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Statt Leerstand Stad: Making the most of empty assets in Graz

22-Apr-2013
Re-use of vacant property is a Europe-wide preoccupation, writes James Pallister
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Make 60 second movie, upload to YouTube, win £500

18-Apr-2013
Entrants to Light Shots, the AJ’s film contest in partnership with Philips, have a few more days to finish their films
Step back into the Spitalfields of Huguenots

15-Apr-2013
James Pallister on the influence of the Huguenots on east London
The North-East has the skills to drive recovery – if London will let it

2-Apr-2013
The North-East has been hard-hit by the recession. Nevertheless James Pallister finds an optimistic architectural scene in Newcastle, the city with the highest density of architects outside London
Eva Jiřičná calls for return of a ‘socially responsible’ profession

28-Mar-2013
Jane Drew Prize-winner Eva Jiricná has called on younger architects to become more socially and politically engaged
Putting Pevsner in your pocket

26-Mar-2013
Yale’s iPhone app will put Pevsner in people’s pockets again, writes James Pallister
Soane and ceramics, what are the connections?

22-Mar-2013
James Pallister explores architecture’s influence on contemporary ceramics
Fujimoto's 2013 Serpentine Pavilion: Exclusive AJ interview

15-Mar-2013
James Pallister talks to emerging Japanese star Sou Fujimoto as the 41-year-old architect prepares to deliver this summer’s Serpentine Pavilion
Haute Hackney: Spoof website lampoons gentrification plans

5-Mar-2013
James Pallister asks whether HackneyHaute.com is the work of satirical pranksters or particularly brazen placemaking?
Body of work

26-Feb-2013
Two new shows examine the body in 20th century art. James Pallister reports
Daniel Libeskind: ‘I’m not interested in building gleaming streets for despots’

21-Feb-2013
James Pallister speaks to Daniel Libeskind who, soon to reveal designs for the notorious Maze Prison, is well versed in emotionally sensitive projects
AJ exclusive: Forgotten Spaces 2013 launched

21-Feb-2013
The RIBA has launched its popular ideas competition to reimagine neglected spaces in Lancashire and London
Exploring the Barents Sea: How to document a research project

19-Feb-2013
Rich in resources, the Barents Sea is a hive of economic activity documented in this exemplary student research anthology
The President's Medals: rarefied or relevant?

11-Feb-2013
[THIS WEEK] James Pallister asks whether the President’s Medals really encourage practical expertise
Match report: Gold Medallist Peter Zumthor lectures at the RIBA

7-Feb-2013
James Pallister reports from a rammed RIBA HQ to hear the Swiss master give his much-anticipated RIBA Gold Medal lecture
Interview with Royal Gold Medallist Peter Zumthor

5-Feb-2013
AJ exclusive: James Pallister spoke with Swiss starchitect Peter Zumthor on the eve of his RIBA Gold Medal lecture
The Guardian's secret G4S blogger revealed

25-Jan-2013
[THIS WEEK] James Pallister reveals the identity of Guardian’s secret security blogger at G4S
Blakeway: ‘London’s housing problems will take many mayoral terms to solve’

24-Jan-2013
James Pallister talks to Richard Blakeway, deputy Mayor for housing, land and property, about building thousands more homes in the capital
Nationalism and architecture by Raymond Quek, Darren Deane and Sarah Butler

21-Jan-2013
[THIS WEEK] James Pallister reads a series of illuminating essays on nationalism and architecture and reflects on the shared temperaments of architectural and nation-building visionaries
Expect the unexpected

14-Jan-2013
James Pallister discovers why The Why Factory is planning for black swans
The Globalisation of Modern Architecture by Robert Adam

14-Jan-2013
Robert Adam’s The Globalisation of Modern Architecure takes a compelling and broad-ranging look at the output of the architectural world, writes James Pallister
Picture perfect

7-Jan-2013
[THIS WEEK] When does architectural photography flatter to deceive? asks James Pallister
Will London become more trouble than it's worth? Discuss

4-Dec-2012
The future of London is the subject of a lively RIBA Building Futures Debate, finds James Pallister
How to fake the Christmas shopping

26-Nov-2012
[THIS WEEK] Sophisticated fake shopfronts enter the festive spirit, writes James Pallister
Peterlee, Pasmore and Tower Hamlets' Old Flo: a past era

26-Nov-2012
[THIS WEEK] Graham Farmer’s study on the reception of Victor Pasmore’s Apollo Pavilion has dispriting relevance to Tower Hamlets sale of a Henry Moore sculpture, writes James Pallister
Art should be for everyone

19-Nov-2012
A Henry Moore in Tower Hamlets is worth fighting for, writes James Pallister
Kazuyo Sejima teams up with Yang Zhao for mentorship scheme

13-Nov-2012
Kazuyo Sejima has selected Chinese architect Yang Zhao as her protégé for a year of creative collaboration as part of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.
Join Bartlett's 3D whizzes and help scan Kielder's architectural gems

9-Nov-2012
Interested punters, curious geographers, and the odd mountain biker will have the chance to experience the latest in 3-D scanning wizardry at Kielder Forest this weekend
Gut feeling: Mae in Manchester

8-Nov-2012
Mae’s spacious affordable homes aren’t radical, but they work. James Pallister visits the latest arrival in Alsop’s New Islington. Photography by Tim Soar
Turning a house into a home

5-Nov-2012
We need to be ever mindful of what makes a house a home, writes James Pallister
No-nonsense lyricism

29-Oct-2012
Pallasmaa’s new essays are a tonic for any architect, writes James Pallister
Breathing life into Liverpool

29-Oct-2012
Liverpool Biennial is attempting to transform neglected areas of the city with new art venues
Trenton Oldfield sentenced to six months

19-Oct-2012
[THIS WEEK] Trenton Oldfield was today sentenced to six months in jail. The urbanist, writer and provocateur, is being sent down for interrupting the men’s heavyweight Oxford-Cambridge boat race.
Return of The Modernist

16-Oct-2012
The Modernist mag is back, and it’s as fruity as ever, finds James Pallister
Kingston students launch UNESCO heritage bid for the London pub

8-Oct-2012
[THIS WEEK] Kingston School of Architecture, Landscape and Interior Design has launched an ambitious bid to secure UNESCO World Heritage status for the humble London pub, writes James Pallister
Picturing the raw power of the sea

29-Aug-2012
Michael Marten’s photographs show the tide’s daily grind and glory, writes James Pallister
Digital Edition - Eastside Story: Westfield Stratford City

16-Aug-2012
This 110-page monograph tells the story of the design, constuction and build of Europe’s largest shopping centre and the design review process behind this massive new addition to Stratford, East London
James Pallister reads a wry and timely history of sport, stadia and spectators

2-Aug-2012
Jägermeister, the ‘medicinal’ short, was the first brand to swap shirt space for sponsorship in football; ball games, female participation in sport and bikinis all existed by 400 AD and Fritz Auer’s wife’s stockings were key to the development of the 1972 Munich Olympic Stadium
Student Shows 2012: Newcastle University School of Architecture

26-Jul-2012
James Pallister feels the Brutalist heritage of the T Dan Smith era in Newcastle’s show
Co-opting Olympic success, heartache and anguish

19-Jul-2012
Sarah Morris’ 18-arch long artwork is an Olympic feat itself, writes James Pallister
The Unlimited Edition

12-Jul-2012
The Unlimited Edition is an urban research sampler, writes James Pallister
Tim Abrahams’ new essay, entitled ‘The Stadium’

5-Jul-2012
New essay takes a long view of the Olympic Stadium, writes James Pallister
The launch of a new publishing company

28-Jun-2012
James Pallister gets into the swing of the London Festival of Architecture
Michael Sandel and the moral limits of markets

31-May-2012
[THIS WEEK] Sandel is a must-read for those unesy with market forces
Chipperfield demands social housing shake-up

18-May-2012
David Chipperfield has called for a radical shake-up of how the United Kingdom delivers its social housing.
Ravilious and Roland Collins

26-Apr-2012
[THIS WEEK] Eric Ravilious’ landscapes are worth discovering, writes James Pallister
Hastings' dark horse

26-Apr-2012
Hat Projects’ tough new Jerwood Gallery is an apt response to Hastings’ robust working seafront, writes James Pallister. Photography by Ioana Marinescu
Mrs Tiggy Winkle, Alison Smithson and a critical anthology

19-Apr-2012
[THIS WEEK] The Smithsons’ writings cover a very English view of life, writes James Pallister
Your junk mail reveals a global shift of white collar work

5-Apr-2012
[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
Homes for London?

22-Mar-2012
[THIS WEEK] Shelter’s Homes for London proves there is hope for England’s capital yet, writes James Pallister
Beyond the Tower and Spitalfields Life

8-Mar-2012
[THIS WEEK] The history of the East End is not just for Londoners, writes James Pallister
Bridging Bow

8-Mar-2012
A key interchange for almost a thousand years, Adams & Sutherland’s new walkways at Bow Riverside have opened up the waterway to the public once more
Your chance to see Manchester's heliports and moving walkways

1-Mar-2012
[THIS WEEK] A new show in Manchester documents the ones that got away, writes James Pallister
A Place to Call Home

1-Mar-2012
The RIBA’s exhibition is an entertaining and accessible retrospective which hopes to engage the public with 300 years of British housing, writes James Pallister
Zygmunt Bauman on the norm of stressful cities

23-Feb-2012
[THIS WEEK] Stressful cities are inevitable, Zygmunt Bauman reminds us, writes James Pallister
Interview: RIBA Gold Medalist Hertzberger talks candidly to the AJ

16-Feb-2012
As the RIBA honours Herman Hertzberger, 79, with a Gold Medal, the Dutch architect tells James Pallister why he advocates a return to tool-based education, re-using empty office buildings and why the profession should stop thinking about beauty and start making buildings that work
Next year's President's Medals should reward real life briefs

16-Feb-2012
[THIS WEEK] The President’s Medal winners ‘seem to think ordinary life processes of contemporary society are too boring to merit attention’.
Hertzberger: ‘Architects try to make the special ordinary. We should do the opposite’

10-Feb-2012
Herman Hertzberger ended his Royal Gold Medal lecture with a sideswipe at icon-culture and a plea for architecture which concentrates more on the social than the individual
Kirk Balk Community College, Barnsley, by AHMM

9-Feb-2012
Kirk Balk Community College’s sophisticated use of standard components shows what BSF was capable of, writes James Pallister
See Hockney for free

9-Feb-2012
[THIS WEEK] Avoid hefty ticket prices and see Hockney for free, writes James Pallister
There's no room for doubt in de Botton's Temples for Atheists

2-Feb-2012
[THIS WEEK] Alain de Botton is planning a series of ‘Temples for Atheists’ in the UK
The Modernist Magazine: Issue Three

26-Jan-2012
[THIS WEEK] The third issue of The Modernist sees it cast its eye far beyond its Manchester home, writes James Pallister
Chipperfield gives Venice Biennale 'Common Ground' theme

19-Jan-2012
David Chipperfield has chosen ‘Common Ground’ as his theme for this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale.
Reading fast and slow

19-Jan-2012
[THIS WEEK] Protect your quiet time to stay creative in 2012, writes James Pallister
Wood Street Market: Call for occupants

22-Dec-2011
Architects looking for some cut price studio space could do well to look to E17, writes James Pallister
Looking back over 2011: The books, shows and places to go

15-Dec-2011
Soul-searching about architecture’s future and three blockbuster exhibitions have dominated this year’s cultural offering, writes James Pallister
Taking a trip to see Alvaro Siza's work

8-Dec-2011
[THIS WEEK] Seeing Siza’s Porto meant joining in with the students, writes James Pallister
Next Nature Powershow, Amsterdam

8-Dec-2011
From an artificial mountain to a lab-grown hamburger, James Pallister finds the Next Nature Power Show in Amsterdam full of new ways that man is shaping nature
White Cube Bermondsey, London, by Casper Mueller Kneer Architects

8-Dec-2011
A nine-by-nine top-lit ‘cube’ sits within Casper Mueller Kneer’s vast warehouse conversion for super-gallery White Cube, writes James Pallister. Photography by Paul Riddle and Ben Westoby
Durham Lumiere: In Pictures

25-Nov-2011
[THIS WEEK] For four nights Durham City’s peninsular and its surrounding streets were transformed by over thirty light installations. James Pallister reports from his home town
Archizines: The Book

24-Nov-2011
[THIS WEEK] Archizines may inspire you to dig out your own comics and zines, writes James Pallister
Tom Lubbock's Great Works

17-Nov-2011
[THIS WEEK] Tom Lubbock helped his readers see the unexpected in art, writes James Pallister
Venice, Basel, Folkestone: the rise of the Biennial

10-Nov-2011
As yet another UK arts biennial comes to an end, James Pallister looks at the growth of a format that has seduced cities worldwide and is changing the way our regional arts scene works
Beatrice Galilee on her plans for the Lisbon Architecture Triennale

10-Nov-2011
Beatrice Galilee, a 29-year old writer and curator, has won the curatorship of the third Lisbon Architecture Triennale. Here she speaks to the AJ about her plans
The Potemkin shop

10-Nov-2011
[THIS WEEK] Empty shops need a helping hand from canny disguises, writes James Pallister
Pavilion of Protest at the RIBA

4-Nov-2011
[THIS WEEK] Is it brave or foolish to host Pavilion of Protest at the RIBA? James Pallister
Real Venice at Somerset House

27-Oct-2011
[THIS WEEK] ? The Real Venice show makes saving the city glamorous, writes James Pallister
Muf and Greyworld come to Grizedale Sculpture Trail

20-Oct-2011
[THIS WEEK] Now there’s two more reasons to visit Cumbria, writes James Pallister
OMA/Progress at the Barbican

20-Oct-2011
OMA’s first UK exhibition is noisy and invigorating, but cutting through the cacophony is a challenge, writes James Pallister
Zaha Hadid at the RIBA

13-Oct-2011
[THIS WEEK] Hadid’s lecture at the RIBA didn’t live up to her powerful projects, writes James Pallister
Ralph Erskine's Byker and Clare Hall cross paths

7-Oct-2011
[THIS WEEK] In a new photography show, a Cambridge college and Tyneside estate share subtle details, says James Pallister
A chapter ends: Farewell to Amwell

15-Sep-2011
Reading habits rather than rates are closing our much-loved bookshops, writes James Pallister
Why I'll miss Design and Technology lessons

13-Sep-2011
[THIS WEEK] Every now and then, a cause reminds you of an organisation’s purpose, writes James Pallister
Nils Norman and Junebum Park at CUBE, Manchester

1-Sep-2011
[THIS WEEK] Artists in Manchester are using play to explore architecture, writes James Pallister
Plan your Open House weekend

17-Aug-2011
[THIS WEEK] Open House London is back - pack your book and a flask, writes James Pallister
The Architect: What Now 2011

4-Aug-2011
[THIS WEEK] Soul-searching about the architects role within society is nothing new, as a quick dip into the RIBA archive attests, writes James Pallister
New Little Magazines II: Block Magazine

28-Jul-2011
[THIS WEEK] Well-designed and produced, Block Magazine excels where it treads unexpected territory, writes James Pallister
New Little Magazines I: The Modernist Magazine

20-Jul-2011
[THIS WEEK] The Modernist is a welcome addition to architecture’s small press scene, writes James Pallister
James Pallister looks at two interactive works by architects with a musical bent

14-Jul-2011
[THIS WEEK] Anyone with 26,000 Euros to spare and a taste for eccentric musical instruments would do well to give Part 2 Bartlett and Bath graduate and CZWG staffer Mark Nixon a call
Bryant Priest Newman to oversee £1.15 million revamp of Lubetkin's Dudley Zoo

4-Jul-2011
Birmingham’s Bryant Priest Newman is drawing up plans to renovate four Tecton structures at the 1937 Dudley Zoological Gardens (DZG)
Reservoir and Aftermath

30-Jun-2011
[THIS WEEK] Landscape photography gets reimagined in two new art books, writes James Pallister
Studio Weave and Somewhere's floating cinema, Portavilion

22-Jun-2011
[THIS WEEK] Travelling cinemas have come to London’s canals, writes James Pallister
Fabrikstrasse 12, the Novartis Campus - new Chipperfield Monograph

16-Jun-2011
[THIS WEEK] A new volume gives a rare glimpse inside the Novartis campus, writes James Pallister
Documenting the Olympics: Giles Price’s 'Macroscopic Olympiad'

9-Jun-2011
[THIS WEEK] How quickly things can change when the Olympics come to town, writes James Pallister
Student Degree show dates 2011

3-Jun-2011
It’s almost degree show time - here’s this year’s listings. If your school is missing please do get in touch
A new exhibition and book celebrates BDP’s 50 years in business, writes James Pallister

2-Jun-2011
[THIS WEEK] ‘My home background and voracious reading gave a strong leftward inclination to my views on life,’ wrote George Grenfell Baines, who in 1961 set up Building Design Partnership (BDP).
'Believe in what you do, enjoy it, and make a bit of money’

26-May-2011
[THIS WEEK] James Pallister attends the presentation of the Resourceful Architect competition
Part One Holly Hayward wins KPF/AF Student Travel Award

26-May-2011
Holly Hayward, a Part One graduate from the University of Brighton, has won this year’s KPF/AF Student Travel Award.
RARA wins Resourceful Architect competition

19-May-2011
The Redundant Architects Recreation Association (RARA) has won this year’s inaugural Resourceful Architect competition - an ideas competition organised by the RSA and The Architecture Foundation
Patricia Cain at Kelvingrove, Glasgow

12-May-2011
[THIS WEEK] James Pallister on an exhibition documenting the construction of Zaha Hadid’s Riverside Gallery
A road trip round the Midlands' galleries

5-May-2011
The Midlands has plenty to offer the touring gallery visitor, writes James Pallister
Criticality: notes on an ugly word

28-Apr-2011
[THIS WEEK] James Pallister looks at a new platform for critical ideas
#Milanuncut: an end to paltry fees?

14-Apr-2011
[THIS WEEK] Very occasionally, new platforms facilitate new discussions, writes James Pallister
AJ100 building of the year shortlist revealed

14-Apr-2011
The full shortlists for this year’s AJ100 awards, including the building of the year prize, have been unveiled
Regional arts cuts and two shows at the Design Museum

7-Apr-2011
[THIS WEEK] A regional cuts-roundup, plus 6a take on Wim Crouwel and David Kohn the Brit Design Awards
PoMo goes to rehab

31-Mar-2011
[THIS WEEK] Don’t panic, but Postmodernism looks like it might be on the up, writes James Pallister
Terry Duffy’s painting Victim, No Resurrection

24-Mar-2011
A question mark in an artwork’s title can mean a theological shift, writes James Pallister
A broader view of practice

24-Mar-2011
Three young designers with architectural backgrounds – and very different approaches – prompt the question: what next for architectural practice? writes James Pallister
Will Self at the Geological Society, on Stockwell Bus Garage

24-Mar-2011
[THIS WEEK] Architecture that is built for and used by the people deserves praise, writes James Pallister
Mediated architecture - a brief roundup of readers

10-Mar-2011
[THIS WEEK] This trio of triple-filtered mediations sheds some light on architecture and editing, writes James Pallister
Switzerland has produced a reader on a popular topic – crisis, writes James Pallister

3-Mar-2011
[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.
Utopias, 'Sustainism' and architecture: between the possible and the impossible

24-Feb-2011
Two new books – and fear of climate change – make James Pallister reconsider architecture’s relationship with utopian thought
Monsterpieces of the 2000s! by Aude-Line Duliere & Clara Wong

24-Feb-2011
[THIS WEEK] Now architecture has its own bestiary, writes James Pallister
The Royal Gold Medal crit

17-Feb-2011
[THIS WEEK] The Gold Medal crit was gentle, but had room for a slice of dissent, writes James Pallister
Wouter Vanstiphout: riots at the Architectural Association

10-Feb-2011
[THIS WEEK] Wouter Vanstiphout’s lecture on riots questioned architecture’s omnipotence, writes James Pallister
Robin Hood Gardens: Revisions

3-Feb-2011
[THIS WEEK] So, bears still defecate in woods, Joseph Ratzinger is still a Roman Catholic and The Twentieth Century Society’s monograph on Alison and Peter Smithson’s Robin Hood Gardens is highly partial, writes James Pallister
A right Royal draw-up

27-Jan-2011
A collection of masterwork drawings and models made by celebrated architects on their election to the Royal Academy is now on show, writes James Pallister
'No Room to Move' by Josephine Berry Slater and Anthony Iles

27-Jan-2011
[THIS WEEK] No Room To Move has bleak analysis and occasional flashes of wit, writes James Pallister
Erik van Lieshout at the Hayward Gallery

20-Jan-2011
‘The devil is in the retail’: Dutch artist Erik van Lieshout documented his quest to connect with the Rotterdam South neighbourhood via a shopping centre retail unit, writes James Pallister
Critical Futures at the Gopher Hole

20-Jan-2011
(This is a longer iteration of an article which appeared in this week’s magazine: AJ20.01.11)
Ground zero tolerance

9-Dec-2010
In what is arguably its most important piece of programming this year, the Architecture Foundation last month took on the significance of mosques in the ‘contemporary western city’
Supergraphics: the book

9-Dec-2010
[THIS WEEK] A beautiful new book charts the Supergraphics movement since inception, writes James Pallister
Las Vegas meets Venice by Alex MacLean

6-Dec-2010
[THIS WEEK] A new book tackles both Las Vegas and Venice in one go, writes James Pallister
The Winter School and its discontents

25-Nov-2010
[THIS WEEK] A radical student debate with its roots in the 1970s is making a comeback, writes James Pallister
Robinson in Ruins by Patrick Keiller

18-Nov-2010
Patrick Keiller’s Berkshire tour narrates a very recent era of history, writes James Pallister
WAF: The global crit

18-Nov-2010
This year’s World Architecture Festival hosted a global gathering of architects who battled it out in front of a panel of judges to win best scheme, writes James Pallister
Dan Holdsworth at the Baltic

11-Nov-2010
[THIS WEEK] Autumn has been good to photography fans – and there’s still a lot to see, writes James Pallister
The 7 sins of architects, according to Robert Adam and Louis Hellman

4-Nov-2010
[THIS WEEK] Robert Adam’s new book affectionately takes architecture to task, writes James Pallister
‘Pevsner for the PFI generation’

28-Oct-2010
Owen Hatherley’s latest book is an attack on the buildings that have transformed Britain’s cityscapes during the reign of New Labour. He talks to James Pallister
Thames Gateway, Mark Brearley and a call to arms

28-Oct-2010
[THIS WEEK] At London Met, Mark Brearley urges young architects to become planners, writes James Pallister
Norman Foster on 'Performance' at the RIBA

21-Oct-2010
[THIS WEEK] The lights dimmed, the crowd hushed and the synth music started. And from a side door in the RIBA’s lecture theatre, Norman Foster entered the room, writes James Pallister
Balancing Barn, Suffolk by MVRDV with Mole

21-Oct-2010
MVRDV’s Balancing Barn in Suffolk is bold and brash with a real sense of fun, says James Pallister. Photography by Edmund Sumner
[The Critics 21.10.10]: ‘Performance’ was the theme of Norman Foster's RIBA lecture last week

20-Oct-2010
The lights dimmed, the crowd hushed and the synth music started. And from a side door in the RIBA’s lecture theatre, Norman Foster entered the room.
New outfit Dainow&Dainow helps young architects' crack the art market

14-Oct-2010
[THIS WEEK] A new generation of architects is cashing in on illustration, writes James Pallister
Hull is soul-searching as part of a project to find its cultural identity, says James Pallister

7-Oct-2010
[THIS WEEK] The genius loci, as all good phenomenologists will know, was the Ancient Romans’ notion of a presiding deity or spirit particular to a place
Apply now: Internships at the Architects' Journal

10-Sep-2010
The Architects’ Journal needs bright self-starters to work on its portfolio of online and print publications
T Dan Smith and Newcastle-upon-Tyne's Amber cooperative

9-Sep-2010
[THIS WEEK] Newcastle proves endlessly fascinating for a group of film-makers, says James Pallister
The Posters of Venice

2-Sep-2010
[IN PICTURES] Slightly less well-known than Stones of Venice, the posters of Venice Architecture Biennale provide an picturesque guide participating nations pavilions. James Pallister snaps a plastered wall near the Accademia Vaporetto stop
Venice Architecture Biennale 2010

1-Sep-2010
Kazuyo Sejima transforms the Venice Biennale into an architectural fairground steeped in playfulness and sensuality, reports James Pallister
The growth of the biennial is both economic and cultural, says James Pallister

26-Aug-2010
[THIS WEEK] Biennials are booming. In the UK - since the Brighton Photo Biennial began in 2003 - Whitstable, Tatton Park and Liverpool have acquired biennials, and Folkestone has a triennial.
In pictures: Muf unveils British Pavilion at Venice Biennale

26-Aug-2010
[FIRST LOOK] These are the first shots of Muf architecture/art’s Villa Frankenstein British Pavilion for the 12th International Venice Architecture Exhibition
Fill up on film at London’s first petrol station-cinema, says James Pallister

12-Aug-2010
[THIS WEEK] When considering the type of nourishment available at your local forecourt, a Scotch egg, half a tank of unleaded and a pack of 20 fags may more readily spring to mind than any great cultural sustenance.
Longest bench in Britain comes to Littlehampton

3-Aug-2010
The seaside town of Littlehampton can now add what claims to be ‘the longest bench in Britain’ to its list of attractions
Land Architecture People's home truths: what the clients saw

8-Jul-2010
An immaculately presented exhibition takes an anthropological approach to examining the client’s story behind the architectural process. James Pallister meets its makers
Moxon Architects' 'Pocket Park' at The Building Centre

25-Jun-2010
Here are the first pictures of Moxon Architecture’s ‘Pocket Park’ on Store Street, just outside the Building Centre, in advance of tonight’s LFA party
Regent Street Windows

22-Jun-2010
[LFA RECOMMENDED] Regent Street, 18 Jun - 4 July, 10:00 - 18:00, free
LFA Top picks - Viñoly Lecture at Southwark Cathedral

21-Jun-2010
[LFA RECOMMENDED] Rafael Viñoly at Southwark Cathedral 24 June, 19:00 - 21:00, free, but ticketed
Alsop, Zogolovitch and Finch open LFA in style

21-Jun-2010
[LFA REPORTS] Will Alsop, Paul Finch, Roger Zogolovitch and Philippa Stockley cut quite a dash this Saturday for the official opening of LFA
Select your dream Stirling Shortlist

10-Jun-2010
This week’s Architects’ Journal showcases all this year’s national RIBA award winners. Six of these projects will make it onto the Stirling Prize shortlist. Which would you pick?
The big debate: Schumacher vs Adam

9-Jun-2010
Patrik Shumacher and Robert Adam went head to head last night (9 June) in an architectural debate organised by the Traditional Architecture Group
AJ100 2010 interview: Richard Morton, Siddell GIbson Architects

20-May-2010
‘We have slightly higher staff numbers and better prospects on the whole’
AJ100 2010 interview: Alan Robson, Feilden + Mawson

20-May-2010
‘We have tried to keep ahead of the curve, especially with regards to expenditure, reducing it before the work declines’
AJ100 2010 interview: Roger Fitzgerald, ADP

20-May-2010
‘We have managed to increase our turnover, which is obviously very good.’
AJ100 Focus: Allies & Morrison

20-May-2010
‘It’s what happens. It happened last year, and it will happen again.’ Graham Morrison, founding partner of Allies and Morrison is talking about - you guessed it - the economy going into recession
This is not just a lamp...AJ at the Milan Furniture fair

22-Apr-2010
James Pallister and Crystal Bennes report on the spectacular creations launched at this year’s annual Milan Furniture Fair
Dutch outfit Group A wins Dance4 contest

22-Apr-2010
Dutch practice Group A has won the competition to draw up plans for the new Nottingham Creative Village (NCV)
In pictures: RIBA London unveils Forgotten Spaces shortlist

15-Apr-2010
[FIRST LOOK] Boyarsky Murphy Architects, Muf Architecture, 11.04 and Featherstone Young have been named among the finalists of the RIBA London Forgotten Spaces competition
Building Schools for the Future: the CABE gold standard

26-Mar-2010
Why have so few schools achieved the CABE gold standard? And what impact is CABE’s increased influence having on the design quality of schools?
Competitions: Editor's Pick 25.03.10

25-Mar-2010
Redevelopment of Nottingham’s Eastside and a new European Commission building in Luxembourg – the inside track on this week’s most promising competitions
Harris Partnership to start on £50m regeneration scheme in Halifax

23-Mar-2010
Building developer Gregory Projects is set to start work on a £50 million regeneration scheme in Halifax, including a cinema and retail complex by the Harris Partnership
Competitions: Editor's Pick 18.03.10

18-Mar-2010
Chichester Festival Theatre and the masterplanning of Hounslow - the inside track on this week’s most promising competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick 11.03.10

11-Mar-2010
Reclad Guy’s and St Thomas’ and design a new home for the National Media Museum - the inside track on this week’s most promising competitions
National Media Museum seeks architect for London home

5-Mar-2010
Bradford’s National Media Museum has launched the search for architects to work on the design of its London Galleries Project - planned to open in 2012
Competitions: Editor's Pick 04.03.10

4-Mar-2010
Crossing the Severn and a football centre of excellence - the inside track on this week’s most promising competitions
'Linking the Land': new Severn crossing ideas competition

1-Mar-2010
Architects and engineers have been invited to design proposals for a new Severn crossing in a competition aimed to foster collaboration between the disciplines
Competitions: Editor's Pick 25.02.10

25-Feb-2010
Lancashire seaside regeneration, an Irish Children’s Centre and two new primary schools - the inside track on this week’s most promising competitions
Restless Ron Arad at the Barbican

25-Feb-2010
Ron Arad has gone from scavenging in London scrapyards to designing galleries in Tel Aviv, and the resulting works are now on show at the Barbican.
Competitions: Editor's Pick 18.02.10

18-Feb-2010
Birmingham, Coventry and Miami – the inside track on this week’s most promising competitions
Listed Tottie Hall to become care home

12-Feb-2010
Planning consultants DPP have got the go ahead to turn Tottie Hall, a grade II-listed house, into a care home and restore a 19th century staircase to its original position
Competitions: Editor's Pick 11.02.10

10-Feb-2010
2010 RIBA Awards, Museum of the Second World War and English Heritage Frameworks - the inside track on this week’s competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick 04.02.10

3-Feb-2010
Norwegian blues centre, Fashion Museum in Tokyo and Chester Housing Framework - the inside track on this week’s competitions
Design Real at the Serpentine

28-Jan-2010
Invoking the spirit of MoMA’s Machine Art exhibition, designer/curator Konstantin Grcic’s Design Real introduces car lights and IKEA furniture to the Serpentine Gallery
Competitions: Editor's Pick

27-Jan-2010
Public space for Manchester, the National Maritime Museum and the Housing Design Awards: the inside track on this week’s competitions
Manchester St Peter's Square redesign up for grabs

26-Jan-2010
Manchester City Council has announced the latest competition for its Town Hall Complex Transformation project – the redesign of St Peter’s Square and Library Walk
Last Orders at the Bar: The Demise of the Great British Pub

20-Jan-2010
In the last year, thousands of pubs closed their doors for the final time. Photographer Chris Etchells’ new exhibition charts the decline of the Great British public house
Westminster Council seeks designers to 'revamp' Westminster Cathedral piazza

19-Jan-2010
Architects and designers have the chance to redesign a piazza outside one of the UK’s most important religious buildings
Framework: South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive

15-Jan-2010
South Yorkshire Passenger Transport Executive are seeking to appoint a framework for architectural sevrices to its local rail network
12th Century Church conservation contract, Norway

14-Jan-2010
Conservation architect for Mariakirken church in Bergen, Norway
National Eisteddfod of Wales Architecture Scholarship

14-Jan-2010
The aim of the bursary of £1,500 is to promote architecture and design in Wales. The scholarship is awarded to the most promising candidate to enable him or her to further his or her understanding of creative architecture
Architecture in Wales exhibition – Call for entries

14-Jan-2010
The National Eisteddfod of Wales is inviting architects to submit completed construction projects to be considered for the annual Architecture in Wales exhibition
Competitions: Editor's Pick

12-Jan-2010
V&A Dundee, Forgotten Spaces and University of Essex: The inside track on this week’s competitions
Make Bethnal Green: Part 2 Student Open Ideas Competition

12-Jan-2010
Students are challenged to generate design ideas which would make a positive contribution to the environment and Make Bethnal Green
Street furniture design competition

12-Jan-2010
$5,000 CAN prize money from the Canadian Lumec ‘Fondation Concept Lumière Urbaine’ (CLU) for the design of innovative lighting concepts within the context of an exterior public space.
The Schindler Award student competition

12-Jan-2010
The Schindler Award, is accepting applications for its 2010 competition
3DReid Part 2 student competition

12-Jan-2010
3DReid has announced the launch of the biggest practice-run student prize, now in its fifth successive year. Nominations are sought from all UK schools of architecture for their best Part 2 students, who will fight it out for the £1,500 first prize
The V&A launches design contest for £47 million new Dundee home

12-Jan-2010
The V&A has launched a search for architects to design V&A at Dundee, a new centre of design for Scotland planned for the city’s waterfront
Essex Uni seeks 'world class' architect for new democracy centre

5-Jan-2010
The University of Essex is looking for an ‘eminent architect’ to create a world-class headquarters for its proposed International Centre for Democracy, Peace and Human Rights
Design team sought for new Stoke bus station

4-Jan-2010
Stoke-on-Trent City Council has launched a search for a design team to build a new city centre bus station
Sheppard Robson scoops Basil Spence town hall refit

4-Jan-2010
Sheppard Robson’s interior design outfit ID:SR has landed the £14.5 million project to overhaul the interior of the Basil Spence-designed Kensington and Chelsea Town Hall
Ore Valley adventure playground, Sussex by East

23-Dec-2009
The London practice’s Ore Valley adventure playground in Sussex has received planning permission and is now ready to go on site
Demands for Rogers British Museum extension to be 'called in'

21-Dec-2009
Camden Civic Society has called for Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ recently approved extension to the British Museum to be ‘called in’ by the Government
RIBA to launch Register of Conservation Architects

21-Dec-2009
The RIBA has announced plans to establish a Register of Conservation Architects, despite protests from Architects Accredited in Building Conservation
Zaha Hadid's Michigan Broad Art Museum – fly-through video

16-Dec-2009
This new video from Zaha Hadid Architects shows a fly-through of the practice’s proposed Michigan Broad Art Museum
Imperial War Museum masterplan up for grabs

11-Dec-2009
The Imperial War Museum London (IWML) has launched a search for an architect to draw up a new spatial masterplan for its 19th century home, the former Royal Bethlem Hospital in Lambeth, London
Alsop paintings on show at London hospital

8-Dec-2009
Will Alsop will open a show of his paintings this week at the South Kensington and Chelsea Mental Health Centre
Parry and Farrell join Boris Johnson’s Design Advisory Panel

30-Nov-2009
Eric Parry and Terry Farrell will join Nicholas Serota as new members on Boris Johnson’s Design Advisory Panel
High Street 2012 public works jobs up for grabs

26-Nov-2009
Small practices have the chance to win their work global exposure with this four part competition for the public works on London’s 2012 marathon route
South Tyneside Council in hot water after South Shields pool snub

25-Nov-2009
South Tyneside Council is in hot water for putting out a public tender for its proposed South Shields leisure complex without approaching its own in-house design team
Bell Phillips + Kimble scoop King's Cross gasometer contest

17-Nov-2009
Up-and-coming London-based outfit Bells Phillips + Kimble has won the competition to re-use a redundant gasholder in King’s Cross, London
Design Museum seeks design team for its new home

16-Nov-2009
The Design Museum is seeking an architect and design team for its new Kensington home, at the former Commonwealth Institute
Prints by David Chipperfield, Konstantin Grcic and Margaret Calvert up for grabs

13-Nov-2009
David Chipperfield, Tord Boontje, Margaret Calvert and Konstantin Grcic have made limited edition prints to celebrate the Design Museum’s 20th anniversary
Experimental dance school seeks architect for new £10m home

13-Nov-2009
Experimental dance organisation Dance4 has launched the search for an architect to design its proposed new Nottingham Creative Village
'Work in Progress' - The Berlin Wall in ice

9-Nov-2009
These pictures show the construction of artist duo Awst & Walther’s installation commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall.
Longest bench in the world gets green light

8-Nov-2009
Plans to create an international tourist attraction in Littlehampton by building a record-breaking bench, have been given the go ahead
Check out the AJ's new website and win a copy of 60 Innovators

5-Nov-2009
Join the AJ’s new site NOTEBOOK now for your chance to win one of 10 copies of 60 Innovators: Shaping our creative future
Adjaye, Arad and Kapoor artworks on the cheap at RCA Secret

30-Oct-2009
RCA Secret is an annual contemporary art exhibition and sale consisting of around 2,500 original postcard-sized artworks, made and donated by professionals - plus up-and-coming students from the Royal College of Art
Article 25 to auction works by Foster, Vinoly, Hadid and Emin

23-Oct-2009
Fast-growing built environment charity, Article 25, is in final preparations for an art exhibition and auction to be held in London on Thursday 3 December
HCA and EH guide places emaphasis on site's historic character

13-Oct-2009
A new ‘how-to’ guide published by the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and English Heritage has placed the historic charcter of the site at the heart of its approach to masterplanning
RMJM St Petersburg tower row escalates

13-Oct-2009
A skyscraper designed by British firm RMJM, intended to be built in St Petersburg, has met with opposition from around 3,000 demonstrators in Russia’s second largest city
Brazilian goldmine for UK architects unveiled

9-Oct-2009
A report by UK Trade & Investment highlights a wealth of work for British architects to be won from the Brazil FIFA World Cup 2014 and the Rio Olympics 2016
CABE: Mecanoo's Birmingham Library 'not fully convincing'

8-Oct-2009
CABE has raised a number of major issues about Mecanoo’s £193million Library of Birmingham proposals
Boscombe beach hut winner unveiled

30-Sep-2009
A design called ‘The Seagull and the Windbreak’ by a:b:i:r architects, with designer Peter Francis Lewis, has won of the Boscombe Beach hut contest
US embassy wins outline planning permission

17-Sep-2009
Outline planning permission has been granted for the new US embassy at Nine Elms in south-west London
CF Moller and Re-Format win Portsmouth Institute of Marine Sciences project

16-Sep-2009
A collaboration between multi-disciplinary practice Re-Format and CF Møller Architects has landed the contract to design the first phase of the University of Portsmouth’s Institute of Marine Sciences
Follett asked to review Coventry market listing

10-Sep-2009
Architecture minister Barbara Follett has been asked to review the listing of Coventry’s famous 1958 market building.
Santiago Calatrava's Venice bridge 'not fully functional'

9-Sep-2009
Santiago Calatrava’s troubled Constitution Bridge has hit further controversy with the release of a damning report by the city’s office of public works, according to The Telegraph
DSDHA win Clitheroe public square contract

8-Sep-2009
DSDHA saw off proposals from Mitchell + Associates; Arup and KMCS; Planit IE; Graeme Massie Architects; Rankinfraser Landscape Architecture and Donald Urquhart; and Birds Portchmouth Russum
Preston social housing competition

7-Sep-2009
Community Gateway Association is celebrating Preston Guild 2012 with a competition to design a social housing scheme in the city centre
Koen Steemers takes over at Cambridge School of Architecture

4-Sep-2009
Koen Steemers will take over from Nick Bullock as head of department this month
Ruth Reed becomes first female RIBA President

1-Sep-2009
The academic today becomes the 73rd RIBA President, succeeding Sunand Prasad in the two-year elected presidency
Silvas Capitalis, Needs Hill, Kielder by SIMPARCH

27-Aug-2009
SIMPARCH create a shelter shaped as a giant wooden head in Kielder Water & Forest Park
Janus Chairs, Plashetts, Kielder by Ryder Architecture

27-Aug-2009
Ryder Architecture create three rotating chairs on the banks of Kielder Water.
55/02, Cock Stoor, by Sixteen*(makers) with Stahlbogen, Kielder Water

27-Aug-2009
Sixteen*(makers) investigate the relationship between nature and artifice with its shelter at Kielder Water & Forest Park
Robin's Hut, Kielder Water, by Studio Weave

27-Aug-2009
Robin’s Hut, north bank, Kielder Water, by Studio Weave
Specere, Deadwater Fell, Kielder by Adjaye Associates

27-Aug-2009
David Adjaye’s mountain bike shelter makes the most of the view on the top of a mountain in Kielder Water and Forest Park.
Six shelters at Kielder Water and Forest Park, Northumberland

27-Aug-2009
Five practices - Adjaye Associates, Studio Weave, ...
ColladoCollins lands leisure complex job in Romania

24-Aug-2009
[First Look] London-based practice ColladoCollins has won the international contest to design a leisure complex, featuring a roof-top park on the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania
Join the debate: Prince Charles Charity Commision probe

20-Aug-2009
The Prince of Wales is the subject of an investigation by the Charity Commission, after a complaint that he is using Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment as a private lobbying firm
Calgary bridge design competition, Canada

19-Aug-2009
The Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) today launched St. Patrick’s Island Bridge conceptual design competition
Prince Charles latest: 'Scrap National Trust HQ, or I resign'

18-Aug-2009
Prince Charles threatened to resign from the National Trust unless changes were made to its Feilden Clegg Bradley-designed HQ, it emerged today
Martin Sexton: Blow-up – sex with Karl Marx

13-Aug-2009
Shock tactics and techtonics at the Economist Plaza
Nelson Mandela Hospital, Johannesberg by Sheppard Robson and JCA

4-Aug-2009
[FIRST LOOK] Nelson Mandela launched the Sheppard Robson and John Cooper Architecture (JCA) competition winning design for a new specialist children’s hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa on 31 July 2009
BACA sole UK practice asked to join Netherlands design competition

4-Aug-2009
Fresh off the back of its Docklands Barges win, Baca Architects is one of nine international firms invited by the Municipality of Nijmegen to propose ideas for a new peninsula in Holland
In pictures: London Met students perform at Arcola Theatre

31-Jul-2009
Students from London Met have set up show at Dalston’s Arcola Theatre with proposals for a new home for the popular theatre venue.
Archive: HT Cadbury-Brown's Royal College of Art

14-Jul-2009
The Royal College of Art was the most important building completed by HT Cadbury-Brown, who died earlier this week. Here is the original building study from the October 1962 edition of the AJ’s sister magazine, the Architectural Review
Top 10 comic book cities: #9 Tintin's Inca city

8-Jul-2009
From Radiant City to Mega City One, the Architects’ Journal presents a selection of the greatest illustrated urban spaces
In pictures: SANAA's Serpentine Pavilion

8-Jul-2009
Architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of leading Japanese practice SANAA admire their Serpentine Pavilion, which opens to the public this Sunday
Sceaux Gardens, Camberwell: The original 1960 AJ building study

7-Jul-2009
ARCHIVE: The AJ reviewed the newly completed Sceaux Gardens estate in Camberwell in January 1960. Last week a fire in Lakanal House on the estate killed six people, leading Boris Johnson and Harriet Harman to question the safety of the building’s design
Six of the best: The architecture of cricket grounds

16-Jun-2009
To celebrate the Twenty20 World Cup, the Architects’ Journal judges the best in cricket architecture
Top 10: The Architecture of Star Wars (pt II)

15-Jun-2009
The Architects’ Journal selects the most important buildings from a galaxy far, far away. Part II features Jabba the Hutt’s palace and the Jedi Temple
Top 10: The architecture of Star Wars (pt I)

15-Jun-2009
The Architects’ Journal selects the most important buildings from a galaxy far, far away
It's student show time! Degree show dates

5-Jun-2009
Get your diaries out and mark up the degree show dates for some serious summer talent spotting…
Teenage Cancer Trust, Cardiff, by ORMS

4-Jun-2009
ORMS’ cancer treatment unit in Cardiff is designed to aid the recovery of its teenage patients, writes James Pallister. Photography by James Brittain
AJ100 interview: Martin English, Keppie Design

28-May-2009
‘There’s a lot of rumour and innuendo around concerning how people are doing’
East: Expressing interest

15-May-2009
London-based practice East has published a monograph on its work
Gary Hustwit on Objectified - Full transcript of interview

14-May-2009
Read the full transcript of an interview with director Gary Hustwit on his new film Objectified
Objectified by Gary Hustwit

14-May-2009
James Pallister speaks to Gary Hustwit, the director of Helvetica about his new film, Objectified
Five things to do today: 30 April

30-Apr-2009
Plastic culture - I’ll be bike - Horses in wigs - David Hockney - Jamie Fobert
Five things to do today - 28 April

28-Apr-2009
Bacone - BCO Conference - Rolling sushi - Hussein Chalayan - Telly Savalas
Five things to do today - 27 April

27-Apr-2009
Google Earth fonts - Elegant put downs - Rut Blees Luxembourg - The good life - Twentieth century boys
Overhang by Tobias Putrih and MOS architects at the Baltic, Gateshead

24-Apr-2009
James Pallister on a provocative show that takes viewers to the edge of collapse
In Pictures: Swiss Poster Design to come to London

24-Apr-2009
This summer Posters as Art: Swiss Design in Perspective will come to the Swiss Gallery Artifiche.
In pictures: J G Ballard's architectural inspiration

20-Apr-2009
J G Ballard, who died on 19 April, 2009, was a writer whose controversial work drew inspiration from the built environment in its many forms; multi-storey car parks, busy highways and giant shopping malls. J G Ballard expert Chris Hall picks five ‘Ballard buildings’.
In Pictures: Florian Beigel and ARU's Saemangeum Island City

17-Apr-2009
Images from the exhibition of Florian Beigel’s Architectural Research Unit proposal for Saemangeum, South Korea
Whitechapel Gallery: 'The extension reinforces the gallery as an artist's resource'

26-Mar-2009
Artist and curator Michael Craig-Martin gives his verdict on the new-look Whitechapel Gallery
Zaha, Fuksas and Jencks to cross swords at Barbican

18-Mar-2009
The Barbican has revealed the final panel for its inaugural annual debate, this year focusing on the legacy of Le Corbusier
In pictures: Kengo Kuma's UK first

6-Mar-2009
Bayswater diners can now sample Kengo Kuma Associates’ first UK project, the interior fit out of the restaurant Cha Cha Moon (pictures by Edward Sumner).
Your guide to the Le Corbusier season

25-Feb-2009
Put business worries aside, remember your passions and immerse yourself in three months of all things Corbusier with this AJ guide to the season, writes James Pallister
Hussein Chalayan at the London Design Museum

23-Feb-2009
The Design Museum’s exhibition of fashion designer Hussein Chalayan’s high-tech work is compelling and well-curated, writes James Pallister
McDonald's restaurant submerged in shocking new film - preview

15-Jan-2009
The AJ can give a sneak preview of a shocking new film from art group Superflex. Flooded McDonald's features a life-size replica of the interior of a McDonald’s gradually flooding with water
Urban Design Scholarships: Fiona Scott, Ilford High Road

13-Jan-2009
In 1941 George Orwell discussed the socialogical and cultural importance of urban routes. In 2009 Fiona Scott champions his case using Ilford as her example. Here she discusses the continuous development of Ilford High Street
Urban Design Scholarships: Joe Morris, Walthamstow Marshes

13-Jan-2009
Growing up Joe Morris lived a stone’s throw away from Walthamstow Marshes without knowing of their existance. Now he aims to reunite the parkland with its urban surroundings
Thomas Demand, artist and 1:1 model enthusiast, interviewed on film

5-Jan-2009
See video of Thomas Demand talking to Art Review about the stories behind his work currently on show at the Sprüth Mager gallery, London.
Digital Architecture Now

28-Nov-2008
Digital Architecture Now: A Global Survey of Emerging TalentNeil SpillerThames and Hudson''Digital Architecture Now' celebrates the conceptual architects who are pushing digital design and software to their limits'.
Wolf Prix interviewed after picking up his RIBA Jencks award

25-Nov-2008
Now in its fortieth year, Wolf Prix’s practice Coop Himmelb(l)au is famous for its iconic corporate builds. He tells James Pallister why his work is still as radical as ever
'Greg Lynn Form', images from a practice

11-Nov-2008
Greg Lynn, the California-based architect, has released an impressive retrospective
Why do architects wear black?

30-Oct-2008
Architects including Richard Rogers, Peter Zumthor, Albert Speer and Wiel Arets give their answers
West Coast Modern: Arts and Architecture magazine in pictures

21-Oct-2008
Arts and Architecture 1945-54: The Complete Reprint, a newly-released Taschen boxset brings together facsimiles of 10 years of the Californian magazine that documented the West Coast Modern movement.
Post-dinner reactions on the Stirling Prize winners – video

14-Oct-2008
Armed with a video camera, the AJ had exclusive access to architecture's major players at the Stirling Prize awards, including Paul Monaghan, Tom Dyckhoff, Neven Sidor, Robert Adam and John Sorrell
See more pictures from the 2008 RIBA Stirling Prize awards ceremony

13-Oct-2008
See more photographs of the revelry at Saturday's Stirling Prize awards. From the solemnity of the prize-giving to the drunken merry-making of the after party, see all the pictures here. Warning: may include photos of grown men table dancing...
Five things to do 2 October - 10 October

2-Oct-2008
1 Cartoons and Coronets: The Genius of Osbert LancasterDiscover the architectural satirist's doodlings (pictured) at The Wallace Collection.Until 11 January. Hertford House, Manchester Sq, London W1U 3BN, www.wallacecollection.org
Preview of the Turner Prize 08 exhibition

30-Sep-2008
'Is it all a fix?' read the placard belonging to art group, The Stuckists, who were yesterday handing out leaflets reading 'The Turner Prize is crap' outside the Tate Gallery's Turner Prize Exhibition. The mannequins on the loo, collages of other artist's work and a film of an elegantly-maniqured lady smashing bone china that are part of the four shortlisted artists work, will ensure that The Turner Prize continues to be controversial. Before you make up your own mind about the work, ...
See inside Liverpool's Le Corbusier exhibition

25-Sep-2008
These photos are from the show Le Corbusier: The Art of Architecture, which opens today (2 October) in the Lutyens-designed crypt of Liverpool's Roman Catholic cathedral.
Five things to do 25 September - 8 October

24-Sep-2008
1.Francis Bacon at Tate BritainScreaming popes and visceral landscapes abound at this massive retrospective of one of the 20th century’s greatest paintersUntil 4 January 2009, Tate Britain, London SW1P. www.tate.org.uk/britain
Jean Nouvel curates French sculptor Cesar at the Cartier Foundation

28-Aug-2008
James Pallister visits Jean Nouvel's César show
Jean Nouvel curates French sculptor Cesar at the Cartier Foundation

28-Aug-2008
James Pallister visits Jean Nouvel's César show
Five things to do this week: 28 August - 4 September

28-Aug-2008
1 Vilhelm Hammershøi: The Poetry of Silence Last chance to catch the first UK retrospective of Danish artist Hammershøi’s haunting paintings.Until 7 September. The Sackler Wing, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London W1J 0BD.www.royalacademy.org.uk
Walthamstow Stadium: see images of the final greyhound race

18-Aug-2008
The last greyhound race was held at East London's much-loved Walthamstow Stadium on Saturday night (16 August), with the building set to be demolished and the land sold to developers.
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners opens new winery in Spain

14-Aug-2008
Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ (RSHP) winery in Penafiel, central Spain will open its doors to its first harvest this September. Located 50km west of Valladolid, in a sleepy agricultural town, RSHP’s winery was commissioned for a winemaking co-operative to provide a new, tourist-friendly base.
Five things to do this week 13 - 20 August

6-Aug-2008
1. Thinking Allowed: Imagination and the countryside, Radio 4If you didn't catch it the first time around, listen again to Laurie Taylor discussing gentrification and the rural idyll with sociologists Howard Newby and Martin Phillips and the novelist Joanna Trollope.
Gort Scott wins planning for 10-storey Cambridge housing scheme

31-Jul-2008
Up-and-coming London practice Gort Scott has won planning approval for 'The Living Screens', a 10-storey mixed-use proposal on the southern outskirts of Cambridge. The 310-unit scheme is hoped to be on site by spring 2009.
Five things to do this week: 2 August - 9 August

31-Jul-2008
1. Nathan ColeyTrip down to the seaside for Coley’s solo show, featuring four works new to the UK,at the De La Warr PavilionUntil 21 September. De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex TN40 1DP
Five things to do this week: 25 July - 1 August

24-Jul-2008
1. EchoNew work by Annie Cattrells for the Royal Forest of Dean sculpture trailThe Royal Forest of Dean, Beechenhurst Visitor Centre, Near Coleford GL16 7EL. Daily, dawn until dusk. Admission free (small charge for parking)
Climbers scale Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects' HQ - slideshow

23-Jul-2008
The close of London Festival of Architecture was marked by Pollard Thomas Edwards architects (PTEa) with a day of climbing.Brave souls were invited to clamber across a circuit around their London headquarters.
See pictures from the opening of Frank Gehry's Serpentine Gallery – slideshow

22-Jul-2008
Frank Gehry’s dramatic Serpentine Pavilion opened last night (21 July) with a lively party.
Ted Cullinan gets his hands mucky at Studio in the Woods weekend

9-Jul-2008
Ted Cullinan, together with a bevvy of students and tutors, will today be dusting down the mud from his wellies after a long weekend in the country. The RIBA Gold Medal winner took part in the annual Studio in the Woods event organised by Mitchell Taylor Workshop.
The AJ visits the Turks and Caicos Islands

7-Jul-2008
As British Overseas Territory the Turks & Caicos Islands comes under scrutiny from MPs over allegations of ‘corruption and a climate of fear’, James Pallister reports back from one of the Caribbean island group’s key tourist developments, unconnected to the allegations, which features a stellar cast of architects including David Chipperfield and Zaha Hadid.
H-Box portable cinema arrives at the Tate Modern

4-Jul-2008
Last night saw the official opening of H-Box, a travelling cinema pod, at Tate Modern, London. Designed by Parisian architect Didier Fiuza Faustino for French couture brand Hermes, the collapsible pod was previously at the Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano-designed Pompidou centre. After a six-week stay at the Tate Modern the pod will jet off to the Foreign Office Architects-designed Yokohama ferry terminal in Japan, as part of the Yokohama Trienniale.
See pictures and video from Folkestone Triennial

18-Jun-2008
The AJ took a trip around Folkestone, Kent, to take in the artwork at the Folkestone Triennial. See pictures and video here.
MacCormac Jamieson Prichard lights up the night sky in tribute to fallen journalists

17-Jun-2008
At 10pm last night (16 June), MacCormac Jamieson Prichard's (MJP's )'Breathing' light sculpture at BBC Broadcasting House, central London was switched on for the first time.
See the house that was built overnight

11-Jun-2008
We've all done all-nighters, but here's something completely different… These pictures from Sheffield-based art group No Fixed Abode and architects Amenity Space show the construction of their 'All Night House', as part of The Berlin Contemporary Art Festival. The house was knocked up by a team of enthusiastic volunteers in five hours between 10pm and 3am.
AJ/Urban Splash Tribeca Infobox shortlist unveiled...

5-Jun-2008
Six teams of young designers have been shortlisted in the AJ/Urban Splash Infobox contest.
Folkestone art festival draws big names

30-Apr-2008
The inaugural Folkestone Triennial art festival, which opens in June, has pulled in six new public art projects by UK and international artists including Turner Prize-winner Mark Wallinger, Richard Wentworth and Tracey Emin.
The Fragrant Jean Nouvel: architect does perfume design

20-Mar-2008
The AJ received a mystery package yesterday. Waiting in the courier room was a parcel, not a CD of drawings, not a disk of hi-res pictures, but a shiny plastic bag with the 'Yves Saint Laurent' logo peeking out...
A first look at Liverpool's Bluecoat Arts Centre extension

13-Mar-2008
The Bluecoat Visual Arts Centre, a Grade I-listed building that dates back to 1717, is the oldest building in Liverpool city centre.
Multiple Choice: Online pattern books

11-Mar-2008
The Youcanplan project aims to improve design quality in volume house building by allowing buyers to choose their designs online. James Pallister investigates
Funding cuts threaten Grade I-listed telescope

6-Mar-2008
Britain's reputation as a world leader in astronomy hangs in the balance as seven giant satellite dishes face the chop.
London Rowing Club, Putney by Toh Shimazaki

4-Mar-2008
Toh Shimazaki has produced an orderly and warm extension to a venerable London rowing institution.Photography by Christine Sullivan
Rogers riffs with Yentob in TV retrospective

27-Feb-2008
It’s not often one gets a chance to see Richard Rogers in a vest, but Tuesday night’s Imagine programme offered exactly that (Richard Rogers: Inside Out, 10.30pm Tuesday 25th February).
The Fat of the land: Prince Charles backs 'Trim Town'

25-Feb-2008
Architect-botherer, heir to the British throne and creator of the fine Duchy Original Pork Sausages, HRH Prince Charles' attention has been attracted to a different type of porker than can be found in his Highgrove Estate.
In the Papers: 25.02.08. Keeping fit with Charlie

25-Feb-2008
A 'sex-for-building-consent' scandal, the heir to the throne and £1 million bishops' residencies; three stories – perhaps thankfully unconnected – yet again prove that it's never a dull day in architecture...
Prasad and Alsop all a-flutter with birdbox designs

15-Feb-2008
In case you were wondering how Radio 4's Today Programme would cover National Nest Box Week, the AJ can put your mind at rest
In the papers today: 06.02.08

6-Feb-2008
Following the excess of pancakes on Shrove Tuesday, the AJ's In The Papers rolls around to a penitent Ash Wednesday, taking in apocalyptic visions, disappearing towns and appearing bridges.
In the papers today: 30.01.08

30-Jan-2008
Before we get to the architecture, time for a bit of class warfare.
Adam Bench Architects: Fredericks, 1 Bridge Street, Derbyshire

23-Jan-2008
Adam Bench Architects: Fredericks, 1 Bridge Street, Derbyshire
Union North Architects: Greenland Street, Liverpool

16-Jan-2008
Union North Architects: Greenland Street, Liverpool
Mark Fisher Architects: Higher Faughan, Cornwall

16-Jan-2008
Mark Fisher Architects: Higher Faughan, Cornwall
Jake Ireland Architects: Thornhill Road, London

16-Jan-2008
Jake Ireland Architects: Thornhill Road, London
Evans Vettori Architects: Funeral Directors Premises, Matlock, Derbyshire

16-Jan-2008
Evans Vettori Architects: Funeral Directors Premises, Matlock, Derbyshire
In the papers today: 16.01.08

16-Jan-2008
As the man saying his prayers in his pyjamas says: ‘Houses Prices are falling and floods are rising. Kindly reverse the situation’. Cartoonist Roger Beale sets today’s agenda in the Financial Times.
Adam Bench Architects: Fredericks, 1 Bridge Street

15-Jan-2008
Adam Bench Architects: Fredericks, 1 Bridge Street
Andrew Brown and Claire White Sharman: Allt an Dun

15-Jan-2008
Andrew Brown and Claire White Sharman: Allt an Dun
In the papers today: 07.01.08

7-Jan-2008
Defence Secretary Des Browne is set to announce the closure and redevelopment of the Deepcut Army barracks in Surrey, according to the Mail on Sunday . The site, with space for 5,000 homes, was made infamous by shootings, rape allegations and convictions for indecent assault, and is now set to house an 'eco-home' development.
RMJM wins green light for Cambridge Biomedical Campus

7-Dec-2007
RMJM Architects has been given the go-ahead for a 27,000m2 laboratory on the outskirts of Cambridge.
Outsider criticism

16-Nov-2007
American art critic Hal Foster discusses his forays into architectural criticismHal Foster: Chat Rooms, Archival Spaces and Other Conundra in Contemporary Art, Architectural Association, London WC1, 30 October
Is this the end of the line for Crossrail architects?

1-Nov-2007
Design teams are left sweating as review could see them dropped from Crossrail
RMJM’s Edinburgh Music Box opens

15-Oct-2007
RMJM's 'Music Box' in Edinburgh has opened
Hakes bags double competition win in Colchester

10-Oct-2007
Hakes Associates has won two design competitions for a footbridge and department store exterior
HOPKINS RAISES ITS PROFILE IN TOKYO

12-Jul-2007
This image shows Hopkins Architects' biggest project to date: the 35-storey Shin-Marunouchi tower in central Tokyo. Bill Taylor , Hopkins' managing director , admitted the demands of the site coupled with tight financial constraints made the project particularly tough. He said: 'Building to the commercial demands of the budget was challenging, but the standard of craftsmanship in Japan was very high, which made it easier to realise a very well-constructed building out of a very restricted ...
GREEN LIGHT FOR LONDON ECO-HOUSE

31-May-2007
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31-Aug-2006
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