Astragal
Always first with gossip and rumour about architecture's leading lights, the AJ's notorious Astragal is now regularly providing salacious tittle-tattle online and quick peeks at the latest events as well as writing weekly in the magazine. You have been warned…
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Serpentine crowd witnesses flight of the Cullinan
While the rest of the architectural Press may have been tumbling over themselves to congratulate Ted Cullinan on winning the Royal Gold Medal earlier this year, Astragal is far more impressed by the achievements of some of his underlings, who designed, constructed and flew the record-breaking man-powered 'Cullinan Bird' plane 40m over the Serpentine in central London in the second Red Bull Flugtag earlier this month.
See more pictures from the AJ Urban Splash Infobox exhibition opening party
Ever on the lookout for architectural merrymaking, Astragal is pleased to present a select cut of pictures from the successful AJ/Urban Splash Tribeca Infobox exhibition opening.
...While spirits ran high at the exhibition launch party
How many of the country's hottest young architectural talents can you get in a former warehouse in Liverpool on a Wednesday night?
Stadium sale
The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) admitted this week that it is looking at the possibility of flogging London's £469 million Olympic main stadium – designed by HOK Sport and Peter Cook – once the Games have finished.
OMA breaks the 'monotonously exceptional' mould in Dubai
Astragal was lucky enough to enjoy an afternoon with Reinier de Graaf from Rem Koolhaas' firm Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) at the RIBA Futures Fair last week.
Nice work if you can get it
Jaws dropped when it was revealed at the AJ100 awards ceremony last night (14 May) that Ken Shuttleworth's burgeoning practice Make has only a 2 per cent staff turnover – an incredibly low figure which more than justifies the firm's Employer of the Year award.
There's a brand new dance but I don't know its name
From male kimonos to kilts, dickie bows to Doc Martins, architecture once again proved it has no real fashion sense at the AJ100 awards ceremony last night (14 May).
Brought to book
Sad news has hit Liverpool's celebratory year once again, with reports that a fire has ripped through the city's famous Bluecoat Gallery (AJ online 13.05.08).
Erick van Egeraat unveils a rubbish scheme
A load of Danish rubbish. That's what Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat's new incinerator in Roskilde, Denmark has been designed to handle.More stories from Astragal
- ...And finds time to gold-plate her jugs
- Full of sound and fury signifying nothing
- BRE has sustainability all wrapped up
- Drinking to the NLA's success
- Hot property
- Engineer to the glitterati
- Flight of fancy
- Running off the map
- Bin man
- Developer threatens to flatten Beatles tour guide
- Virgin on the ridiculous
- Stolen Stanley?
- The Audiacity of Richard Rogers
- Prince Andrew engages with architecture
- Gehry bad
- Missing the boat
- The Fragrant Jean Nouvel: architect does perfume design
- Afghan stitchin'
- Take my mother-in-law…
- Tempers flare over British Pavilion
- The loneliness of the long-distance architect
- May the Powers be with you
- From little acorns...
- The lady's not for turning, and the buildings aren't for listing
- The Fat of the land: Prince Charles backs 'Trim Town'
- Online petitions are just monkey-work
- Attack on architecture to make the blood boil
- Have you had an elevating experience at LMU?
- Getting a bit too close to Koolhaas
- Land Securities director reveals his true feelings about architects
