Architects Journal
16 October 2003
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A beacon that shines on a brighter future
Laban epitomises the mysterious 'X' factor which constitutes truly magnificent architecture. -
A man with a plan
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Able and wireless
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After Barnsley, Alsop adds Bradford to its northern regeneration
Alsop Architects has unveiled its masterplan for Bradford, which includes the creation of a city-centre urban park surrounding a new lake in front of City Hall. -
AJ SHORTLISTED IN AWARDS
The AJ is on the shortlist for the 2003 Association of Online Publishers Awards for best integration of magazine and website.And news editor Zoë Blackler is on the shortlist for new weekly business journalist of the year in the Periodicals Training Council's awards. -
And now for RIBA's special prizes. . .
The winners of the RIBA Special Awards were also named at the ceremony in Bristol: -
Architectural designers face the flak unfairly
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Army blows up building
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Balancing act
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Bartlett students 'are not ready for practice', say RIBA inspectors
Many of the Bartlett's students are leaving its diploma course unfit to practice in architecture, a RIBA visiting board has said. -
By George
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Dance time
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Design channel
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diary
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Emote control
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EXHIBITS SOUGHT FOR CITY OF LONDON SHOW
The first major exhibition of new architecture in the City of London for a decade will take place next spring - and applications are invited from architects and clients who would like to be included. -
Fact finder
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Fanning the flames of the housing market will leave us all burned
Sometimes, gazing around the pulsating bars of the Slug and Lettuce, one is struck by the sangfroid of the drinkers there. They seem the least troubled collection of individuals you could ever hope to see. Guilelessly seeking pleasure and relaxation, you would not think to look at them, even to talk to them, that a death sentence had been passed on the world as they know it. -
Favourite things
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Fear factor
With CAD now universally adopted, DocumentFlow has addressed fears about security when sharing files -
Field set to be international
Buildings in the running for next year's Stirling Prize could include a host of projects by foreign architects, following the RIBA's decision to open up its awards to honorary fellows. -
Flood fears prompt redesign call for RRP's Canary Wharf towers
The Environment Agency has demanded that the Richard Rogers Partnership redesign parts of its mammoth Canary Wharf project, citing a failure to meet flood protection regulations. -
GO-AHEAD FOR BATTERSEA
Grimshaw and Arup Associates' plans for the renovation of Battersea Power Station have cleared the final hurdle.Developer Parkview International has seen off a bid by the Battersea Community Group to block the project in the High Court. -
LDA in government funding warning
The London Development Agency (LDA) has warned the government that it needs to make 'firm commitments' to spending public cash in the Thames Gateway housing development. -
Matters of Trust
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Not so great
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Opponents fight on over Foster's Edinburgh Royal Infirmary scheme
Scotland's heritage lobby has demanded the Scottish Parliament calls in Foster and Partners' £400 million project for the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary. -
Party time moving and shaking at the Stirling Prize in Bristol
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PLANNING BILL RETURNS
The government's long-awaited Planning Bill has returned to the House of Commons.The bill - which will include the scrapping of County Planning Structures - was delayed in the last session due to the war in Iraq. -
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Protection of function is a fallacy in the real world
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Purpose is the norm, not necessarily a need
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Q & A: Richard Leng AFL Architects
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Red card
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Factory By Gillian Darley.Reaktion,2003.224pp. £14.95 -
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Inigo: The Troubled Life of Inigo Jones, Architect of the English Renaissance -
RIBA answers student call for a clear system
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ring the changes
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Secret moments
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'Significant and beautiful' Laban lands Stirling Prize
The wow factor won the day at the 2003 Stirling Prize when Herzog & de Meuron's Laban centre danced away with architecture's top honour. -
Stirling stars win East End housing
Stirling Prize winner Herzog & de Meuron is set to repeat its magic in London's East End with an exemplar of affordable housing. -
The myth of the tablecloth sees us all out to lunch
The tablecloth - given its simplicity - is surprising in its many meanings, its ability to transform the ambience of a space, and the way it modifies behaviour. -
The Stirling Prize: singing the praises of the ones that got away
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Three of Britain's best gear up for modern day Battle of Hastings
An impressive three-strong shortlist is fighting it out in a competition for a new civic space on the Hastings waterfront. -
Trust in Battersea, not plodding Parkview
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vital statistics
The Department of Trade has admitted it underestimated the growth in the construction sector in the first three months of this year.The Office of National Statistics has reassessed the original figure of 0.3 per cent, replacing it with a far healthier 0.6 per cent. -
Welsh wonder blighted by a click and a but
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When the chips are down, can 100-day arbitration cook on gas?
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Where art and architecture are as one
Not only has Laban given Deptford a new landmark, it is a tribute to a rare creative dialogue that radically breaches the artificial threshold between the visual arts, dance and architecture. -
who said what at the Stirling Prize Awards night
'It's a hard-hearted architect who doesn't look at their work and think 'I wish I'd done that'. These guys are a little bit ahead of the rest of us.'
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