Architects Journal
April 2012

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‘Architects: sell your work!’

Simon Silver of Derwent London on the satisfaction of adding value to an odd corner site and and questions why the profession continues to undersell its talents
Angry Bishops battle government over VAT on listed buildings

Pressure is mounting on the Government to rethink its decision to introduce VAT on alterations to listed buildings.
Broadgate set for further overhaul with Arup revamp of iconic arena

English Heritage has said it is ‘comfortable’ with new plans to overhaul the iconic arena at the heart of Arup Associates’ 1980s Broadgate estate in the City of London.
Female Power in Architecture: RIBA event this evening

AJ editor Christine Murray chairs a panel to discuss female power in Architecture at the RIBA, following last week’s inaugural AJ Women in Architecture awards
High Speed 2 delivers more work for architects

The AJ has discovered that another wave of practices has picked up projects as part of the £32 billion High Speed 2 (HS2) link between London and Birmingham
Retailers must ‘downsize to survive’

Architecture practices may win conversion work as Deloitte report suggests major retailers should downsize portfolio to survive high street doldrums
Revealed: the winner and finalists in contest to replace HKR in Poole

The AJ can reveal the concept schemes submitted by the practices in the contest to replace HKR on the contentious project to redevelop the West Quay site in Poole
Scott Brownrigg wins bioscience jackpot

Scott Brownrigg has won the competition to design the new headquarters for the Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI) in Wallingford, Oxfordshire
‘Fixed-Click’ rainscreen system

Kalzip’s quick-fit, bi-directional FC rainscreen system is extremely cost-effective and is openly available to all contractors. Ideal for new build and refurbishment projects, the FC rainscreen is installed on aligned, vertically fixed modular click rails; each lightweight panel is simply hooked at the top and then clicked into place at the bottom - quick, easy and ingenious. READ MORE >
‘Provincial’ is a lazy term

The gallery scene outside London has always been cultured, writes Rory Olcayto
‘Spectacular’ lightshow planned for Orbit tower

Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond’s ArcelorMittal Orbit tower in east London is to be lit up every night with a 15 minute-long lightshow
2012 Olympic Torch makes international debut in Milan

The first international exhibition of the London 2012 Olympic Torch will take place at the Milan Furniture Fair
A Chelsea stadium in Battersea Power Station is the best idea yet. Don’t listen to Lister

Lister and Johnson should open the door to Chelsea FC’s vision for Battersea
A history of mosques in Britain

The British mosque is a teasingly unrestricted archetype: onion-domes and minarets are cultural, not religious
A journey into epic cyberspace, and the branding of a hipster skyscraper

Ian Martin redesigns the internet
A+DS launches Larbert Loch viewing platform contest

[Submissions must be received by 20 April] Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) is seeking emerging practices to design and build a £30,000 viewing platform for patients at Forth Valley Royal Hospital on Larbert Loch
AA students unwrap ‘Big Shed’ in Dorset

[First look] Students from the Architectural Association (AA) have completed this workshop building at Hooke Park in Dorset
Acanthus completes cricket pavilion 'all-rounder'

Acanthus LW Architects has completed this 588m2 cricket pavilion in Stone, Dartford
Aedas completes Manchester police brace

The Greater Manchester Police Authority has moved into its new Aedas-designed divisional headquarters in the Central Park business park
Aedas dives into Brazilian market

Aedas has secured a deal to design a 120,000m² shopping centre in Brazil.
AJ Specification 03.12 – Cladding & Curtain Walling

Case studies of Ford House by Simon Winstanley Architects, 40-48 Fashion Street by Buckley Gray Yeoman Architecture and Flowing Gardens International Horticultural Expo 2011 by Plasma Studio with Groundlab and Laur Studio
AJ Specification 04.12 – Kitchens & Bathrooms

Case studies of 2 Hyde Park Square by Hawkins\Brown,Penthouse by Dan Brill Architects and Sonnemann Toon Architects’ Kensington reisdence in London
AJ Women in Architecture Awards: first pictures and reaction

Hear what architects think about the AJ’s inaugural Women in Architecture awards, the winners and what the event could mean for the profession
AJ100 reveals 3.5% drop in architects

The profession has continued to shrink, according to new AJ100 data which reveals that the number of UK architects working for the country’s 100 largest practices has fallen again
Alex Wright seeks blueprint to transform UK architectural education

New SCHOSA chairman presses for broad-based reform of architectural education system as schools suffer big falls in student applications
Allies and Morrison and SAVE reveal Battersea vision

Allies and Morrison with SAVE Britain’s Heritage has floated a ‘step by step’ proposal to redevelop Battersea Power Station without any demolition
Allies and Morrison scoops Keybridge House regeneration job

Allies and Morrison has been appointed to redevelop Vauxhall’s Keybridge House skyscraper
Alone in Riverside One

FAT’s ‘Community in a Cube’ casts doubt on the viability of sustainable schemes in the current climate, writes Steve Parnell. Photography by Charles Hosea
Alsop at The Public

Will Alsop’s collaborative installation dominates The Public’s new exhibition and leaves little space for vivacity or wit, writes Jay Merrick
Architect hit with £1,000 ARB fine

An architect has been slapped with a fine by the Architects’ Registration Board for failing to report two liquidations
Architect needed for Manchester office redevelopment

[Expressions of interest to be received 8 May] The West Midlands Metropolitan Authorities Pension Fund is on the hunt for architects to design a 23,000m² office development in Manchester
Architect sought for Pontypridd YMCA

[Expressions of interest must be received by 14 May] An architect-led design team is sought for the £3 million refurbishment and new build of the Pontypridd YMCA building
Architects sought for Derby College's Ilkeston campus

[Requests to participate must be received 5 April] Derby College is hunting architects to continue plans for a new College campus to be built in Ilkeston.
Architects support Livingstone’s 50% affordable housing pledge

Architects have backed London mayoral hopeful Ken Livingstone’s promise to restore the requirement for half of all new housing in the capital to be affordable
Architecture centres ‘abandoned’ as umbrella organisation shuts down

The government has been labelled ‘short-sighted’ for allowing the Architecture Centre Network (ACN) to close following its promotion of the Localism agenda
Architecture in every sense

Universidad Piloto de Colombia exhibit Public realm furniture that uses light, sound and movement to interact with pedestrians
Art masters celebrated in silicone armchairs at Milan

Italian designer Alessandro Ciffo has created 11 different armchairs, each dedicated to a different artist
Arup wins approval for prefab country house

Arup Associates has won planning permission to replace a 1970s farmhouse in rural Hampshire with this 2,000m² prefabricated home.
Assael scoops planning for £100m London square

[First look] Assael Architecture has won planning permission for this project to create a new ‘Georgian’ residential square in Fulham, London
AZPA unveils Spanish sailing 'terrain'

Alejandro Zaera-Polo’s practice AZPA has revealed these images of its proposed new storage facility for Spain’s high performance National Sailing Centre in Santander
Beacon Hill Baptist Church, Owasso, Oklahoma

How we approached the design of a new church in the Midwest prairies by DRDH
Big taught us that work should be fun, but it might be time for our offices to grow up

Black Box: They should screen Big at the British Council for Offices annual conference
BIG unveils 150-metre twisting Vancouver skyscraper

[First look] Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) has revealed plans to build a 49-storey mixed-use tower in downtown Vancouver, Canada
Biggest scheme above Crossrail station approved

Proposals for two developments by AHMM above Tottenham Court Road station, including the West End’s first new theatre for 30 years, have won planning permission
Book now to see Zaha Hadid accept Jane Drew Prize

Zaha Hadid, the winner of the Jane Drew Prize for her outstanding contribution to the status of women in architecture, will speak at the Women in Architecture Awards luncheon this Friday (20 April)
Books received - April 2012

This month’s new green books
Books Received - March 2012

This month’s new green books
Boris v Ken: who should get your vote?

With only a fortnight until the London mayor 2012 polls close, Merlin Fulcher breaks down the housing, planning and transport pledges of front-runners Boris Johnson and Ken Livingstone and explains how their manifestos affect the profession
Brassed on: new visitor centre unveiled in Lund

Spanish architect Carmen Izquierdo has completed this new brass alloy-clad visitor centre, in the Swedish city of Lund
Bricks and Torah

van Heyningen and Haward’s New North London Synagogue is low key and austere, with moments of beauty, Photography by James Brittain
Broadway Malyan’s shot tower overhaul submitted for planning

[First look] Broadway Malyan has submitted a planning application for this £6.4 million revamp of a Grade II-listed shot tower in Chester
Budget 2012: Listed buildings VAT relief scrapped

The government has scrapped VAT relief on alterations to listed buildings as part of its 2012 budget
Building Trust launches low cost housing ideas contest

[Registration must be completed by 30 June] Architectural charity the Building Trust has launched an open ideas contest to design a low cost home for single occupancy
Carbon Capture in Architecture

Footprint reports from the ASBP’s recent conference on carbon sequestration in buildings
Chichester opens street gateway design competition

[Expressions of interest must be received 31 March] Chichester City Centre Partnership has invited designers, artists, architects and landscapers to propose schemes to encourage visitors into the city’s retail side streets
Chipperfield misses out in Menil contest

David Chipperfield Architects has lost out to Los Angeles-based Johnston Marklee in the contest to design the first new building at Renzo Piano’s Menil Collection in Houston, Texas
Chipperfield submits final designs for Waterloo development

David Chipperfield Architects has submitted its final designs for the proposed £600 million redevelopment of Elizabeth House outside Waterloo train station in London
Chipperfield’s triumphant Waterloo redevelopment 'impossible to refuse'

David Chipperfield Architects (DCA) has won planning permission for its £600 million redevelopment of Elizabeth House near Waterloo train station in London
Chipperfield’s Waterloo regeneration set for approval

Planners admit ‘marmite’ architecture may not be to everyone’s taste
Competition opens for World Stage Design 2013

[Submissions must be received by 1 March 2013] The Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama is seeking temporary theatre proposals to be built in Cardiff as part of the World Stage Design 2013 festival in Cardiff
Competitions: Editor's pick, 05.04.12

This week’s top competitions from Queen Mary, University of London, Derby College and the Commission for the Promotion of Peru Export and Tourism
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 19.04.12

Two Shoreditch towers, the European Union’s council buildings, and a rebuild in Ireland. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 26.04.12

King’s College London quadrangle, a temporary theatre in Cardiff, a Manchester office redevelopment and London’s Morley College. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Contest launched to design Peruvian World Trade Market stand, London

[Registration must be completed by 16 April] The Commission for the Promotion of Peru Export and Tourism has launched a contest to design the Peruvian stand at the world travel market in London.
Coombs+Jones wins Eisteddfod pavilion contest

Cardiff’s Coombs+Jones has won the contest to design a £20,000 pavilion at Wales’s annual festival of culture – the National Eisteddfod
CPS vetoes manslaughter probe over death at foot of Aedas tower

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has advised against opening a new investigation into the death of a man at the base of Aedas’ Bridgewater Place tower in Leeds
Curtain up on Capita's Cardiff theatre revamp

The Sherman Cymru theatre in Cardiff has re-opened following a £6.5 million refurbishment overseen by Capita Symonds
Dance company call for touring performance space

[Submissions should be received by 31 May] The Retina Dance Company based in Nottingham is on the hunt for architects and set designers to create a structure for their new touring production, Corporalis.
David Kester steps down from Design Council

Design Council chief executive David Kester will step down this summer after nine years in the role
David Nixon's Floating Habitats

Founder of Future Systems discusses amphibious architecture at Ecobuild
Development Securities suffers £10.2m loss

Development Securities has posted a £10.2 million pre-tax loss for the 14 months to February 2012.
Digital edition: AJ Specification, March 2012

Cladding & curtain walling
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Do clients ever know what they will get when they hire an architect to design a one-off home?

Grand Designs Revisited - an exercise that more architects should follow
Dubai residential values on the up

Luxury villas are increasing in value as the residential property market in Dubai continues to record positive signs
DuPont launches DuPont™ AirGuard® Smart

A new AVCL membrane contributing to efficient and sustainable building solutions. The next-generation vapour control layer adapt to changes in humidity levels, delivering superior airtightness and offering the widest vapour resistance span known in the market.
Ecobuild - A Scavenger's Tale

‘Until this week, I was an Ecobuild virgin,’ says Cany Ash
Ecobuild asks 'How green is tall?'

Ken Shuttleworth, Richard Mawer and Jane Wernick debated ‘How green is tall? at Ecobuild this week
Ecobuild China

Rab Bennetts reports from Shanghai
Ecobuild round up: McCloud and a tea party

McCloud’s DSDHA scheme in Stroud approved for planning
Ecobuild: the London riots

‘Sustainability’ and the riots? Owen Hatherley, Irena Bauman, Indy Johar and Finn Williams
Ecophon - New Appointment

Ecophon, part of leading international materials company Saint-Gobain, is highlighting the importance of acoustics in modern office environments with a new appointment to its UK team.
Ecophon - Sound and style combine to great effect

Specifiers looking to offer not only a practical acoustic solution but something that also adds a little extra to a space, can now take advantage of additions to two of Ecophon’s acoustic ceiling and wall panel ranges.
Edgley bags planning for Eashing House

[First look] Edgley Design has landed planning for this £500,000 project to extend, refurbish and ‘upcycle’ a 1960s bungalow in Guildford
Edward Cullinan hosts Alliance for Sustainable Building Products talk

Diana Dina of Bere Architects reports
Egret West unveils Cambridge stadium plans

[First look] Studio Egret West has revealed plans for an 8,000-seat stadium and ‘sporting village’ in Cambridge
Egret West unwraps ‘Stratford Shoal’ sculpture

[First look + plans + project data] Studio Egret West has completed this £3 million ‘playful’ sculpture in Stratford – featuring 73 titanium-clad GRP leaves
EPR’s Coronation Street redevelopment steps forward

Manchester City Council has backed EPR Architects’ vision for the redevelopment of ITV’s Coronation Street studios
EU seeks architect for Brussels job

[Expressions of interest to be received 7 May] The European Union is looking for architects to monitor the extension, restoration and renovation of its council buildings and surrounding area in Brussels
European construction output dives

Construction output fell across the European Union in January, official figures have revealed
Exclusive interview with Zaha Hadid: 'work hard and invest in digital technology'

In an exclusive interview with the AJ, Jane Drew Prize-winner Zaha Hadid urged aspiring female architects to work hard, develop digital skills and travel the world
Exclusive: big names battle it out as AJ100 shortlists revealed

The shortlist for the AJ100 awards has been announced
Exclusive: Greenwich Village finale wins go-ahead

A team of architects led by Jestico + Whiles has secured planning permission for its competition-winning scheme to complete Ralph Erskine’s Greenwich Millennium Village
Exclusive: Ratio of women on rise in AJ100 firms

The proportion of women architects working for the country’s top 100 practices has increased to 26 per cent
Exclusive: Zaha Hadid wins Jane Drew Prize

Zaha Hadid has been awarded the Jane Drew Prize for her outstanding contribution to the status of women in architecture
Feilden Clegg Bradley reveals new postal archive plans

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has come up with new plans - on a new site - for the British Postal Museum and Archive (BPMA)
Fewer architects claiming JSA

The number of architects claiming jobseeker’s allowance (JSA) in the UK fell to 995 last month
Five make Hackney City Farm shortlist

Hackney City Farm in London has revealed the five teams shortlisted to design a new shop and information point
Floornature launches Venice Biennale contest

[Registration must be completed by 30 June] Architecture and design portal Floornature has launched an international contest for young architects who graduated after the turn of the millennium
Footprint interviews Wood for Good chairman Craig White

While forthcoming LCA and BIM data will quantify timber’s numerous sustainability credentials, hybrid buildings will still be the way forward, says White
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Today’s green news: Visual artist Shawn Reeder’s time-lapse video of Yosemite National Park
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Today’s green news: Real time stats by Worldometers show live increase of CO2 emissions
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Today’s green news: Video of Antony Crook and James Bowthorpe’s Hudson River Project
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Today’s green news: Chicago warehouse converted into no-waste no-energy food factory
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Today’s green news: Spanish photographer Lola Guerrera highlights the excessive exploitation of natural resources
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Today’s green news: Interactive graphic by Unicef, depicting growing populations between 1950 - 2050
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Today’s green news: Interactive map showing population densities
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Today’s green news: Greenhouse-grown ‘plant’ chair presented in Milan
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Today’s green news: Gray Organschi Architecture’s Storage Barn in Connecticut
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Today’s green news: Scott Brownrigg to design zero-carbon headquarters for CABI
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Today’s green news: Büro Ole Scheeren design Archipelago Cinema
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Today’s green news: White Design’s Ynysowen Primary School uses solar panels and visible rain water harvesting as practical learning tools
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Today’s green news: HK Farm launch rooftop urban farm, in Hong Kong
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Today is World Water Day
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Digital animations convey declines in groundwater
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Today’s green news: Haugen/Zohar construct ‘Cave for Children’ in Norway using 1.5 tonnes of pre-industrial waste
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Today’s green news: DO|SU Studio Architecture design environmentally responsive facade
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Today’s green news: Video showing changing thickness of Arctic ice
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Recycled shipping container hotel by Alsop approved for planning
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Today’s green news: Steven Holl Architects’ designs Virginia Commonwealth University’s new Institute for Contemporary Art
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NASA’s interactive illustration shows thickest parts of Arctic ice cap melting faster
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Today’s green news: West 8 win competition to restore Seoul’s Yongsan Park
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MIT team design new 3D photovoltaic modules
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Map showing the delicate tracery of wind flowing over the US right now
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Today’s green news: Watch video of David Morley Architects’ completed Olympic Water Polo Arena
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Today’s green news: Lone Twin’s Boat Project, made out of thousands of wooden objects donated by the public
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Cal Poly State University architecture students use 80,000 square feet of plastic sheeting to form a supporting structure.
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Today’s green news: Video showing the worlds roads, flight paths and shipping routes
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Today’s green news: Luke Jerram’s Aeolus - acoustic wind pavilion, on display in Canary Wharf
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Today’s green news: NASA develop video mapping snow coverage
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Today’s green news: ITO maps track car, bike and bus use in London
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Today’s green news: NewSchool of Architecture and Design [NSAD] students to exhibit proposals for urban food gardens
Forbo to celebrate modularity during Clerkenwell Design Week 2012

Forbo Flooring Systems will be taking a prominent role in Clerkenwell Design Week 2012, which runs from 22-24 May, celebrating the concept of ‘Modularity’ at its EC1 Showroom in St John’s Street.
Former Plymouth head slapped with £1,000 ARB fine

The former head of architecture at Plymouth University has been fined £1,000 by the ARB’s Professional Conduct Committee (PCC) after being found guilty of ‘unacceptable professional conduct’
Foster

[First look] Foster and Partners has unveiled plans to revamp Marseille’s Vieux Port in France
Foster scoops planning for Bloomberg media centre

Foster + Partners’ £300 million headquarters for media giant Bloomberg in the City of London has won planning permission
Foster sees Masdar progress on the horizon

A senior partner at Foster + Partners has spoken of the ‘positive’ mood on the ground breaking carbon-free Masdar City project in Abu Dhabi
Foster submits Imperial War Museum plans

Foster + Partners has submitted a planning application for the first phase of its planned £71 million overhaul of the Imperial War Museum in London
Foster unveils Datong 'sunken pyramid'

Foster + Partners has revealed the first images of its proposed 32,000m2 Datong Art Museum
Foster’s Croydon and Marks Barfield’s Brighton schemes win slice of £14m handout

Foster and Partners’ Ruskin Square scheme in Croydon and Marks Barfield Architects’ i360 in Brighton are among five schemes allocated funds worth £14.4 million in total by local enterprise partnership Coast to Capital
Funding coup for Alec French's Clifton visitor centre

Alec French Architects has bagged initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund for a new visitor centre close to the Grade I-listed Clifton Suspension Bridge, Bristol
Future uncertain for Wright & Wright Women’s Library

London Metropolitan University is seeking a potential buyer for Wright & Wright’s Women’s Library in Whitechapel, east London
Galloway vows to save Bradford Odeon

Newly elected Respect MP appeals to architects and structural engineers to help retain 1930s landmark due to be replaced by Carey Jones scheme
Gaunt Francis bags planning for Ellerslie House care home

Gaunt Francis Architects has won planning permission and listed building consent for a care facility with 100 apartments on the grounds of Malvern College in Worcestershire
George Clarke appointed government empty homes guru

Television star and architect George Clarke has been appointed as independent advisor to the government on empty homes
Germany hit hardest as construction falls across Europe

European Union construction output has plunged again, according to official figures
GKD - A place in the sun

The headquarters of South African National Roads Agency Limited, also known as SANRAL, was completed in 2011 and is a prime example of sustainable architecture.
GKD: Medialised facades more “lively” than before

New Mediamesh generation combines maximum image resolution with transparent aesthetics
Government faces legal challenges over HS2

A series of legal challenges has been mounted against the government over its High Speed 2 (HS2) rail link plans
Green BIM at Ecobuild

Guest blogger Margaret Reynolds reports
Green shoots for US architects as pay and workload grow

Architects’ pay has risen in the US, according to data, with average salaries for those with significant experience breaking the $100,000 barrier
Green Sky Thinking: Squire and Partners' 5 Hanover Square

How green is inherently green?
Groves Natcheva wins HQ job for Brazilian construction giant

West London-based Groves Natcheva Architects has won an invited competition to design the new headquarters for Brazilian building firm Concremat in Rio de Janerio
Hackney launches skyscraper contest

[Completed PQQs should be returned by 14 May] Hackney Council is seeking architects to design two residential towers within the Colville Estate in North Hoxton, London
Hadid picked for German exhibition centre

Zaha Hadid has revealed plans for a 8,000 m² exhibtion centre for the Nuremberg trade fair and conference district
Hadid, Rogers and Foster in final four for New York skyscraper

London-based stars Zaha Hadid, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Foster + Partners have been named among the four finalists in the race to design a new skyscraper in New York
Hannah Lawson crowned AJ Emerging Woman Architect of the Year

John McAslan + Partners director Hannah Lawson has been named AJ Emerging Woman Architect of the Year. RARE’s Nathalie Rozencwajg was commended
Hastings' dark horse

Hat Projects’ tough new Jerwood Gallery is an apt response to Hastings’ robust working seafront, writes James Pallister. Photography by Ioana Marinescu
Hawkins\Brown named as finalist in Cronton Colliery competition

The London-based practice’s entry will be exhibited along with proposals by the other finalists, Edward Architecture & Matthew Riley, HASSELL and Michael Lee Architects
Hawkins\Brown submits Clapham Junction plans

Hawkins\Brown has submitted a planning application for the £120 million revamp of a Peabody housing estate in Clapham Junction, London
Help from my friends

Some of our most established architects may have been more rock and roll than we thought
Helsinki university campus contest launched

International entries have been invited for a competition to design a university campus in an architecturally famous area of Helsinki, Finland
Hexagons a go-go at Rio's Cardiff bio

Rio Architects has completed this 1,100m² ‘entrance hub’ for Cardiff University’s School of Biosciences
Hong Kong noise mitigation structure contest

[Registration must be completed by 12 April] Hong Kong’s Civil Engineering and Development Department is seeking proposals for noise mitigation retaining structures for the city’s Tsuen Wan bypass
Hopkins' Macmillan Cancer Centre opens doors

[First look + plans] Hopkins Architects’ £100 million University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre has opened it doors to patients yesterday (2 April)
Hoskins and Williams among finalists for £32m German venue

Two British practices have made the shortlist to design a €32 million (£26million) concert hall in Bochum, Germany
House of Palm

Architect Sandra Piesik, Article 25 and Buro Happold bring Middle Eastern construction technique to London
Hugh Broughton's golden wonder opens in Maidstone

Hugh Broughton Architects’ £3 million long-awaited revamp and extension of the Maidstone Museum and Bentlif Art Gallery opened last week
I ghost the comeback of HRH The Phantom Menace, and experience a brand new Shardenfreude

Ian Martin is the Prince of Wales’ ghost
Ideas contest launched for Seine crossing

[Early registration should be completed by 19 June] Competition organiser ArchTriumph has launched an ideas contest looking for schemes for a new bridge over the river Seine in Paris
In pictures: 1.1km cable secured on Wilkinson Eyre’s Thames crossing

The cable support for Wilkinson Eyre’s £50.5 million ‘Emirates Air Line’ cable car is now in place over the River Thames in London
In pictures: AJ celebrates Peckham charette exhibition launch

A special exhibition documenting the AJ Philips Peckham Charette opened at the Architecture Foundation in London last night
In pictures: Foster’s Canary Wharf Crossrail platform level completes

The platform level at Foster + Partners’ Canary Wharf Crossrail station in London has completed five months ahead of schedule
In pictures: RSHP completes O2 skywalk

[First look] These are the first images from the top of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ (RSHP) 52 metre-high skywalk above the O2 arena in east London
Ireland's Galway Institute seeks architect

[Requests to participate must be received 15 May] Ireland’s Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology is looking for a design team to partially demolish, renovate and rebuild its student services building in a four-year contract with a value of £57,000
Isover competition: Nottingham Trent Basin

This year’s Isover winners with jury chair Professor Wolfgang Feist
Japan still vibrant says Far East guru

Japan remains an attractive market for architects because its government takes a long-term view of developments, according to a leading industry figure
Jiřičná and Wilkinson to curate Royal Academy summer show

Eva Jiricná and Chris Wilkinson are to curate the architecture gallery of Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition this year
Journey's end in sight for Grimshaw’s Cutty Sark revamp

[First look] Grimshaw’s £50 million overhaul of the Cutty Sark museum in Greenwich, London re-opens next week
Kalzip - ‘Fixed-Click’ rainscreen system

Kalzip’s quick-fit, bi-directional FC rainscreen system is extremely cost-effective and is openly available to all contractors.
Kalzip XT roofing ideal for Slough Bus Station

Over 1,200m² of Kalzip’s aluminium standing seam roofing system, including 1,000m² of revolutionary Kalzip XT profile and smooth curved sheets have been installed on the impressive new Slough Bus Station. bblur Architecture was responsible for the futuristic design concept and delivery of this iconic building on behalf of their client, Slough Borough Council for use by local bus operators. READ MORE >
Keppie sets sights on Egypt windfall

Glasgow-based practice Keppie Design hopes to win work on both sides of the fence as Egypt’s new government develops the country’s infrastructure
Korean homes growth goes on, but future uncertain

South Korean house prices have continued to grow – but an uncertain period looms, according to analysts
KPF lands bank HQ job in Istanbul

Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates (KPF) is hoping to secure more work in Turkey after landing the contract to design a new headquarters for Ziraat Bank in Istanbul
Laird sails to Paddington victory

Edinburgh-based Michael Laird Architects has won a limited design competition for a series of business barges at the Robin Partington-masterplanned Merchant Square development in Paddington Basin for developer European Land
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands and Alison Brooks scoop planning in Kilburn

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ and Alison Brooks Architects’ 229-home South Kilburn regeneration scheme has won planning permission
London 2012: Delivering a Sustainable Stadium

Populous, Buro Happold and the ODA discuss sustainability lessons learned from the Olympic Stadium
Londonewcastle's Robert Soning: 'We're always on the look out for new talent'

Robert Soning, the co-founder and chief operating officer of developer Londonewcastle talks to the AJ about the death of box building and its ‘licence to thrill’ mantras
Loughborough uni launches student contest

[Registration must be completed by 1 June] Loughborough University has launched a student ideas contest for proposals looking at structures’ changing roles over time
Major design contest announced for Melbourne landmark

Architects from around the world will be sought for a competition to redesign Melbourne’s famous Flinders Street Station.
Make submits Elephant and Castle revamp masterplan

Make has submitted an outline planning application for its £1.5 billion Elephant and Castle redevelopment masterplan
Make's London Wall on hold as Hammerson pull out of office market

Make’s contentious, high-rise 46,450m² London Wall Place project for developer Hammerson is on hold until a tenant can be found
Make's turnover up and profits rocket

Ken Shuttleworth’s practice Make has seen a 12 per cent increase in its turnover and a huge 37 per cent hike in its gross profits
Malcolm Reading: ‘The best architects make the client feel special'

Malcolm Reading of Malcolm Reading Consultants, the force behind a raft of competitions including the Union Terrace contest, on how to impress clients and win work
Market leading interiors manufacturer SAS International launches new fully glazed partitioning system

Complementing SAS International’s range of market leading interior fit-out products, the manufacturer has launched its new System 8000 fully-glazed, frameless partitioning system which combines aesthetics with outstanding acoustic, fire and structural performance.
Massive Titanic 'experience' opens in Belfast

The Titanic Belfast, the world’s largest Titanic-themed museum, officially opened on 31 March 2012 - the centenary of the ship’s voyage
Mather and Conran’s Centre Point revamp unveiled

Rick Mather Architects and Conran & Partners’ £350 million overhaul of London’s iconic Centre Point skyscraper has been revealed
Mike Hussey: ‘Design flair delivers value’

Mike Hussey, chief executive at Almacantar, on surviving the recession, negotiating cricket controversies and his love of One New Change
Milan's 51st International Furniture Fair

Milan is preparing itself for the next week’s Salone Internazionale del Mobile, the International Furniture Fair, now in its 51st year
Mimar Sinan was one of the world’s best architects of religious buildings

Black Box: The architect of many of the most beautiful mosques in Istanbul
MIPIM roundtable: ‘glamorising’ retrofit

As retrofit becomes more attractive financially and environmentally than new build, architects, developers and engineers gathered at a lunch hosted by the AJ in association with ZBP at the MIPIM property fair earlier this month, to debate how we can encourage and ‘glamorise’ retrofit
Morley College begins search for extension architect

[Expressions of interest should be received 11 May] London’s Morley College is in need of an experienced practice to work on the phased extension, remodelling and refurbishment of its base in Waterloo
Morley's Olympic Water Polo Arena completed

The 2012 Water Polo Arena, designed by David Morley Architects, has now been completed in the Olympic Park
Mrs Tiggy Winkle, Alison Smithson and a critical anthology

[THIS WEEK] The Smithsons’ writings cover a very English view of life, writes James Pallister
Muf, NORD and dRMM land places on Olympic legacy design panel

The London Legacy Development Corporation has named the 24 architects and designers chosen for its four year framework covering the Olympic Park
NEW CPD from Ecophon

Understanding and Achieving Acoustic Standards in Schools. Book now for 2012. – Module 7
New Dark Falzinc from Kalzip

Introducing new Dark Falzinc - an extremely cost-effective and beautifully elegant slate grey finished addition to the Kalzip range of Foldable aluminium building materials.
New French housing pledges could open doors to Brits

British architects stand to benefit from pledges from both French presidential candidates to stimulate house building, says a leading French architect
New generation tiles from Spain

Technical advances make Spanish tiles the elegant, sustainable and high-performance solution to a wide range of applications.
New practices: Adam Knibb Architects

The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or redundancy
New practices: Invisible Studio

The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or redundancy
New practices: Stallan-Brand

The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or redundancy
New practices: Studio AR

The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or redundancy
New Zealand home sales boom

New Zealand residential property sales just had their best February since the global downturn began, data has revealed.
Nicoll Russell to build visitor centre inside huge horse's head

Dundee-based Nicoll Russell Studios has won the £1 million RIAS-run competition to design a visitor centre within a horse’s head monument near Falkirk
Norman's artful debut

When the world’s most successful architect exhibits his emotional touchstones, order prevails, reports Jay Merrick
Not much green in Milan

Milan may be the place to see the latest in product design, but eco-awareness is surprisingly thin
NPPF: the industry's reaction

The profession responds to the radical new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) which came into force yesterday
Number of housing projects in New Zealand continues to fall

Only 16 apartments were given planning consent across the whole of New Zealand in March 2013
Office boom - Dubai demand still high for quality workspace

Demand remains high for prime office space in Dubai despite the huge volume of commercial property coming onto the market.
OMA reveals Moscow art gallery vision

OMA’s Rem Koolhaas has unveiled plans for a 5,400m² art gallery at Gorky Park in Moscow
Oman sees 'design quality' upsurge

Quality of design is becoming a key factor in demand for residential apartments in Oman, according to a new report by global chartered surveyors and analysts Cluttons
Open or Closed? It's neither...

Footprint reports on Ecobuild’s Passive vs. Active seminar
Open-City launches children-focused contest

[Ideas must be submitted by 14 May] Architecture charity Open-City has launched ‘Open up’, a contest looking for activities to engage children with architecture
Our energy, architecture and history all unite in Battersea’s magnificent ruins

Paul Finch’s Letter from London: The worse the condition of Battersea Powerstation, the more important the building has seemed to become
Oxford Architects bags planning for Broadmoor overhaul

Oxford Architects has won planning permission to revamp Broadmoor mental health hospital in Berkshire
Pernilla & Asif unveils London 2012 Coca-Cola pavilion

[First look] Emerging studio Pernilla & Asif has revealed images of its temporary pavilion for Coca-Cola at the London 2012 Olympic Games
Planning shake-up: NPPF brings 'most exacting requirement for design ever'

Planning Minister Greg Clark has today unveiled the National Planning and Policy Framework (NPPF) - the biggest shake-up of the planning system in more than two generations
Populous is latest to join Lord’s saga

Populous has been hired to work up alternative plans for Lord’s cricket ground following the collapse of Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’s (AHMM) redevelopment vision
Queen Mary university hunts architects for £25m Graduate Centre

[Expressions of interest should be received by 5 April] Queen Mary University of London is again on the hunt for architects, this time to design a Graduate Centre at the University’s Mile End Campus
Ravilious and Roland Collins

[THIS WEEK] Eric Ravilious’ landscapes are worth discovering, writes James Pallister
Reader Offer - April 2012

Five copies of The Environmental Design Pocketbook, by Sofie Pelsmakers
Reader Offer - Delivering A Sustainable Olympic Stadium & Water Masterclass

Win one of the complimentary tickets
Reader Offer - Eco-refurbishment and the Green Deal

Footprint have three half price tickets for the ‘Eco-refurbishment and the Green Deal’ Seminars
Reader Offer - May 2012

Three complimentary copies of my book: London 2012 - Sustainable Design
Reader Offer: BioRegional reclamation-led demolition workshop

Footprint have teamed up with BioRegional to offer readers three complimentary tickets to May 16 workshop in Oxford
Reader Offer: Delivering a Sustainable Athletes’ Village

Win one of the complimentary tickets
Reader Offer: GHA Low Carbon Homes For Real

Five complimentary tickets for Footprint readers for Thursday’s seminar
Regional BIM Hub joins forces with local businesses

The North East Regional BIM Hub has been working to help local businesses adapt to BIM
Relaunch: Footprint in Print

A highlight of sustainability articles in this week’s AJ 26.04.12
Revealed: first images of PRP and Make's Olympic legacy housing

The AJ can reveal pictures of Make Architects, PRP Architects, Muf, Karakusevic Carson and NORD’s competition-winning scheme for the first phase of the Olympic Park’s redevelopment in London
Revealed: Winner of RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship

Edinburgh student to study recycling practices in informal settlements in Africa
Revised construction forecast predicts 2.9% fall

Construction output is set to decline by 2.9 per cent, according to the latest forecasts from the Construction Products Association (CPA), although private housing and infrastructure offer some highlights
RIAS slammed for all-male convention and ballot line-up

19 speakers and 9 candidates, but no women: architects demand gender equality statement from Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS)
RIAS struggles to defend all-male convention

Industry figures including Peter Cook, Kathryn Firth, Jeremy Till and Kieran Gaffney have criticised the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland for failing to include any women speakers among the 21 men appearing at its Aberdeen conference this month, writes Merlin Fulcher
RIBA calls on would-be London mayors to ‘design a better London’

The RIBA has set out what it expects from London mayoral candidates over the next four years
RIBA ICE McAslan Student Bursary to launch in May

[Scheme opens to entries on 2 May] Students and recent graduates will be invited to apply for a £7,500 bursary provided by John McAslan + Partners
RIBA launches £20m King's College quad contest

[Deadline for expressions of interest 1 June] The RIBA has launched a competition to redesign King’s College London’s main campus
RIBA regional director fired amid fraud allegations

Jon Jo MacNamara, the RIBA’s regional director in the North East, has been fired for gross misconduct involving ‘several instances of fraud’ totalling nearly £10,000
Rivington Street Studio completes west London sports college revamp

London’s Rivington Street Studio has completed this £5.8 million sports facility for St Mary’s University College, Twickenham
RMJM faces probe into pension payments

The Pensions Regulator is investigating claims that RMJM has withheld payments to its employee pension scheme
Road to Rio+20

The first in the series of events organised by CIRIA in the run up to the United Nations’ Road to Rio+20 which will take place 20 - 22 June 2012
Robinson Design goes under

Bradford-based architectural practice Robinson Design has gone into liquidation, it was confirmed last week
Roundtable: mastering the masterplan

Hosted by Capco, developers of Earl’s Court, a select group of architects and planners gathered to debate the challenges of masterplanning large-scale projects, creating liveable places and the shifting sands of planning policy
Roz Barr narrowly misses out on Norwegian contest

Up-and-coming firm Roz Barr Architects has come third in one of the biggest architecture competitions in Norway’s history
RSVP now: WAF awards party in Clerkenwell on 23 May

Architects are invited to celebrate the launch of the World Architecture Festival (WAF) at the Figueras showroom in Clerkenwell next month
Ryder’s restored Ralph Erskine gem re-opens

The Bolam Coyne development at Ralph Erskine’s Grade II*-listed Byker housing estate in Newcastle has re-opened following a £2m restoration by Ryder Architecture
Sacred space

The drive to build places of worship began when hunter-gatherers first erected pillars at Göbekli Tepe 12,000 years ago and hasn’t stopped since
Safety fears halt Levitt Bernstein's Aberfeldy scheme

Levitt Bernstein’s large scale proposals for the redevelopment of the Aberfeldy estate in east London have been stopped due to safety fears over a trio of gasometers next to the site
SAVE appoints new director

Clementine Cecil has been picked as SAVE’s latest director, replacing William Palin who steps down after four years at the helm
Scott Brownrigg hosts Article 25 exhibition

International architecture practice Scott Brownrigg showcase past and current projects by Article 25
Scott Brownrigg scoops planning for £25m Southampton hotel

[First look] Scott Brownrigg has won planning permission for this 1.18 ha waterfront hotel and residential project in Southampton
SEDA Green Drinks: Scottish Green Party’s Robin Harper

The legacy of Howard Liddell and John Hopkins
Sergison Bates wins Belgian care home contest

Sergison Bates Architects has won an open competition, run by the Flemish authorities, to design a €18 million care home in Kruishoutem, Belgium
Setback for Poole Twin Sails bridge after cracks appear in road

Contractors were last week scrambling to resurface Poole’s brand new Twin Sails bridge after cracks appeared in the road and the opening had to be put back, according to the AJ’s sister title NCE.
Shapero completes Manchester youth mental health centre

Maurice Shapero, with Bolton-based Bradshaw Gass & Hope, has completed the new headquarters for mental health charity, 42nd Street
Shard crowned with final steel frame

The final steel frame section has been fitted into place at the top of Renzo Piano’s Shard, bringing its height to 310m
Shell Centre redevelopment to submit for planning in November

[First look + plans] A detailed planning application for the Squire and Partners-masterplanned redevelopment of London’s Shell Centre is expected to be submitted before the end of this year
Shigeru Ban wins green light for Christchurch Cathedral re-build

Japan’s Shigeru Ban has received Church backing for a ‘transitional’ project to build a cardboard cathedral in earthquake-struck New Zealand
Shock as RIAS snubs Hadid's Glasgow museum

The decision to turn down Zaha Hadid Architects’ landmark Glasgow Riverside museum of Transport for both RIAS and RIBA Awards has been met with condemnation and bemusement
Simon Allford: ‘Retrofit is setting the agenda for new builds’

AHMM’s Simon Allford said innovations in the world of retrofitting are shaping the future of commercial office new builds
Simpson completes ‘twee’ Kensington Palace loggia

[First look] John Simpson & Partners has completed a £12 million overhaul of Kensington Palace Gardens in west London, previously blasted for its ‘twee’ loggia design
Singapore records house price dip

Private house prices have fallen in Singapore for the first time in almost three years, official data shows
Slowdown in Canadian housing market

New evidence has emerged that the growth in the Canadian residential market is slowing
Song Dong: Waste Not

Footprint visits the Barbican Curve Gallery
Specifying materials for resource efficiency

Tanisha Raffiuddin of the Passivhaus Trust reports on the ASBP’s Future Footprints seminar
Squire and Partners’ PV mansard revealed

Footprint tours a PV-clad central London rooftop
St Peter’s seminary restoration lands £500,000 cash boost

NVA’s ambitious plans to save the crumbling ruin of Gillespie, Kidd & Coia’s 1966 St Peter’s Seminary in Cardross have received £500,000 from Historic Scotland
Stanton Williams wins Oxford college go-ahead

Stanton Williams has won planning permission for this new Arts Centre at Lincoln College, Oxford University
Starchitects a-sailing

You couldn’t get away from the raft of TV programmes, pictures and even museums dedicated to the Titanic as the 100th anniversary of its demise lurched onto the horizon.
Stephen Hodder confirms RIBA presidency bid

Stirling Prize winner Stephen Hodder has emerged as the first candidate to be nominated for the next RIBA president
Straw bale construction hits Haringey

Currently on site in Lordship Recreational Ground, Anne Thorne Architects’ Environment Centre is due to complete this summer.
Struggling ASL offered less than half of Abu Dhabi debt

Austin-Smith:Lord (ASL) has been offered just £1.5million towards the remaining £4 million it believes it is still owed by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture & Heritage (ADACH)
Student contest launched for temporary Milan housing

[Registration must be completed by 4 June] Students have been invited to propose temporary housing ideas for Italy’s Politecnico di Milano technical university
Studio Egret West scoops Docklands job

Clerkenwell firm commissioned to take a fresh look at waterfront plot originally earmarked for Foster + Partners/SOM towers scheme
Studio Octopi wins go-ahead for house with 'vertical slider'

Studio Octopi has won planning permission for this refurbishment of a 250sq m, five-storey house in Chalcot Road, Primrose Hill, north London
Sugar cane, bubbles and concrete jelly babies

The world’s first carbon footprinting exhibition
Sureclad - A sustainable way to enhance the outer envelope

“Sureclad ceramic granite ventilated cladding doesn’t just transform a building aesthetically”, says Shackerley Chief Executive Brian Newell, “It’s also a highly sustainable way to protect and enhance a building and has contributed towards BREEAM ratings of Excellent and Very Good in architectural projects across the UK.”
Temporary timber pavilion wins inaugural Welsh competiton

Cardiff’s Coombs+Jones won the contest to design a £20,000 pavilion at Wales’s annual festival of culture – the National Eisteddfod
Thanks to Ken Livingstone, London has made it to the Olympic finishing line

Paul Finch’s Letter from London: The reason we are celebrating our Olympic facilities can be summed up in two words: Ken Livingstone
The AJ turns a new shade of green

Footprint’s relaunch comes at a key time for green thinking, says Hattie Hartman
The AJ Women in Architecture Awards: students, starchitects and sold out!

A who’s who of architecture attend the first ever AJ Women in Architecture luncheon
The Diary of an Anonymous Academic #3

The third in a new series about the unreported trials and tribulations from the frontline of architectural education. This week: rebellion
The Hawksmoor Epiphany

The Royal Academy’s Hawksmoor exhibition serves as a welcome taster that may inspire people to go and discover his work first hand, writes Gillian Darley
The Little Joe Clubhouse

Designer Will Yates creates film pavilion in Shoreditch’s Rich Mix
The modified National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) passes into law

Planning portal: Understanding the new local plans is the first step to influencing them, says Michael West
The photovoltaic aesthetic

In the rush to exploit the feed-in tariff, the visual impact of PV panels has been forgotten, writes Andrew Mellor
The resurrection of Dykes Bower

Stephen Dykes Bower battled ambitious colleagues and changing public tastes to redefine and restore our most cherished churches, writes Gavin Stamp
The story of Goldibox

Hugh Broughton’s golden wing is surprisingly good value for money, writes Rory Olcayto. Photography by Hufton + Crow
The struggle to reclaim public space in the interests of corporate freedom

Ian Martin reframes public space in the minds of the British people
This Is Not A Gateway founder bailed after boat race stunt

Architecture activist and This Is Not A Gateway co-founder Trenton Oldfield will appear in court for obstructing the Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race
This week’s issue reminded me of a childhood awakening to architecture

Religion remains a faithful and long-standing client of architecture
UK construction set to fall 4.4% in 2012

Output for the construction industry is forecast to fall by 4.4 per cent this year, according to the latest set of predictions from Experian
University building boom in battle to win students

New research shows that universities are pumping cash into their estates, with nearly 80 per cent set to spend more than £5 million on new projects by 2013
Urban explorers scale Renzo’s 310-metre London Shard

A group of urban exploration enthusiasts have covertly climbed to the top of Renzo Piano’s £450 million shard skyscraper in London
US construction growth in 1.1% retreat

US construction spending dropped 1.1 per cent earlier this year despite previously showing signs of green shoots, according to official figures
Video: Christine Murray on Women in Architecture

Christine Murray explains why the AJ has created an awards scheme to celebrate the achievements of female architects
Video: Christine Murray, Colette O'Shea and Victoria Thornton on Women in Architecture

Judges discuss the inaugural AJ Women in Architecture Awards
Video: Colette O'Shea on Women in Architecture

Colette O’Shea, Development Director, Land Securities, explains why promoting women architects is an issue close to her heart
Video: Doreen Lawrence on Women in Architecture

Doreen Lawrence welcomes the AJ’s focus on women in the profession
Video: Gender equality in architecture debate

A panel discussion on gender equality in architecture at Roca London Gallery for International Women’s Day
Video: Laura Lee on Women in Architecture

Laura Lee, chief executive of Maggie’s Centres, says women architects could promote themselves more effectively
Video: Peter Rees on Women in Architecture

Peter Rees discusses gender and sexuality in architecture
Video: Victoria Thornton on Women in Architecture

Victoria Thornton, director of Open-City, explains why architecture needs to promote successful women
Viñoly to revamp Marble Arch Tower site

Almacantar has picked Rafael Viñoly to transform Marble Arch Tower in London’s Oxford Street into a major new West End landmark
Walters & Cohen take home AJ Woman Architect of the Year award

Michál Cohen and Cindy Walters have together won the inaugural AJ Woman Architect of the Year prize
We need tax relief from the government if we’re going to preserve churches like St Bride’s

Paul Finch’s letter from London: The improvement of our existing stock should take preference over new-build
Welcome to Footprint

Welcome to the new home for Footprint, Hattie Hartman’s sustainability blog
West Ham confirms new bid for Olympic Stadium

West Ham has re-entered the race to become the anchor tenant of the Populouis-designed Olympic Stadium after the Games come to a close
Wigglesworth wins Emerson College contest

Sarah Wigglesworth Architects has won the invited competition to masterplan the redevelopment of Emerson College in East Sussex
Wilkinson Eyre's SeaCity Museum opens doors

The new SeaCity Museum in Southampton designed by Wilkinson Eyre opened earlier this month - a century after the Titanic set sail from the city
Witney Corn Exchange revamp, Oxfordshire

[PQQs should be returned by 10 April] Witney Town Council has launched a design contest for its Grade II-listed Corn Exchange Theatre, which closed last year
'Women need to support each other' says Zaha after winning Jane Drew Prize

Zaha Hadid has urged female architects to ‘support each other’ after picking up the Jane Drew Prize for her outstanding contribution to the status of women in architecture this afternoon (20 April)
Wood effect tiles from Spain

Always ahead by coming up with innovative design and technology Spanish tile manufacturers continually develop a wide range of products to meet an extensive variety of needs.
Woods Bagot to design ‘Airport City’ in China

[First look] The London office of Woods Bagot has won a major role in the masterplanning of a 400 ha development in southern China
Work springs from Shanghai win for PDRc

London-based practice PDRc has won a major masterplanning competition for the regeneration of a riverside slice of Shanghai
Works near finish line on Ferguson Mann's Lakeshore retrofit

Work is nearing completion on Ferguson Mann’s overhaul of SOM’s 1970s former Wills Imperial Tobacco headquarters in South Bristol
Works starts on SOM's Geneva HQ scheme

Construction has started on Skidmore Owings & Merrill’s (SOM) competition-winning headquarters scheme for JTI International in Geneva, Switzerland
Young Scottish Greens

Is ecological design a hobbit hole or a hi-tech weather station?
Your junk mail reveals a global shift of white collar work

[THIS WEEK] My work email address attracts a lot of spam. Aside from the usual wire transfer requests, offers of performance enhancers and other comic smuttery that sneaks through the filters, there’s a fair amount of unsolicited sales pitches for professional services
Zaha beaten in Bauhaus Museum contest

Zaha Hadid Architects has missed out on a winning place in an open competition for a New Bauhaus Museum in Weimer, Germany
Zaha Hadid at Milan

Zaha Hadid has created a pavilion for the Milan International Furniture Fair

Architects JournalApril 2012

Architects Journal
April 2012