Architects Journal
June 2007

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- While conservationists attack decision not to list Liverpool

The chairman of the Liverpool Preservation Trust has attacked Unesco's decision not to put Liverpool on its World Heritage 'in danger' list.
- While Farrell reveals its gateway scheme for the city

Terry Farrell & Partners has released these images of its designs for developer George Wimpey's Ouseburn gateway scheme in Newcastle.
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...But the British star scoops Austrian shop scheme

David Chipperfield Architects has won an international design competition to create a new Peek and Cloppenburg store in Vienna, Austria.
...While Hamiltons sees a slump in its figures

Hamiltons Architects has seen a slump of more than £150,000 in its before-tax profits (BTP) between 2005 and 2006.
A 1:1 PROTOTYPE IS AN ENACTMENT OF A THOUGHT

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A CURVED ENTRANCE SCREEN OF ASHLAR BATH STONE BLOCKS

WORKING DETAILS / ALL SAINTS DULWICH
A MOVE TO ELECTRONIC EXPENSE CLAIMS IS ESSENTIAL

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A PILGRIMAGE A FEW YEARS HENCE WOULD YIELD FASCINATING INSIGHTS

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A&DS 'disappointed' with Simpson and Brown's Burns museum proposals

Architecture and Design Scotland (A&DS) has expressed its 'disappointment' at Simpson and Brown Architects' proposals for a Robert Burns museum in Alloway, Scotland.
Aedas designs school in the shadow of Blackpool Tower

Aedas has submitted plans for this £4.5 million three-storey school in the heart of Blackpool town centre.
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AHMM to breathe new life into Dutch university

Allford Hall Monaghan and Morris (AHMM) has won a competition to regenerate part of Amsterdam University's campus.
Allan Murray's Caltongate masterplan blasted

Allan Murray Architects' Caltongate masterplan in Edinburgh's Old Town was rocked by fresh criticism yesterday, with claims that the project will attract 'yobs and drug addicts'.
ALL-BRITISH SHORTLIST FOR LUBETKIN PRIZE

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AN INTERIOR LINED WITH HAN-JI-COVERED WALL PANELS

WORKING DETAILS - POSITIVE PEOPLE INC.
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ARB deals out triple-whammy of convictions

The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has imposed the strong arm of the law on three architects in the last two weeks.
ARB DEBATE GETS BACK TO BASICS

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Architect behind Wales Millennium Centre turns set designer

The architect behind the Wales Millennium Centre (WMC) in Cardiff, Jonathan Adams, has turned set designer for a spectacular new show that held its opening night in the WMC.
Architect cleared of 'unauthorised alteration' charge

A judge has cleared a Beverley-based architect of accusations of carrying out an 'unauthorised alteration' of a listed building in Wansford, East Yorkshire.
Architect wanted for memorial to commemorate 7 July bomb victims - image

A call has been put out to find an architect to design a memorial for the victims of the 7 July London bomb blasts.
ARCHITECT'S ACCOUNT

Our involvement in Castle Drogo began in 1994. We had recommended that any solutions should be based upon a long-term investigation programme into the causes of the problems affecting the castle. This approach was considered to be more conducive to reaching strategic solutions than a simple report summarising the castle's condition. In 1996, together with a team of consultants, we began on-site testing.
ARCHITECT'S ACCOUNT

The design has a number of distinctive features that question some of today's widely accepted architectural expressions. It teases some of the holy cows of Modernity, such as horizontality and object - xation and the idea of the infinitely owing space of the open-plan office. We are very fortunate that our partner architect in South Korea, Jong-Hoon Choi, has appreciated and supported these things.
ARCHITECTURE ROOM WITH A VIEW

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ARCHITECTURE WEEK

Running from 15-24 June, Architecture Week gives people up and down the country the chance to get under the skin of design. This year sees a focus on sustainability, with a range of activities from carbon-footprint measuring at the RIBA's London headquarters to the chance to build a model city from recycled materials. There will be lectures galore, including a wallow through the merits of mud and a talk by Frank Gehry. Visit www. architectureweek. org. uk for details. Here's Richard Vaughan's
Architecture Week launches star-studded programme of events

Tomorrow sees the start of Architecture Week, which is staging a host of events up and down the country.
Arup reveals pioneering 'Gordon Brown green town'

Arup Urban Design has unveiled its masterplan for Northstowe in Cambridgeshire, the first of Gordon Brown's five proposed eco-towns.
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Assael's tower to join Grade II* Wallis House in Brentford redevelopment

Assael Architects has released the first image of this landmark tower - the centrepiece of the £160 million Great West Quarter project in Brentford, west London.
Assael's tower to join Grade II* Wallis House in Brentford redevelopment

Assael Architects has released the first image of this landmark tower - the centrepiece of the £160 million Great West Quarter project in Brentford, west London.
Atherden Fuller Lang 'loses Liverpool stadium job to US firm'

Atherden Fuller Leng's (AFL's) grip on the new Liverpool Football Club stadium project is looking increasingly tenuous following recent newspaper reports.
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson sees profits race ahead of market expectations

Aukett Fitzroy Robinson (AFR) has announced a massive jump of £1.21 million in its before-tax profits (BTP) in the six months up to 31 March.
Austin-Smith:Lord aims higher with redesigned Manchester skyscraper

Austin-Smith:Lord (ASL) has released images of its redesigned - and five storeys taller - high-rise scheme in Store Street, Manchester.
Avanti to 'lift' London's run-down Kilburn

Avanti Architects has received the thumbs-up for the £15 million regeneration and redevelopment of part of north London's run-down Kilburn High Road.
BARKING TOWN CENTRE

Architect: Allford Hall Monaghan Morris Landscape architect: Andrew Grant Associates Client: Redrow The centre of Barking in east London is undergoing a thorough makeover, with the first phase nearing completion and the second about to start. Both phases, designed by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, with muf working on the public realm, include intense development accompanied by the creation of new civic spaces, surrounded by buildings with boldly coloured facades.
Barton Willmore and Watson Bertram & Fell win go-ahead for zero-carbon house

Barton Willmore and Watson Bertram & Fell (WBF) have obtained planning permission for this zero-carbon house in Falfield, South Gloucestershire.
Bath campaigners mourn Churchill House

Campaigners are to hold a two-minute silence in memory of the demolished Churchill House building in Bath as part of a vigil this Friday night.
BCIA shortlist unveiled

The shortlist for this year's British Construction Industry Awards (BCIA) has been announced.
BDP to produce new vision for Gatwick Diamond

BDP has been called in by Crawley Borough Council to produce a 'vision and action plan' for Manor Royal Estate - a run down commercial zone to the south of Gatwick Airport.
BISHOP BLASTS 'IDENTIKIT BRIDGES'

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Bishop blasts 'identikit' Olympic bridges

Design for London director Peter Bishop has attacked the Olympic Delivery Authority's (ODA's) proposal to use a single Arup design as the template for all but one of the 2012 Olympic Park's bridges.
Bishop calls for dialogue over public money spending

The director of Design for London, Peter Bishop, has called for an open dialogue over how public money is spent on the built environment.
Blunders force Europan to extend competition deadline

Europan, the biennial housing contest for up-and-coming architects, has been forced to extend the competition's deadline after architects pointed out a string of embarrassing gaffes in the rules.
BOLD DESIGN HAS ITS PLACE, AND IT SHOULD PREVAIL AT THE OLYMPIC PARK

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Bradford contest brings modern life to Victorian homes

Bradford Council has launched a competition to provide designs for an extensive modernisation of two Victorian houses in the town.
CAMRA aims to raise a glass to well-designed pubs

The Campaign for Real Ale, (CAMRA) has teamed up with English Heritage and the Victorian Society to find the UK's most 'exceptionally designed pubs'.
Caruso St John has designs on Chiswick Park Gardens

Caruso St John Architects has revealed its designs for a new café at Chiswick House Gardens in London.
CASTLE COULD RISE FROM RUINS

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CHANGES TO LOCALPLANNING POLICY SHOULD BE SCRUTINISED

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CHARGING RHINO TRAMPLES THE WEBSITE RULES

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Chippo unveils redesigned Berlin Museum Island scheme

David Chipperfield has revealed its redesigned proposals for a new entrance and gallery building on Berlin's Museum Island.
Clash Architects unveils new art centre - images

Clash Architects has revealed these images for a new art facility for people with learning disabilities, in the heart of Derbyshire.
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COASTAL CONTEXT IS AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT

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Collective Architecture bags double-win in Scotland

Collective Architecture has won a brace of competitions to masterplan two areas of south-west Scotland.
Competition for Cheltenham gallery extension launched

The RIBA has announced the launch of an international competition for the design of an extension to Cheltenham's Art Gallery and Museum.
CONCRETE ADVERT MISLEADS OVER SUSTAINABILITY

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'CONE' PROVIDES SPACE FOR WORSHIP

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CONSTRUCTION HEALTH AND SAFETY MUST MODERNISE

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CONTRIBUTORS

Ken Powell, who writes the Building Study on All Saints Dulwich on pages 23-35, is an architectural critic, author and historian
CONTRIBUTORS

Jonathan Lovekin, who photographs the Building Study on pages 2941, is based in London and was the photographer for Nigel Slater's Kitchen Diaries book
CONTRIBUTORS

Christine Sullivan, who photographs Castle Drogo for the Building Study on pages 25-37, is an artist based in London working in photography and video
CONTRIBUTORS

Neil Deely, whose work appears on the Sketchbook on page 114, is a partner in Metropolitan Workshop and is on the National Panel of CABE enablers
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Costs balloon on Rogers' Cambridge station scheme

The cost of Rogers, Stirk, Harbour & Partners' controversial Cambridge railway station scheme has mushroomed from £725 million to £850 million.
Costs for Feilden & Mawson's Supreme Court spiral

Feilden & Mawson Architects' Supreme Court project could cost £100 million, according to recent newspaper reports.
Costs rocket on Zaha's Glasgow transport museum

Costs on Zaha Hadid's troubled transport museum project in Glasgow have shot up by almost £15 million - the second price hike in 18 months.
'CRAZY' FIGURES CLAIM HITS SMC

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Date announced for Elephant and Castle developer decision

Southwark Council has announced that the decision as to which consortia will develop its massive Elephant and Castle regeneration scheme will be made on 24 July.
Design contest is 'last chance to save Rudolph school'

A new international design competition is the 'one chance' left to save the Riverview School in Sarasota, Florida - one of Paul Rudolph's most high-profile buildings - it has been claimed.
Design team sought for Forty Hall revamp

The London Borough of Enfield is seeking an architect-led team for the £6 million revamp of the Grade I-listed Forty Hall and its Grade II-listed gardens.
Developers under the spotlight in 'land-banking' probe

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced an investigation into land-banking, and why it takes so long to develop plots already earmarked for housing.
Dexter Moren provides for birds and bats with Westminster flats

Dexter Moren Architects (DMA) has won planning permission to redevelop part of central London's Westminster with this new apartment block.
DIGGING OUT THE ANSWERS FROM THE MOLE

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Douglas Wallace's Bow Street Magistrates' Court goes for planning

Douglas Wallace Architects has submitted these designs for the complete overhaul of one of London's most famous buildings - the Grade II-listed Bow Street Magistrates' Court and Police Station.
East brings larch-clad extension to Kent school

Architectural practice East has been granted planning permission for this competition-winning proposal for a new building and classroom extension for Sussex Road Primary School in Tonbridge, Kent.
East to create strategic 'vision' for Acton Town

East has been appointed by Ealing Council to draw up a strategic 'vision and development framework' for Acton Town, west London.
ECD gives Canning Town block a solar recharge - images

ECD Architects has won the go-ahead to revamp an ailing 1960s tower block in Canning Town, East London, by cladding it with thousands of photovoltaic panels.
Edaw and Studio Egret West design entire 'urban quarter' for Manchester

Edaw and Studio Egret West's massive Holt Town Waterfront development on the edge of Manchester city centre has been submitted for planning.
Edinburgh Council refuses to endorse leader's attack on FaulknerBrowns scheme

Edinburgh City Council is distancing itself from its own planning leader, after he made claims that FaulknerBrowns' controversial Sighthill Stadium scheme is 'dead in the water'.
English Heritage agrees to demolition of Second World War landmark

English Heritage has agreed to the demolition of the Grade II-listed former Royal Observer Corps' headquarters in Winchester.
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Falconer Chester Hall redraws New Brighton

Falconer Chester Hall Architects has drawn up new plans for the redevelopment of Wirral's New Brighton waterfront.
FESTIVAL FINALISTS REVEALED

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Firms jump at the chance to design library for George W Bush

Eight firms, including starchitect Cesar Pelli, have been shortlisted to design a presidential library to commemorate US President George W Bush's two terms in office.
First look at Chipperfield's Margate gallery

David Chipperfield Architects has released the first images of the replacement for Snøhetta and Spence Associates' doomed Turner Contemporary art gallery in Margate.
Foster & Partners plans 'cut-diamond' observation tower in Siberia

Foster & Partners has unveiled designs for a mixed-use observation tower in Russia's oil-rich but inhospitable Siberian Khanty-Mansi region.
Foster goes from strength to strength as profits soar...

Foster & Partners has released an extraordinary set of year-end figures that will send shockwaves through the industry and go someway to explain private-equity group 3i's keenness to invest in the practice ('Turbo-charged' Foster signs investment deal).
Foster under pressure over Edinburgh ForthQuarter masterplan

Foster & Partners has been forced to reassess its masterplan for ForthQuarter in Edinburgh because it 'lacks vision', according to Scotland's design watchdog.
Foster's Heathrow East gets off the ground

Foster & Partners' £1.5 billion Heathrow East project has been cleared for take-off, signalling the imminent demise of Frederick Gibberd's Terminal 2 building.
FOSTER'S MANOR REACHES FAR AND WIDE

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Foster's Spaceport dream begins to take off

Norman Foster's dreams of designing the world's first Spaceport in New Mexico, USA are still alive after it was revealed that his practice is one of three teams shortlisted to take the scheme forward.
Frank Whittle hopes its horse comes in with racecourse submission

Frank Whittle Partnership (FWP) has submitted these designs for a new racecourse in Salford, Greater Manchester.
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Furore over 'baffling' Plymouth listing

A bitter spat has broken out in Plymouth between the local council and English Heritage (EH) over the 'baffling' decision to list the city's 1961 Civic Centre.
Future Systems is a surprise winner at AJ/Bovis Awards

Future Systems' highly contentious Prague National Library concept has scooped the top prize at the AJ/Bovis Awards.
Future Systems' Prague library likened to 'outer-space computer speaker'

A hi-fi speaker company has pointed out the remarkable similarity of Future Systems' controversial Prague library scheme to one of its products.
Gaunt Francis follows Inskip & Jenkins with Lutyens overhaul

Gaunt Francis Architects has been appointed to 'significantly redesign' the interior of one of Lutyens' most famous buildings - Britannic House in Finsbury Circus, central London.
Gehry's King Alfred scheme faces last minute setback

Frank Gehry's King Alfred scheme in Brighton has been rocked by a shock setback at the last minute.
gm & ad goes for planning with Glasgow community centre

gm & ad has submitted this £13.5 million community care and office scheme in Drumoyne, south-west Glasgow, for planning.
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Grimshaw wins 2007 Lubetkin Prize

Grimshaw Architects has won the 2007 Lubetkin Prize for its Southern Cross Station in Melbourne, Australia.
G-SPAN AJ ENQUIRY 204

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GUN FOR HIRE

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Hackett and Hall sees off competition for new Belfast arts centre

Hackett and Hall Architects has seen off an impressive shortlist to win the competition to design the replacement for the Old Museum Arts Centre (OMAC) in Belfast.
HANDSOME LOT

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HE VALUES THE EXPERIENCE OF ARCHITECTURE THROUGH TIME RATHER THAN EYECATCHING OBJECT MAKING

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INDUCTION LOOPS ARE A COMMON AND CHEAP WAY OF IMPROVING SOUND

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Iraq's finest buildings shown on deck of cards for US forces

The US military has been given a deck of cards showing some of Iraq's finest buildings and archaeological gems in a bid to stop them being bombed.
IS LEARNED APPRECIATION MORE IMPORTANT THAN INSTINCTIVE REACTION?

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James Purnell named as new Culture Secretary

James Purnell has been named as the new Secretary of State for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport after a massive Cabinet reshuffle by Prime Minister Gordon Brown.
Jowell defies English Heritage to save Lonsdale Cinema

Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell has saved Carlisle's Lonsdale Cinema from demolition by controversially listing the Art Deco 1930s building.
KAZAKH SCHOOL IS AN EDUCATION FOR HOK

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Knight Architects wins River Lee footbridge comp

Knight Architects has won a competition for a new footbridge over the River Lee in Tottenham, north London.
'LAST CHANCE' TO SAVE RIVERVIEW

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Levitt Bernstein wins planning for south London care centre

Levitt Bernstein Architects' proposals for a new care centre in Southwark, south London, have been granted outline planning approval.
Liverpool Council to investigate contentious Pathfinder scheme

Further cracks appear to be opening in the Government's controversial Pathfinder housing initiative, after it emerged Liverpool City Council was to launch its own inquiry into the programme.
Liverpool University seeks architectural horse-whisperers

The University of Liverpool has launched an unusual competition to find an architect to design a new horse-related research and performance facility - including an equine colic centre.
LIVING ROOFS

When the Greater London Authority launched the Living Roofs campaign in November 2003 we wanted green roofs, roof gardens and roof terraces to be as common in London as they are in other European cities.
Livingstone's green housing policies 'unworkable'

The British Property Federation and the Home Builders Federation have led a fresh attack on London Mayor Ken Livingstone's green targets, claiming they are 'doomed to failure'.
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London's Old Baltic Exchange to be rebuilt in Estonia

The City of London's Old Baltic Exchange, destroyed by an IRA bomb in 1992, is to rise from the rubble 1,000 miles away in Estonia.
Luder's Trinity Square faces demolition

The Twentieth Century Society (C20) has lost its battle to save one of Britain's most famous Brutalist masterpieces from the demolition ball.
Make draws on nature for Canadian house

Make Architects has unveiled these designs for a one-off private house in Canada.
Markland Klaschka named among Belfast arts centre competitors

Up-and-coming London practice Markland Klaschka has been named on the shortlist in the competition to design the £16 million successor to the Old Museum Arts Centre (OMAC) in Belfast's Cathedral Quarter.
Mayor under fire from his own assembly over 'threat to London's views'

Some of London's most iconic views could be under threat under new legislation from the London Mayor, according to campaigners within the London Assembly.
MBLA unveils 'sustainable' east Manchester housing scheme

MBLA has released the first image of a new 400-home scheme overlooking the Ashton Canal in Clayton, east Manchester.
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Monasteries feel the effect as Darwin house World Heritage application postponed

The withdrawal of an application to make Charles Darwin's former home a World Heritage Site (WHS) has meant that an application by the Twin Monastery of Wearmouth and Jarrow in the North East will also be delayed.
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More bad news for Zaha as Transport Museum faces uncertain future

Zaha Hadid will today learn the fate of her troubled Transport Museum scheme in Glasgow, just a day after she discovered that her City Casino project in Basel, Switzerland had been torpedoed by Basel residents, 62 per cent of which voted to reject the scheme ( Zaha misses out on Swiss casino jackpot ).
MOXON AND KNIGHT IN THE MINES

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New competition to transform infamous Belfast prison

A contest has been launched to find an architect-led team to design a new International Centre for Conflict Transformation (ICCT) at the infamous former Maze/Long Kesh prison in Belfast.
NEW ISLINGTON IS PART OF A LONG-TERM MASTERPLAN

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Newham design review panel calls for architects

The London Borough of Newham has put out a call for architects, urban designers and landscape architects to join a new design review panel.
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Norwich architect wants to overhaul city hall

Norwich-based architect Michael Innes is set to unveil his radical proposals for the transformation of the City Hall.
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Nouvel beats Chippo in Spanish harbour competition -

Jean Nouvel has pipped David Chipperfield in the competition to redesign Vigo harbour in north-west Spain.
Nouvel pips Grimshaw to MOMA extension

Jean Nouvel has beaten Grimshaw Architects in a top-secret competition to design the west extension of the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) in New York, the AJ understands.
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ODA launches hunt for Handball Arena design team

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) has begun its search for a design team to develop the Handball and Paralympic Goalball Arena for the 2012 Olympics.
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Olympic Games Athletes' Village inundated with entries

A staggering 500 online registrations have been received from architects vying for a role on the 2012 Olympic Games' largest contract - the Athletes' Village.
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Oracle's surprise cash offer leaves partygoers high and dry

Six hundred guests to a launch party for a Richard Hywel Evans (RHE) scheme were left high and dry when the entire development was snapped up for £25 million on the eve of the party.
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Parry's museum extension plan causes heated battle in Bath

Eric Parry Architects has become embroiled in a firestorm over its controversial plans to build an extension to Bath's Grade I-listed Holburne Museum.
PARTNER ARCHITECT'S ACCOUNT

The architectural process has not ended.
PASSION ALONE WON'T BUY GOOD DESIGN

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Penoyre & Prasad in the running for new Bath University arts complex

Penoyre & Prasad - practice of the RIBA's president elect, Sunand Prasad - has been named on the shortlist in the competition to design the University of Bath's new arts complex at its Claverton Down campus.
Peter Cook receives knighthood

Archigram founder, architect and teacher Peter Cook (photographed here in 1986) has been unexpectedly knighted alongside cricketer Ian Botham and controversial author Salman Rushdie.
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Piano speaks out over plans for Harlem

Renzo Piano has defended his plans to demolish vast swathes of west Harlem, New York City, to make way for a new Columbia University campus.
Pitches sought in tent contest

'Emerging architects and designers' are being sought to enter a £10,000 competition to design a tent.
Plans to save Rudolph home fall apart

Hopes of saving a Paul Rudolph house by moving it across the USA have been dashed as talks between the two parties involved fell through on Tuesday.
PRACTICE SIZE IS NO MEASURE OF SUCCESS OR QUALITY

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Practices struggle with 'convoluted' ODA competition notices

The Olympic Delivery Authority's (ODA) design contest notices are so 'convoluted, incomprehensible and obscure' that the majority of architects have been put off entering.
Practices vie for Prime Minister's Better Building Award

Feilden Clegg Bradley and DSDHA are among a shortlist of 18 architects, designers and engineers vying for the Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award 2007.
Preston's bus station wins reprieve from the wrecking ball

The ongoing saga surrounding Preston's doomed Brutalist 1970s bus station has taken yet another twist after it emerged the building has been given a six-year reprieve.
Prince Charles leaps to the rescue of the Adam brothers' Dumfries House

Dumfries House, one of the Adam brothers' most important buildings, has been saved for the nation - along with its revered collection of 18th-century furniture.
PRINGLE IN SECRET TALKS OVER ARB

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Pringle in secret talks with minister over the ARB's role

A letter leaked to the AJ has revealed the outgoing president of the RIBA, Jack Pringle, has been engaged in secret talks with the government about 'possible amendments' to the 1997 Architects Act.
Profits rise for expanding Carey Jones

Carey Jones Architects has reported another solid financial year, with 2006 year-end profits before tax up nearly 2 per cent on 2005.
Purcell Miller Tritton buys South West-based Niall Phillips Architects

Following a two-year courtship, Purcell Miller Tritton has acquired South West-based practice Niall Phillips Architects for an undisclosed sum.
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Reid aims to overhaul Lancaster city centre

Reid Architecture has submitted outline planning for this £100 million scheme that it is hoped will rejuvenate Lancaster city centre.
Reid and 3D announce merger

Architectural heavyweight Reid Architecture is to merge with fellow big hitter 3D Architects, it has been revealed today.
REID CREATES CONCORD IN GIBRALTAR

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RIAS chief executive resigns from her post

The chief executive of the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS), Mary Wrenn, is to step down due to 'personal reasons'.
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RMJM strides back onto scene with giant US merger

Scottish giant RMJM has merged with Hillier, one of America's largest practices, to create a new global architectural behemoth.
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ROGERS BRINGS CEMETERY TO LIFE

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Rolfe Judd sees leap in profits

Rolfe Judd Architects has seen its before-tax profits jump by nearly 50 per cent in 2006.
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Search launched to find new owner for Hodder's Berners pool

The fate of Stephen Hodder's ill-fated Berners pool hangs in the balance as the search for a new owner to take on the crumbling pool was launched today.
SEED OF CHANGE IS A GROWING CONCERN

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Selfridges denies that Ito's flagship Glasgow store has been resurrected

Selfridges has denied it is finally pressing ahead with long-forgotten plans to build a new store in Glasgow designed by Toyo Ito - which would be the Japanese star's first building in the UK.
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Simpson's Tower Bridge scheme goes in for planning

Ian Simpson's south London Chambers Wharf scheme - on one of the last brownfield sites on the Thames - has been submitted for planning.
SKETCHBOOK - AB ROGERS

Sketches for the new Emperor Moth boutique in Mayfair, London.
SKETCHBOOK - ALAN DUNLOP

Concept sketch for a penthouse at St Pancras, London. By Alan Dunlop of gm + ad
SKETCHBOOK - JOHN CHAPMAN

Hill Top House - influenced by 'Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions' by Edward A Abbott (published 1884) and the houses of Serge Chermayeff and Marcel Breuer in Wellfleet, Massachusetts. By John Chapman of JAC Architects
SKETCHBOOK - NEIL DEELY

Postcards sent after study trip with the Adamstown District Centre project team. By Neil Deely of Metropolitan Workshop, winner of the First-time Exhibitor award at the AJ/Bovis Awards
SMC Alsop wins planning for Salford tower

SMC Alsop has won planning permission for this 27-storey mixed-use tower in Salford, Greater Manchester.
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Streetwise CABE promotes better public design to increase property prices

CABE has issued a report showing a direct link between better street design and higher property values.
Stride Treglown submits Bristol Temple Quay scheme for planning

Stride Treglown, the largest practice in the South West, has submitted this office scheme in Bristol for planning, as part of the city's massive Temple Quay development.
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THE ACOUSTIC DESIGN HINGES ON THE DEPTH OF THE VOID

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THE ARB OPENS ITS DOORS TO DEBATE

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THE BARTLETT'S PREVALENCE MAY HAVE SKEWED

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THERE IS MORE TO ARCHITECTURE THAN SPIN AND SHOPPING

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Third time unlucky for Arca as CABE attacks Salford scheme

Arca has achieved an unwelcome hat-trick after CABE condemned the practice's high-rise scheme in Salford's Exchange Greengate area for a third time.
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Threatened French Communist Party HQ plays host to RIBA annual conference

The RIBA's annual conference will be held at Oscar Niemeyer's French Communist Party headquarters in Paris, even though the building could be sold to cover the political party's debts.
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Top practices battle it out for Hereford 'retail quarter'

Terry Farrell and Partners, Holder Mathias, Benoy and Allies and Morrison are four of the big-name practices to have made it to a seven-strong shortlist vying to design a new retail centre for Hereford.
Tower of London and Westminster avoid World Heritage 'risk list'...

The Tower of London and Westminster will not be put on the World Heritage Committee's 'danger list', Unesco has said.
TP Bennett wins planning battle over Mitcham development

TP Bennett has won its battle with south London's Merton Council over its plans to build a new £50 million mixed-use development on the soon-to-be demolished Windmill Trading Estate, Mitcham.
Tribunal gives go-ahead to Cambridge fire station

This controversial Glenn Howells scheme for a new fire station in Cambridge has finally got the green light after a tribunal overruled a council decision to reject the project.
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UNWELCOME RETURN TO THE 1960S

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Urban Initiatives plans pioneering Expo in Newcastle...

Urban Initiatives is to submit plans for a new £380 million Expo - the first of its kind in the UK - which will transform the 'problematic' Scotswood area of Newcastle.
Urban Splash finally reveals New Islington footbridge victor

Urban Splash has finally named Gollifer Langston Architects as the winner of its New Islington footbridge competition.
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Waugh Thistleton challenges dRMM over world's 'tallest timber tower'

Waugh Thistleton has claimed that it is to build the world's tallest timber residential building in Hackney, north London.
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Wilkinson Eyre has foggy idea for New York island

Wilkinson Eyre is the only British practice battling for the chance to redevelop New York's Governors Island.
Winner announced for King's Cross youth centre comp

Former Caruso St John associate Adam Khan has won the high-profile competition to redesign the New Horizon Youth Centre in King's Cross, London.
Woolwich's squares to get the Livingstone treatment

Woolwich's run-down town squares have been selected as the latest priority for London Mayor Ken Livingstone's ambitious 100 Public Spaces Programme.
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Zaha leaps to Le Corbusier's defence in heated debate

Zaha Hadid has launched a verbal attack on London independent mayoral candidate, John Bird, after he said Le Corbusier was guilty of designing 'shitholes'.
Zaha misses out on Swiss casino jackpot

Plans for a Zaha Hadid-designed casino in Basel, Switzerland, have been torpedoed after local residents voted to ditch the scheme.
Zaha to cover for Serpentine Pavilion's late arrival

Zaha Hadid will be designing a temporary installation for this year's Serpentine Gallery summer party on 11 July, to cover for the late arrival of Olafur Eliasson and Kjetil Thorsen's pavilion.

Architects JournalJune 2007

Architects Journal
June 2007