AJ Small Projects Shortlist - Part 2
Hattie Hartman introduces the second part of the shortlist, including those vying for the sustainability award
Daily News
Stanton Williams named joint winner in Museum of Concrete Art contest
Stanton Williams has come joint first in the high-profile, international contest to create a new home for the Museum of Concrete Art and Design in Ingolstadt, southern Germany
Prince's Foundation rebrand not a move away from architecture
The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment will continue to focus on architecture despite renaming itself the Prince’s Foundation for Building Communities, its chief executive has claimed
Jeremy Till leaves Westminster to head up Central Saint Martins
Jeremy Till is to leave the University of Westminster after four years to head up Central Saint Martins College of Arts and Design (CSM), part of University of the Arts London.
AHMM wins retendered Willesden Green contest
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) and Architecture 519 have won the re-tendered contest to design the Willesden Green Cultural Centre redevelopment in Brent, north London
Podium level cap threatens Rogers’ World Trade Centre tower vision
Richard Rogers’ 3 World Trade Centre skyscraper could be capped off at seven stories if its developer fails to secure a key tenant within the next two years
New images: funding windfall for Kengo Kuma's Dundee V&A
The Scottish government has pledged an extra £1.75 million towards Kengo Kuma and Associates’ proposed new £45 million outpost for the Victoria and Albert Museum (V&A) in Dundee
BDP bags £250 million scheme to redevelop Stevenage town centre
BDP has landed planning permission for this mixed-use masterplan to overhaul central Stevenage
Buildings
AJ Small Projects Shortlist - Part 2
Hattie Hartman introduces the second part of the shortlist, including those vying for the sustainability award
AJ Specification 12.11 – Flooring, Stairs & Lifts
Case studies of Howick Place by Squire and Partners, Richard Green Gallery by Adam Architecture and Kensington residence by Studio Seilern Architects
Library, University of Aberdeen, by Schmidt Hammer Lassen
Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s zebra-skinned library brings the University of Aberdeen into its sixth century with a flourish, writes Alan Dunlop. Photography by Adam Mork
Nigel Green's Reconstruction
A new study of post-war reconstruction in Picardy, France offers both a historical narrative and regional perspective on Modernism, writes Robin Wilson
The Modernist Magazine: Issue Three
[THIS WEEK] The third issue of The Modernist sees it cast its eye far beyond its Manchester home, writes James Pallister
Reading fast and slow
[THIS WEEK] Protect your quiet time to stay creative in 2012, writes James Pallister
Arts in Brief
Marches, marathons and demos: Oona Hassim at the Woolff Gallery
[ARTS IN BRIEF] The movement of crowds of people through urban spaces is the inspiration for a new exhibition of paintings by Oona Hassim, writes Rakesh Ramchurn
Zarina Bhimji at the Whitechapel Gallery
[ARTS IN BRIEF] A major retrospective of Zarina Bhimji’s photography draws our eye to traces of occupancy, writes Rakesh Ramchurn
International news
Capita Symonds goes shopping in Saudi Arabia
Capita Symonds has released these images of its proposed 120,000m² shopping centre in Saudi Arabia.
Aston University seeks architect for feasibility study
[Deadline for requests to participate is 12 March] Aston University is on the hunt for an architect to deliver a feasibility study for a £7.8 million project
AJ Small Projects 2012
Images, drawings and data for all 150 projects entered in the AJ Small Projects 2012 Awards in the AJ Buildings Library
Downloads
AJ supplements downloads: Exclusive to subscribers
AJ subscribers can now download supplements including Small Projects 2011, AJ100 2010, Stirling Prize 2009, Greening Your Office and Designing for Healthcare
Ian Martin
A list of most righteous grievances, and an artful remodelling of hearts and minds
Ian Martin stands up for the 3D community
Comment
Chipperfield’s quest for Common Ground at the Biennale is admirable; the British Council’s, perverse
Paul Finch’s letter from London: When Berlusconi thought he had hired Norman Foster…
How to build a successful city
The gap between UK cities is widening – and not along the north-south divide, writes Christine Murray
What Scotland can learn from Canada, plus why the London 2012 gag order must go
Christine Murray on Scottish independence, and the Olympics
Astragal gossip column
Brazilians plan to resurrect Christ in London
An enormous 9m-tall statue of Jesus – similar to Rio De Janeiro’s famous Christ The Redeemer statue – is planned for Primrose Hill in London
The Invisible man
It’s heartening to hear of high-profile exits motivated more by yearning for a lightness of soul than alarm at the sound of a sinking ship. In a move not beaten since Will Alsop threw it all in to concentrate on his painting, Piers Taylor announced his departure from Mitchell Taylor Workshop with a heartfelt missive about sticking it to the man
