Architects Journal
February 2011
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A question for green architects – how much do your occupants weigh?
Ian Martin eyes superfast broadband, tax breaks and an absence of any real planning restrictions -
Kyson’s three-home scheme in bombed-out Hackney unwrapped
[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] London-based practice Kyson has completed this £800,000 three-home scheme on a bomb site near the Olympic Park -
New Practices #58: A Small 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 -
‘Dramatic’ drop in shelved projects
Last year saw a ‘dramatic’ fall in the number of construction projects on hold, with the total value of shelved UK schemes 64 per cent lower than at the end of 2009 -
‘Meanwhile’ London competition winners announced
The Mayor of London has announced the four winners of a competition to transform derelict sites in east London -
£130m funding settlement for London
The Mayor of London has been given a £130 million annual funding boost by the Treasury to aid economic development in the capital -
A letter from Egypt: optimism after the turmoil
Cairo-based architect Glenn Patten believes Egypt’s future is bright following the departure of the country’s president, Hosni Mubarak -
AA council faces vote of no confidence
The governing council of the Architectural Association (AA) faces a vote of no confidence at a special general meeting of members scheduled to take place in Bloomsbury, London, tomorrow night (3 March) -
AA head agrees to scrap new contract
Architectural Association (AA) director Brett Steele has asked for his new contract to be ‘torn up’ and redrafted following protests by students and staff -
AA School ‘polarised’ over Steele’s reappointment, claims department head
‘Hostility’ and ‘open opposition’ have broken out at the Architectural Association following the reappointment of academic head Brett Steele on a new ‘dual’ contract, claims a senior tutor -
AA students veto head’s new contract
A meeting of students yesterday (21 February) voted to reject AA school head Brett Steele’s terms of reappointment -
Alsop's art gang take over the AJ Small Projects awards
AJ Small Projects judge Will Alsop surprised the audience last week when he revealed that the runner-up team at Lincoln Miles Architecture were not really architects at all -
Amanda Levete's practice wins planning for V&A Boiler House Yard
AL_A ‘evolved’ proposals for a new courtyard and underground extension to the V&A museum in Exhibition Road, West Kensington have been approved -
Andermatt design competition, Switzerland
The Swiss Alps town of Andermatt has launched an international design competition to masterplan and design its new downtown area development -
ARB chair and vice chair reappointed
Beatrice Fraenkel and Gordon Gibb have been returned unopposed as chair and vice chair of the Architects Registration Board (ARB) following the board’s annual election -
Astudio completes St Paul’s Way school
[First look + plans] Astudio has taken the wraps off its St Paul’s Way Trust School project in Bow, east London -
Atkins completes Northumbria University Sport Central building
[First look + plans] Atkins has completed this £30m sports and research facility for Northumbria University in Newcastle -
AXIS and DRDH among Sheffield Design Awards winners
DRDH has nabbed the Best Building prize at this year’s Sheffield Design Awards, while AXIS was crowned the ‘People’s Choice’ -
Bath Abbey to host conference on the transformation of historic buildings
Buro Happold and Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios are hosting an international conference, Power in Space, at Bath Abbey on Thursday 20 October 2011 -
Black Architecture to transform pub site into housing HQ
[First look] Black Architecture has bagged a commission to transform a derelict pub into a new headquarters building for the Phoenix Community Housing Association in Lewisham, south London -
Bridging the gap: Post-occupancy evaluation
The glaring chasm between predicted and actual CO2 emissions is under the spotlight. Martin Spring looks at the latest initiatives. llustrations by Hanna Melin -
BSF's ambition should not be abandoned for a quick fix
Glyn Jones, an acting headteacher at an arts college in Derbyshire, says we should not forget the spirit of BSF too quickly -
Burwell Deakins wins Truro medical residences contest
Burwell Deakins Architects has been chosen to design a residential development for doctors and students at the Royal Cornwall Hospitals Trust at Treliske in Truro, Cornwall -
CABE merge: ‘reset button’ for design review
Design Council chief executive David Kester has promised to ‘press the reset button’ and re-examine the design review process following the organisation’s merger with CABE -
Cable attacks ‘bizarre’ planning rules
Business secretary Vince Cable has launched a scathing attack on the planning system, describing it as ‘bizarre’ and an ‘impediment to growth’ -
Call for architects to design Olympic Park legacy housing
The chief executive of the Olympic Park Legacy Company has said he would welcome hearing from architects and developers who wanted to work on new family neighbourhoods in the park after London’s 2012 Games -
Call for entries to RA Summer Exhibition
Lend Lease, in partnership with the AJ, will once again award £10,000 to the best submission to the Architecture Room at the 2011 Royal Academy of Arts (RA) Summer Exhibition -
Carmody Groarke lands Frieze Art Fair jackpot
Carmody Groarke has been named the new architect for the annual Frieze Art Fair in London -
Catalonia president bags RIAS honorary fellowship
Pasqual Maragall, Catalonia’s president, has been given an honorary fellowship from the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland -
Charettes for the Scottish government
The Scottish government’s directorate for built environment is seeking architects to take part in a series of charettes -
Chipperfield makes final four in St Petersburg contest
RIBA Gold Medallist David Chipperfield has been named among the finalists in the competition to mastermind the £225 million overhaul of New Holland Island, St Petersburg, Russia -
Civic Trust award winners announced
A total of 57 projects received prizes at this year’s Civic Trust Awards which took place at the People’s History Museum in Manchester -
Comment: Detroit's re-birth shows us localism doesn't need legislation
HOK’s Sherin Aminossehe looks to the global stage to discover how localism could in the UK -
Comment: pre-Coalition localism success must not be killed by government propaganda
HOK’s Sherin Aminossehe warns that government branding could harm the very success it is championing -
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 03.03.11
A downtown redevelopment scheme in the Swiss Alps town of Andermatt, the Design Council’s A&E design competition and an ideas competition run by the Architecture Foundation; the editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions -
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 10.03.11
The Royal Society of Arts’ Resourceful Architect competition, a series of charettes for the Scottish government and the RIBA Stephen Williams Scholarship; the editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions -
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 17.02.11
The RIBA London Forgotten Spaces competition, renovate and redevelop Oxford’s Story Museum, and a contest to redesign the Pushkinsky Cinema Hall in Moscow; the editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions -
Costs: Insulation
Get your estimating wrapped up. Here, Neil Barnett, resource cost services manager of BCIS, the Building Cost Information Service of the RICS, provides the latest sample cost breakdowns for various types of heat and sound insulation products -
Could fee rise push UK students abroad?
With university fees set to increase to £9,000 a year, studying abroad could be the best option for many UK architect hopefuls -
Cubicle Centre - Anti-Vandal Cubicle System
Manufactured from 13mm thick Compact Grade Laminate and extra heavy duty fittings, the Cairngorm Cubicle System is a waterproof and vandal resistant washroom solution designed to perform in even the most demanding environments. -
Design Council 'Accident and Emergency' design competition
The Design Council has launched a competition for architects and designers to propose solutions which could quell violence and aggression in A&E departments at UK hospitals -
Design Council CABE still unconvinced by 'weak' £5.5bn Liverpool Waters scheme
Design Council CABE has again criticised Peel Holdings huge £5.5billion Liverpool Waters regeneration scheme, despite revisions to the project’s ‘governing principles’ -
Design for exposed sites: NORD’s Shingle House
[Technical& Practice] NORD’s Shingle House responds to building on Britain’s only desert, and is inspired by the site’s poetic qualities, writes Felix Mara. Photography by Charles Hosea -
Desso returns to Ecobuild in 2011 - Stand S149
Leading European carpet manufacturer Desso is delighted to be returning to Ecobuild for its third consecutive year -
Ecobuild: Why we'll be talking refurbishment and feed-in at ExCeL
As Ecobuild rolls around, hot topics are domestic refurbishment and the feed-in-tariff says Bill Gething -
Ecophon - Saint-Gobain set for biggest Ecobuild presence to date - Stand N310
Leading international building materials company Saint-Gobain is set to have a major presence at Ecobuild 2011 with a 225m² stand (N310) showcasing products and systems from its UK businesses -
Eric Parry lands White City masterplanning job
Eric Parry Architects has been appointed to masterplan a four hectare former Dairy Crest site in White City, west London -
F. Ball Lifts Barriers to Successful Flooring
Market leading manufacturer of subfloor preparation products and flooring adhesives, F. Ball and Co. Ltd., has produced an essential flooring reference tool, Barriers Work. Developed specifically for architects and specifiers, the guide is designed to help overcome flooring installation problems at the point of specification, saving clients valuable time and money. -
Fabric copyright row: Daughter of Lucienne and Robin Day 'deeply hurt'
Paula Day, daughter of the late Lucienne and Robin Day, says she is ‘deeply hurt’ by the reaction of Heal’s over a range of fabrics branded as ‘Lucienne Day-inspired’ -
Final deadline today: The Essence of Engineering competition
What is the Essence of Engineering? Foster and Partners Millau Viaduct perhaps? Or Gustav Eiffel’s tower? The Large Hadron Collider? Take part in the AJ’s and Price & Myers’ competition to have your choice published in the AJ -
FOA reveals latest Birmingham New Street plans
[First look + plans] Fresh images of Foreign Office Architects’ project to redevelop Birmingham New Street train station were unveiled at MIPIM this week -
Foster + Partners reveals Kuwait airport proposals
Foster + Partners has released these images of its proposed new Kuwait International Airport -
Foster Lomas builds house inside a shop
[First look] London’s Foster Lomas has designed this terrace of ‘mini-houses’ in a B&Q store in Bolton -
Foster submits ‘Ruskin Square’ Croydon scheme
Foster + Partners has submitted an outline planning application for its 93,000m² Ruskin Square project in east Croydon -
Fosters acquires sustainable consultancy
Environmental design consultancy PHA Consult is to join forces with Foster + Partners to develop more sustainable projects, the practice has announced -
Fosters and Neil Tomlinson reveal New Covent Garden Market plans
[First look] Foster + Partners and Neil Tomlinson Architects have revealed these images of their project to redevelop New Covent Garden Market in Nine Elms, south London -
Fox removed from Shard tower
A fox has been extracted from the top of Renzo Piano’s 288 metre-tall Shard skyscraper in Southwark, London, having lived there for the past two weeks -
From Tripoli to St Petersburg, design-trodden people cry out for Autopoiesis
Ian Martin negiotates his own period of instability -
From Tripoli to St Petersburg, design-trodden people cry out for Autopoiesis
Ian Martin indulges in some revolutionary design -
Gallery: Latest from London's Olympic Park
With the Velodrome now complete, the AJ takes a look at the other Olympic 2012 Games projects in Stratford, east London as they near completion -
Gary Neville's TV success holds up Make's PPS7 home
Make Architects’ underground house near Bolton – designed for footballer Gary Neville – may not be built due to the ex-Manchester United star’s burgeoning media career in London -
George Shaw: The Sly and Unseen Day
George Shaw’s paintings show the gloominess and beauty of Tile Hill, an unspectacular Coventry suburb, writes Andrew Mead -
GKD - Brilliance at New World Symphony
The music of Tchaikovsky, Schubert and Wagner can regularly be heard coming from the New World Symphony in the heart of Miami. And right next door there’s something for the eyes of music lovers. -
Go-ahead for DevSec's revised Hammersmith Grove project
Development Securities has been granted planning permission for a BFLS-designed office scheme in the centre of Hammersmith -
Gove to keep 'open mind' on scrapped BSF schools
Education Secretary Michael Gove says he will keep an ‘open mind’ as he reconsiders the future of school building projects in six council areas, in the wake of last month’s High Court ruling against him -
Government re-thinks part of Localism Bill
The Government will look again at the Localism Bill in a bid to strengthen rules that would see authorities work together across council boundaries on planning decisions -
Green guru Hattie Hartman to speak at Ecobuild
Footprint blog author and AJ sustainability editor Hattie Hartman will host a discussion about green design at this week’s Ecobuild conference -
Greenhouse, Leeds by West and Machell Architects
[Images + project data] Insulation has helped this pioneering mixed-use refurbishment to achieve a 60 per cent increase in overall energy efficiency, using high specification insulation and the latest renewable energy technology -
Greenwash and how to spot it
Sandy Patience explains how to test the green credentials of ‘sustainable’ products. Illustration by Jess Wilson -
Hammers 'committed' to Olympic stadium
West Ham has vowed that relegation from the Premier League will not scupper its plans to move into the Olympic Stadium -
Haver & Boecker - Weaving ideas - HAtrick, Hasselt
HASSELT - Office HAtric in Hasselt is the perfect combination of economy, ecology and emotion. “The building is named similar to a “hat trick” in sports where a football player makes three consecutive goals”, explains architect Juul Vanleysen. -
Hawkins\Brown scores hat-trick
Hawkins\Brown has found itself on a winning streak after bagging new projects in Newham and Southwark and securing planning for a key scheme in Enfield -
HDR completes Roslin Institute in Edinburgh
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] American giant HDR Architecture has completed this £60 million research centre for the University of Edinburgh in Scotland -
Heatherwick to design Cauldron for Olympic flames
Designer Thomas Heatherwick is drawing up plans for the Olympic Cauldron centrepiece at the London 2012 Games -
Here's a new plan: Straight talking
Plain speaking when it comes to planning could help the public reconnect with the process, says Rory Olcayto -
Highlights from Ecobuild: Video of the Multi-Comfort House competition finale
The awards ceremony took place at the Isover Multi-Comfort House exhibition stand on Wednesday 2 March -
HOK scoops £1 billion Gatwick role
HOK has been appointed ‘master architect’ for the £1 billion project to overhaul Gatwick Airport in West Sussex -
Holl's Glasgow School of Art wins go-ahead
Steven Holl’s contentious £50 million project to build an extension to the Glasgow School of Art (GSA) has been granted planning permission -
In pictures: AJ celebrates Buildings Library launch
The Architects’ Journal Buildings Library – our new searchable archive featuring over 900 exemplar projects – was launched last night at a party in Clerkenwell -
Independent tests demonstrate superior resistance of DuPont Tyvek - Stand N140
Among the pioneering range of high-performance products on show at Ecobuild from DuPont Building Innovations is DuPont™ Tyvek® advanced breather membrane, the proven ‘peace of mind’ solution. -
Kalzip XT solution for Newport Station
Over 1,000 individual Kalzip aluminium standing seam sheets have been installed on Network Rail’s stunningly designed new station at Newport, South Wales. -
KfW Westarkade offices and conference centre, Frankfurt, by Sauerbruch Hutton
The KfW Westarkade offices and conference centre in Frankfurt are too green by half, says Felix Mara. Photography by Jan Bitter -
KPF and MAKE among architects chosen for Earls Court redevelopment
The list of practices working on the Terry Farrell-masterplanned project to redevelop Earls Court in west London was revealed at MIPIM today -
Le Corbusier’s Chandigarh ‘being plundered’
Campaigners have called for the Le Corbusier-designed Chandigarh city in India to be protected after it emerged pieces were being sold on for profit -
Legalese: Unpaid fees
Extracting unpaid fees from unwilling clients can be difficult. Mark Klimt guides us through it -
Libya unrest: UK projects in jeopardy
British schemes in Libya face an uncertain future as political unrest continues and the death toll mounts, reported Richard Waite in February -
Lido dips in with Dimplex Renewables - Stands N1530, S1810
Swimmers at Chipping Norton’s award winning outdoor Lido have been enjoying the great outdoors and dipping into a pool that’s heated by Dimplex low carbon heat pumps, following a £140,000 grant-aided refurbishment -
Man killed at base of Aedas' 'wind-tunnel tower'
A 35-year-old man has been crushed to death and a woman seriously injured by a lorry which blew over at the foot of Aedas’ Bridgewater Tower in Leeds city centre -
Manchester Bridge is safe insists Hodder
Architect Stephen Hodder has claimed his iconic Corporation Street bridge, which will close for six months to allow for ‘essential safety work’, is not dangerous -
Marsh House, Nottingham, by Marsh:Grochowski Architects
Julian Marsh’s house is a lesson in how to build and live ecologically, says Peter Blundell Jones. Photography by Anthony Coleman -
Mather returns to extend Hammersmith's Lyric
[First look] Rick Mather Architects has been appointed to design the £13.5 million redevelopment of the Lyric Theatre in Hammersmith, west London -
Mediated architecture - a brief roundup of readers
[THIS WEEK] This trio of triple-filtered mediations sheds some light on architecture and editing, writes James Pallister -
MIPIM 2011: As it happens
The AJ’s live blog from Europe’s biggest property fair – experience the sun-soaked La Croisette promenade, ‘property’ bunker, the late night parties and the journey there with MIPIM veterans, virgins and voyeurs -
Monsterpieces of the 2000s! by Aude-Line Duliere & Clara Wong
[THIS WEEK] Now architecture has its own bestiary, writes James Pallister -
MSMR lands planning for Bankside affordable housing
[First look + plans] MSMR Architects has won planning permission for this £1.2 million project to build nine affordable homes in the Bankside area of Southwark, south London -
Mueller Kneer lands new White Cube gallery
Mueller Kneer Associates has won the commission to design a new outpost for the White Cube gallery in a former warehouse in south London -
My client, the dictator
Emerging markets have always been a moral quagmire, but Libya has forced us to wade in, says Christine Murray -
Nationwide Fibre IRS Roadshow New and innovative solution for communal TV reception
Fibre Integrated Reception System (FIRS) Roadshows, organised by satellite operator ASTRA and Global Invacom, manufacturer of FIRS and supported by Sky, Freesat and Digital UK will visit London, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester and Newcastle during March and April. -
Negotiating architectural jargon is much quicker if you take the upcycle path
Ian Martin mingles with the halloumi brigade -
Neighbourhood forum changes afoot
Changes to the government’s plans for neighbourhood forums are being considered, decentralisation minister Greg Clark has told MPs -
New Practices #59: Hatcher Prichard 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 #60: Studio Klaschka Architecture and Design
The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone, either through choice or redundancy -
Northern Ireland least optimistic says RIBA survey
Practices in Northern Ireland are most pessimistic about future workloads, according to the latest RIBA Future Trends survey of UK architects -
OSA/Merzen at CUBE
Architects OSA pay tribute to post-war artist and scavenger Kurt Schwitters by creating a living, evolving collage, writes Richard Waite -
Oval Offices, Cologne, by Sauerbruch Hutton
Bespoke details and a colourful car park trump sustainability at Sauerbruch Hutton’s Cologne Oval Offices, writes Felix Mara. Photography by Jan Bitter -
Patel Taylor bags Essex University £21m student centre
[First Look] Patel Taylor has won a competition to design a new library and student centre for Essex University in Colchester -
Peter Bishop to leave LDA
London Development Agency deputy chief executive Peter Bishop has revealed he will leave his post at the end of month and also confirmed that Design for London has been saved -
PLP submits Oxford Street pavilion
[First look] PLP Architecture has submitted plans for this £2.1 million visitor information kiosk on Oxford Street in central London -
Populous bags Nanjing Youth Olympics masterplanning role
[First look] Populous has been appointed to masterplan the 2014 Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, China -
Populous reveals temporary Olympic venues
[FIRST LOOK] Populous has revealed these images of its three seperate temporary Olympic stadium projects at Lord’s cricket ground, Greenwich Park and the Lea Valley -
PPS7 clause facing the axe
Architects have called on the government to protect the Planning Policy Statement 7 (PPS7) ‘contemporary country house clause’ amid fears it could be scrapped as part of wide-ranging planning reforms -
Redcar should think again about flattening its ABK library
Save Redcar library, and all its embodied energy, and environmentally retrofit instead, says Paul Finch -
Redesign the façade of the Pushkinsky Cinema Hall in Moscow
DuPont, in cooperation with Union of Russian Architects, Royal Institute of British Architects, YEM Building Information Center, Architizer.com and Karo Film has announced an open ideas international competition to redesign the façade of the existing Pushkinsky Cinema Hall in Moscow -
Refurbishment, London, by Atmos Studio
Atmos Studio’s staircase heralds the coming of a new modernist expression yet to find a name, writes Rory Olcayto. Photography by Ben Blossom -
Reiach and Hall completes Rosslyn Chapel bungalow
[First look + plans] Reiach and Hall Architects has completed its radical overhaul of a 1960s Scottish bungalow next to the Rosslyn Chapel -
Rejection for RIBA mandatory design review bid
Calls for developers to be forced to take on board comments from design review panels have been rejected by the government -
Renovate and redevelop Oxford's Story Museum
Oxford’s Story Museum wishes to appoint an architect-led design team on a lead consultant basis -
Resourceful Architect, RSA ideas competition
The Royal Society of Arts, in collaboration with the Architecture Foundation, has launched an ideas competition for architects aimed at finding future uses for the profession’s skills -
Revealed: latest images of Aedas' Robin Hood Gardens replacement
These new images have been released by Aedas of its proposed £500 million replacement for Robin Hood Gardens -
RHWL's St Pancras hotel revamp completes
[First look] RHWL and Richard Griffiths Architects have completed the £150 million overhaul and extension of George Gilbert Scott’s former Midland Grand Hotel at St Pancras, London -
RIBA Stephen Williams Scholarship
The RIBA is seeking student entries to its annual Stephen Williams Scholarship worth £5,000 -
RIBA: Architects must adapt or perish
Small ‘design-led’ practices will face increasingly stiff competition from multidisciplinary giants and must become more business savvy in order to survive in the future, claims an RIBA report -
RMJM plays down staff payment fears following HK director's salvo
A principal at RMJM’s Hong Kong studio has been put under ‘formal review’ following allegations the company failed to pay staff in full and on time -
RMJM staff in Hong Kong move to Aedas
As many as 35 workers at RMJM’s Hong Kong office have moved across to work for Aedas, it has emerged -
Roof Structure: Velodrome for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, by Hopkins Architects
Hopkins’ double-curvature roof is elegant in its economical use of material as well as its appearance, writes Felix Mara -
Sanei Hopkins gets green light for Peak District family home
[First look + plans] Sanei Hopkins has won planning permission for this 900m2 house in Baslow, Derbyshire -
Sauerbruch Hutton
Their colourful facades had an enormous influence on British architects, but scratching the surface reveals a rigorous approach to design, says Felix Mara -
Scandinavian practice wins Salford housing contest
The AJ can reveal that Scandinavian practice White Arkitekter has won the RIBA’s Salford House 4 Life design competition -
Schmidt Hammer Lassen's Westminster College opens
[First look + plans] Schmidt Hammer Lassen’s £67.7million City of Westminster College in west London has opened its doors to students -
Sci-fi design and Biomass plants
Biomass plants form an exciting plan to power Scotland. Rory Olcayto finds a dynamic aesthetic at the heart of Gordon Murray Architects’ vision -
Sci-fi design and Biomass plants: Dundee
Gordon Murray Architects’ vision for a new Scotish Biomass plant -
Sci-fi design and Biomass plants: Grangemouth
Gordon Murray Architects’ vision for a new Scotish Biomass plant -
Sci-fi design and Biomass plants: Leith
Gordon Murray Architects’ vision for a new Scotish Biomass plant -
Sci-fi design and Biomass plants: Rosyth
Gordon Murray Architects’ vision for a new Scotish Biomass plant -
Scott Brownrigg to take on replacement for Ian Simpson's Kissing Towers
Scott Brownrigg is to design a headquarters for KPMG on a central Leeds city site formerly earmarked for Ian Simpson Architects’ so-called Kissing Towers -
Scott Brownrigg unveils Marco Polo House redevelopment scheme
[First look + plans] Scott Brownrigg has revealed these images of its project to redevelop Marco Polo House in Battersea, south London -
Shadow secretary: Schools 'could return to dark ages'
Shadow education secretary Andy Burnham has warned that schools could be sent back to the ‘dark ages’ with crumbling classrooms and inadequate equipment as a result of cutbacks -
Shapps slams ‘identikit Legoland’ homes
Housing minister Grant Shapps has urged the Design Council to end the domination of England’s suburbs by ‘identikit Legoland homes’ -
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Smithsons' weekend house in Wiltshire listed
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport has listed Alison and Peter Smithson’s 1962 Upper Lawn Pavilion in Tisbury, Wiltshire -
Sprinklers set to become mandatory for all new Welsh homes
The Welsh Assembly has voted itself the powers needed to make fire sprinklers mandatory for all new residential projects in the country -
Squire and Partners appointed to rework Columbus Tower
Squire and Partners has been selected to ‘design review’ the 63-storey Columbus Tower project in London’s Docklands -
Squire and Partners bags Chelsea Creek job
[First look] Squire and Partners has been appointed to design a three hectare residential development in Fulham, west London -
Squire and Partners bags planning for ‘Potters Fields’ scheme
Squire and Partners has landed planning permission for this mixed-use redevelopment close to Potters Fields park in London -
St George's Church, Tufnell Park, London by Paul Davis + Partners
Refurbishment of listed church and addition of contemporary infill, with a focus on acoustic insulation -
Stannah scenic lift bridges the gap at Cardiff Central Station
National lift service provider, Stannah, have completed the challenging installation of a scenic Passenger lift within in the Art Deco ticket hall of Cardiff Central Station -
Strada Announces Launch of Rocky Mountain Range of Architectural Hardware
Leading supplier of architectural hardware, Strada, is pleased to announce it is now supplying the entire Rocky Mountain range as part of its comprehensive product offering. -
Studio Egret West lands Kent town redevelopment
A team led by Studio Egret West has won the project to mastermind the £110million town centre redevelopment of Sittingbourne, Kent -
Studio Meda wins Bankside BikeShed contest
Camberwell-based Studio Meda has won the Architecture Foundation competition to design a £10,000 prototype bike shed for use in the Bankside area of Southwark, south London -
Switzerland has produced a reader on a popular topic – crisis, writes James Pallister
[THIS WEEK] Crises of confidence, of governance, the economic crisis, and the ongoing environmental crisis; talking about other people’s crises is a popular business, though as Mark Wigley notes in C-Lab, their announcements always come too late. -
The MIPIM bloggers 2011
Introducing the architects, developers, recruiters and journalists blogging from MIPIM exclusively for the AJ -
The Royal Gold Medal crit
[THIS WEEK] The Gold Medal crit was gentle, but had room for a slice of dissent, writes James Pallister -
The shock of the old: the cost of the future
Return on investment does not guarantee a building’s longevity or cultural importance, says Paul Finch -
The style war continues
Patrik Schumacher, director of Zaha Hadid Architects and evangelist for Parametricism has released volume one of his magnum opus. Steve Parnell gets stuck in -
Urban Splash drops Cardross plans
Urban Splash has walked away from the high-profile project to redevelop the Gillespie Kidd and Coia-designed St Peter’s Seminary at Cardross near Glasgow -
Utopias, 'Sustainism' and architecture: between the possible and the impossible
Two new books – and fear of climate change – make James Pallister reconsider architecture’s relationship with utopian thought -
Velodrome for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, by Hopkins Architects
Hopkins’ Velodrome is a six-week show-stopper that’s built to last, says Hattie Hartman. Photography by Richard Davies -
Vote of no confidence in AA council fails
A mass meeting of Architectural Association students, staff and members abandoned a vote of no confidence in the AA’s governing council following a two and a half hour special general meeting (SGM) on Thursday evening. -
Why building green isn't good enough anymore
‘Occupant behaviour’ is the new buzzword in sustainable design, says Christine Murray -
Wilkinson Eyre pledges to battle after RAF funding blow
Wilkinson Eyre has vowed to fight on after the Heritage Lottery Fund rejected a bid for a cash grant towards its proposed £30 million ‘landmark’ to house the Royal Air Force Museum’s Battle of Britain collection -
Win an iPod touch: Have your say on the Isover Architectural Design Competition shortlist
Eight student teams have been shortlisted for the 2011 Isover Architectural Design Competition - pick your favourite and win an iPod touch -
Working Detail: Olympic Velodrome eaves, by Hopkins Architects
[WORKING DETAIL 24.02.11] Velodrome roof eaves detail -
Working Detail: Olympic Velodrome roof, by Hopkins Architects
[WORKING DETAIL 24.02.11] Velodrome roof structure node -
World of Kalzip
Kalzip has produced another very high quality International Project Reference Book entitled ‘Architecture Metal Inspiration’. With over 40 years of aluminium standing seam system experience, this 184 page hardback publication illustrates the innovative design, product variety, manufacturing quality and technical support that is naturally associated with Kalzip installations throughout the world - from Singapore to Spain and from Canada to China. -
Zaha completes Abu Dhabi bridge
[First look] Zaha Hadid Architects has taken the wraps of its Sheikh Zayed Bridge project in Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) -
Zaha Hadid's turnover and profits dip
Profits have fallen by more than 50 per cent at Zaha Hadid Architects, following a series of project cancellations in North Africa last year
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