Architects Journal
27 January 2005
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...from the process for non-EU qualifications...
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?to shunning non-EU applicant subsidies
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ALLERTON CASTLE DESTROYED
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An extension with a rooflight at the ridge
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ANDARCHITECTS
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ART FOR WHOSE SAKE?
ajenda - The accepted view is that art in the public realm creates a quality environment. But this enthusiasm for cultural improvement is condescending and misdirected, argues Crispin Kelly, and leads to contrived, prescribed public spaces -
BAUMAN LYONS ARCHITECTS IN ASSOCIATION WITH MAGGIE PICKLES
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BLAIR ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTURE
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C20 moves to save early Cullinan studio
The Twentieth Century Society (C20) has proposed this very early Edward Cullinan building (above) for listing. -
Career choice
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Correction
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CRAWFORD PARTNERSHIP
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Cushion conversations patch over problems
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Diary
London Ole Scheeren Wednesday 2 February, 19.00. A talk by the OMA director at the AA, 36 Bedford Sq, WC1. Details 020 7887 4000. -
Don't blow your budget by blowing out virtual candles
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DUNCAN FOSTER ARCHITECT
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EGER ARCHITECTS
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Exclusion zone
review - Pevsner Architectural Guides: Bristol By Andrew Foyle. Yale University Press, 2004. £9.95 -
'Fears'over industry tsunami aid
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Fees set for the high jump
After influencing changes to the appeals system, the ACA remains concerned about imminent increases in planning fees -
Five shortlisted concept Avenham Park Pavilion designs
The five shortlisted concept designs for the new Avenham Park Pavilion in Preston have gone on show this week. Images of the schemes by Design Engine Architects, Ian McChesney, Niall McLaughlin Architects, Space Craft Architects and Studio Egret West will be displayed in the city's Guild Hall until Saturday (29 January). The public will be invited to comment on each of the schemes, though their designers will remain anonymous. The competition received 67 entries from architectural practices a -
FOCUSING ON CARO
Tate Britain's mammoth Anthony Caro retrospective, featuring works - both figurative and abstract - from all periods of his long career, is now open and continues until 17 April. Above is a detail of Early One Morning - one of the painted steel sculptures with which Caro made his name. -
FOSTER LOMAS
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FUTURE CITIES CONFERENCE
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'Guilty' Salisbury awaits ARB rap
The possibility of Ian Salisbury being thrown off the ARB remained extremely high this week. -
HAYSOM WARD ARCHITECTS
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IMAGO ARCHITECTS
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It's all in the delivery: a tale of computers, couriers and con men
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JAMIE FOBERT LANDS TATE
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JARVIS/AEDAS WRIT LARGE
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JESSOP AND COOK ARCHITECTS
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JIM GARLAND ARCHITECTS
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Light touch
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LOFTY AMBITIONS
interiors - Turning a 1920s assembly hall into an apartment confronted architect Eldridge Smerin with issues of space, light and views typical of a loft -
Looks alone
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MACGABHANN ARCHITECTS
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Mary Martin: The End is Always to Achieve Simplicity
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MVRDV Serpentine plans delayed but not ditched
The Serpentine Gallery will press on with ambitious plans to build a 23m-high 'mountain' over its pavilion in Kensington Gardens, despite announcing the scheme has been delayed indefinitely. -
NORD ARCHITECTS
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On the list
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PARDEY'S LESSON IN LIVING
John Pardey Architects and PRP Architects have released the first pictures of their plans to transform a Grade II-listed school into a housing development. -
PRESCOTT'S HOUSING ACTION
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PRUE CHILES ARCHITECTS
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RA SHOW AWARDS LAUNCHED
RA SHOW AWARDS LAUNCHED The AJ/Bovis Lend Lease Awards, for the best architectural work in the Royal Academy Summer Show, take place again this year. -
RIBA's bar demands provoke Roche's wrath
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RINEHART HERBST
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Ring cycle
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Scorned Alsop lashes out at Brum station scheme
Will Alsop has launched a fierce attack on the regeneration of Birmingham, after Network Rail dropped his practice from the scheme to transform the city's New Street Station. -
Sergeant at arms
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Simplicity of small projects highlights the pitfalls of the expansion addicts
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SMITHFIELD DECISION DUE
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spot the building
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Spy wars: the Evil Empire strikes back
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Squire and Partners submit planning application
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Stillness and light
review - Images of Stillness: Traditional Japanese and Modern Western Art At the Langen Foundation, Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss, Düsseldorf, Germany, until 15 May (www. langenfoundation. de) -
STUDENT SHOWCASE
Jonathan Spratt designed The Ruskin Institute as the final project in his third year at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University, under the supervision of tutor Richard Weston. The brief was to create a centre for educating people on the work of the writer John Ruskin on a cliff-top site in Rhossili. Spratt's response creates a journey through galleries into a three-sided colonnaded courtyard viewing the sea and sky beyond. -
STUDIO BAAD
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Submitted plans for Manchester skyscraper
Woods Bagot's London office has submitted plans for this massive skyscraper in Manchester. The 100,000m 2 development would be six storeys taller than 30 St Mary Axe in London. -
The fear of living dangerously
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The great ARB/RIBA debate runs on...
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The Pan Am Building and the Shattering of the Modernist Dream
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Try before you buy
The unusual and speedy success of the ACA's campaign, supported by the AJ, to sort out the meltdown at the Planning Inspectorate (PINS) was more than just a lesson in effective lobbying. It was also another demonstration of the need for testing out new legislation before inflicting it on an unprepared world. -
ULLMAYER + SYLVESTER ARCHITECTS
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Wind in the bath
In the third article on building modelling, we look at the benefits of water-bath tests to assess natural ventilation performance -
Zaha remains unfazed despite Guggenheim and Maxxi rumours
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