All Hansom articles – Page 9
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CommentHansom: Taking time out
This week, we’re at Ascot with Balfour, Mitie moves to the Shard, Foster is deluged by CVs, and Dulux paints the mood of the nation
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CommentHansom: New kids on the block
This week a six-year-old applies for a job at Legoland, people at Berkeley cash in a chunk of shares, and things get ugly at Nova Victoria
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CommentHansom: Making progress
While Armitage Shanks celebrates a proud anniversary and Wetherspoons opens a super-boozer, Battersea Power Station watches paint dry (in exactly the right colour) and there’s conflict in the London Resort area
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CommentHansom: Points of view
It’s all about how you look at things, with a well-lit Chinese bridge, obscured views of the Thames, people who like ‘funny’ builders, and a consultant entering the classroom. Plus, an architecture legend’s old motor is up for sale
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CommentHansom: Something in the drink
An insurance company has made getting builders a decent brew a priority, a Scottish island welcomes a new distillery for its national spirit and homeowners get a bit carried away describing their ideal homes
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CommentHansom: Slightly unexpected
An accountant has an unusual selling point, the staff at the Cheesegrater are more healthy than the name of the building suggests and there’s a little bit of love for everyone at the new Postal Museum
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CommentHansom: Working together
We learn that construction and nature aren’t always in opposition, a Swedish firm aims for good family relations and in south-east London a group wants to help communities build their own homes
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CommentHansom: When the mood strikes
This week, Morgan Sindall has reasons to be perky, as do some bats hanging around in Middleton Quarry – Donald Trump, though, could soon be flying off the handle, and Richard Rogers sees red
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CommentHansom: Come rain or shine
Whether you’re taking a tour of retirement homes, avoiding loud noises, or dodging rain at the Serpentine pavilion and the site of Manchester’s new arts venue, it could be worse. You could be completing a brand perception survey
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CommentHansom: School is never out
This week, lessons have been learned all over the place: the RIBA continues to take tips from the UK’s first female architect, while the rail minister seems to have ascertained it’s alright to go massively over budget
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CommentHansom: Best of friends
This week, Mace has a friend in a high place, construction is proved to be more comradely than many imagined and the industry puts its hand in its pocket for worthy recipients – plus, Leeds get a mural in double-quick time
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CommentHansom: Surprise Surprise
We go from feeling a little smug at discovering someone else’s mistake (for once) to surprise at hearing a PR guru’s choice of new career and seeing the out-of-favour Garden Bridge praised
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CommentHansom: ‘tis the season to be arty
We marvel at the UK’s ‘tallest mural’, swoop in on an office drone race, and enjoy some exposure on Wickes and sun-screening charity campaigns. Plus Shawcross’ latest work hits St Pancras
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CommentHansom: Takes the cake
We raise eyebrows in disbelief at election reactions, attitudes to office facilities and housing estate names, while the sweet-toothed among us celebrate World Donut Day by scoffing some architectural baked goods
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CommentHansom: Age-old issues
Antique and new collide as diggers find unsettling relics at Ally Pally, a museum has the nerve to be uncomplimentary about somebody’s age and senior housing is marketed in a hipster paradise
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CommentHansom: Speaking the lingo
We canvass opinion on the Twitter, check in on a certain PPE-loving politician turned hack, and snazz up our home with Lego and sparkly wallpaper. Plus, the wilds of Canada come to Chelsea Flower Show
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CommentHansom: The high life
One Czech building’s detectors get it wrong, Maggie’s statue plans cause a stir, we reminisce about the original Shell building, touch on Bangkok’s towers, hanker for Hampstead and puzzle over the Tory manifesto
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CommentHansom: Unlikely stories
A Maggie’s Centre wins approval from an unexpected source, we reminisce about the old days before tall towers blighted the country, a luxury Japanese train takes a bow, and Slough targets those looking for happiness
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CommentHansom: A life less ordinary
This week, Foster + Partners’ copy writers get a bit carried away, someone has an idea for a long weekend, Liam Fox has an odd sense of what makes Britain great, and we share deep thoughts about the nature of time
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CommentHansom: Burn, baby, burn
This week, I am disappointed by a piece of Big Apple real estate, wave goodbye to Gavin Barwell for a little while and get some expert info on how to grow a garden bridge (hint: there are no plants involved)