Architects Journal
3 June 2004
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(London) pride
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A collection of mags you're bound to be after
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A new departure for King's Cross
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A sliced opening in structural concrete
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Acoustic engineer's account
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ADAM'S STUDENT OFFER
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BLAIR BACKS CROSSRAIL
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Bygone world
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CABE wait
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Code confusion removes conduct from equation
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competitions
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CPD becomes painless
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Cracking the code
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Cry freedom
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Defecting designer says the signs are all there
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Design Review slates Waterloo skyscraper
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diary
London A13: A Multi-Disciplinary Exhibition on an Urban Archetype 4 June-25 July.At the Wapping Project.Wapping Wall, E1.Details www. architecture foundation. org. uk A Essential Business Management Training for Architects 7,14,21 & 28 June, 14.00.A four-part Colander course at Capital Quality, just off Oxford St.Details 020 8771 6445. -
DUBLIN PLUMPS FOR DANNY
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EDITORIAL
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Elegance workshops
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FAVOURITE BUILDING
CONCRETE QUARTERLY - JAMIE FOBERT TALKS TO ABOUT TADAO ANDO'S CHAPEL ON MOUNT ROKKO -
FBALL AND CO AJ ENQUIRY NO: 207
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Fresh RSC threat as architect walks
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Future imperfect
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Gateway overrule a 'real concern'
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Hackney amasses £1.4m to fund Clissold crusade
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HANSENGROUP AJ ENQUIRY NO: 202
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HANSON BUILDING PRODUCTS AJ ENQUIRY NO: 206
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HSE design crackdown under way
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In case of fire
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KALWALL PROJECT OF THE WEEK AJ ENQUIRY NO: 204
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Keeping it simple
reviewPeter Shepheard Edited by Annabel Downs. Landscape Design Trust, 2004. 160pp. £27.50 -
LAFARGE PLASTERBOARD AJ ENQUIRY NO: 205
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LETTER FROM BEIJING
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Life after the Opera House : did Zaha do Cardiff a favour?
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Linux's Microsoft stink to come up smelling of roses
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Material that broke the architectural mould
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Memories of war shame today's tentative terrorist measures
News that Britain's emergency homeland officials and transport agencies have been working on plans for the evacuation of all or part of the population of London in the event of a major terrorist attack first appeared in the International Herald Tribune last month and was followed by a story with a slightly different slant in London's Evening Standard two or three days later. -
METSEC AJ ENQUIRY NO: 203
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Mind reading
reviewHooked on Books: The Library of Sir John Soane, 1753-1837 At the Weston Gallery, DH Lawrence Pavilion, University Park, Nottingham, until 30 August -
Modern legacy
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MOVERS AND SHAKERS
The first London Architecture Biennale takes place from 19-28 June in Clerkenwell. There is a full daily programme of talks, seminars, walks and exhibitions at a number of EC1 venues. The AJ Charette, 'Future Smithfield', is at the Farmiloes Building on Saturday 19th (11.00-17.00) and the AJ Bar, also in the Farmiloes Building, will be open throughout.Biennale participants include Zaha Hadid, FOA, Will Alsop, Rafael Vi±oly, Peter Ackroyd and Stephen Bayley. The image above illustrates 'Greeni -
Newts hold up plans for new urban village
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OFT plural policy is a little prohibit too far
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On the horizon
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Opening The Gate
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Paris airport ruins spark China fears
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people & practices
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Poetic licence
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Polished performance
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POTTER & SOAR AJ ENQUIRY NO: 208
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Q & A - Ferhan Azman Azman Owens Architects
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Real architectural value reduced to sound bites
Massaged by the media, we live in a world of myths and fears. -
Riding to the rescue of the discredited decade
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Rogers backs Owen in RIBA race as candidates call in the big guns
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Rogers unit to go, say mayor hopefuls
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Room with a view
Next week sees the opening of the Royal Academy's annual Summer Exhibition. Gordon Benson's model of Benson & Forsyth's Battersea Power Station housing project picked up the £10,000 AJ/Bovis Award for the best piece of work in the architecture room, while a pair of models by Brisac Gonzalez Architects was awarded the £5,000 prize for best piece by a first-time exhibitor. -
Salisbury slams 'disgraceful' system in PFI tirade
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Sands of time
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SIKA AJ ENQUIRY NO: 201
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Simple answers to museum complexity
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Speedy approval of PCC extension was ill-judged
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The architect's account
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The hole thing
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the ones that got away
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The poet's account
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The Pringle appreciation society starts here
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Trimming the VAT
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Trouser press
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Unfair contract revision offers the chance to win back trust
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What's my line?
In our continuing series exploring professions that impact on architects, we look at the important role of the planner -
Write stuff
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