building was rejected by heritage minister Andrew McIntosh this week. The 1966 city centre shopping scheme,...

New EU architects have no UK plans.(News)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2004... Architects from the 10 countries set to join the European Community in six weeks' time are not poised to flood into the UK. Eastern European architects told BD this week that instead they hoped more British practices would make the journey...

Southwark culture bid.(News)(Frank Gehry to design cultural facility for Southwark)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2004... Southwark council has earmarked one of the most prominent sites in Europe for a significant new cultural attraction in new planning guidance approved this week. The 1.5ha site, opposite the Tower of London on the south bank of the Thames,...

Holyrood: divine intervention no use.(News)(Scottish parliament building construction contract inquiry)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2004... The latest witness in the ongoing inquiry into cost overruns on the 430 million [pounds sterling] Scottish Parliament building at Holyrood, said this week that not even the Archangel Gabriel could have reconciled the relationship between the...

Arb rocked by board walk-out: crisis deepens as board member Frieda Stack resigns.(News)(Architects Registration Board in turmoil)
March 12, 2004... The Architects Registration Board has plunged further into crisis with the resignation of board member Frieda Stack. The resignation comes just weeks after rebel board member Ian Salisbury was urged to resign and a public spat between...

A new planning application to redevelop London's Battersea Power Station, including a glass roof designed by Grimshaw, a footbridge across the Thames by Arup (above), and office development by Reid Architecture went in planning this week.(News)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2004... A new planning application to redevelop London's Battersea Power Station, including a glass roof designed by Grimshaw, a footbridge across the Thames by Arup (above), and office development by Reid Architecture went in planning this week....

Cabe guide slates 'big architecture'.(News)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2004... Outgoing Cabe chief executive Jon Rouse's dislike of "big architecture" in masterplanning, has been enshrined in new guidance drawn up by the watchdog. Cabe's new report, Creating Successful Masterplans: a Guide for Clients, launched this...

Stephenson Bell tower 'too tall for Newcastle site': RIBA award-winning design under fire from local group.(News)
March 12, 2004... Stephenson Bell Architects' RIBA award-winning design for a 32-storey tower in Newcastle has come under fire for contradicting a Terry Farrell masterplan for the region. The tower in the city's Ouseburn Valley was last week slammed at a...

A team of lecturers from Northumbria University's School for the Built Environment has won an RIBA-run competition to design a mixed-use scheme (above) using sustainable energy sources and promoting co-operative lifestyles at a north-east Manchester site.(News)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2004... A team of lecturers from Northumbria University's School for the Built Environment has won an RIBA-run competition to design a mixed-use scheme (above) using sustainable energy sources and promoting co-operative lifestyles at a north-east...

Green light for Irish houses.(News)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2004... A relaxation of planning roles is set to allow more one-off rural houses in the Republic of Ireland. And the new guidelines are expected to lead to a big increase in residential commissions for architects. The rule change, which comes into...

Architects bomb in survey.(News)(Brief Article)
March 12, 2004... No architectural practices featured in the Sunday Times Best 100 Companies to Work For survey, published this week. The built environment was represented by two contractors, two engineering consultancies, one developer and a housing...