All Architects articles – Page 192
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CommentGeneration BIM: Creating the infrastructure
Yes, we’ve heard it all before - but this time BIM really is going mainstream, says Simon Rawlinson. Now, its development needs to be driven by the industry’s future leaders
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NewsHOK makes key appointment to drive expansion
Richard Gammon recruited as new director of aviation and transportation
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NewsSerpentine Pavilion: A natural observatory
This year’s design, by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor, seeks to inspire visitors to observe nature
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NewsAtkins wins RIBA competition for Qatar school
The firm will design the Sherborne Qatar School in Doha
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NewsArchitects should expect sharp reduction in work says RIBA
The Future Trends survey paints a gloomy picture
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FeaturesSainsbury Laboratory: Nurture vs nature
Stanton Williams’ serene Sainsbury Laboratory combines classicism with modernism while remaining anchored to its natural surroundings
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FeaturesKen Shuttleworth: No more crazy shapes & silly profiles
Ken Shuttleworth, the man behind the Gherkin, doesn’t ’get’ the Shard, reckons the era of tall glass boxes is over and thinks a lot of designers are really egotistical. So why does the founder of Make think this is such a great time to be an architect? He tells Building.
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NewsBIM project to show savings
A commercial building will be developed using BIM from start to finish, with the hope of showing how 50% savings can be made
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NewsPrize giving: British Council for School Environments' annual award
Architect Architype was named school architect of the year at the British Council for School Environments’ annual award ceremony this week.
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NewsArchitype scoops three schools awards
Architect triumphs at annual British Council for School Environments ceremony
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NewsAukett's losses triple in 'depressed' market
Architect reports falling half year revenue but says profits will return
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FeaturesRiver trip: Zaha Hadid's Riverside Transport Museum
Far from the Olympic aquatics centre, the first of Zaha Hadid’s big UK projects is complete. Building reviews her dramatic and somewhat psychedelic transport museum in Glasgow
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FeaturesThe construction strategy: Together at last?
The government and the construction industry. It’s been a long, love-hate affair but the new construction strategy is an offer to try to work things out
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FeaturesEngineering Britain's biggest retained facade: Going to great lengths
This was once a dilapidated hotel that just so happened to be on prime land overlooking Hyde Park. To convert it into luxury flats the whole thing had to be demolished and rebuilt – apart from the facade. Building talks to the team responsible for the largest ever retained Victorian ...
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Architects against anti-social behaviour
Public sector insurer Zurich Municipal has released a series of design guides aimed at cutting the cost of crime and anti-social behaviour in the education sector.
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NewsDesign Council names Paul Finch deputy chair
Little room for former Cabe commissioners as merged body announces board
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NewsOpik to present RIBA charity auction: 24 June
Fundraiser to help architecture students facing hardship will be held in June
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FeaturesDe-coding BIM
Building information modelling could be applied to save time and money on every government project within five years. But few people are using it and many don’t even know it exists. Here are seven key ways BIM will affect you and your work
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FeaturesHands up if you can cut 20%
We’re all more or less signed up to the government’s target of cutting 20% off costs in the next four years (or so we say). But how we do it is still the subject of fierce debate. Building asked three construction professionals what they would do
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NewsBIM could cost QSs £2k per person
Davis Langdon estimates that for QSs, the industry bill could reach £82m for training