Daily News
Design team named for Olympic International Quarter
BDP, Gensler, Pringle Brandon Drew, TP Bennett and Woods Bagot have been chosen to design the new £1.3 billion commercial district on the edge of the Olympic Park in Stratford City
David Kester: We need design champions as politicians
Design Council chief executive David Kester has called on policy makers to recognise the value architects and designers bring to the UK
Contentious Middlesex Hospital revamp wins planning
Plans for a major mixed-use development by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and Sheppard Robson on the site of the former Middlesex Hospital have been granted permission by Westminster City Council
Revealed: mae scores Olympic fringe hat-trick
Housing specialist mæ architects has bagged planning permission for a trio of projects to revamp rundown sporting facilities in east London
BDP lands huge Zhengdong transport-node masterplan
BDP is hunting for further masterplanning work in China after securing a project to design a 2 million m² district close to new high speed rail infrastructure
Foster + Partners posts huge profits
Foster + Partners has increased its turnover by nearly 19 per cent to £159.27 million and hiked its profits by 13.3 per cent to £49.64 million
Seilern 'positive' about Nigerian market after key win
The head of Studio Seilern Architects has hailed the ‘sophistication’ of the Nigerian market after the practice secured its first scheme in the country
Buildings
New Court, Rothschild Bank headquarters, London, by OMA
Visible?/?invisible, public?/?private, iconic?/?bland: OMA’s Rothschild Bank is simultaneously contradictory, but pulls it off, writes Rory Olcayto
Greengate residential development, Salford, by White Arkitekter
Social housing When Salford wanted healthy lifestyle housing, Swedish practice White Arkitekter was well equipped for the challenge, writes Felix Mara
AJ Specification 01.12 – Roofing and Drainage
Case studies of 23 Blackheath Park by Charles Barclay Architects, Holy Trinity Primary School by Architype Architects and Studio Lofts by Pott Architects
Rave against the machine
Molly Macindoe’s photography reveals the gritty former life of familiar city sites during the free party heyday of the late 90s, writes Merlin Fulcher
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
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
Women in Architecture Awards
AJ Women in Architecture awards
[CALL FOR ENTRIES] The AJ is seeking entrants to three new honours in support of women in architecture, including the prestigious Jane Drew Prize
International news
BDP lands huge Zhengdong transport-node masterplan
BDP is hunting for further masterplanning work in China after securing a project to design a 2 million m² district close to new high speed rail infrastructure
Contest launched for nature-inspired architecture
[Registration is to be completed by 1 July] Competition organisers D3 have launched an international ideas contest seeking architectural designs inspired by nature
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
An outsider’s view of the royal re-boot, and a tentative proposal for an atheist cathedral
Ian Martin texts the royals
Comment
Comment: Small will always lose out to big
Michael Casey of emerging practice CaseyFierro talks about the disappointment of losing out to the big boys on a huge east London scheme, and why small practices will always struggle to win large-scale projects
What now for Battersea Power Station?
Paul Finch’s letter from London: We need a big idea for Battersea Power Station – time to call in Professor Alsop
‘What’s next for women in architecture?’
We’ll get you started, but the rest is up to you, writes Christine Murray
Astragal gossip column
BBC picks 1960s high-rise for Olympics news broadcasts
BBC News will deliver its Olympic Games coverage from the roof and the top floors of a condemned Newham council estate
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
