Architects Journal
29 July 2004
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Alsop plans have eluded Middlesbrough council
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Blobs and sticks sending architecture to top shelf
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Core, what a success
technical & practiceThe world's first modular composite lift core was erected in Ireland. We examine the process from inception to completion -
Courage under fire
review - JONATHAN SERGISON Giancarlo De Carlo: Layered Places By John McKean. Edition Axel Menges, 2004. 208pp. £49 -
Danny denied
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diary
London Framed Space: Adam Kossoff Until 7 August, Thurs-Sat 10.00-17.00. -
Empty promises
It's touted as 'a park for the 21st century', but now the inaugural fireworks have faded, does Chicago's Millennium Park justify the rhetoric and claims of its commissioners - or has an opportunity been missed? Andrew Mead reports -
E-planning on its way
The government is on course to have all applications capable of being made and viewed online by the end of 2005. 'Parsol' is the favoured mechanism and it has been launched to local planning authorities as the means of getting their act together. Mainly aimed at providing the necessary software and data set-up, it will be promoted to applicants once it is in place. Largely based on the advanced work of the London Borough of Wandsworth, it should be 'rolled-out' next year. -
Family affairs
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Freedom fighters
people - Leading lights in the World Trade Center resurrection and tackling the Childs/Libeskind dispute head-on, Guy Battle and Chris McCarthy are not your average engineers -
Get rid of second homes for sustainability
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Help-needy householders must beware the BBC's Good advice
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High-Tech's high drama bridges the scepticism and symbolism divide
About half a century ago the Russians launched a rocket called Lunik II that landed on the Moon. It placed there metal pennants bearing the emblem of the Soviet Union and the date. Although universally seen in the West as the prelude to a manned mission, the Russians insisted that they had no immediate project to land a man on the Moon. -
Lost in transit
review - Urban Forms: The Death and Life of the Urban Block By Philippe Panerai et al. Architectural Press, 2004. 222pp. £24.99 -
McKean's diatribe was more fire than fact
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No place like Dome
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Northern soul?
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One-stop shop for all your judgemental needs
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Packington Estate will not collapse just yet
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Performance pedants offer us progress in a straitjacket
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PLANET EARTH
Worldwide transformations in the landscape are the theme of the highly detailed colour photographs of Edward Burtynsky, as in the image above of an abandoned quarry in Vermont. They can be seen at Flowers Central, 21 Cork Street, London W1, from 4-14 August. Details 020 7439 7766. -
Planning reform timetable announced
The timetable for delivering reform of the planning system under the new Planning Act has been made clear in parliament. There will be a draft circular on planning obligations (the to-be-renumbered Section 106 agreements) this autumn, covering negotiations only that will replace Circular 1/97. The aim is to publish a final circular in early 2005, accompanied by a Good Practice Guide on negotiations. The new arrangements should be in force early next year. -
Promises promises
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Q & A - Peter Barber Peter Barber Architects
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RIVERSIDE REVIVAL
building study - Patel Taylor has transformed a 1960s eyesore in Putney into Thames-side housing and made major additions to the public realm -
Rounding up reforms
Changes to the planning and heritage protection systems could have big implications for architectural practices -
Rule the routes
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Schwartz on film
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Secrets and whys? The prognosis for hospital design looks poor
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the ones that got away
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Time for reflection
review - Douglas Allsop At Kettle's Yard, Castle Street, Cambridge, until 12 September -
Walking on water
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What's the crack with the cruck?
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