Architects Journal
23 September 2004
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A masterclass in PDFs and more phishy business
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All talk and no pay make house prices a fruitless conversation
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Amour propre
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ARB code 'open to client abuse'
Clients are using a clause in the ARB's Code of Conduct to 'vindictively' attack architects that they have employed, members of the board have claimed. -
Arup homes in on prefab market
Arup has announced that it is working with architect Ken Shuttleworth to develop a system for modular prefabricated housing that can, it claims, be produced at a significantly lower cost than conventional housing. -
ASH & LACY BUILDING SYSTEMS AJ ENQUIRY NO: 206
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Bonnet baby
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Campaigners fight to protect historic Dublin buildings
Conservationists in Dublin are fighting to stop city planners delisting 500 historic buildings in the Irish capital. -
Changing world
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Client satisfaction could be Charlies' problem
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COMMTECH GROUP AJ ENQUIRY NO: 208
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Competition strength of RIAS eludes Murphy
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DCMS sparks Brum listing row
A dispute over the reasons behind the failed listing of a 1958 Modernist building has broken out in Birmingham. -
Dedicated Donat was also a modern master
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diary
London In Practice 27 September-31 October. -
'Disgraceful' insurance demands trigger anger
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Doing God's work
technical & practice - Five years into its restoration, Acanthus Clews Architects still expresses an almost religious fervour for Coventry Cathedral -
Everybody loses in the battle of 'community'versus City planners
'There is less to this than meets the eye, ' was one of the late Noel Coward's favourite expressions, and while there is no evidence that he ever applied it to the planning of the City of London, he certainly should have done. -
Fifty ways to leave your partner
Sometimes partnerships don't turn out as planned. So when is it right to drop off the key and set yourself free? -
FORTICRETE AJ ENQUIRY NO: 207
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Fourth Grace failure blamed as Alsop closes Dutch office
The collapse of the controversial 'Cloud' project was one of the key factors that led to the closure of Alsop Architects' Rotterdam office. -
French fancies
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'Good practice' example could be costly to us all
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HANSENGROUP AJ ENQUIRY NO: 202
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Holyrood hokum proves the best things in life aren't free
Construction costs pervade everyone's thinking long before projects take architectural form; budgets are often in place before the design team. This can be entirely reasonable - we would otherwise waste time on the most vague of opportunities. What is unreasonable is when budgets are in place before the brief. -
Holyrood or bust
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Hopkins hits out at Portcullis leaks
Hopkins Architects has denied responsibility for the latest problems to hit Portcullis House, instead pointing the finger at shoddy workmanship. -
in practice
At the time that the photograph was taken we were working on Hanover Lodge, a large house in Regent's Park, London. It was in the early stages of construction on site, so many of the assistants in the office were working on the drawings with me. In order to keep in close contact with all aspects of the job I regularly inspect the drawings while they are being prepared. In addition to Hanover Lodge, we have been working on a variety of new projects in England and the US. I generally draw out t -
IN THE PINK
Michael Craig-Martin, the artist who collaborated with Herzog & de Meuron on the Stirling Prize-winning Laban Centre, has an exhibition of new work at the Milton Keynes Gallery, 900 Midsummer Boulevard, Milton Keynes, from 24 September to 21 November. To mark the fifth anniversary of the gallery's opening, Craig-Martin is turning the exterior of the building into 'a painted artwork'. Expect lots of magenta. Details 01908 676 900. -
In Vogue
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Job swap
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KALWALL PROJECT OF THE WEEK AJ ENQUIRY NO: 204
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King's Cross future still very much in the balance
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Lack of cash ends Libeskind's Spiral
The Victoria and Albert Museum has formally dropped plans to build Daniel Libeskind's Spiral proposals. -
Lasdun's ziggurats set for overhaul
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Legal bill blamed for 'appalling'ARB retention hike
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MVRDV heads to the hills with pavilion plan
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NAYLOR CONCRETE PRODUCTS AJ ENQUIRY NO: 201
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Piece of China
OMI Architects' Chinese Arts Centre in Manchester is a successful reworking of a historic building with a mission to celebrate and convey the message of contemporary Chinese arts -
Poundbury model gets Hill sympathy
Planning minister Keith Hill indicated sympathy for Prince Charles' urban design agenda by visiting Poundbury in Dorset last week. -
Prefabrication's time may come and help us build for the future
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PREMDOR AJ ENQUIRY NO: 203
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PRESCOTT DEFENDS PPS 6
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Pressure point
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Q & A - David Dunster Liverpool University
Where and when were you born? Strood in Kent, August 1945. What is your favourite building and why? Borromini’s San Carlo alle Quattro Fontane in Rome, because it is a lot smaller than my other favourite building - Caprarola by Vignola - and totally unlike my third favourite building, Aldo Rossi’s cemetery in Modena. What is your favourite restaurant/meal? Anywhere that smells good and where I don’t care what the bill is. -
Resits fail to relieve UCE despair
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RIBA'S SUSTAINABLE REPORT
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Rogers library costs remain unchanged
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School extension is a class act
Children across the country will be able to learn about a £350,000 extension to St Pancras School in Lewes, East Sussex, thanks to a pioneering new scheme. Masterminded by BBM Sustainable Design, every stage of the nine-month project will be filmed to create an interactive CD-ROM. The CD will then be sent out to junior schools as part of the Classroom of the Future initiative, which is being run by the Department for Education and Skills. The two-storey arts and science block will be ins -
Slapped face
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Stairway to haven
interiors - Simon Miller Architects' house conversion in Muswell Hill, north London, is tied together by a spectacular cantilevered oak and glass stair -
STIRLING LLOYD POLYCHEM AJ ENQUIRY NO: 205
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the ones that got away
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THORNFIELD ON SHOW
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Tower power
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Wirral interest may see 'Cloud' back on Mersey
Will Alsop's axed Fourth Grace project looks set to cause more controversy after it was revealed that the abandoned scheme could be built just miles away from its original site. -
Woods Bagot Architects
Woods Bagot Architects has won a competition to design a new international airport passenger terminal in Thessaloniki, Greece. The terminal, which will handle eight million passengers a year, will comprise separate landside and airside buildings connected by a four-storey landscaped street. The 150,000m 2 terminal will eventually be expanded to provide facilities to handle 16 million passengers a year, with additional airside infrastructure, operational buildings and a Metro rail interchange -
working details
An oak staircase with a glass balustrade for a house conversion
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