Architects Journal
8 January 2004
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Architecture gains two honours
The profession has secured just two awards in the Queen's New Year's Honours, bringing to an end the bumper crop of the last few years. -
BERMONDSEY AFTER EIGHT
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Board's imposition must be minimal
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CAPITAL MARBLE DESIGN AJ ENQUIRY NO: 205
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Celebrating the structures of the supernatural
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COLOUR COMP CALL
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COOPER LIGHTING AND SECURITY AJ ENQUIRY NO: 207
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London Ecohouse Student Design Competition 14-31 January. An exhibition at the RIBA, 66 Portland Place, W1. -
Experts uncover secret Mies villa
A previously unknown villa by Mies van der Rohe has been discovered in Germany. -
Fierce row erupts between rivals over Croydon Gateway proposals
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Fifteen honoured in CABE's alternative Festive Five Awards for good design
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FIGUERAS UK AJ ENQUIRY NO: 203
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Grimshaw set to create waves in Melbourne rail station redesign
Grimshaw has unveiled the latest images of its new Southern Cross railway station in Melbourne, Australia. -
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Head in the McClouds over Ely Cathedral
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Heritage groups slam runway plans
Government plans to build new runways at both Stansted and Heathrow represent 'the biggest threat to Britain's heritage since the Blitz', architectural lobbyists have warned. -
Immunity decision leaves council free to demolish Pimlico School
John Bancroft has relaunched a campaign to save his Pimlico School building after the Department for Culture, Media and Sport paved the way for its possible demolition. -
In Search of Architecture: The Watercolour Albums of Thomas Graham Jackson RA At the Royal Academy,until 30 January
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Industrial espionage
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IRAN REBUILD APPEAL
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Koolhaas' city of the future is a nightmare
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Loyalty has its place - but not at any expense
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METSEC AJ ENQUIRY NO: 204
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MINERVA TO GET GO-AHEAD
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New planning shake-up lacks spirit, says Rogers
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PHILIP WATTS DESIGN AJ ENQUIRY NO: 206
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Portsmouth can't afford to lose Tricorn
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Quango boss fuels fashion fears
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RIBA backs down on Clients' Guide
The RIBA has bowed to public pressure and withdrawn its Clients'Guide after critics attacked its decision to publish market research into architects' fees. -
ROBBENS UNDERFLOOR SYSTEMS AJ ENQUIRY NO: 201
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Roll up, roll up
There's a mundane way of building a bridge across a waterwayà and then there's the Heatherwick way -
Rules of engagement: Allford stakes out his territory
Following a brief conversation with the editor at the St John restaurant in Clerkenwell (while delighting in a significant share of a whole roast suckling pig followed by a week of digesting), I now find myself embarking on a new project - this column. How appropriate it is that I was passed the baton by Will Alsop, following a chance encounter in the same venue on a different evening. I could sign off now: -
Russia's new space race
The pressures of big business and the whim of the mayor are transforming Moscow rapidly. Can these drivers result in the creation of any architecture of value? -
Seeking solitude
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the ones that got away
Astragal's new competition will feature schemes that, for better or worse, stayed on the drawing board. Can you identify this project and its architect? Post your entry, to arrive by first thing Monday morning, to AJ Astragal , 151 Rosebery Avenue, London EC1R 4GB, or fax 020 7505 6701. The first correct entry to be pulled out of the hat wins a bottle of champagne. -
The Prince is in the tower again - does this mean more carbuncles?
It is sometimes comforting to remember that there has always been architectural criticism of a sort, most memorably perhaps in the heyday of the Prince of Wales when the heir to the throne had great suc - cess with such witticisms as: 'It looks like a municipal fire station with a sort of tower for the bell', and 'It looks like an assembly hall for secret policemen'. -
Three coins in a fountain
The government is going with the flow, commissioning Foster and Partners to design a water feature at the Treasury -
TITON AJ ENQUIRY NO: 208
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UK practice flattered by 'striking similarity' of Freedom Tower design
A small Bristol-based practice has claimed the new design for the World Trade Center, recently unveiled by Daniel Libeskind and David Childs, bears an uncanny resemblance to its own competition entry. -
Warsaw
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Water waste as compensation culture ignores the big picture
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What's it all about?
In awarding the Royal Gold Medal to Rem Koolhaas, the establishment appeared to give credence to his damning analysis of our cities. But does flamboyant, big-gesture architecture really reject the urban context? Or is it just an old approach in a new guise? -
While we struggle to inject life into cities, Corb preferred his silent
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