Architects Journal
24 March 2005
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A free-standing glass and steel mezzanine
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A lesson in playing out contract disputes from the football field
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ARB committee went too far with suspension
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ARB talks tough after indemnity breach
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ARCHITECT'S ACCOUNT
Although we completed this commission shortly before the controversial demolition of Greenside, I now find it impossible not to link the project with my experience of serving as an expert witness at the recent Greenside public inquiry. -
CABE confuses
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CATNIC AJ ENQUIRY NO: 203
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Charter plan awakens RIBA row
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CITY ACADEMIES 'EXPLOITED'
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Construction futures
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CORUS AJ ENQUIRY NO: 201
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COUNTRY HOUSE ASSURANCE
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Crossrail damage fears intensify
Concerns are escalating over the potential impact of the £10 billion Crossrail link on scores of historic buildings across the capital. -
Cutting comments
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Design for Fulton Street subway station
Grimshaw has revealed the latest images of its design for Fulton Street subway station in New York. The new streamlined transport hub will bring together six existing stations and become a key focal point of the regeneration of Lower Manhattan. -
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London Louise Marlborough: Gasholders Until 29 March. Photos at BrB, 48 Rosslyn Hill, NW3. Details 020 7435 0808. -
Early doors
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Edinburgh big enough to beat the superblock
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First town for deaf takes shape
Architects and town planners have begun drawing up a blueprint for the first town built and designed entirely for deaf people. -
FORMICA AJ ENQUIRY NO: 204
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Give us a call before you ditch your old mobile
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Going to plan
review - Garden History: Philosophy and Design 2000 BC - 2000 AD By Tom Turner. Spon Press, 2004. 240pp. £50 -
Government officials move closer to Supreme Court decision
A decision on which practice will oversee the transformation of London's Middlesex Guildhall into the new Supreme Court, one of Britain's most high-profile construction projects, will be made within the month. -
Grape escape
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GRIMSHAW WINS LSE CONTEST
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Hearing impairment
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Heron overcomes City jitters and commits to KPF tower
Heron International has revealed its plans to start building KPF's £350 million tower at 110 Bishopsgate at the beginning of next year. -
Hope of cutting through small print gets fuzzy
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Elspeth Beard writes: 'I really like my working space, which I created last year from an old listed stable building. It reflects the type of work I do, which is converting interesting old buildings and making them useful for the modern world. I like converting old buildings, but in a contemporary way. The photo was taken during a typical busy day - we've got 30 projects on the go, at various stages (five on site), and there are actually four of us, rather than just Paul Hill and I , who are p -
IN THE MODERN WORLD
building study - Avanti Architects' restoration of a 1930s Connell, Ward & Lucas house makes its original qualities more evident, while updating it for the 21st century -
INSTACOUSTIC AJ ENQUIRY NO: 207
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Is chartered practice status worth cutting out your daily latte fix?
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KALWALL PROJECT OF THE WEEK AJ ENQUIRY NO: 202
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LIGNACITE AJ ENQUIRY NO: 208
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MAKING AN ENTRANCE
Sir Robert Taylor's Danson House, whose restoration by Purcell Miller Tritton was a building study in the AJ 18.11.04, opens to the public from 25-28 March, and on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Sundays thereafter until 30 October. At Bexleyheath in south-east London. Details 01322 526574. -
MODERNIST LEGEND DIES
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Morphosis boss rejects 'bad-boy' label as he scoops Pritzker Prize
Thom Mayne, head of California-based Morphosis, was named the surprise winner of this year's $100,000 Pritzker Prize on Monday (21 March). -
MUMFORD & WOOD AJ ENQUIRY NO: 205
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New network needed to challenge official line
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NEW-BUILD FLATS MISS BOOM
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On the move
review - The Architecture of British Transport in the Twentieth Century Edited by Julian Holder and Steven Parissien. Yale University Press, 2004. 246pp. £40 -
Outfitter to stars
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President Prasad?
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Q & A - Greg Lomas Foster Lomas
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Ralph Erskine (1914-2005)
Ralph Erskine, who died last week in Sweden, epitomised the pioneer spirit of the post-war generation of Modern architects. He brought people together with a sense of place and enriched that with an original approach to forms and materials. -
Read all about it: headlines reveal random glories of the millennium
Hashing and rehashing the trends and crazes of the 21st century from the vantage point of its first five years has become the art of the commentator. -
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RIBA confident of wooing politicians
The RIBA's president George Ferguson is confident the main political parties will sit up and pay attention to the institute's new manifesto for architecture. -
Short and sweet
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Software solution even better than a flat-pack
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spot the building
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Sri Lankan government is doing its best to help
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Stand-in wife
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STONE AGE AJ ENQUIRY NO: 206
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STUDENT SHOWCASE
Marc Turley, a diploma student at the University of Central England, has won a design competition called 'The Space', organised by professional and financial services lobby group Birmingham Future. Turley's scheme, shown here, was for a register office inspired by the work of Peter Eisenman and Andy Hilton. Spaces are arranged on a grid to illustrate the links between birth, death, marriage and divorce. -
Submitted proposals for Bishopsgate
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill's Chicago office has submitted these proposals for 201 Bishopsgate in London for planning permission. -
Survey highlights
Construction output in the third quarter of 2004 was 1 per cent higher than the previous quarter and 2 per cent higher than the third quarter of 2003. -
Swenarton to head Oxford Brookes
Oxford Brookes has announced that Mark Swenarton will succeed Mike Jenks as head of the university's school of architecture in September. -
Taxation club is one we would prefer not to be members of
Since declining the Scouts, I have resisted club memberships, but I do accept occasional invitations, although I recently drew the line at the Freemasons. So why do people need to belong? Guilds may seem outdated, but the model they offer is still mimicked. -
Thames Gateway design gurus set to disband after clash of the titans
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The new order
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Touching exhibition
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VIEW FROM THE CREW
A small charity has succeeded in its mission to get the youth of Newham involved in the regeneration of their borough and get their design opinions heard - but funding problems could see those same voices silenced, as Rob Sharp reports
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