Daily News
Sasanbell reveals plans for riverside hotel in Glasgow
Emerging practice Sasanbell Architects has submitted plans for this 12-storey hotel on the site of the historic Custom House in Clyde Street, Glasgow
New high-yield rice hq revealed by Broadway Malyan
Broadway Malyan is to design a series of buildings for a rice production firm on a 35-acre site in southern China
FCBS’ Shrewsbury Flax Mill scheme bags lottery funding
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ (FCBS) £52 million Ditherington Flax Mill Maltings redevelopment in Shrewsbury has won Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) backing
K4 vows to battle on after reworked Brum tower is rejected
K4 Architects has told the AJ it remains ‘fully committed’ to the controversial redevelopment of Birmingham’s former central fire station after its latest plans were thrown out
Assemble unwraps Olympic fringe cinema
[First look] Assemble has completed this £14,000 independent cinema in a former factory close to the London Olympic Park
AJ100
AJ100 Building of the Year
Winner: Central St Martins Arts Campus by Stanton Williams - An award for quite simply the finest building completed by an AJ100 practice in the past year
AJ100 Practice of the Year
Winner: Paul Davis + Partners - This prestigious honour is awarded on the basis of employee satisfaction, business growth, design quality and fees per architect
New Member of the Year
Winner: Zaha Hadid Architects - Practices that have entered the AJ100 for the first time, or after five years’ absence, are eligible for the New Member of the Year Award, based on business success and the quality of the practice’s work
Buildings
Theatre of light
A semi-abstract basalt tower that soars over Belfast: Hackett Hall McKnight’s MAC is a one-off. Photography by Christian Richters
Infinity Loop bridge
How Buro Happold and 10 Design used two steel parabolic arches to create a vivid landmark for the Shizimen bridge
What is it about concrete?
At the core of concrete’s appeal is the freedom and versatility of ‘liquid stone’, writes Felix Mara
The concrete cat
Garbers & James’ faithful interpretation of Kisho Kurokawa’s Maggie’s Centre makes clever use of space. Photography by Paul Riddle
Bauhaus at the Barbican
Joseph Rykwert visits the lively new exhibition at the Barbican and is reminded of the fun and frolics of the Dessau school
Reporting from Milan Furniture Fair
Fringe events throughout the city beat the official Milan Furniture Fair for new designers keen to make their mark, but the centre of these activities changes from year to year, writes Rakesh Ramchurn
FOOTPRINT
FootprintWire 21.5.12
Today’s green news: annular solar eclipse visible from the earth’s northern hemisphere
Comment
Christine Murray introduces the AJ100 for 2012
The AJ100 has proved remarkably hardy and nimble. Congrats to members and winners
Wang Shu’s influence as the antithesis of China’s rush to urbanisation is greater than his output
Paul Finch’s Letter from London: Wang Shu rejected the idea that China had to keep building at its current pace, suggesting there were more than enough houses
We should look to Copenhagen’s subtle streets as a model for public realm design
Black Box: How did contemporary public realm design succumb to an overly self-conscious aesthetic?
Ian Martin
The name of the game may have changed, but it’s still musical chairs for space-parcellists
Ian Martin redefines the London property development game
