Architects Journal
28 October 2004
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AHMM homes in on Barking start
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) is set to start on site with these designs for a library, life-long learning centre and residential development in Barking town centre, east London. -
ARCHAOS STUDENT CALL
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ASH & LACY BUILDING SYSTEMS AJ ENQUIRY NO: 204
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Back to basics
review - Plans, Sections and Elevations: Key Buildings of the Twentieth Century By Richard Weston. Laurence King, 2004. 240pp. £28 -
BDP HOSPITAL GOOD TO GO
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BRITISH GYPSUM-ISOVER AJ ENQUIRY NO: 207
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CABE more positive than Pawley credits
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Contextual distinction
A new exhibition in Munich showcasing the work of Swiss practice Diener & Diener is a powerful antidote to icon-fever, writes Andrew Mead -
Corporation gives Rogers' Leadenhall the all clear
Richard Rogers Partnership's Leadenhall Building has won planning permission from the Corporation of London. -
Crossrail 'will fail' unless funding is resolved, claims new report
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Cryptic business
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diary
London Eduardo Souto de Moura Tuesday 2 November, 18.30. A lecture at the RIBA, 66 Portland Place, W1. Details 020 7307 3699. -
DICKON'S LOFTYAMBITIONS
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Dinner money
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Discarding a pineapple, embracing a gherkin
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EU UNSURE OF FOURTH GRACE
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FDT AJ ENQUIRY NO: 201
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Flexible friends
The recently established Live/Work Network is securing some success in promoting more flexible development choices -
Hackney and Hodder set for Clissold court battle
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Hamilton troubles as Collado resigns
Succession plans at one of London's biggest commercial practices, Hamilton Associates, are in doubt following the departure of one of the office's biggest names. -
HANSENGROUP AJ ENQUIRY NO: 202
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KINGSPAN INSULATION AJ ENQUIRY NO: 206
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Legacy is as important to London as Olympic bid, says IPPR report
The UK should start planning as if London has won the 2012 Olympic bid, according to a joint report by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) and Demos. -
Libeskind shuns context for Hong Kong hokum
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Lintol now less messy - and no need to register
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LONDON EYE STILL LOSING
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MANHATTAN MASTERPIECE
BUILDING STUDY - One of Paul Rudolph's last buildings was a New York townhouse, full of spatial surprises, which is now the headquarters of the Paul Rudolph Foundation -
MARLEY FLOORS AJ ENQUIRY NO: 203
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MILLFIELD FRP AJ ENQUIRY NO: 208
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Mills and boom
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Modesty blaze
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Mole and Ellis-Miller lost in Black hole
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'New efficiency laws are doomed'
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Overbearing Sutton may not make the cut
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Pei day
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Pseuds' Corner language is in urgent need of a rethink
New words and phrases have crept into the ever-expanding lexicons of architectural speak. There has always been the philosophical/scientific/art-based stuff, beloved of critics and practitioners alike, published first in earnest in books and journals, then in architecture's Pseuds' Corner. The fast-emerging contemporary (a word that often replaces 'modern') vogue, to which I refer above, is, however, for the more modest phrases that genuflect in deference to the universally accepted shibbolet -
Q & A - Geoff Cohen Fitzroy Robinson
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RIAS denies Doolan award to end
The RIAS has attempted to quash concerns that its annual £25,000 Award for Architecture - the biggest prize for architecture in the UK - is under threat following the death of its bankroller. -
Ring cycle
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SHELTERED HOUSING
The image above is from an exhibition called 'The House in the Middle: -
Sky's the limit
interiors - Luz Vargas Architects had first to establish its role before it could create a light, sharply detailed office refurbishment in a 1960s block for a firm of solicitors -
SOM allays fears as London base faces uncertain future
SOM's London office has moved to calm increasing speculation over the future of the international firm's presence in the capital. -
Sounding out the facts
technical & practice - The recent AJ Part E conference looked at designing for compliance and making sense of the new sound regulations -
Suffocating conservation system leaves us grasping at longevity
What is the real purpose of listing buildings? We know by their survival in one form or another that our most precious pieces of historical architecture in the thousand-year class must already have survived for centuries without the aid of English Heritage and 'knowledgeable local authority conservation officers' (as they are soothingly described in The Times and elsewhere). But there is another side to this saga of salvation. -
Supporters bid to save struggling UCE from 'death knell' of closure
Academics, architects and students have launched a bid to save the University of Central England's (UCE) struggling school of architecture. -
Sustainable agenda: why cleaning up the environment won't be painless
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The irreconcilable truth is that reconciliation is a good thing
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the ones that got away
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Through a lens
review - Zoomscape: Architecture in Motion and Media By Mitchell Schwarzer. Princeton Architectural Press, 2004. 320pp. £16 -
Travel agent
review - The Guide to the Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent By Takeo Kamiya. English edition, Goa, India, 2004. EU 23 Distributor: www. indoarch. org / archauto@sancharnet. in -
TROAX UK AJ ENQUIRY NO: 205
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Two arrested for Welsh hall blaze
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of burning down Hafodunos Hall, one of the most important historic buildings in Wales. -
UK and US parity is a matter of urgency
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Urgent listing sought as 'remarkable' school faces demolition threat
The Twentieth Century Society (C20) has put forward an experimental school in Islington, north London, for spot-listing. -
Whose line is it anyway?
Katherine Skellon wants to reinvent the role of exhibition designer and has used her industry experience to co-design a new creative practice course focusing on cooperation -
Zaha: a cut above
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