Architects Journal
January 2010

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A Hut for Gazing & Canoodling, Lincolnshire by We Made That

We Made That’s winning commission for the Lincolnshire County Council Bathing Beauties competition to re-imagine the beach hut for the 21st century, is one of a series of bespoke huts on the Lincolnshire coast
AAVA submits plans for white brick homes in Blackheath

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Up-and-coming practice AAVA Architects has submitted plans for two 310m2 homes on the site of a 1950s house in the Blackheath Conservation Area, south-east London
CABE still critical of Pathfinder scheme despite latest revisions

CABE remains ‘concerned’ about a controversial Pathfinder housing scheme in South Sefton, Liverpool, despite a series of amendments
Chatley Lodge, Somerset by AOC Architecture

This new building, situated at the bottom of the garden, provides a studio for a Victorian house in rural Somerset
Featherstone Young wins planning for new homeless shelter

[FIRST LOOK] Featherstone Young has been given the green light for this extension to a day centre for an East End homeless charity
Funding cuts: University building boom in jeopardy

University building projects across the country could be delayed or dropped following the government’s decision to slash funding by more than £500 million
Library meets local government at ABK’s Limerick civic centre

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] ABK Architects has completed this new civic centre in Kilmallock, Ireland, for Limerick County Council.
Local practices dominate Leeds' 36 The Calls shortlist

A trio of local architects have been named among the finalists in the open international contest to design a new landmark waterside building in Leeds (AJ 29.10.09)
Lyall honours Bazalgette with Olympic sewage pumping station

[FIRST LOOK + FACTFILE] John Lyall Architects has completed this sewage facility on the 2012 Olympic Games site in East London.
New Practices #11: Studio Gil Architects

The eleventh in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone, either through choice or redundancy
Peter Barber finishes ‘stepping stone’ houses

[FIRST LOOK] Peter Barber Architects has completed this terrace of three single-bedroom ‘courtyard houses’ in the rear garden of its St Mungo’s homeless project in north London
Ravey Street, London by Theis + Khan

Theis + Khan Architects created additional space for a family living on the top floor of a Victorian warehouse
Two thirds of Irish architects made redundant in past two years

Almost two thirds of architects and architectural technicians in Ireland have been made redundant in the past two years, according to a recent survey.
‘The form simply came naturally’: I M Pei interview

RIBA Royal Gold Medallist IM Pei discusses concrete, Parisian controversy, architectural influences, Chinese tradition and what winning the award means to him. Interview by Paula Deitz
£122m boost for new council housing

Council-home building across the country has been given a boost with a further £122 million allocated to the programme by housing minister John Healey
12th Century Church conservation contract, Norway

Conservation architect for Mariakirken church in Bergen, Norway
2010 RIBA Awards

Stirling Prize hopefuls have until 5pm on 19 February to enter their buildings for the 2010 RIBA Awards
2010: 20 years of stuffed lions, epic space-filling and very long lunches

Lack of hoverscooters and sex robots leave Ian Martin’s 2010 feeling a little flat
3DReid bags approval for five schools on Western Isles

3DReid has secured planning permission to build five schools for the Western Isles Schools Project in Scotland
3DReid Part 2 student competition

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
'A promiscuous cornucopia, a daily smorgasbord of undifferentiated images'

Architecture on the internet is a riot of diffuse ideas, but that’s not all bad news, says Sutherland Lyall
Aberdeen’s city centre square proposal represents a loss of democracy

A one-sided consultation could lead to a controversial, expensivee and unsustainable outcome says Stuart MacDonald
Accordia developer Cherry dies

Alan Cherry, the developer behind the Stirling Prize-winning Accordia housing scheme, has died aged 76
Action urged over 'garden grabbers'

The government has vowed to combat ‘garden-grabbing’ by property developers – viewed as a problem in nearly half of the country
Adam Khan's Brockholes comp winner underway

Work has begun on Adam Khan Architects’ RIBA competition-winning design for the Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve in Lancashire
After Redundancy: Living in and out of Architecture

Redundant architect James Whitaker has looked behind the statistics of the recession to see what redundancy has meant for individual architects in this selection of portrait photographs now on show at the RIBA
AJ exclusive: muf to curate British Pavilion at Venice

The British Council has selected London’s muf architecture art to curate the British Pavilion at this year’s Venice Architecture Biennale
AJ100 Building of the year 2009 - Beijing Capital International Airport

The judges were impressed by its elegant, soaring form and light-filled interior, which creates a memorable and inspiring environment for the 50 million passengers who will travel through the terminal by 2020
AJ100 poll: Who has done the most for architecture?

The AJ is seeking nominations from readers for the individual who has made the greatest contribution to architecture
Alison Brooks and HTA win planning for huge South Acton redevelopment

HTA, Alison Brooks Architects and AECOM have won planning permission for the first phase of the £560 million scheme to regenerate Ealing’s largest housing estate, South Acton
All those years of 'special advice' - it's like talking to a brick wall

Ian Martin is ousted as special advisor, in favour of the nation’s number two hate figure…
Allies and Morrison wins green light for boutique hotel

[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] Islington Council has approved this 6,700m², 80-bedroom boutique in South Place near London’s Liverpool Street station
Alsop cursed by criticism

Last week, a second scathing attack took place on Will Alsop’s architecture within the walls of the Royal Academy
Alsop, Zogolovitch and Finch open LFA in style

[LFA REPORTS] Will Alsop, Paul Finch, Roger Zogolovitch and Philippa Stockley cut quite a dash this Saturday for the official opening of LFA
Alsop’s Palestra building pioneers hydrogen fuel cells

The UK’s largest indoor hydrogen fuel cell has been installed at Will Alsop’s Palestra building in Southwark, London
Anderson to head up Scottish design watchdog

Karen Anderson has been named as the new chair of Scottish architecture watchdog A+DS
Aoibhneas Women and Children's Refuge, RIAI competition

The RIAI (Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland) is administering a competition on behalf of the competition promoters, Aoibhneas Women and Children’s Refuge
Architect unemployment falls again

The number of unemployed architects has fallen for the third month in a row - drropping below the ‘out of work’ levels in March (2009)
Architects respond to Haiti call

Almost 200 architects have pledged to help UK-based architectural aid charity Article 25 rebuild Haiti following last week’s massive earthquake, which is reported to have killed up to 200,000 people
Architect's sketchbook # 1: Sean Godsell

From scraps of paper to final sections: Australian architect Sean Godsell opens his notebook
Architect's sketchbook # 2: Jim Goring and Andre Straja

Italian architects Jim Goring and Andre Straja reveal their office drawings and sketches
Architect's sketchbook #3: Mario Botta

Building study sketches: Swiss architect Mario Botta reveals his drawings
Architects unveiled for £1bn BSF contract

Nicholas Hare Architects, Bryant Harvey Partnership and Haverstock Associates have been revealed as the architects on the Skanksa-led preferred bid for Essex’s £1 billion BSF programme
Architectural journalism is vital for leading debate

With media giving everyone a voice, architectural journalism is vital for leading debate, says Catherine Slessor
Architectural snowman enjoys 'adverse weather conditions'

Cold snap inspires Somerset architects to create impromptu snow sculpture
Architecture in Wales exhibition – Call for entries

The National Eisteddfod of Wales is inviting architects to submit completed construction projects to be considered for the annual Architecture in Wales exhibition
Archive: Sir John Soane - The furniture of death (AR March 1978)

On the anniversary of his death (20 January 1837), The Architectural Review revisits the work of Sir John Soane in an article by the late architectural historian John Summerson (1904-1992).
Article 25 calls on architects to aid survivors of Haiti Earthquake

Architectural aid relief charity Article 25 has called on architects to help with the relief effort in Haiti following the massive earthquake that struck the Caribbean nation last night (12 January)
Asia’s urbanisation: Big cities and bigger books

The bombastic packaging of AECOM’s book on Asia’s rapid urbanisation belies a meek engagement with its vast subject, says Adrian Hornsby
Baban Seth Quarry Community Classroom, Navi Mumbai, India by ASD Projects

ASD Projects built this classroom with help from a local non-governmental organisation and quarry residents
Ballymena Health and Care Centre by Keppie Design and Gareth Hoskins Architects

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Keppie Design and Gareth Hoskins Architects have submitted plans for this new £14 million healthcare centre in Ballymena, County Antrim
Battersea breaches London Plan – but Boris still happy

Rafael Viñoly’s proposed £5.5 billion redevelopment of Battersea Power Station has been given the initial thumbs up by Mayor of London Boris Johnson, despite failing to provide enough affordable housing or play space
Bottoms up with the British Toilet Association

Astragal is always keen to hear from the British Toilet Association. Last week, the lavvy-savvy group launched its Where Can I Go? campaign in a bid to get more public toilets built in the UK
Bridge of Discovery, Creswell Crags, Derbyshire by OMI Architects

In 2009, OMI Architects completed a new museum adjacent to Creswell Crags gorge
Bright lights, big city, affordable luxury and Sting’s Flying Circus

Ian Martin dishes out some premium content
Brighton O plagues Brighton Eye

Marks Barfield, architects of the proposed 150m-high i360 ‘Brighton Eye’ viewing platform, have failed in an initial attempt to block a 60m spoke-less Ferris wheel being built nextdoor
Broadway Malyan completes Madrid school

Work has finished on the first phase of Broadway Malyan’s 2,000-pupil school for the British Council in Madrid, Spain
Bryanstone Road, London by Knott Architects

Knott Architects’ brief was to enlarge a family space in a London terrace, without compromising the garden, and to connect the interior and exterior
Burj Khalifa: The view from Manchester

Maybe it’s down to the city’s famous grey skies, but you can always count on a Mancunian to bring a certain gloom to proceedings
CABE ‘unconvinced’ but Chocolate Works wins go-ahead

Turley Associates £165 million redevelopment of the former Terry’s Chocolate site in York has bagged planning consent despite CABE’s objections
CABE criticises Leeds Arena plans

The government’s design watchdog has hit out at initial proposals by Jacobs and Populous for Leeds’ new city centre arena
CABE rounds on PRP's Barnet scheme

CABE has raised concerns that PRP Architects’ huge housing-led plans for the Inglis Barracks development in North London may not fit into the surrounding area
Call for entries: UK's biggest student prize

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 II student, who will fight it out for the £1,500 first prize
Calls for ‘head to head’ battle in Aberdeen

London-based practice Brisac Gonzalez fears that a ‘one-sided’ public consultation for a new square could sink its plans for an Aberdeen arts centre
Cameron hits out at Government over £13bn military college

The leader of the opposition has attacked the government for its reluctance to make a final decision until after the election on the proposed MoD St Athan Defence Technical College (DTC) in South Wales
Centre for Vision and Vascular Science: Queen’s University in Belfast

Queen’s University in Belfast is looking for an architect for its proposed Centre for Vision and Vascular Science.
Charles takes up new post with heritage body

Prince Charles has been appointed patron of the Historic Towns Forum (HTF), six months after walking out as a patron of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB)
Chelsea Barracks: Charles was 'perfectly reasonable'

It was ‘perfectly reasonable’ for Prince Charles to declare his opposition to Richard Rogers’ £3 billion Chelsea Barracks scheme, a deputy mayor has claimed
Chester and District Housing Trust, Housing Framework

Chester and District Housing Trust is seeking to appoint suitably qualified and experienced architects within a framework agreement
City Road hotel, Old Street, London by Squire and Partners

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Squire and Partners has submitted plans for a 247-room luxury boutique hotel opposite Moorfields Eye Hospital in City Road, London
Cold snap saps £1.2bn of heat

The UK’s homes and offices leaked an extra £1.2 billion worth of heat during the last two weeks of cold weather, compared with a normal winter, it has been estimated.
Competitions: Editor's Pick

Public space for Manchester, the National Maritime Museum and the Housing Design Awards: the inside track on this week’s competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick

Westminster Cathedral, Queen’s University and the best losers: The inside track on this week’s competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick

V&A Dundee, Forgotten Spaces and University of Essex: The inside track on this week’s competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick 04.02.10

Norwegian blues centre, Fashion Museum in Tokyo and Chester Housing Framework - the inside track on this week’s competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick 11.02.10

2010 RIBA Awards, Museum of the Second World War and English Heritage Frameworks - the inside track on this week’s competitions
Conservative 'backtrack on localism'

The Tories have been accused of ‘back-pedalling’ on localism following their newly unveiled schools policy
Construction job market will remain bleak until 2011

A ‘severe’ contraction that will hit thousands of construction jobs means the industry will only see a slow return to growth over the next few years, according to a new report
Construction tsar forecasts end for 1960s blocks

The government’s chief construction adviser believes that many buildings built in the 1960s and ’70s will have to be torn down to meet carbon targets.
Contest launched for green ‘fortress’ to block Heathrow expansion

Greenpeace has launched a competition to design an eco-friendly ‘fortress’ on a plot of land earmarked for Heathrow Airport’s controversial third runway
Contract litigation set to increase

Clients and developers wanting to save cash from building contracts could send the number of legal disputes over unfinished or late projects rocketing, law firms have warned
Corpus Christi College Greenhouse, Oxford by Rick Mather Architects

Relocation of the gardener’s facilities formed part of the enabling works for a new multi-purpose auditorium at Corpus Christi College
Council 'goes soft' on Goldfinger destroyer

Wandsworth Council has backtracked in its pursuit of a developer who illegally demolished part of a listed Erno Goldfinger-designed school
CZWG's Arsenal student tower goes for planning

CZWG and Muf Architecture/Art have revealed the first images of their proposed regeneration of a site close to the home of Arsenal football club
David Chipperfield, man of culture

David Chipperfield was on good form at the Design Museum for a reception hosted by theHepworth Wakefield gallery, whose building is being designed by Chipperfield’s practice
Decent Homes upgrade scheme 'late and expensive'

A government programme to upgrade poor social housing will take eight years longer than planned and cost almost twice as much as initially suggested, the Whitehall spending watchdog has said
Design Detail: Daylit Gallery, V & A Museum, MUMA and Julian Harrap Architects

Glass roof, hub staircase and restoration of existing building fabric
Design Real at the Serpentine

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
Dexter Moren wins go-ahead for Japan-style pod hotel for Trocadero

[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] A Japanese-style ‘pod’ hotel, designed by Dexter Moren Associates, is to be built in the Trocadero in London’s Piccadilly Circus
Downturn fuels urban divide

The recession is widening the gap between the poor and rich regions of the UK, according to a report published today
Dr Martens pop-up store, Old Spitalfields Market, London by Campaign

Campaign constructed the interior fit-out of a store for shoe brand Dr Martens in London’s Old Spitalfields Market
Drop in construction industry insolvencies

The number of insolvencies in the construction industry dropped slightly in the final quarter of 2009
Earls Court centre 'facing demolition for housing'

Competition from the O2 Arena and Excel centre has left Earls Court Exhibition Centre, one of London’s most iconic music and exhibition venues, facing demolition
Ecophon - Edge border finish for ‘floating’ acoustic ceilings

Ecophon’s Edge™ free-hanging edge system complements the suspended Focus systems and provides a finished appearance to acoustic ceilings where wall-to-wall installation is inappropriate.
Ecophon - Edge border finish for ‘floating’ acoustic ceilings

Ecophon’s Edge™ free-hanging edge system complements the suspended Focus systems and provides a finished appearance to acoustic ceilings where wall-to-wall installation is inappropriate.
Ecophon - Smart Solutions for Corridors

Corridors are often the busiest rooms in a building. Not only are they used as transitional spaces allowing people and goods to move between rooms, they are often spaces where people meet in passing and where conversations take place.
Elstree Golf and County Club, Herts by Bell Phillips + Kimble Architects

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Bell Phillips + Kimble Architects has won permission for this £2.5 million golf clubhouse in Hertfordshire
Empire State owner loses bid to block Pelli Clarke Pelli skyscraper

The Empire State Building’s owner has lost his bid to stop a neighbouring Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects-designed skyscraper being built
Engle taken under TP Bennett wing

Shopping centre specialist Engle has merged with AJ100 big hitter TP Bennett
Everything you wanted to know about District Heating but were afraid to ask

A new publication from heat transfer specialists, Alfa Laval, sets out to de-mystify the topic of District Heating (DH) by explaining the terminology, examining the history and setting out the prospects for its increased use in the UK.
Existing schools pose biggest obstacle to carbon targets

The chair of the zero carbon task force Robin Nicholson has told the AJ achieving energy efficiency in new build schools is not enough
Ex-Llewelyn Davies Yeang team on move again

Llewelyn Davies Yeang’s (LDY) former masterplanning unit has been sold on for the second time in two years
Extended green roof and single ply range from Flag-Soprema at Ecobuild

Following a highly successful Ecobuild in 2009 Flag-Soprema will again be exhibiting at the 2010 show. Having moved to stand 1455, the company will be displaying its diverse range of products
Fakro’s first appearance at Ecobuild

Stand 1363 sees roof window manufacturer Fakro GB at Ecobuild for the first time. In addition to its unique FPP preSelect® top hung and pivot window it will be exhibiting a number of new products including the new Balcony Window.
Farrell unveils future of Kent

Terry Farrell has released details of a 20-year plan to bring new homes and a lower Thames crossing to Kent
Faulty lift foils Burj Khalifa again

Visitors to the Burj Khalifa were trapped between floors again after a lift broke down for the second time inside the world’s tallest tower which only opened a month ago
'Fewest houses built since 1924' says NHF

A slump in house building is making the prospect of getting an affordable home more difficult than ever for millions of people, according to the campaign group.
First look at entries into 3DReid student prize

The AJ can reveal the first project entered into the UK’s largest student prize
First look at Foster + Partners' Stockholm development

Foster + Partners has revealed its competition-winning vision for the redevelopment of Slussen’s waterfront in Stockholm
Fisherman’s Bridge, Lake District National Park by Honey

This bridge, situated in the Lake District National Park and made using only local fabricators, allows locals to cross the river even during floods
FOA's New Street Station scheme gets green light

Councillors in Birmingham have given the thumbs-up to Foreign Office Architect (FOA)’s £600 million redevelopment of the city’s main railway station
Foreign Office does not achieve 'value for money' on embassies

The National Audit Office (NAO) has attacked the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) for frittering away millions of pounds on its embassy buildings and overseas estate
Foster + Partners completes first ever hospital

[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA + PLANS] Foster + Partners has completed its first ever hospital: this 6,000m2, three-storey building near Bath for Circle, Europe’s largest private healthcare partnership
Foster finishes off Faustino winery

[FIRST LOOK] Foster + Partners has completed its first winery - the Faustino Winery in the wine-making region of Ribera del Duero, 150km north of Madrid
Foster’s City Hall window-cleaning bill slammed

The £140,000-a-year window cleaning bill for Norman Foster’s ‘space helmet’ London City Hall building has been slammed by some of its occupiers
Fred Perry reception area, Covent Garden, London by BuckleyGrayYeoman

BuckleyGrayYeoman designed the receptionspace to Fred Perry’s new headquarters opposite Covent Garden station in London
From the Archives: Van Doesburg's L'Aubette [AJ 16.11.06]

To mark a new exhibition of Van Doesburg’s work at Tate Modern, the Architects’ Journal revisits L’Aubette in an article from 2006 by Isabelle Ewig (translation by Ruth Slavid) with photography by Oliver Godow. Click on the image to see the pdfs
Gallon Close, Charlton by BPTW Partnership

[STUDY + PLANS + DATA] BPTW Partnership’s Gallon Close is London’s greenest housing terrace, writes Hattie Hartman
Gasworks Cottage by Chris Dyson Architects

[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] Chris Dyson Architects has been granted planning permission for a contemporary house and annex at Gasworks Cottage in Gloucestershire
Geospatial Building, University of Nottingham, by Maber Architects

[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] Maber Architects’ new £4.5 million Geospatial Building for the University of Nottingham has opened its doors to students and staff
Get hooked on Galician & Spanish Slate

Designing a slate roof is an exacting process where many factors need to be taken into account. These include the roof pitch, its shape and other architectural features.
GKD - Cool aesthetics with a patchwork effect

Located in close vicinity to Miami’s airport, the Park Square at Doral is a unique complex consisting of offices, commercial spaces and housing, a traditional concept in European city centres which is yet new to Southern Florida.
GKD hits a homerun

With the opening of the new Yankee Stadium in the South Bronx, the famous New York Yankee Baseball Team received a spectacular novel home ballpark. Being the second most expensive stadium in the world, the stadium features numerous GKD products.
Glasgow underpass given 'otherworldly' overhaul

An underpass which re-connects North Glasgow to the city centre has been given a floral makeover by Make-offshoot 7N Architects
Go-ahead for £45 million King's College London Neuroscience Institute

[FIRST LOOK] Devereux Architects, working with Allies and Morrison, has won the green light for this £45 million Neuroscience research facility for King’s College London in South East London
Government hands out £60m for 'eco show homes'

A £60 million investment to boost the development of 600 new green homes across the UK has been hailed by ministers as the ‘biggest ever eco-home building programme’
Green light for Hodder + Partners' 37-storey Manchester tower

Hodder + Partners has won planning permission for the second tallest residential tower in Manchester - this 33-storey student block on Great Marlborough Street
Greenshoots? UK construction shows growth signs

New signs of stability in the UK construction industry have emerged after figures for January 2010 revealed the sector shrank at its slowest rate in 23 months
Grimshaw bags planning for £400 million Reading Station overhaul

Grimshaw has won planning permission for its project to redevelop Reading rail station
Guy’s tower overhaul designs revealed

[FIRST LOOK] These are the first images of Arup and Penoyre & Prasad’s proposed overhaul of Guy’s tower at Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital in London
'Haiti must be reassembled in a way that gives its people hope for the future'

A co-ordinated effort is needed to rebuild Haiti’s buildings and the optimism of its people, says John McAslan
Halliday Clark submits expansion plans for religious retreat

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Halliday Clark Architects has submitted plans for this £6.5 million, religious retreat on the edge of Kettlewell in the Yorkshire Dales
Hamiltons, by any other name

Following the departures of Robin Partington and founder Tim Hamilton, AJ100 practice Hamiltons has decided to change its name, with a new moniker being unveiled at MIPIM in March.
Hat-trick Hodge

Recently, architecture minister Margaret Hodge has fired off a hat-trick of listing refusals that have flown in the face of English Heritage (EH) recommendations.
Have your say: help choose the best buildings in London in the last 50 years

The Architecture Club has launched a competition to celebrate 50 years of London’s architecture by inviting the profession to help pick the most significant structures built in the capital since 1960
HKR reveals new Ancoats masterplan

[FIRST LOOK] HKR Architects has released these images of its proposed mixed-use office and hotel development on Great Ancoats Street and Pollard Street in east Manchester.
Hodge refuses to list Preston's Brutalist bus station

Architecture Minister Margaret Hodge has again gone against English Heritage (EH) advice and turned down a second bid to list Preston’s 1969 bus station
Holocaust Memorial at Guidhall by CSM students

Central Saint Martins students have designed a memorial to mark the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, 65 years ago today
Homes on former Southport Tennis Club by ARK Design and Architecture

[FIRST LOOK] Construction has started on this 18-flat affordable housing scheme by ARK Design and Architecture on the site of the Southport’s former tennis club
Hoskins scoops 'super sensitive' Edinburgh hotel scheme

Gareth Hoskins has won the competition to redevelop one of Edinburgh’s most sensitive landmarks, the historic Royal High School on Calton Hill
House in St John's Wood, London by Hogarth Architects

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Hogarth Architects has finally won permission for this £1 million house in St John’s Wood, north London
How to house our ageing population

Projects for the elderly are taking giant steps to alleviate the problems of later life, says Richard MacCormac
I M Pei: a life in architecture

I M Pei’s combination of geometric modernism and contextual sensitivity has won him respect – and commissions – all over the world. A week before he receives the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, long-time follower Paula Deitz surveys his career
Ice work: Eiffel tower built in Harrogate park

A church and the Eiffel Tower are among the latest snow-sculptures created by British architects
In pictures: Haworth Tompkins wins AJ Small Project Award

The winners of the AJ Small Projects Award have been announced with top prize going to Haworth Tompkins for Dovecote Studio
In pictures: RIBA London unveils Forgotten Spaces shortlist

[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
Innovative Solutions with Ecophon Master Solo

There are now acoustic solutions for areas where an overall acoustic ceiling, for different reasons, would not be suitable. These free-hanging acoustic panels are the perfect solution.
Innovative Southwark housing - bruised but certainly not beaten

[UPDATE] Southwark Council is pressing on with 11 of its 15 innovative Heygate Estate housing relocation schemes, despite the recession
International stars to receive RIBA fellowships

Scottish Parliament mastermind Benedetta Tagliabue and Whitechapel Gallery revamp designers Paul Robbrecht and Hilde Daem will be among a handful of ‘exceptional’ non-UK architects to be given RIBA International Fellowships tomorrow night (11 February)
International Student Open Design Competition for Yele Music Studio, Haiti

Yele Haiti and RIBA Competitions announce the launch of an International Student Open Design Competition, established by John McAslan + Partners and Allied London, for a new music studio facility in Cité Soleil (Port-au-Prince), Haiti
'It's the procrastination and cynical posturing that's unsustainable'

Despite great progress, development work is still some way off a sustainability tipping point, says Paul Hyett
Janus Chairs, Kielder Water & Forest Park, Northumberland by Ryder Architecture

Janus Chairs were created as one of six sculptural shelters at Kielder Water & Forest Park, northern Europe’s largest man-made lake and England’s largest forest
Job agency Adrem resurrected

Architectural recruitment agency Adrem has been ‘reborn’ just days after slipping into administration
Jonathan Woolf describes paint drying

When an invitation to view the Painted House, a thoughtful, esoteric remodelling of pair of 1940s north London semis by a hip London firm landed on the AJ’s desk, Astragal was struck by the accompanying text
Kapoor set to build Olympic tower as mega-mosque flounders

Anish Kapoor is understood to have landed a project to build a huge tower in the Olympic Park just days after another proposed East London landmark – the £300 million mega-mosque – hit the buffers
Kapoor: Olympic Ring Master

Following the AJ’s story about Anish Kapoor’s Olympic Park sculpture (AJ 21.01.10), the Sunday Times had a crack at a visualisation – it looked rather like a set of deconstructed Olympic rings
Kawneer thermally enhances its windows range

The first of a two-phase thermal enhancement of its AA®600 series of windows has been launched by architectural aluminium systems supplier Kawneer. The company has called upon the German engineering expertise of its sister company within the Alcoa group.
Keith Williams bags Fairfield Halls revamp

Keith Williams Architects has landed the job to mastermind the long-term redevelopment of the Fairfield Halls Concert Hall and Arts Venue in Croydon, South London
Keith Williams: Architecture of the Specific

Edwin Heathcote reviews a new book exploring the work of Keith Williams
Knights abroad

David Chipperfield’s well-deserved knighthood is unusual inasmuch as it came via a recommendation from the Foreign Office (in respect of his work in Germany).
Land Securities looks to restart Rafael Viñoly’s Walkie Talkie tower

Britain’s largest developer, Land Securities, is understood to have pressed the go button on its mothballed Walkie Talkie tower – the clearest signal yet of returning confidence among the property big hitters
Last Orders at the Bar: The Demise of the Great British Pub

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
LDA holds Royal Docks eco-town talks

The London Development Agency (LDA) is understood to be in talks with Newham Council and the Greater London Authority (GLA) about multi-billion-pound plans to turn the Royal Docks into a huge, waterside eco-town
Lead Designer, Blackpool Central Library Redevelopment project

Provision of Lead Designer and Design Team, Blackpool Central Library Redevelopment project
Lecht Cottage, Aberdeenshire by Moxon Architects

Comprising three derelict, conjoined buildings, this project involved restoring the main house, reconstructing a shop annex and refurbishing a water-powered threshing mill for use as a gallery
LED downlights

[Sustainable products] In a growing market that is yet to establish standards, stick with brands you trust, says Sandy Patience
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands lands council backing for O2 hotel scheme

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has won Greenwich Council’s backing for this four-star hotel next to the O2 arena in east London
Listed Tottie Hall to become care home

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
Liverpool 'Regenerator' Jim Gill to hang up boots

The search is on for a replacement for Jim Gill – a central figure in the regeneration of Liverpool – who is to retire later this year
London 2012: vision delivery, social rendering and inclusive narrativism

Ian Martin’s Olympic Vision wins a prize
London Festival of Architecture - dates for the diary

[LFA RECOMMENDED] With the Olympics only two years away this year’s London Festival of Architecture, themed ‘The Welcoming City’, offers a little preview of what’s to come in 2012: if London’s planners and architects can pull off a great LFA, then hopefully a spectacular Olympics will follow
Looking forward to 2010 with some friends and acquaintances

ISIS DE CAMBRAY. As a leading spiritual consultant, psychic counsellor and magic arborealist, I say to the impending 2010: Namaste, bienvenue, welcome. It will be an auspicious year. I have had my auspicions for some time now, and a glance at my Vibe Matrix confirms everything. There will be radiance and an upturn in workload, though some bipolarity will persist. I have just written this architectural haiku. *Sigh*. Enjoy.Bad Feng Shui falls, a shadow. Al
Low carbon programme closes early

The first stage of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme (LCBP) has been closed a month earlier than expected following the announcement of the Feed-in Tariff scheme
LSC debacle: colleges to receive partial refunds

Colleges faced with crippling financial problems as a result of abandoned building work are to be compensated by the Learning and Skills Council (LSC)
Lutyens & Rubinstein Bookshop, Notting Hill, London by de Rosee & Sa

[VIDEO] De Rosee & Sa was commissioned by literary agency Lutyens & Rubinstein to create an independent bookshop and office
Make Bethnal Green: Part 2 Student Open Ideas Competition

Students are challenged to generate design ideas which would make a positive contribution to the environment and Make Bethnal Green
Manchester St Peter's Square redesign up for grabs

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
Manor Park Leisure Centre, Rushden by FaulknerBrowns Architects

[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] Swimming pool specialists FaulknerBrowns Architects has submitted plans for this £13 million leisure centre in Rushden, Northamptonshire
Marley Eternit cladding best in class

A £4.5m extension at Rye Oak School in London has used cladding from Marley Eternit’s Natura range to create high performance rear ventilated cladding system.
Masdar City, Abu Dhabi

Hattie Hartman visits Masdar City, the ‘living laboratory of low-carbon design’ that aims to secure Abu Dhabi’s position as a leader in environmental masterplanning and renewable energy
Masdar Institute of Science and Technology by Foster + Partners

[FIRST LOOK] The AJ has been given a behind-the-scenes look at Foster + Partners’ Masdar city, the carbon-neutral, zero-waste development in Abu Dhabi
Masterplanner Munday returns to Populous

Populous has appointed former Allies and Morrison big hitter Ashley Munday to lead its newly formed masterplanning unit
Ministry of Shhhhh

Whistle posse make some noise: Oakmayne Property’s residential tower threatens Ministry of Sound
More greenshoots? Number of shelved project drops again

The total number of UK projects on hold dropped by almost half in December – the second month in a row that the amount of mothballed schemes has fallen
Morgan Carey to build mixed-use 'Badger' brewery

Poole-based Morgan Carey Architects have received outline planning permission for a £5 million brewery at Blandford St Mary
Mountain Rescue, France by Blee Halligan Architects

This self-build project serves as an annexe to a mill house. An existing ruined outhouse was patched up and a new timber bedroom, bathroom and dressing room were added
National Eisteddfod of Wales Architecture Scholarship

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
National Football Centre, Burton upon Trent by Redbox Design Group

[FIRST LOOK] The Redbox Design Group has unveiled its proposals for the new national football centre in Burton upon Trent
New drama centre for BBC Cardiff by FAT

[FIRST LOOK] FAT has submitted plans for a new BBC drama centre at Cardiff Bay, which could proceed on site within months if given the go-ahead by planners
New major accounts executive for Mumford & Wood Ltd

Andy Dye has been appointed Major Account Sales Executive of Mumford & Wood Ltd., the Essex-based premium timber window and door specialist, and a member company of The Performance Window Group.
New Practices #10: FPA Architects

The tenth in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone, either through choice or redundancy
New Practices #12: Nick Willson Architects

The twelfth in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone, either through choice or redundancy
New Practices #13: Untitled Practice

The thirteenth in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone, either through choice or redundancy
New Practices #14: Arden Kitt Associates

The fourteenth in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone, either through choice or redundancy
Newcastle University, King's Gate building by Bond Bryan

[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] Bond Bryan has completed this new £22 million gateway building for Newcastle University
Newington Court student flats, north London by Stock Woolstencroft

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + DATA] Stock Woolstencroft has completed this 87-flat student accommodation scheme in Islington, north London, opposite Clissold Park
Nine Elms US Embassy: An act of imagination

US ambassador Louis Susman lives in one of London’s most desirable homes: Winfield House, a 5ha property in Regent’s Park that has been home to ambassadors since Barbara Hutton sold it to the US government for $1 in the 1940s
Noodles, Soho, London by Gundry & Ducker Architecture

This fit-out of a pop-up restaurant in Soho is a series of plywood booths placed in a whitewashed ‘as found’ shop
Notodden cultural centre, Norway

Notodden prides itself on being Norway’s blues capital. It’s launched a design contest for premises for a rallying point for blues and other activities in the town that ‘shall sizzle with activity in all corners and at all hours’
Olympics site to become huge parkland post Games

The 2012 Olympic site will become a public park when the games finish, according to plans unveiled this week
OMA lands international comp for new Hong Kong campus

The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and locals Leigh & Orange Architects have bagged the contest to design a new campus for Chu Hai College of Higher Education in Hong Kong.
Out of Sight – a stealth roof extension, Islington, London by Spaced Out Architecture Studio

This double-pitched, mansard roof extension adds an extra storey to a small maisonette
Outdoor classroom, Heronsgate Primary School, London by Burd Haward

Burd Haward Architects designed a new outdoor teaching space after a successful collaboration as part of the RIBA ‘Greener London’ initiative in 2007
Over-clad Kalzip solution for Influenza Resource Centre

Straight and smooth curved Kalzip aluminium standing seam and galvanised liner sheets have been used to create the tightly sealed, insulated and weatherproofed building envelope of the Influenza Resource Centre (IRC) & UK Stem Cell Bank in South Mimms.
Parchment Street rear extension, Winchester by Dan Brill Architects

This extension provides a new kitchen/diner at the rear of a terraced property in Winchester, extending into the side return of the garden to make better use of residual space and allow for more natural light
Park Avenue South, London by Studio Octopi

[VIDEO + DESIGN DETAILS] This kitchen extension – clad in black zinc, with standing seams tracing a path across the roof – was defined by the geometry of the main house
Penoyre & Prasad lands Welwyn Garden City hospital

Penoyre & Prasad are to design the new general hospital at Welwyn Garden City, with work due to start on the project next year
Perryn Road footbridge over the A40, London by Grimshaw

[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] Grimshaw has completed this 32m-long footbridge over the A40 Western Avenue in Acton, West London
Populous F1 Silverstone redesign wins Ecclestone's approval

F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone has given the green light for Silverstone to stage the 2010 British Grand Prix on a Populous-designed revised circuit layout
Project Space for the Architecture Foundation, London by Carmody Groarke

This project space provides a place to host exhibitions and events, as well as workstations for up to 12 staff members
Projects in doubt as Thornfield arm collapses

Questions have been raised about the future of some of the country’s largest regeneration schemes after Thornfield Ventures, part of developer Thornfield Properties, went into administration
Purcell Miller Tritton's brush with TV's Cranford

Purcell Miller Tritton has started work on revamping Brook Street Chapel in Knutsford, Cheshire - the burial site of Cranford author Elizabeth Gaskell
Reasons to be cheerful

Even in hard times, there are opportunities that architects should pursue, says Paul Finch
Recession sends Engle's Macclesfield scheme back to drawing board

Cheshire East Council and developer Wilson Bowden have scrapped their original £200 million masterplan for the redevelopment of Macclesfield Town Centre
Recession watch: Bleak forecast for UK construction

The Construction Products Association (CPA), the body representing UK manufacturers and construction suppliers, has warned that the sector will have to ‘wait for at least another 12 months’ before seeing signs of sustained recovery.
Refused: Make's underground home for Gary Neville

Bolton Council has kicked out Make Architects petal-shaped, underground country house for Manchester United footballer Gary Neville
Regent's Place Pavilion, London by Carmody Groarke

Carmody Groarke’s delightful pavilion at the Regent’s Place development in London is more than just a ‘developer’s bauble’, writes Edwin Heathcote. Photography by Luke Hayes
Replacement for Gehry's controversial Jerusalem project revealed

[First look] Israel’s Chuytin Architects has unveiled its competition-winning design to replace Frank Gehry’s ditched $250m Museum of Tolerance project in Jerusalem
Reshaping our world one app at a time with the Etch-a-Space

Ian Martin has a breakthrough and puts Etch-a-Space to the test
Restless Ron Arad at the Barbican

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.
Rethinking biomass boilers

Richard Waite investigates claims that issues involved in running a biomass boiler are driving schools to turn theirs off and architects to reconsider specifying them
Retrofit projects could secure 30 years of work for architects

The huge task of retrofitting UK buildings could offer three decades of work for architects, and overshadow new-builds by 2050
RIBA backs government's social mobility plans

The RIBA has welcomed the Government’s response to Unleashing Aspiration, the Fair Access to the Professions report
RIBA urges members to get political

The RIBA has called on its members to engage local politicians to influence national policy making prior to the election
RIBA's Harry Rich calls for new award for buildings that last

Newly-arrived RIBA head Harry Rich is pushing for a new award to be given to buildings that remain successful several years after completion
Richard Haut’s EU tenders, 26.08.10

Richard Haut rounds up European opportunities. This week: Five leads, including a hospital decoration study in Calais, France, and renovations for the Belgian standards organisation
RMJM and Stephen Lawrence Trust to send young hopefuls to Hong Kong

RMJM and the Stephen Lawrence Trust in association with the AJ have again launched Architecture for Everyone to widen accessibility into the profession
RMJM hires 'Fred the Shred'

Architecture giant RMJM has hired disgraced former Royal Bank of Scotland boss Fred Goodwin to work as senior advisor on international business
RMJM’s Cumbria campus plans shelved

RMJM’s scheme for a new University of Cumbria campus in Carlisle has been shelved just two months after the practice landed the prize project
Rogers’ British Museum extension lands £25m boost

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partner’s (RSHP) British Museum extension project has landed a massive £25 million cash donation
Room with a View by Mitchell Taylor Workshop

This shelter was designed and constructed in five days by a student group led by Piers Taylor and Charley Brentnall from a limited kit of parts comprising several recently felled trees which were milled on site into required sections
Russell Street Graduate Hostel, St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, by 5th Studio

[BUILDING STUDY + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] 5th Studio have created an intelligent response to a problematic existing site says Keith Bradley. Photography by Tim Soar
San Fransisco Museum of Modern Art seeks architect for $480 million expansion project

The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) launched an international call last week to architects to submit their plans for the design of a $480 million expansion project, one that would triple the building’s current gallery and public space
School design requires too much homework

Procurement processes are preventing us from building schools that we can be proud of, says Michál Cohen
Search for best buildings begins: RIBA Awards opens for entries

The RIBA has begun its annual search for the next RIBA Stirling Prize and Lubetkin Prize winners
Shortlist unveiled for huge Enfield masterplan

Olympic 2012 masterplanner AECOM has been named on a seven-strong shortlist vying to design an enormous 5,000-home development in Enfield
Simpson apologises as Beetham Tower continues to 'hum'

Ian Simpson has said sorry for the ‘distress’ caused by the noise which his Beetham Tower continues to make - despite numerous attempts to solve the problem
Simpson draws up loggia-free designs for Kensington Palace

Royal Historic Palaces (RHP) has asked John Simpson to rework controversial plans for a £12 million revamp of Kensington Palace
Skiing the web

Astragal has enjoyed playing Julien de Smedt Architects’ online ski-jumping game.
Sky Gardens tower lands planning despite CABE concern

Careyjones’ Sky Gardens tower has won planning approval despite failing to impress design reviewers at CABE
Small Projects 2010 shortlist revealed

Introducing the shortlist for the AJ Small Projects Awards, our annual competition for projects built for less than £250,000
Social housing, Du Cane Road, Hammersmith by Arc7 Design

[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] Work has begun on this new scheme to provide 44 new homes and the refurbishment of 112 existing homes for Ducane Housing Association on the Du Cane Road in Hammersmith and Fulham
Squire & Partners' Art’otel bags approval

Squire & Partners’ contentious 18-storey Art’otel scheme in Shoreditch won planning permission from Hackney Council last night (4 February), despite local opposition
St Peter's Square design competition, Manchester

Urban planning competition for St Peter’s Square and Library Walk in Manchester
Steadings refurbishment and conversion, Auchoish near Lochgilphead, Argyll by studioKAP Architects

In a remote location in Argyll, Scotland, this farm stead project was limited by four particular factors: limited budget, difficult site access, an architect client and a very small contractor
Stoke Newington town hall restoration by Hawkins\Brown

[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] Hawkins\Brown has completed its £6.4 million restoration and refit of the art deco, grade II-listed Stoke Newington town hall in north London
Street furniture design competition

$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.
Super Shed: Buschow Henley's Junction Arts and Civic Centre

[PHOTOS+PLANS+DETAILS] Buschow Henley’s Junction Arts and Civic Centre in Goole offers a fresh perspective on the humble English shed, writes Geoff Shearcroft
Superclass, Acland Burghley School, Camden, London by SCABAL

This intermediate Building Schools for the Future project at Acland Burghley secondary school includes the refurbishment of an underused assembly hall into an innovative and experimental teaching/learning laboratory
'Sustainability can reintroduce integrity into architecture'

In Docomomo’s annual lecture, Rab Bennetts argued that sustainability could reintroduce integrity into architecture. Here we present an edited version of his talk
Sustainability's best friends: codes, specifications and targets

A raft of industry standards are driving sustainable targets to highly ambitious levels, says Jonathon Porritt
Take our 'Creating homes for tomorrow' energy survey and win a Wattson Energy Meter

Is enough being done to ensure government zero-carbon targets will be successfully met? Have your say
Tallest tower in Liverpool redesigned again

[FIRST LOOK] The AJ can reveal these images of Leach Rhodes Walker’s latest attempt to build the tallest building in the north of England
Telling Tales exhibition, Victoria & Albert Museum, London by Nissen Adams

Nissen Adams designed the exhibition space for Telling Tales: Fantasy and Fear in Contemporary Design, which ran from July to October last year
Terry Farrell to bring 'High Line Park' to Bishopsgate Goods Yard

The Mayor of London has launched a vision for the re-development of the Bishopsgate Goods Yard in Shoreditch, which could see up to 2,000 new homes built on the site
Terry takes on Wimpey over Roman site

Francis Terry is backing plans to take the fate of a site containing Britain’s largest Roman building remains out of the hands of housebuilder Taylor Wimpey.
The AJ online: now exclusive to subscribers

The AJ is changing - activate your online subscription now to access new services for you and your business
The AR turns Japanese

Website domain names can be tricky things.
The Dovecote Studio, Snape Maltings, Suffolk by Haworth Tompkins

The Dovecote Studio forms part of the music campus at Snape Maltings, founded by Benjamin Britten in derelict industrial buildings on the Suffolk coast
The green screen: Avatar, Moon and Wall-e

Ecology is a recurring theme in science fiction, but two recent movies, Avatar and Moon, suggest mankind will continue to plunder its resources – both here on Earth and in alien worlds, writes Rory Olcayto
The Lighthouse Centre for Architecture, Design and the City: a beacon of design

The Lighthouse Centre for Architecture, Design and the City opened its doors in Glasgow in 1999. Ten years on, it has gone into administration. Johnny Rodger surveys the lasting legacy, and shortcomings, of one of Europe’s largest architecture centres
The Schindler Award student competition

The Schindler Award, is accepting applications for its 2010 competition
The sky is apparently not the limit for conservationists

Ian Martin has an interview for a prestigious religious commission
The V&A launches design contest for £47 million new Dundee home

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
The Witham at Barnard Castle, Durham by Feilden Clegg Bradley

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + DATA] Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS) has unveiled its £6 million vision to redevelop the Witham hall inside Barnard Castle in Durham.
Theory in Architecture: Architects groan, critics purr

Architect and critic Irénée Scalbert looks at the dysfunctional relationship between the two callings, as a London Met exhibition and symposium tackles theory in architecture
Thermal Insulation: Vacuum-insulated panels

Vacuum-insulated panels achieve higher insulation values with thinner construction
Trading figures: Hopkins beats the crunch

Hopkins Architects have defied the downturn and netted profits of just under £3 million in the last financial year
Travelodge unveils £115m expansion

Budget hotel chain Travelodge has announced plans to open 26 new hotels as part of a £115 million expansion programme
Trust in RMJM

The Commonwealth Education Trust (formerly the Commonwealth Institute) was one of the last occupants of the landmark 1962 RMJM building on Kensington High Street.
University lift off for Space Group in Durham

Newcastle-based architects the Space Group has won the go-ahead for this new £35 million humanities centre at Durham University
V&A ‘architects’ mislabelled

The Victoria & Albert Museum (V&A) has had to change the name of its Architects-in-Residence position because neither of the newly appointed in-house designers is actually a qualified architect
Van Doesburg and the International Avant-Garde

This week Tate Modern will be opening its doors to the radical and multi-disciplinary artist Theo van Doesburg
Village Green Soapbox, Southend, Essex by Cassion Castle Architects and Fleet Architects

This 100m2 pavilion – a performance stage for Southend’s annual Village Green Festival – was commissioned by arts organisation Metal Culture and funded by the Arts Council
VMZINC’s first appearance at Ecobuild

Stand 1457 sees market leader VM Zinc exhibiting at Ecobuild for the first time. Its range of standing seam roofing and cladding systems will be on display alongside BRE certified interlocking panels and a new, fully integrated, standing seam PV system.
Warrenpoint Mews by Loci

Comprising a listed former coach house located to the rear of a terrace of Victorian houses, this mews was gutted by its previous owners during the 1970s and converted for use as two flats
Way ahead for Walbrook?

The on-off story of the Jean Nouvel/Foster + Partners collaboration in the City of London looks like entertaining us this year as well as last
Welsh sprinklers bill roars through Commons

A proposed law to make sprinklers mandatory in all new homes in Wales this week won backing from the House of Commons
Westminster Council seeks designers to 'revamp' Westminster Cathedral piazza

Architects and designers have the chance to redesign a piazza outside one of the UK’s most important religious buildings
What would a Tory government mean for architects?

CONSERVATIVES IN CONSTRUCTION: How would a Conservative administration treat architects and the construction industry? Exclusive extracts from a major report from industry analysts Glenigan
What would the Conservatives do in education?

CONSERVATIVES IN CONSTRUCTION: Over the last five years there has been a sharp increase in investment in education facilities, but this seems likely to end in 2010
What would the Conservatives do to the planning system?

CONSERVATIVE IN CONSTRUCTION: The Tories plan to streamline the planning system and make changes to the Infrastructure Planning Commission, the Planning Inspectorate and the Homes and Communities Agency
Work begins on Malawi school by AKT

[FIRST LOOK] This scheme for a girls’ school in Malawi, backed by pop star Madonna, has started on site
Work starts on Heneghan Peng’s Giant’s Causeway visitor centre

Construction has finally started on Heneghan Peng’s £18.5 million scheme for the redevelopment of the visitor’s facilities at Giant’s Causeway
Working Detail: Carnival Arts Centre by Ash Sakula

[WORKING DETAIL 27.08.09] Cladding, Carnival Arts Centre by Ash Sakula
Working Detail: Conan Doyle Medical Centre, by Richard Murphy Architects

[WORKING DETAIL 26.06.08] A monopitch roof with projecting eaves and a rainwater chain
Working Detail: Cotes Farm by Evans Vettori

[WORKING DETAIL 07.02.08] A copper-covered mansard roof with projecting verge
Working Detail: Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre by Gareth Hoskins Architects

[WORKING DETAIL 29.05.08] A wall of local stone with a glass clerestory and larch rainscreen
Working Detail: Fitzwilliam College Library and IT Centre, Cambridge, by Edward Cullinan Architects

[WORKING DETAIL 04.03.10] Timber-clad fin and eaves details
Working Detail: Grover Close by Buschow Henley

[WORKING DETAIL 02.07.09] Dormer detail
Working Detail: Madrid Memorial by FAM

[WORKING DETAIL 10.01.08] Massive blocks of borosilicate glass, normally used for camera lenses, form a shimmering monument to the 2004 train bombings
Working Detail: Nottingham Contemporary by Caruso St John Architects

[WORKING DETAIL 12.11.09] Facade construction
Working Detail: PassivHaus methodology

[WORKING DETAIL 28.02.08] PassivHaus methodology- could this be successfully imported to the UK?
Working Detail: Seafield House refurbishment by SLLB Architects

[WORKING DETAIL AJ SPECIFICATION 10.09] Conversion of decommissioned nuclear bunker into modern villa
Working Detail: Small Projects 2009 Part 1

[WORKING DETAIL 15.01.09] Innovative technical solutions from Small Projects 2009 entires: Record display system, oak frame, glass oriel window
Working Detail: Small Projects 2010, Corpus Christi Greenhouse by Rick Mather Architects

[WORKING DETAIL 21.01.10] Glazing detail, external envelope construction and external sliding door
Working Detail: Small Projects 2010, Lecht Cottage by Moxon Architects

[WORKING DETAIL 21.01.10] External sliding door
Working Detail: Small Projects 2010, The Dovecote Studio by Haworth Tompkins

[WORKING DETAIL 21.01.10] External envelope construction

Architects JournalJanuary 2010

Architects Journal
January 2010