An architecture article in The Times focuses on the merits of the newly opened Welsh National Assembly building in Cardiff.
It notes how the Rogers Partnership and Taylor Woodrow built the venue broadly on time and on budget of £41m without radical changes. It managed to escape the rows surrounding the runaway costs of the Scottish Parliament.
Separately, The Independent carries a feature on cohousing, focusing on Springhill, in Stroud, Gloucestershire, the first new-build project of its type, comprising 35 houses and flats.
References: The Times 13/03/06 page 58 (Notebook Architecture), The Independent 13/03/06 page 44-45
