Architects Journal
28 August 2003
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and memories of him, Joan and the Fun Palace
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100% DESIGN
There is less than a month to go until 100% Design, the UK's leading contemporary interior design fair. Visitors will have a chance to see the latest products from more than 450 exhibitors, visit the AJ small projects exhibition and attend a range of related events. The AJ seminar, which will take place at 6pm on 25 September, will concentrate on tiny buildings which have made a big impact.Philip Gumuchdjian will present 'Think Tank', the hideaway which he designed for David Puttnam on the so -
11.04 launches 'sexy' phone line
A London-based small practice has set up the UK's first premium rate phone service offering the public architectural advice. -
Ad shows nub of South East transport problem
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AHMM £50m twin towers for Capital of Culture win CABE backing
CABE has given the thumbs-up to this twin tower proposal by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris for Liverpool as the city prepares to be Capital of Culture in 2008. -
Allies and Morrison in dock chop
Allies and Morrison has become the latest signature practice to lose a major job to a littleknown rival after securing planning permission. -
ArupSport pitches in with plans for £100m multi-purpose stadium in Salford
ArupSport has submitted for planning these designs for a new stadium for the Rugby League team the Salford City Reds. -
CABE NAMES TOP BUILDINGS FROM PAST 12 MONTHS
CABE has named its 10 favourite buildings of the year, which includes Foster and Partners'Swiss Re and Arup Associates'City of Manchester Stadium. -
Campaigners set to fight 'wholly incompatible' Bethnal Green plans
Local campaigners have demanded the deputy prime minister block plans for a 14-storey tower by Pollard Thomas & Edwards in London's Bethnal Green. -
Can buildings with special status meet special needs?
The challenge to make buildings universally accessible, in line with the Disability Discrimination Act, is more acute for listed buildings. Although some are making real efforts, they are often hindered by their status, writes Stephen Portlock -
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Deciding whether it is worth paying the price of litigation
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Dress code
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Few excuses for bland boxes in the South East
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FOSTER MAKES UN SHORTLIST
Britain's Norman Foster, US-based Richard Meier and Kevin Roche and Japan's Fumihiko Maki have made it onto the shortlist for a new United Nations headquarters building in New York. Unusually the competition - for a new 90,000m2 office - was open only to the 23 past recipients of the Pritzker Prize. According to the New York Times, some of the practices were eliminated in the first stage of the competition, while others - including Robert Venturi, Frank Gehry and IM Pei - chose not to compete -
Further delays to push Scottish Assembly costs past £500m
The escalating cost of RMJM and Enric Miralles' Scottish Assembly building is likely to exceed the £500 million mark, experts are warning. -
GCHQ comes up trumps - but why does it ignore basic urban design?
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Grand entrance
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Health and safety are part of the risk 'cake'
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Heatwave prompts 'green' drive
The industry's leading thinkers on sustainability have made an urgent plea for drastic action to green the nation's building stock and combat global warming. The calls come in the wake of the recent heatwave that saw temperatures soar to more than 100degreesF. -
In the swim
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Intelligent response
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Let's raise a glass to the irreplaceable Cedric
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London practices suffer in commercial office decline
The well-publicised downturn in London's commercial office market is forcing many of the capital's biggest practices to make a raft of redundancies. -
Look back to an age of slaughter to see how much has changed
Iraq is still in an uneasy stalemate and the anticipated rate of reconstruction of infrastructure is very slow, despite the early letting of contracts.The present state of prolonged 'asymmetrical'warfare was not the anticipated outcome.Why? -
MEMORIAL FOR DAVIDSON
A memorial service for Ian Davidson, founding partner of Lifschutz Davidson, who died suddenly in February aged 48, will be held on Thursday 4 September. -
Minority report
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Mourning glory
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MVRDV OUT OF BBC RACE
Dutch practice MVRDV has been eliminated from the competition to design a world-class music centre for the BBC in London's White City.The four other practices competing for the job - Zaha Hadid Architects, Foreign Office Architects, Future Systems and Ushida Findlay - have been sent back to the drawing board to scale down their entries. -
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Newcastle-based FaulknerBrowns is to go for planning permission with this design for the extension of a Grade II-listed lido in Uxbridge, west London.The project will include the refurbishment of the site's unusual 12-sided outdoor swimming pool - larger than an Olympic-sized pool - and its grandstand building.The designs include plans to build an indoor 25m swimming pool, a sports hall, a gym and healthcare facilities. -
Niche players
Property developer London and Newcastle is about to enter a bigger league, but the outfit needs to find more architects who share its vision and its ambitions -
Not only, but. . .
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Pavilion play
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AMERICAN SHUTTERS AJ ENQUIRY NO: 201 -
Q&A: John McAslan John McAslan and Partners
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'Questionable' U2 Dublin tower competition hits the wrong note
An anonymous competition to design a new skyscraper and recording studio for rock group U2 in Dublin has sparked a series of claims and counterclaims over the 'probity' of its organisation. -
Red rag
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Restoration view of architects is lamentable
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ring the changes
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Selfridges ready to reveal itself
Future Systems' long-anticipated Selfridges in Birmingham is on the verge of opening its doors to the shopping public. -
STIRLING TICKETS ON SALE
Tickets to the 2003 Stirling Prize award ceremony dinner and presentation ceremony in Bristol cost £120 plus VAT. For further information contact juliette. runyeard@inst. riba. org. -
Tall stories
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Tips on making light work of heavy reading
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vital statistics
Restoration, BBC2's architectural Pop Idol, presented by former Not the Nine O'Clock News star Griff Rhys Jones, seems to be winning the ratings war. -
Wakefield is crying out for creativity: enter the Orangery
Wakefield - a city that everyone knows of but few have visited - feels good.This city, that was once of great importance as the centre of local government for West Riding, was painted by Turner as he sat on the banks of the River Calder looking towards a skyline which largely still exists, with some additions. -
who said what
'What is happening in Athens is the exact opposite of what was done in Barcelona for the 1992 Games. Here, the Greek state pays little attention to architectural design, and these Olympic projects will leave no legacy to the people of Athens and the country' -
working details: A timber staircase and screen
The staircase gives access to a mezzanine over the living area; together with its slatted screen it divides the kitchen/ dining space from the living space.
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