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AJ100 Analysis & data

By Bruce Tether

This year’s AJ100 data proves just how resilient and resourceful UK architects have been. It’s remarkable that the gang is (almost) still all here, writes Bruce Tether

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Stephen Hodder named next RIBA president

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Stephen Hodder will succeed Angela Brady as the next RIBA president without any election after no other candidate decided to stand against him

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In pictures: AJ100 Awards Dinner

What the architects from the profession’s top 100 practices are saying at the AJ100 Awards Dinner

Diller Scofidio + Renfro's victorious Union Terrace proposals for Aberdeen

Union Terrace Gardens faces new threat

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Aberdeen’s newly elected council is threatening to pull the rug from under Diller Scofidio + Renfro’s £140 million competition-winning Union Terrace Gardens redevelopment scheme

Winner: Bendetta Rogers, Julian Bond, Lucy Paton and Sigrid Bylander’s ‘Sill to Sill’ design for Hackney City Farm

Revealed: Hackney City Farm’s pick of the shop crop

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Hackney City Farm in London has announced the winner of its competition to design a new shop and information point

The Metropolitan Arts Centre (MAC), Belfast, by Hackett Hall McKnight

Theatre of light

10-May-2012 | By Stephen Best

A semi-abstract basalt tower that soars over Belfast: Hackett Hall McKnight’s MAC is a one-off. Photography by Christian Richters

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Infinity Loop bridge

10-May-2012 | By Gordon Affleck , Kien Hoang

How Buro Happold and 10 Design used two steel parabolic arches to create a vivid landmark for the Shizimen bridge

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What is it about concrete?

3-May-2012 | By Felix Mara

At the core of concrete’s appeal is the freedom and versatility of ‘liquid stone’, writes Felix Mara

Maggie’s Centre, Swansea by Kisho Kurokawa and Garbers & James

The concrete cat

3-May-2012 | By Christine Murray

Garbers & James’ faithful interpretation of Kisho Kurokawa’s Maggie’s Centre makes clever use of space. Photography by Paul Riddle

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Bauhaus at the Barbican

10-May-2012 | By Joseph Rykwert

Joseph Rykwert visits the lively new exhibition at the Barbican and is reminded of the fun and frolics of the Dessau school

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Reporting from Milan Furniture Fair

3-May-2012 | By Rakesh Ramchurn

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

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Book launch in the RIBA bookshop

Hattie Hartman: London 2012 book launch

16-May-2012 | By Michelle Price

AJ’s Sustainability Editor launches book at RIBA event

A delta in Betsiboka estuary, Madagascar. Picture: SPL / Barcroft Media

FootprintWire 16.5.12

16-May-2012 | By ajsustainability

Today’s green news: Patterns from space: satellite images of river deltas around the world

Wang Shu’s influence as the antithesis of China’s rush to urbanisation is greater than his output

17-May-2012 | By Paul Finch

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

17-May-2012 | By Rory Olcayto

Black Box: How did contemporary public realm design succumb to an overly self-conscious aesthetic?

Christine Murray introduces the AJ100 for 2012

16-May-2012 | By Christine Murray

The AJ100 has proved remarkably hardy and nimble. Congrats to members and winners

A Chelsea stadium in Battersea Power Station is the best idea yet. Don’t listen to Lister

10-May-2012 | By Christine Murray

Lister and Johnson should open the door to Chelsea FC’s vision for Battersea

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An ambitious plan to twin Tamworth and Los Angeles is put to the test

10-May-2012 | By Ian Martin

Ian Martin Road-tests the beta version of the iPad 5

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