Architects Journal
April 2007

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... while the practice's controversial Bath scheme could be altered

Wilkinson Eyre's designs for its contentious Southgate transport interchange scheme in Bath could be altered, according to the developer behind the project.
...While Parliament protests as ODA takes lion's share of Lottery loot

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has met with fresh opposition in Parliament for siphoning off Lottery money which would otherwise have gone elsewhere.
£1 billion Liverpool scheme finally collapses as workers abandon site

The much maligned £1 billion Liverpool Baltic Triangle scheme has finally gone into administration, after contractors abandoned the site.
A NEW ARENA FOR HERZOG & DE MEURON

NEWS IN PICTURES
A PRECAST-CONCRETE STAIRCASE WITH A STEEL BALUSTRADE

WORKING DETAILS - WORLD HEALTH ORGANISATION
A SKETCHY APPROACH TO SEARCHING

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A SYNTHESIS OF HUMANISM AND MINIMALISM - A KIND OF 'HUMINALISM'

BUILDING STUDY
ACCEPTING THE CONSTRAINTS OF PUBLIC PROJECTS CAN BE A KIND OF HEROISM

EDITORIAL
ALL BUILDINGS EXCEPT SINGLEFAMILY DWELLINGS MUST BE ASSESSED

TECHNICAL & PRACTICE
Allies and Morrison gets a second chance in Nigeria with high commission comp

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has announced the final shortlist in the high-profile competition to design the new British High Commission office in the Nigerian capital, Abuja.
Alsop tower faces reduction after Squire and Partners cuts its skyscraper down to size - images

Will Alsop's proposed skyscraper near the City of London (above) could be facing a trim in height after Squire and Partners was forced to cut five floors from its own neighbouring scheme.
Alsop unveils altered designs for Yonkers scheme - images

Will Alsop has unveiled his latest, and much-changed, designs for the proposed overhaul of a derelict power-station in the city of Yonkers, New York.
Ando triumphs over Zaha in Venice head-to-head

Zaha Hadid has lost out to fellow international star Tadao Ando in the high-profile battle to design a new gallery in Venice.
ARB DEBATE HAS THE PROFESSION ALL AT SEA. . .

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Architects join huge Landmark for Wales shortlists - images

Graham Massie, Ian Ritchie and Marks Barfield are among 15 contenders vying to create Wales' own version of Gateshead's The Angel of the North.
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Aukett Fitzroy Robinson back in the black

Aukett Fitzroy Robinson (AFR) has announced an impressive financial year for 2006, with before-tax profits of £880,000. This compares to pre-tax losses of £191,000 in 2005.
Austin-Smith:Lord's Scottish scheme 'not good enough for a National Park'

Austin-Smith:Lord's retail scheme in Aviemore, in the Scottish Highlands, has come under heavy fire from design watchdog Architecture & Design Scotland (A&DS).
Bath University launches arts complex competition

The University of Bath has launched a competition to find an architect to design a new arts complex for its Claverton Down campus.
BBC scraps historic buildings show Restoration

The BBC is scrapping its historic-buildings-in-peril show Restoration, the show's host Griff Rhys Jones has revealed.
BDP aims to create one of UK's largest shopping centres in Glasgow - image

Plans drawn up by BDP to almost double Glasgow's Buchanan Galleries shopping centre have been submitted for outline planning permission.
Bennetts wins planning for Royal Shakespeare Theatre overhaul

Bennetts Associates' £53 million planning application for the renovation of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre (RST) in Stratford-upon-Avon has been approved.
Berlin's 'bürgers' find Chippo's Museum Island scheme hard to digest

David Chipperfield Architects' gateway proposals for Berlin's Museum Island are coming in for increasing criticism from local pressure groups.
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The Building Regulations: Explained and Illustrated M J Billington, K T Bright and J R Waters Blackwell Publishing, 2007, £55 The 13th edition (previous edition 2004) of a classic text includes revisions to six Approved Documents (Parts A, C, F, L, M and P) published in the intervening years.
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TECHNICAL & PRACTICE - UPDATE
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Brewster Bye and Yoo to design interior of Ian Simpson's 'Lumiere'

Ian Simpson has handed over the entire interior design package of his landmark £225 million 'La Lumiere' scheme in Leeds city centre to local architect Brewster Bye, alongside Philippe Starck's interior design firm, Yoo.
Brewster Bye wins thumbs-up for Leeds city-centre scheme - images

Leeds City Council has approved this £150 million development by Brewster Bye Architects for a derelict site on the edge of Leeds city centre.
Brighton West Pier could rise from the flames thanks to Marks Barfield tower

Brighton's derelict West Pier is to be finally rebuilt, with income generated by Marks Barfield's i360 tower.
BRITISH CLIENTS PREFER THE SECURITY OF A TRIEDAND-TESTED PRODUCT

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Brits lose out in Mies Award - images

Zaha Hadid and David Chipperfield have been pipped to the post by Spanish practice Mansilla & Tuñón for this year's highly prestigious Mies van der Rohe Award
Broadway Malyan's residential scheme stalls

Broadway Malyan Architects' plans for a new residential scheme in Basingstoke, Hampshire, have stalled.
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Buckley Gray Yeoman to extend 19-century central London offices - image

Buckley Gray Yeoman (BGY) has won the go-ahead after appeal to extend this 19th-century building in Clerkenwell, central London.
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Respond to these showcases www. ajplus. co. uk/ajdirect Readers may obtain information about these products by filling in the enquiry numbers on an AJ enquiry card. Advertisers wishing to promote their products on these pages should contact Chris Bond on 020 75056816 Buderus, Europe's largest condensing-boiler manufacturer, has launched the GB162 range of commercial energy-effi cient boilers in the UK. The GB162 is a high performance, wall-hung gas condensing boiler that has been designed for
CABE and Design for London back Olympic Park - but only with reservations

CABE and Design for London (DfL) have given their broad support to the 2012 Olympic Park masterplan, but have highlighted areas which they deemed need 'further consideration'.
CABE announces new appointments

CABE has announced a raft of new appointments to its design review panel, among them Keith Bradley, senior partner of Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects.
Call for clarity after kitchen copyright row

A West Yorkshire-based architecture practice has settled out of court with a renowned furniture designer following allegations that it copied one of the firm's designs.
CALLS FOR A MORE PROFESSIONAL ARB DEBATE...

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Campaigners save listed King's Cross buildings - for now

Campaigners vying to save the Stanley Buildings North in King's Cross, London are celebrating after a significant climb-down by developer Argent.
CAN A TRULY GREAT BUILDING OVERCOME THE POLITICS OF ITS DESIGNER?

The recently released Italian film The Family Friend takes as its setting the city of Latina, using its decaying Fascist-era architecture as the backdrop to the actions of a central character who is repulsive, evil and corrupt, yet fascinating enough to hold the viewer's attention. The director, Paolo Sorrentino, who owes a great debt to Fellini, treats architecture in a way that makes most viewers entirely comfortable. Fascism is evil, hence the architecture is tainted, and an appropriate se
Capita Percy Thomas school is eco-pioneer

A school in Liverpool designed by Capita Percy Thomas (CPT) is likely to become the template for the government's plan to build 200 carbon-neutral 'eco schools' over the next three years.
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Chimp house starts on site - image

Work has begun on Cooper Cromar Architects' £4.5 million chimpanzee house at Edinburgh Zoo.
Chippo to design luxury villas on Portuguese coast

David Chipperfield Architects is one of 23 practices selected from around the world to design 600 properties in the town of Óbidos on the Atlantic coast of Portugal.
City Planners face wrath of heritage groups for 'fast-tracking' KPF's Smithfield scheme

The City of London has been criticised by heritage groups for 'fast-tracking' Kohn Pedersen Fox's (KPF) proposals for Smithfield Market (pictured).
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Compulsory Purchase Orders battle to start at controversial Allies and Morrison Winchester scheme

The developer behind Allies and Morrison's controversial £100 million Silver Hill scheme in Winchester is gearing up for battle with some of the UK's biggest companies as it begins the compulsory purchase of properties across the site.
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CONTEST FOR NEW LONDON SQUARE

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CONTITECH UK AJ ENQUIRY 204

The Alutrix self-adhesive vapour barrier is gaining popularity with contractors, mainly due to its ability to bond to roof decks of all types and instantly render the building watertight. It has an extremely high vapour resistance and can be left exposed for weeks before insulation and waterproofing.
CONTRIBUTORS

Ptolemy Dean, who reviews a book and exhibition on James 'Athenian' Stuart on pages 48-49, is an architect and author of Sir John Soane and London
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Paolo Rosselli, who photographs the work of Giuseppe Terragni in Como on pages 23-37, is a photographer in Milan who originally trained as an architect
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Alan Dunlop, who writes about the children's eye centre at Moorfields for the Building Study on pages 2335, is a partner in Gordon Murray and Alan Dunlop Architects
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Richard Weston, who writes the Building Study on the World Health Organisation on pages 2335, is professor of architecture at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff
COPYRIGHT ROW - CALL FOR CLARITY

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Cost of Gillespies' Bradford City Park jumps by £7 million

The cost of Gillespies' new park in the centre of Bradford has rocketed by more than £7 million, the council has confirmed.
Council cash rescues Page and Park from theatre drama

Page and Park's troubled redevelopment of Eden Court Theatre, Inverness, has been bailed out by high-level politicians after spiralling costs threatened to derail the project.
Council shelves Stanton Williams' Sloane Square scheme

Stanton Williams' controversial Sloane Square project in west London has been dropped.
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Though its building by Frank Gehry must be a mixed blessing, the Vitra Design Museum exerts an inuence far beyond its Weil am Rhein site with its substantial travelling exhibitions - the Design Museum, the Lighthouse, and Manchester's Cube have all staged them in the past. Given Vitra's remit, they tend to feature objects more than architecture, but in the absence of equally ambitious home-grown initiatives, we shouldn't complain. Next year Liverpool hosts Vitra's big Le Corbusier show; meanw
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CURTAIN UP FOR CYPRUS CULTURAL CENTRE

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Design competition for London's biggest new public square for 50 years - image

The AJ can exclusively reveal plans for an international competition to design the largest public square to be created in London for more than half a century.
Developer still backing Viñoly's Walkie Talkie tower - despite cost

The man leading Land Securities' troubled development of Rafael Viñoly's 'Walkie Talkie' tower in the City of London has revealed that the scheme has so far cost £19 million, and is still without a start date in sight.
DLA proposes 'New West Quarter' in Dewsbury - images

DLA Architecture has released the first images of the proposed 'New West Quarter' in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire.
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EH continues to call for Squire skyscraper to be scrapped

English Heritage (EH) has again urged Islington council to reject Squire and Partners' 39-storey skyscraper on the fringe of the City of London.
Eight practices line up in Olympic Velopark competition

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has unveiled a mixed bag of European architects to compete for one of the biggest projects in the 2012 Olympics - the Velopark.
EIGHT SHORTLISTED FOR 2012 OLYMPIC VELOPARK

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ESA wins planning for office scheme in south London - images

ESA Architects has won planning permission for this £5 million scheme on Timber Mill Way in Clapham, south London.
EVEN WITHOUT RENEWABLES IT IS STILL SUSTAINABLE

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EVERY INCH OF SPACE ON THE SITE WILL BE MADE USABLE

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FAIRWAY TO HEAVEN

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Falconer Chester Hall finally wins planning for Liverpool tower scheme

Liverpool-based practice Falconer Chester Hall (FCH) has won the green-light for a scaled-down version of its original skyscraper scheme close to the city's famous Lime Street Station.
Farrell takes the stand over rejected Founder's Place scheme - image

The planning inquiry into Terry Farrell's rejected Founder's Place scheme for Guy's and St Thomas' Charity, which started on Tuesday (17.04.07), has kicked off in earnest with Terry Farrell giving evidence.
Far-right RIBA hopeful Phillips stands again - this time for the BNP

Controversial former RIBA presidential candidate Peter Phillips is standing for election again - this time as a local election candidate for the BNP.
FaulknerBrowns' Snow Mountain project on verge of collapse

FaulknerBrowns' £80 million Snow Mountain project in Sheffield is under threat as developer Menta faces financial meltdown.
Feilden Clegg Bradley appeals against Mildmay refusal - images

Feilden Clegg Bradley (FCB) is appealing against the refusal last year of its ambitious Mildmay Urban Village (MUV) ‘supportive housing’ project.
Feilden Clegg Bradley lands lottery cash for new Museum of Somerset - image

Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects (FCBA) has netted £4.8 million of Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) cash for a new Museum of Somerset, part of the Taunton Castle restoration project.
Feilden Clegg Bradley waits for funding as theatre wins go-ahead - images

Feilden Clegg Bradley (FCB) has been given the green light for this £6.5 million scheme for the Oxford Youth Theatre on Magdalen Road, Oxford.
Ferrier Crawford acquisition moves 3D further into hospitality sector

3D Architects' aggressive UK expansion has stepped up a gear, with the acquisition of hospitality sector specialist Ferrier Crawford Architects (FC).
Fire-ravaged Allerton Castle reopens at last

Allerton Castle, one of the most important Gothic Revival stately homes in Britain, which was gutted by fire in January 2005, has finally reopened to the public.
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FOSTER ENTERS SPACE RACE

Foster and Partners has drawn up concept plans for a commercial spaceport in New Mexico, USA.
Foster faces space race re-entry

Foster and Partners has drawn up concept plans for a commercial spaceport in New Mexico, USA.
Foster saves Commonwealth Institute from demolition - by turning it into flats

Norman Foster is to convert The Commonwealth Institute in west London into luxury flats as part of a new £150 million development.
Foster's employee share purchase under scrutiny

Norman Foster's recent purchase of an employee share trust is being looked into by an independent financial regulator, an investor-protection group has confirmed.
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BBC scraps historicbuildings show 'Restoration'
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Fur flies between English Heritage and the London Assembly over publicly managed listed buildings

A bitter row has broken out between English Heritage (EH) and the London Assembly over the restraints experienced in publicly managed listed buildings in London.
Future Systems wins in Dublin with 'sea creature' bridge - images

Future Systems has been chosen to design this new bridge for trams over Dublin's Royal Canal.
Gaudí masterpiece under threat from high-speed train tunnel

Antoni Gaudí's Barcelona masterpiece, the Sagrada Família, could be in danger of collapse due to the construction of a new high-speed train tunnel near the cathedral's foundations.
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GORST LOSES BORAT COURT BATTLE

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Gorst loses court battle with Borat over Garden House scheme

James Gorst's proposed Garden House scheme in north London is in tatters after a High Court judge ruled in favour of a group of opponents including Marco Goldschmied and Borat actor Sacha Baron Cohen.
Government fails to hit green targets on nearly all of its own new buildings

The government is failing to hit its own green targets on nearly all of its new buildings and refurbishments, according to a National Audit Office (NAO) report.
Green light for Axis Mason's Kodak Tower overhaul - image

Axis Mason Architects has won planning permission for this redevelopment of the 1960s Kodak Tower in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire.
Grimshaw reveals new Eden Project extension - image

Grimshaw has released this image of a proposed new extension to its award-winning and hugely popular Eden Project in Cornwall.
Grimshaw wins planning for Bournemouth Winter Gardens - images

Grimshaw has been given the go-ahead for the £22 million Winter Gardens project in Bournemouth, Dorset.
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Haworth Tompkins to stage Liverpool theatre redevelopment

Haworth Tompkins has won the lead role in a dramatic redevelopment of Liverpool’s famous Everyman and Playhouse theatres.
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Howells goes up 18 storeys with new Bradford tower proposals - image

Glenn Howells Architects has submitted its redesigned Citygate project in Bradford - which now features a 38-storey residential tower - for planning.
Howells unveils revolving tower

Glenn Howells Architects has submitted these proposals for the world's first revolving residential tower for planning.
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Irish PM Group snaps up Devereux

Devereux Architects has been gobbled up by Republic of Ireland-based PM Group as part of an aggressive expansion into the UK health and education markets.
IT HAS BEEN ENORMOUSLY REWARDING TO SERVE SUCH AN ENGAGED READERSHIP

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IVOR CUNNINGHAM 1928 - 2007

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Keith Williams' run of success continues in Denmark

Keith Williams Architects continues to prosper in 2007 after the practice was yet again shortlisted, this time to design a new museum in Denmark.
Kelly cuts red tape on domestic green energy

Communities secretary Ruth Kelly has announced her plans to slash red-tape on domestic energy, making it easier for householders to put up solar panels and wind turbines on their homes.
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LDA to masterplan redevelopment on Isle of Wight

LDA Design has won another key waterfront project - masterplanning the redevelopment of the former West Medina Mills site in the Isle of Wight.
LEARNING TO COMMUNICATE IS VITAL FOR ARCHITECTS

Consultant Judith Gilmore cites research that shows body language and voice projection are far more important than content in a presentation
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DIANA FOUNTAIN IS A VICTIM OF ITS OWN SUCCESS
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands lands new Jewish Community Centre

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has seen off an impressive shortlist to win the competition to design the new Jewish Community Centre (JCC) in Hampstead, north London.
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Liverpool's Victorian villas survive Pathfinder but cannot escape arsonists

A row of derelict Victorian villas in Liverpool, which had faced demolition under the Pathfinder programme by Ruth Kelly, has become the target for a spate of 'mysterious' arson attacks.
Livingstone touts Renzo Piano to masterplan 'squalid' London district

Ken Livingstone has said that he is 'happy to issue CPOs' (Compulsory Purchase Orders) to ensure that 'Renzo Piano, or another famous architect working in Britain,' leads the redevelopment of the St Giles area of central London.
Lubetkin's Highpoint entrances to be overhauled - images

Form_art Architects has won listed building consent to revamp the entrance halls of Lubetkin and Tecton's Modernist milestones, Highpoint 1 and Highpoint 2 in Highgate, north London.
Make submits 'white gold' office block for planning - images

Make has submitted a planning application for this 152,400m2 office scheme on the banks of the River Clyde at Broomielaw, Glasgow.
Make to replace Brighton conference centre with 'glass palace'

Make Architects is to design a £250 million 'glass palace' in Brighton.
Make wins planning for neighbour to ARB and RIBA - image

Make has won permission to increase the height of a prime mixed-use development overlooking the RIBA headquarters in London's fashionable Marylebone.
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McAslan sees profits plummet despite massive turnover

John McAslan and Partners has seen its pre-tax profits drop by 51 per cent in 2006.
McChesney's prototype landscape to be rolled out across Middlesbrough

Ian McChesney has scooped first prize in the RIBA contest to design a new 'prototype' landscape which could be rolled out across Middlesbrough.
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Michael Trentham wins green light for wedge-shaped home - images

Michael Trentham Architects has won the go-ahead for this one-bedroom house on a tight plot in the Telegraph Hill conservation area of Brockley, south-east London.
Milton Court faces threat to famous footbridges

Campaigners battling to save Milton Court, part of London's Barbican Centre, have been dealt a blow with news that plans for a lift and staircase - which may replace its famous footbridges - have been approved.
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National Audit Office investigates government's Pathfinder scheme

The National Audit Office (NAO) has confirmed it is looking into the highly controversial Pathfinder scheme, developed by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott.
National Sports Centre overhaul begins in earnest - images

The rebirth of London's National Sports Centre - one of the most notable examples of Modernist architecture - has begun in earnest with the demolition of turnstiles and the opening of a ground-level entrance.
NATIONAL SPORTS CENTRE REBORN

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New RIBA comp could spell the end for the Tinsley cooling towers

Tinsley cooling towers - one of Sheffield's most contentious concrete structures - could soon disappear under a new RIBA architectural competition.
NO VINDICATION

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Norman Foster scholarship finally awarded

The inaugural winner of the long-awaited RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship has been announced.
NOT JUST AN ENTRANCE TO THE HOUSE BUT AN ENTRANCE TO THE LANDSCAPE ITSELF

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Olympic sailing proposals become marginally clearer - images

The ODA has aimed to end months of speculation by submitting proposals for the 2012 Olympic Sailing Centre in Weymouth, Dorset, but the designs still appear far from detailed.
Olympic walkway comp won by Adams and Sutherland...

Adams and Sutherland Architects has won a competition to redesign the main public walkway running through the 2012 Olympic Park in east London.
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Page and Park wins Park Circus green light after epic Glasgow planning battle - images

Page and Park Architects has finally been given the green light for one of the most controversial development proposals in Glasgow's history.
Parliamentary committee to investigate Olympic construction

A parliamentary committee has launched a wide-ranging inquiry into the UK construction industry, which will investigate the sector's capacity to deliver the 2012 London Olympics on time and on budget.
PEDDLING BACKWARDS OVER GLOBAL WARMING

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Penson unveils 'Warhol-esque' east London housing - image

Penson Group architects has unveiled this image of its new Bow Belles mixed-use project on the fringe of the Olympic Village in Bow, east London, which is due to go in for planning.
PLANTING SUSPICIONS

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PLAYGROUND PARTNER HAS BEEN OVERLOOKED

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Practices hope to inflate interest in architecture with 'bouncy buildings' - images

Sergison Bates, Peter Cook and AOC have signed up to a wacky scheme to encourage interest in architecture through the creation of 'bouncy buildings'.
Practices up for Gulbenkian Prize

The shortlist for this year's Gulbenkian Prize, which awards £100,000 to the museum or gallery showing the most impressive display of innovation and imagination, has been announced.
Proctor and Matthews wins green light for Rochdale HMR area - images

Proctor and Matthews Architects has won planning permission for this 85-home development in one of the controversial Housing Market Renewal (HMR) Pathfinder areas in Rochdale, Greater Manchester.
PRP profits slashed by half

PRP Architects has reported a staggering 50 per cent slump in its profits last year.
PRP reveals plan for historic Cardington Airfield - image

PRP has unveiled these plans to build more than 400 homes and a new park on the historic Cardington Airfield site, next to a pair of Grade II-listed airship sheds.
Rare Art Deco pool is given category A listing - image

A rare Art Deco outdoor pool which has been closed for more than a decade has been given the highest listing protection status available in Scotland.
Result due after architect takes lawyer to court

Trevor Horne Architects looks close to settling a £1.2 million High Court negligence claim against its lawyers Simmons & Simmons over the architect's new London headquarters.
RIBA councillor calls for more representation from the big guns

RIBA councillor John Assael is leading a chorus of RIBA council members calling for bigger architecture practices to get involved in council matters.
Robinson's Bradford scheme finally wins go-ahead - image

Robinson Design Group's scaled-back £350 million Bradford 'Channel' development has finally been given the go-ahead by Bradford City Council.
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Rogers' railway scheme binned by developer

Rogers, Stirk, Harbour & Partners' proposals for its vast Cambridge Railway Station scheme have been scrapped by the developer.
Rogers reunites with Candy brothers for Chelsea barracks revamp

Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners has been announced as lead architect on the redevelopment of the Chelsea barracks site, bought yesterday by a consortium involving the Candy brothers.
Rogers reveals redesigned London Riverside scheme

Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners has revealed its redesigned Riverside South scheme in London's Canary Wharf, which it has resubmitted for planning permission.
RPA submits London 'green' scheme for planning - images

Richard Partington Architects (RPA) has submitted a £10 million planning application for this 'green' scheme in the heart of London's Clerkenwell district.
RTKL is part of Blackpool redevelopment team - image

A team including RTKL has been chosen to masterplan the new £285 million redevelopment of the Talbot Gateway area around Blackpool's North station.
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SECOND CHANCE FOR CITY HOSTEL

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Sheppard Robson confirms velodrome collaboration with Olympic gold medallist

Sheppard Robson has confirmed it is working with Olympic cycling gold medallist Chris Boardman on its competition entry for the London 2012 velodrome.
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Maggie's Cancer Centre in Inverness has been named best building in Scotland by RIAS.
Simpson to better Beetham with new Manchester skyscraper

The developer behind Ian Simpson's 131m-tall Piccadilly tower in Manchester is pushing for permission to extend the scheme by another 10 storeys.
Six fight it out for Eltham Baths housing scheme

A shortlist of six UK firms will battle it out to design a mixed-tenure housing development for Ujima, one of the largest black-led housing associations in Europe.
SKETCHBOOK - DAVID ELAND

Sketches for the design of a pharmaceutical-research facility, exploring the reuse of formwork to create elements of the building. By David Eland of Voluntary Design and Build
SKETCHBOOK - NEIL SCOTT

Plans for a sustainable 'displaced environment' for a reptile house on the outskirts of Glasgow.
SKETCHBOOK - RICHARD HARDY

Sketches for a proposed whisky distillery in Arizona, USA, to be constructed from salvaged aeroplane parts. Part of a final project for the Bartlett BSc architecture course. By Richard Hardy
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SLEEPING BEAUTY

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Space Craft and Feilden Clegg Bradley among Medway competition finalists

Space Craft Architects and Feilden Clegg Bradley (FCB) have been named on the four-strong shortlist in the contest to develop the first phase of the contentious 34ha Rochester Riverside site in Kent.
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Designing in Timber 24 April 2.00-5.00pm Wak efi eld Town Hall, Wakefield riba. yorkshire@inst. riba. org
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The latest BRE Good Building Guides include a three-part series on plasterboard (GBG 70), which looks at different types and applications of plasterboard as well as fixing and finishing. GBG 71 is an overview of how to work with local businesses and residents to reduce the impact of construction projects.
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This week we focus on fire, with a guide to designing for fire resistance and a set of case studies illustrating fire-engineered approaches. You will also find a round-up of useful information resources. See www. ajplus. co. uk/materials
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THURSDAY 12 APRIL

Liverpool's £1 billion Baltic Triangle scheme finally collapses as workers leave site
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Tony Blair gets on the wrong side of a new set of neighbours

The renovation of Tony Blair's new £3.5 million London home by Northern Irish architect Simon Templeton looks set to get planning despite a clamour of objections from neighbours.
TP Bennett builds experimental 'brick-kiln' house - image

Brick-maker Hanson has unveiled a futuristic house being built at the Building Research Establishment (BRE) to designs by TP Bennett.
TP Bennett to overhaul National Audit Office's Art Deco HQ

TP Bennett has been appointed to carry out the £35 million overhaul of the National Audit Office's Art Deco headquarters in central London.
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Brewster Bye and Yoo to design Ian Simpson's Lumiere interior
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Turner Contemporary costs battle heads towards settlement

The legal battle surrounding the wasted costs on the doomed Snøhetta and Spence Associates' Turner Contemporary Centre project in Margate looks to be heading towards an out-of-court mediation.
TV reception fears over Allies and Morrison's planned City of London tower

The City of London looks set to give the thumbs up to Allies and Morrison's 100 Bishopsgate skyscraper scheme when it comes before the authority's planning committee next Monday (23 April).
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UNStudio and 3XN plan Denmark's tallest tower

UNStudio and 3XN have teamed up to create this harbour development scheme in the Danish city of Århus.
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'Value-engineering' sparks funding fears at 3XN's Liverpool scheme

Funds set aside for the interior of 3XN's controversial £50 million Museum of Liverpool, on the city's Fourth Grace site, are being siphoned off to pay for the building's striking travertine stone facade, it has emerged.
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Viñoly to masterplan Battersea Power Station

Rafael Viñoly has seen off Norman Foster and SOM to win the high-profile contest to masterplan Battersea Power Station in London.
War of words after CABE pans Liverpool housing development

The team behind a proposed housing development on Liverpool's former International Garden Festival site has become embroiled in a war of words with CABE after the design watchdog branded the scheme 'unacceptable.'
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Sheppard Robson teams up with gold-medal cyclist Chris Boardman for Velodrome comp
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WILKINSON EYRE PROMOTES HUMAN RIGHTS

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Wilkinson Eyre's huge BBC Media City 'not iconic enough'...

The first phase of the £300 million mega BBC Media City project in Salford, Manchester - for which Wilkinson Eyre is lead architect - has come under attack for not being iconic enough.
Wright & Wright to redesign Shakespeare's school - images

Wright & Wright Architects has won the competition to redesign the King Edward VI School in Stratford-on-Avon - the school where Shakespeare was taught.
YOUNG FIRM BAGS YORKSHIRE WIN

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Zaha misses out as Nouvel walks away with new Orchestre de Paris home - images

Zaha Hadid has narrowly missed out on another major cultural project after Jean Nouvel walked off with the high-profile contest to design a new orchestra hall in Paris.
Zaha wins planning for south London academy - images

Zaha Hadid Architects has won outline planning approval for a new City Academy scheme in Brixton, south London.
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Architects JournalApril 2007

Architects Journal
April 2007