Daily News
Under-fire council redrafts affordable housing contest brief
Furious architects have prompted Islington Council to rethink its affordable housing design contest
Tonkin Liu wins green light for Dover seafront scheme
[FIRST LOOK] Kent County Council has given the thumbs up to Tonkin Liu’s competition-winning scheme to revive Dover’s esplanade
Glenn Howells wins scheme to rework Armed Forces arboretum
[FIRST LOOK] Glenn Howells Architects has been chosen to oversee the £8 million remodelling of the The National Memorial Arboretum (NMA) in Alrewas in Staffordshire
BSF procurement review: RIBA's Smart PFI takes step closer
Partnerships for Schools (PfS) is to look again at its procurement process in bid to slash timescales and reduce costs across the £45 billion Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme
Top 5: Rollercoaster architecture
Following the announcement that Dreamland in Kent will be renovated, the AJ looks at the most extreme and inventive architecture-themed rollercoasters in the world
New Practices #7: Robin Partington Architects
The seventh in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or redundancy
Building Study
Malawi schools project by John McAslan + Partners
When John McAslan + Partners was invited to develop a prototype school building in Malawi, the team went back to basics in its approach. Photography by Eldson Chagara
RCA's Sackler Building, Battersea by Haworth Tompkins
Haworth Tompkins’ building for the Royal College of Art both regenerates Battersea and honours its manufacturing past, says Edwin Heathcote. Photography by Philip Vile and Helene Binet
MAXXI museum, Rome by Zaha Hadid Architects
True to form, Zaha Hadid’s long-awaited MAXXI museum in Rome is bold, demanding and provocative, says Rowan Moore.Photography by Roland Halbe
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Stucki Shopping Centre, Basel, Switzerland by Diener & Diener Architekten
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Ecological Activity and Education Center, Koh Kood, Thailand by 24H Architecture
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AR Emerging Architecture Awards shortlist: Borgarfjordur College, Borgarnes, Iceland by Kurtogpi Architects
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AR Emerging Architecture Awards shortlist: Garducho Biological Centre, Mourao, Portugal by Ventura Trindade Arquitectos
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AR Emerging Architecture Awards shortlist: Les Graines d’Etoiles Nursery, Aix en Provence, France by Atelier Fernandez and Serres
Competitions
Video: Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre wins World Building of the Year
South African architect Peter Rich is the second winner of the World Building of the Year award, for a building on the site of an ancient civilisation
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Great logos
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Ecological Activity and Education Center, Thailand by 24H
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Hu2 Design / Wall Sticker Laboratory
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Laufen – Swissness in Bathroom Culture
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Devoner Gonzales x Raul Ramirez: ‘Kiiimera Walrus’
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AR Emerging Architecture: Borgarfjordur College, Iceland
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Highly efficient street lighting system
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Biological Research Centre makes it to AR Emerging Architecture shortlist
Ian Martin
A sounding board for what sounding boards ought to look like
A very congenial six-hour ‘thinking lunch’ helps Ian Martin formulate a 10-point plan
Astragal gossip column
Zaha Hadid's journey to the top
To Rome for the opening of Zaha Hadid’s splendid MAXXI, which has had critics metaphorically trampling over each in other in the crush for superlatives
George Bush goes to the library
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a US President, upon retiring from political office, must be in want of a library
The first one per cent fee - it's blarney
Don’t believe the rumours – the design team for the Children’s Hospital in Dublin isn’t working for a one per cent margin
