Daily News
Revealed: Designs of Carlsberg Brewery revamp finalists
Carlsberg has unveiled designs by all the shortlisted practices, including finalists Wilkinson Eyre, in the competition to transform the Danish drinks giant’s brewhouse complex in Copenhagen, Denmark
Adam Khan among finalists for Norfolk nature reserve scheme
Pensthorpe Nature Reserve and Gardens has named a four-strong shortlist, which includes Adam Khan working with gardening star Dan Pearson, in the competition to design its new £1.5 million visitor hub
BFLS in hot water over contentious Dalston skyscraper
BFLS’s so-called Eco Tower scheme in Dalston, north London has been described as ‘horrendous’ by locals and come in for criticism from English Heritage
Bill Dunster’s PortZED vision rejected
Bill Dunster’s PortZED project at Portslade near Brighton has been denied planning permission
Rogers, Heatherwick and Bjarke Ingels talk cycling with Cameron
Prime minister David Cameron met with architects Richard Rogers, Thomas Heatherwick and Bjarke Ingels this week to discuss urban design and safer cycling
Make reveals Elephant and Castle redevelopment vision
[First look] Make has revealed these images of its £1.5 billion masterplan for the redevelopment of Elephant and Castle in south London
Water beauty: Bradford's city centre park completes
Bradford’s new City Park, which contains the largest city-centre water feature in the UK, will finally open next month
Buildings
AJ Specification 02.12 – Insulation
Case studies of Emmanuel College Library by Kilburn Nightingale Architects, 103 Park Road by Sam Tisdall Architects and Walderslade Primary School by Clay Architecture
Foster’s formula: McLaren Production Centre
Obsessed with detail and process-driven, Foster + Partners’ factory for McLaren is as finely tuned as the supercars it produces, writes Felix Mara
Victorian re-evaluation: Threefold's mixed-use retrofit
Technical & Practice: This once-derelict Victorian corner house in east London now houses a gallery, office space, and a glass box with views of the City, writes Jack Hosea. Photography by Charles Hosea
The humanity of Hertzberger
RIBA Gold Medalist Herman Hertzberger has spent the past 50 years designing buildings on a human scale, writes Andrew Dawes
Next year's President's Medals should reward real life briefs
[THIS WEEK] The President’s Medal winners ‘seem to think ordinary life processes of contemporary society are too boring to merit attention’.
Jeremy Rifkin's The Third Industrial Revolution and The Very Hungry City
Two new books on global energy dependency deal in anecdote, theory and ‘dreams come true’ writes Hattie Hartman
Arts in Brief
Hertzberger: ‘Architects try to make the special ordinary. We should do the opposite’
Herman Hertzberger ended his Royal Gold Medal lecture with a sideswipe at icon-culture and a plea for architecture which concentrates more on the social than the individual
Dunlop: 'Hand drawing represents the stain of the true architect’s soul on paper'
[ARTS IN BRIEF] Bookings are now open for a drawing masterclass with Glasgow architect Alan Dunlop and artist Patricia Cain
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
Revealed: Designs of Carlsberg Brewery revamp finalists
Carlsberg has unveiled designs by all the shortlisted practices, including finalists Wilkinson Eyre, in the competition to transform the Danish drinks giant’s brewhouse complex in Copenhagen, Denmark
Wokingham Council seeks architect for Bulmershe School revamp
[Requests to participate must be received by 16 March] Wokingham Borough Council is seeking an architect to remodel and refurbish Bulmershe School in Woodley
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
The importance of having a conscience, and the obligation to keep it properly landscaped
Ian Martin says à bientôt to Darcy Farquear’say
Comment
'The English will spare no expense to get something on the cheap'
Paul Finch’s letter from London: We need to educate the public about what buildings really cost
Geoff Wilkinson’s Regs: Part A, C, and L changes
How changes to Part A, C, and L of the Building Regulations will affect you, by Geoff Wilkinson
Vote ‘yes’ for city mayors
City mayors could replace icon-building as the drivers of regeneration, writes Christine Murray
Astragal gossip column
The Diary of an Anonymous Architect #8
The latest in an ongoing series about the day-to-day travails of an embattled practitioner. This week: House for Sale
Revealed: the first ever amphibious house
Waterworld-specialists BACA Architects have cornered the market in the floating future - and have come up with yet another ingenious scheme
