All articles by Pamela Buxton
Pamela Buxton
Designer File: Mark Bithrey
Mark Bithrey, founder of hospitality design specialist B3 Designers, shares the top 10 design lessons he has learnt during his career to date.
Client File
Robert McLean, leader of PricewaterhouseCoopers’ workplace & capital projects team, tells us what he looks for when commissioning out design projects.
Going public: Projects
Six projects from the public sector – from artwork in a hospital to a new primary school – reveal an abundance of innovation at work.
Public sector: Better treatment
Goodbye institutional corridors, hello vibrant civic centre. BDP’s Benedict Zucchi, architect of the Alder Hey in the Park children’s hospital, talks hospital design trends.
Public sector focus: Q&A
School designers give their views on the realities of having to work with today’s pared-back budgets.
The Ones That Got Away
Six practices tell us about the projects that held so much promise, but for one reason or another have remained unrealised.
Cinema restoration with Lyn Goleby
Picturehouse Cinemas’ Lyn Goleby outlines the special design credentials she looks for when commissioning restoration projects.
Client File: Patrick Bedeau, Global art director of Al Jazeera
Bedeau discusses his work and the special design requirements of broadcasting.
Head of design at TfL, Jon Hunter
Hunter tells about the variety of design tasks that come across his desk. Think maps and signage for new trains.
Client file: Fran Toms of Manchester City Council
Manchester City Council’s head of cultural development Fran Toms tells us about her job and what she looks for when commissioning out work.