Building Design
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| Editor |
Amanda Baillieu Ellis Woodman (Executive Editor) |
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| Categories | Architecture |
| Frequency | Weekly |
| Circulation | > 14,000 |
| Company | United Business Media |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Website | www.bdonline.co.uk |
Building Design, or BD, is the leading weekly architectural magazine and digital title in the United Kingdom.
BD was launched in 1970 by publisher Morgan Grampian as a closed circulation weekly as high-tech architecture was just starting to take-off.
The title soon carved a special niche for itself because of the quality and extent of its news coverage, as well as its campaigning voice.
Its tabloid format and news based content has earned it the reputation as one of the UK's best business titles leading to a clutch of industry awards. It is the most requested title in the library of the Royal Institute of British Architects.
Unlike most other architectural publications BD’s editors, with a few exceptions, are journalists not architects.
Circulation
BD has an average circulation of 14,346. Its website, bdonline.co.uk, receives around 45,000 unique visitors a week, who generate over 750,000 page impressions a month. BD's circulation figures are independently assured by PricewaterhouseCoopers.[1]
The magazine allows free access to breaking news, blogs and video content on its website, but since September 2010 it has charged a subscription for full access.[2] The publishing company is UBM Built Environment, a division of United Business Media, which also publishes Building and Property Week.[3]
AYA and YAYA
BD hosts the Architect of the Year Awards and Young Architect of the Year in central London attended by approximately 6000 guests.
The Architect of the Year Awards[4][5] reward the UK's top architectural practices behind excellent built projects. Since their launch in 2004, the awards have grown in size and stature, featuring entries and attendance from leading practices, and have become firmly established as a key event in the architectural calendar. The awards night is now one of the largest gatherings of architects in the UK.
The Young Architect of the Year Award[6] recognises and rewards Europe's most promising new architects and practices. Previous winners have included Coffey Architects, Jonathan Hendry, Serie Architects, David Kohn Architects, Hackett Hall McKnigh t, Carmody Groarke, Nord and Lynch Architects.
World Architecture 100
BD publishes an annual ranking of the world's biggest architecture practices known as the World Architecture 100. The listing is distributed to the top FTSE 100 companies as well as BD subscribers and is available to buy online. It can be found online at worldarchitecture100.com.[7]
Carbuncle Cup
The Carbuncle Cup is BD's prize for the worst new architecture in the UK. It has been running since 2006, when it was launched as a humorous counterpart to the Stirling Prize.[8]
A shortlist is announced each summer, based on nominations from the public. The winner is selected by a small group of architecture critics and professionals.
Past winners
- 2006 - Drake Circus Shopping Centre, Plymouth, by Chapman Taylor
- 2007 - Opal Court, Leicester, by Stephen George and Partners
- 2008 - Radisson SAS Waterfront Hotel, Saint Helier, Jersey, by EPR Architects
- 2009 - Liverpool Ferry Terminal, Liverpool, by Hamilton Architects[9]
- 2010 - Strata, Elephant and Castle, London, by BFLS[10][11]
- 2011 - MediaCityUK, Salford, by Fairhurst, Chapman Taylor and Wilkinson Eyre[12]
- 2012 - Cutty Sark Renovation, Greenwich, London, by Grimshaw Architects[13]
- 2013 - 465 Caledonian Road, London, by Stephen George and Partners.[14]
The BD Team
- Editor in chief - Amanda Baillieu
- Executive editor - Ellis Woodman
- Head of Digital - Anna Winston
- News Editor - Andrea Klettner
- Reporters - Elizabeth Hopkirk, David Rogers (freelance)
- Head of production - Lisa Hendriks
- Production assistant - Katherine Hayes
Past editors and staff include: Paul Finch, Peter Murray, Martin Pawley, Marcus Fairs, Deyan Sudjic, Ian Martin, Hugh Pearman, Kieran Long and Oliver Wainwright.
Campaigns
Building Design campaigned with the Twentieth Century Society for Robin Hood Gardens, a Brutalist housing estate in Poplar, London, to be listed and retained.[15][16] It has likewise argued against the demolition the unnecessary demolition of old school buildings.[17]
References
- ↑ [BD's Media Pack]
- ↑ Roy Greenslade, As another magazine charges for access, where's the proof of paywall success?, Guardian, 24 September 2010
- ↑ About Building Design
- ↑ Architect of the Year Awards, UBM
- ↑ Architect of the Year Awards, BDOnline
- ↑ Young Architect of the Year, Bdonline.co.uk
- ↑ [The 100 Largest Architecture Firms In the World] - ArchDaily - February 11, 2013
- ↑ Bricks, mortar and mateyness, Observer, 12 September 2010
- ↑ [Ferry terminal's Carbuncle award], BBC, September 4, 2009
- ↑ [London's Strata tower wins Carbuncle Cup as Britain's ugliest new building], The Guardian, August 12, 2010
- ↑ [Towering above its rivals to win the Carbuncle Cup], Independent, August 13, 2010
- ↑ [Media City or Media Shitty: that Carbuncle Cup nomination (analysis)], The Drum, July 29, 2011
- ↑ [The heritage horror story of the “restored” Cutty Sark is today officially named as the worst new building in the country], Andrew Gilligan, Telegraph September 13th, 2012
- ↑ Carbuncle Cup winner 2013: A triumph for the dark side - http://www.bdonline.co.uk/news/carbuncle-cup-winner-2013-a-triumph-for-the-dark-side/5059745.article
- ↑ Don't knock brutalism, Guardian, 26 June 2008
- ↑ Robin Hood Gardens - C20 launches campaign for funds, 30 November 2008
- ↑ Martin Wainwright, English Heritage issues SOS - save old schools, Guardian, 24 January 2010