http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/magazine/graphics/logo.png http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/riba-awards-debate-what-is-being-built-today-and-is-it-any-good/8649228.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/riba-awards-debate-what-is-being-built-today-and-is-it-any-good/8649228.article Are the RIBA award winners really the best buildings in the UK and what do they say about the state of architecture today? Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:56 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/thinktank-moots-hub-prison-proposals/8649446.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/thinktank-moots-hub-prison-proposals/8649446.article A new report calls for 30 existing prisons to be replaced with up to 12 new ‘hub prisons’ laura.mark@emap.com (Laura Mark) Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:44 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/panellists-sought-for-olympic-legacy-review-panel/8649434.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/panellists-sought-for-olympic-legacy-review-panel/8649434.article The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) is seeking new panellists for its Quality Review Panel merlin.fulcher@emap.com (Merlin Fulcher) Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:40 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/jane-wernick-wins-women-in-the-built-environment-award/8649431.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/jane-wernick-wins-women-in-the-built-environment-award/8649431.article Strucutral engineer Jane Wernick of Jane Wernick Associates has won the First Women Award in the Built Environment for 2013 laura.mark@emap.com (Laura Mark) Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:39 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/aj-contest-choose-your-stirling-prize-shortlist/8649425.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/aj-contest-choose-your-stirling-prize-shortlist/8649425.article Vote for the six RIBA Award winning projects you think will be included on the RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist tom.ravenscroft@emap.com (Tom Ravenscroft) Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:53 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/eco-refurbs-increase-property-values/8649420.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/eco-refurbs-increase-property-values/8649420.article Making energy efficiency improvements has been found to increase property values by up to 38 per cent laura.mark@emap.com (Laura Mark) Mon, 17 Jun 2013 12:37 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/first-look/3xn-extends-copenhagen-courthouse/8649352.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/first-look/3xn-extends-copenhagen-courthouse/8649352.article [FIRST LOOK + PLANS] 3XN’s municipal courthouse in Danish capital has been awarded a RIBA EU Award tom.ravenscroft@emap.com (Tom Ravenscroft) Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:23 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/thorne-on-pritzker-i-hope-this-petition-will-be-the-rallying-call-that-will-force-a-shift/8649418.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/thorne-on-pritzker-i-hope-this-petition-will-be-the-rallying-call-that-will-force-a-shift/8649418.article Pritzker Prize executive director Martha Thorne has told the AJ that she hopes the ‘energy and passion’ of the Scott Brown petition can be used to effect real change for women in architecture Christine.Murray@emap.com (Christine Murray) Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:38 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/olympic-stars-heatherwick-and-kapoor-on-queens-honours-list/8649413.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/olympic-stars-heatherwick-and-kapoor-on-queens-honours-list/8649413.article ArcelorMittal Orbit tower mastermind Anish Kapoor and Thomas Heatherwick, who designed the 2012 Games’ Olympic cauldron, have been named on the Queen’s Birthday Honours list Richard.Waite@emap.com (Richard Waite) Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:10 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/uks-tallest-residential-tower-stumbles-at-first-hurdle/8649412.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/uks-tallest-residential-tower-stumbles-at-first-hurdle/8649412.article A decision on Squire and Partners’ planning application for a 75-storey tower in London’s Docklands has been unexpectedly put back merlin.fulcher@emap.com (Merlin Fulcher) Mon, 17 Jun 2013 08:02 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/jay-merrick-what-do-the-riba-awards-say-about-architecture/8649261.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/buildings/jay-merrick-what-do-the-riba-awards-say-about-architecture/8649261.article We must accept that awarded architecture must be rare and fight for good design in general, says Jay Merrick Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:49 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/new-practices-gabor-gallov-architects/8649399.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/new-practices-gabor-gallov-architects/8649399.article The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or redundancy merlin.fulcher@emap.com (Merlin Fulcher) Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:34 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/winner-named-in-bbc-mobile-recording-pod-contest/8649394.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/winner-named-in-bbc-mobile-recording-pod-contest/8649394.article London-based JaK Studio has won the RIBA Competition to design a £40,000 mobile recording pod for BBC Radio 4 Richard.Waite@emap.com (Richard Waite) Fri, 14 Jun 2013 14:40 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/rmjm-chief-says-no-sacred-cows-as-edinburgh-studio-closes/8649389.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/rmjm-chief-says-no-sacred-cows-as-edinburgh-studio-closes/8649389.article RMJM is to shut down its Edinburgh design studio after more than fifty years of practice in the Scottish capital merlin.fulcher@emap.com (Merlin Fulcher) Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:58 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/first-look/meier-unveils-italian-beach-condo/8649357.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/first-look/meier-unveils-italian-beach-condo/8649357.article [FIRST LOOK + PLANS] American starchitect Richard Meier has completed this 74 apartment block on the Adriatic coast tom.ravenscroft@emap.com (Tom Ravenscroft) Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:53 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/stanton-williams-unwraps-47m-benjamin-britten-archive/8649371.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/stanton-williams-unwraps-47m-benjamin-britten-archive/8649371.article Stanton Williams’ £4.7 million archive dedicated to the work of composer Benjamin Britten has opened today in Aldeburgh, Suffolk Richard.Waite@emap.com (Richard Waite) Fri, 14 Jun 2013 10:58 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/hawkes-wins-planning-for-cotswolds-eco-scheme/8649361.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/hawkes-wins-planning-for-cotswolds-eco-scheme/8649361.article Hawkes Architecture has won planning for a sustainable mixed use scheme set in a water park in the Cotswolds laura.mark@emap.com (Laura Mark) Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:27 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/amin-taha-recreates-belle-epoque-in-bronze-with-winning-costa-brava-design/8649346.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/amin-taha-recreates-belle-epoque-in-bronze-with-winning-costa-brava-design/8649346.article London-based Amin Taha Architects has won the international competition to design a seafront spa and apartment building in Canet de Mar on the Costa Brava Richard.Waite@emap.com (Richard Waite) Fri, 14 Jun 2013 09:06 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/leading-figures-answer-farrells-questions-on-the-future-of-the-profession/8649333.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/leading-figures-answer-farrells-questions-on-the-future-of-the-profession/8649333.article The Farrell Review’s online questionnaire, covering design quality, policy and access to the profession, is now online. Leading architects and commentators answer key questions from it. Merlin Fulcher reports merlin.fulcher@emap.com (Merlin Fulcher) Fri, 14 Jun 2013 07:18 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/brady-demands-end-for-unpaid-interns/8649320.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/brady-demands-end-for-unpaid-interns/8649320.article RIBA president Angela Brady has called on the entire profession to abandon both unpaid work experience and the word ‘intern’ merlin.fulcher@emap.com (Merlin Fulcher) Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:24 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/heatherwick-reveals-garden-bridge-for-london/8649338.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/heatherwick-reveals-garden-bridge-for-london/8649338.article Olympic Cauldron-designer Thomas Heatherwick has unveiled concept plans for a green bridge crossing the River Thames in London merlin.fulcher@emap.com (Merlin Fulcher) Thu, 13 Jun 2013 16:11 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/huge-25-per-cent-hike-in-arbs-legal-costs-angers-architects/8649246.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/huge-25-per-cent-hike-in-arbs-legal-costs-angers-architects/8649246.article The Architects Registration Board’s legal fees for enforcement actions have ballooned by nearly 25 per cent in the past year Richard.Waite@emap.com (Richard Waite) Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:17 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/hugh-broughton-submits-plans-for-new-welbeck-gallery/8649301.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/hugh-broughton-submits-plans-for-new-welbeck-gallery/8649301.article Hugh Broughton Architects has landed planning permission for a new £5 million gallery on the historic 15,000-acre Welbeck Estate in Nottinghamshire Richard.Waite@emap.com (Richard Waite) Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:00 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/contest-launched-to-revamp-pilgrims-approach-to-canterbury-cathedral/8649297.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/contest-launched-to-revamp-pilgrims-approach-to-canterbury-cathedral/8649297.article Malcolm Reading Consultants has opened a design contest to overhaul the landscape surrounding Canterbury Cathedral’s main entrance merlin.fulcher@emap.com (Merlin Fulcher) Thu, 13 Jun 2013 12:00 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/retrial-architect-not-guilty-of-dishonesty-but-still-suspended/8649235.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/retrial-architect-not-guilty-of-dishonesty-but-still-suspended/8649235.article A Manchester-based architect has been cleared of dishonesty by the Architects Registration Board’s professional complaints committee (PCC) following an unprecedented retrial Richard.Waite@emap.com (Richard Waite) Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:09 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/government-to-scrap-design-and-access-statements-for-most-works/8649244.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/government-to-scrap-design-and-access-statements-for-most-works/8649244.article Profession split over coalition’s decision to do away with ‘red tape’, with some fearing it could devalue the role of good design in planning applications Richard.Waite@emap.com (Richard Waite) Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:00 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/house-building-surges-as-controversial-help-to-buy-scheme-kicks-in/8649238.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/house-building-surges-as-controversial-help-to-buy-scheme-kicks-in/8649238.article New figures have revealed a fresh wave of house building, sparking debate over the controversial Help to Buy subsidy merlin.fulcher@emap.com (Merlin Fulcher) Thu, 13 Jun 2013 07:00 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/revealed-the-doolan-2013-shortlist/8649270.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/revealed-the-doolan-2013-shortlist/8649270.article The AJ can reveal the 12-strong shortlist vying for the largest cash prize in British architecture: the RIAS Andrew Doolan Best Building in Scotland Award laura.mark@emap.com (Laura Mark) Wed, 12 Jun 2013 23:59 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/riba-opens-build-to-let-ideas-contest/8649221.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/riba-opens-build-to-let-ideas-contest/8649221.article The RIBA has launched an international ideas competition for architects and students to design the next generation of private rented housing merlin.fulcher@emap.com (Merlin Fulcher) Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:17 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/property-chiefs-welcome-uk-wide-upturn/8649232.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/property-chiefs-welcome-uk-wide-upturn/8649232.article Leading property developers have reported the real estate market beyond the M25 is finally recovering merlin.fulcher@emap.com (Merlin Fulcher) Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:56 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/thailand-expects-construction-boom/8649055.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/thailand-expects-construction-boom/8649055.article Construction in Thailand is expected to grow at the equivalent of almost 7 per cent per annum for the next five years, according to a new report Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:52 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/plps-900m-victoria-overhaul-masterplan-starts-on-site/8649210.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/plps-900m-victoria-overhaul-masterplan-starts-on-site/8649210.article The first phase of PLP’s 2.2 hectare Victoria regeneration masterplan will start on site this month merlin.fulcher@emap.com (Merlin Fulcher) Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:59 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/westminsters-world-heritage-status-under-threat/8649132.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/westminsters-world-heritage-status-under-threat/8649132.article Three sites in the UK, including Westminster, face losing their World Heritage status laura.mark@emap.com (Laura Mark) Tue, 11 Jun 2013 18:50 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/heartbreaking-film-about-dying-architect-to-premier-in-uk/8649104.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/heartbreaking-film-about-dying-architect-to-premier-in-uk/8649104.article An award-winning documentary film about how a 34-year-old architect with motor neurone disease faces his death is to premier in London next week Richard.Waite@emap.com (Richard Waite) Tue, 11 Jun 2013 09:53 GMT http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/richard-murphy-reveals-dublin-bay-hillside-home/8649160.article?referrer=RSS http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/daily-news/richard-murphy-reveals-dublin-bay-hillside-home/8649160.article Richard Murphy Architects has submitted plans for a large house on a sloping site in Dalkey, overlooking Dublin Bay Richard.Waite@emap.com (Richard Waite) Mon, 10 Jun 2013 21:06 GMT