Architects Journal
June 2009

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‘New vision’ needed for the Olympic legacy, says Rogers

Richard Rogers has warned that the Olympic legacy could be wasted if a new vision for the site and the surrounding Lower Lea Valley in London does not emerge soon
‘The Serpentine Pavilion is the ideal brief’

Serpentine Gallery directors Julia Peyton-Jones and Hans Ulrich Obrist on this year’s pavilion
Architects brace themselves for NHS cuts

Healthcare sector contracts and planning approvals fall as NHS announces £15 billion funding gap
Nicholas Hare wins LSC Excellence Award for college

Nicholas Hare Architects’ ‘beautifully executed’ Joseph Chamberlain College in Birmingham has won this year’s RIBA/LSC Further Education Building Design Excellence Award
RIBA pulls plug on PhD fund

Ozolins Studentship withdrawn as more students consider postgrad study
Rising damp is a myth, says former RICS chief

Stephen Boniface, former chairman of the construction arm of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), has told the institute’s 40,000 members that ‘true rising damp’ is a myth and chemically injected damp-proof courses (DPC) are ‘a complete waste of money’.
SOM to masterplan vast £49 billion Saudi Arabian city

SOM has landed the commission to take forward the $80 billion (£49 billion) masterplan for King Abdullah Economic City in Saudi Arabia – one of the biggest projects in the Middle East
Spot the architect: LSE student union contenders revealed

The AJ can exclusively reveal the first images of the six shortlisted schemes in the competition for the London School of Economics’ (LSE) new £21.5 million students’ centre
Tricorn Centre site could stand empty for another five years

The site of the Tricorn Centre in Portsmouth, demolished in 2004, could remain empty for a decade after developer Centros said it wants to extend the planning agreement for its £500 million shopping centre by five years
Value of housing contracts falls

The latest figures from construction industry tracker Glenigan reveal a decline in the value of residential contracts
Walker Simpson completes 'electrifying' project in Manchester

Walker Simpson Architects has completed this 35m-long, 33kV electricity substation, clad in Corten steel, close to Manchester’s Piccadilly station.
Zaha Hadid continues work on Seville project despite court ruling

Zaha Hadid is to continue construction of the controversial Seville library in the face of public opposition and a court ruling against the firm
3DReid's North Canal Corridor set to fail

3DReid’s North Canal Corridor project looks set to be scrapped following the announcement by Lancaster City Council that it is to withdraw from the public enquiry
A gateway to China’s mountains

This is Sutherland Hussey’s newly completed canopied entrance to a ski resort in Xiling, China
A right royal punch-up

Ian Martin thinks it’s time we set up a wrestling match between Lord Rogers and Prince Charles
Abbey Green - email interest confirmed

Thank you for registering an interest in receiving updates on the Abbey Green contest. We will be in touch shortly
AJ competition to redesign Abbey Green in Barking, East London, with Design for London and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham

The AJ ran a competition to redesign Abbey Green in Barking, East London, with Design for London and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. The shortlist is now available
AJ Exclusive: Duggan Morris wins Sefton Waterworks contest

London’s Duggan Morris Architects has won the international contest to design a £250,000 canalside pavilion to the north of Liverpool.
All new homes to be ‘zero carbon’ by 2016

New government white paper demands that all new homes must be ‘zero carbon’ by 2016
American fury as Foster grabs $120m San Francisco job

Foster + Partners has angered three ‘local’ firms by winning the stimulus-backed renovation of a historic San Francisco landmark
Archistars outshone at Sofia’s World Triennial of Architecture

Little-known practices showed outstanding work at Sofia’s World Triennial of Architecture, says Joseph Rykwert
Architect joins Gormley’s Trafalgar Square project

Tim Bushe of Walker Bushe Architects has been selected to stand for an hour in public on 16 July as part of Antony Gormley’s occupation of the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square
Architect takes his place in Trafalgar Square

Astragal has learned that a UK architect is set to be immortalised in Trafalgar Square – for an hour.
Architects criticise missed opportunity over Part L

Architects have rounded on the government following its decision to scrap the proposed ‘consequential improvements’ clause in Part L2A of the Building Regulations
Architects to solve political crisis: AJ Common of Houses competition

The Architects’ Journal launches a new design contest - judged by Ken Livingstone and Ruth Reed - in a bid to solve the controversy over MPs’ second homes
Architecture and the Conservative party

Architects tell the AJ what an elected Tory government would mean for the profession
Architecture Student Design Award 2009

Architecture students are being invited by the City of London Corporation to design a new seating area for the Riverside Walk in the ‘Square Mile
Architype wins competition to design eco-headquarters

Architype has won the contest to design a new sustainable headquarters building for two environmental charities in Hertfordshire
Arresting development - Aedas reveals new police HQ

These are the first images of the new £64 million Aedas-designed headquarters for the Greater Manchester Police Force
Arriving soon: New Leeds railway station entrance

[VIDEO] Plans to build a new £15 million entrance at Leeds City Railway Station have been unveiled.
Astragal reveals final height of the Burj Dubai

Has Astragal stumbled across the answer to the world’s most asked question – ‘How tall will the Burj Dubai be?’
Attack of the Clones - Star Wars supremo unveils look-a-like building

This is not the house you’re looking for… but it is almost identical
Baroness Andrews appointed chair of English Heritage

Kay Andrews has been named the first woman chair of English Heritage (EH)
Bartlett unveils government-backed anti-recession programme

The Bartlett School of Architecture has launched a four-pronged ‘recession busting’ initiative to help struggling architects and young practitioners
Beauty or Beast: Cesar Pelli's One Park West Liverpool

Later today (19 August), Cesar Pelli’s 17-storey ‘flagship’ residential building at the heart of the Stirling-shortlisted Liverpool One masterplan will be given a group hug
Beauty or beast: New Liverpool Pier Head Ferry Terminal

Liverpool’s new £9.5 million ferry terminal by Belfast-based Hamilton Architects sits in a UNESCO world heritage site opposite the city’s Three Graces
Berman Guedes Stretton wins approval for Oxford University scheme

Berman Guedes Stretton has landed planning approval for this £17 million scheme at Pembroke College, Oxford
BIG and Adams Kara Taylor win in Tallinn

Danish architect BIG and London-based ‘engineers to the stars’ Adams Kara Taylor have won the contest to design a new town hall in the Estonian capital, Tallinn
Boris Johnson strengthens protection of London landmarks

Famous views of London landmarks are set to receive greater protection, following the publication of new draft guidelines by Boris Johnson, Mayor of London
Boris, Crossrail and £2 million pounds of art

Astragal notes with amusement how Boris Johnson is using Crossrail to wheedle more money from the country’s beleaguered developers
Branson Coates co-founder struck off register of architects

Douglas Branson, founder of ‘once fashionable’ Branson Coates Architecture, was one of three architects recently erased from the register of architects after being found guilty of unacceptable professional conduct
Brighton School of Architecture

Clarity of design clouded by chaotic curating at Brighton
Britain's Got Architectural Talent - vote for your favourite student

The nation has until next Thursday (25 June) to help pick the finalists in the UK’s largest student prize
British High Commission, New Delhi, India - refurb and possible extension

The Foreign & Commonwealth Office (FCO) is seeking applicants for the refurbishment, restack and possible extension of the British High Commission, New Delhi, India
CABE finally happy with Olympic media centre plans

CABE’s Olympic panel has been won over by the designs for London 2012’s media centre following a series of revisions to the scheme
CABE lauds Rogers' ‘dull’ British Museum extension

The design body has lavished praise on the proposed extension of the museum by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners but has called for more boldness in its design
CABE slates HGP Architects' Barnet scheme

CABE has damned a HGP Architects’ scheme in Barnet in its latest design review, branding it ‘fundamentally flawed’
CABE to cut network handouts

Architecture Centres fear ‘devastating’ impact of reduction in grant aid
Caruso St John: 'The feeling of things' and 'Almost everything'

David Leatherbarrow reviews two books that chart the style of Caruso St John
Charles and Richard - the return match

Ian Martin finds himself in a battle royale for the hearts and minds of Epic Space’s archiblogoverse
Chatham Historic Dockyard development

Chatham Historic Dockyard Trust is seeking an architect for the development of a new University School of Art within an existing building in the Historic Dockyard
Chelsea Barracks may be dead, but nimbyism lives on.

Before the towering power of the financier, local authority and even royalty seem at a loss. Nimbyism does nowadays seem to be the only energising engine of protest, says Joseph Rykwert
Chelsea Barracks saga: Rogers seeks £1.5 million from Qataris

Double Stirling Prize winner Richard Rogers has taken the first ‘legal step’ in a bid to recover more than £1.5 million in unpaid fees after being kicked off the controversial Chelsea Barracks project
Chelsea Barracks: the legacy

The RIBA must get off its high horse and engage in this debate, says Kieran Long
City Council attacks Coventry 'Flying-saucer' listing

The decision to list Coventry’s modernist retail market has set back the city’s £1billion regeneration proposals, authority officials have claimed
City of Justice, Barcelona, Spain, by David Chipperfield Architects

David Chipperfield and b720’s City of Justice in Barcelona is legible at every scale, from site plan to detail design, says Rory Olcayto. Photography by Christian Richters
Complete shortlists for BCI Awards 2009

The AJ can reveal every UK and international project shortlisted for the British Construction Industry Awards. The winners will be announced at the Gala Awards Dinner in London on Wednesday, 14 October.
Construction and the Conservatives

Will a Tory government scrap public sector work just when architects need it most? By Christine Murray
Construction begins on Foster's Spaceport America

Building works began last week on the world’s first ever private spaceport
Control of Chelsea Barracks shifts to local people - and Prince Charles

The Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment is to work closely with the developer Qatari Diar to deliver a scheme more focused on local community
Country house, Flockton, Yorkshire by Architecture2B

FIRST LOOK: Leeds-based Architecture2B has submitted this scheme for planning under the PPS7 ‘contemporary country house’ clause
'Cyclepoint' bike park, Paddington Station by Elefant Architecten

FIRST LOOK: London’s largest bike park has been designed by Dutch architects Elefant, and will combine cycle hire, repair and secure parking at railway stations
CZWG granted approval for Finsbury Park student scheme

Piers Gough CZWG Architects proposal for a £21 million student accommodation scheme in Finsbury Park, north London has received planning approval
Deadline nears for MP's accommodation competition

Last chance to enter the AJ’s ‘Common of Houses’ competition - and first chance to see entries so far
Degree show reviews

University of GreenwichKingston UniversityNottingham Trent UniversityBirmingham City UniversityBirmingham School of Architecture11 – 23 JuneDe Montfort UniversityLeicester School of Architecture13
Demolition of post-modern RMJM gem angers local architects

Architects have reacted angrily to the demolition of RMJM’s 1985 Balfour Stewart House office block in Edinburgh to make way for a 72-home housing scheme by Archial Architects
Duty of dereliction

We should make the most of derelict sites, even if only for the short term, says Lindsey Whitelaw
Ecophon Akutex FT

Reveal the colours of nature - Akutex FT colour collection from Ecophon. The New unique surface of Ecophon’s ceiling tiles; Akutex FT has a smooth surface that contributes to a visually harmonious feel while also providing several acoustic benefits.
Ecophon Focus™ Ds XL

Attractive solution for office corridors. For a smooth, elegant surface Focus Ds XL gives you a hidden grid with a symmetrical edge design in which only a discreet v-joint reveals the join between the panels. The ceiling thus gives an even, smooth impression.
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. These activities can result in high levels of noise
Edinburgh World Heritage Site plans halted by Unesco

Two schemes planned for Edinburgh city centre face a two-year delay after Unesco passes strongly-worded resolutions urging Edinburgh Council and the Scottish Government to scale back plans
EEA proposal: The hanging gardens of Hackney

The European Environmental Agency (EEA) is considering plans to encourage city dwellers to grow their own food
English planning applications fall by 30 per cent

The number of planning applications received by district planning authorities in England has fallen by almost a third, according to latest figures
Eric Parry wins RA’s architecture prize

Royal Academician Eric Parry has won the £10,000 architecture prize at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, sponsored by Bovis Lend Lease and supported by the AJ
Fettes College Preparatory School, Edinburgh, by Page\Park Architects

Page\Park’s prep school is a subtle, contemporary addition to historic Fettes College, says Alan Dunlop. Photography by Renzo Mazzolini
First Look: 23 Savile Row by Eric Parry

First images of Eric Parry’s new office building in Mayfair
First look: 7/7 memorial, Hyde Park

This memorial for the 52 victims of the 7 July bombings will be unveiled in Hyde Park today by Prince Charles on the fourth anniversary of the attacks
First look: AA summer pavilion

This year’s Architectural Association (AA) summer pavilion in Bedford Square, London, is unveiled tomorrow (3 July).
First look: Black Architecture's proposals for Harrow

Black Architecture has won the competition for the redevelopment of a key site in Harrow
First look: British practice among finalists for new Basra stadium

London’s Jordan + Bateman is the only UK practice named on the five-strong shortlist in the competition to design a new 65,000 football stadium in Basra, Iraq
First look: Capita Symonds' jet fighter-shaped building

Capita Symonds has completed this ‘fighter jet-inspired’ reception building at aerospace giants BAE Systems’ manufacturing plant in Samlesbury, Lancashire
First look: Chipperfield wins down Mexico way

David Chipperfield Architects is to design a new home for the most important private collection of contemporary art in Latin America
First Look: Forest Park School in Hampshire

These are the first images of Forest Park school in the New Forest by Hampshire County Council’s in-house architects
First Look: Gross Max and Chora's proposals for Berlin's Tempelhof Airport

A collaborative design from UK-based firms Chora Architecture and Urbanism and Gross Max has been shortlisted to regenerate the Columbia quarter of Berlin’s Tempelhof airport (scheme pictured)
First look: Manchester's sustainable super-campus

John McAslan & Partners reveal designs for a £120 million project for Manchester Metropolitan University
First look: McAslan's £16 million overhaul for Crouch End landmark

These are the first images of John McAslan + Partners’s proposals to revamp and convert the Grade II*-listed 1930s Hornsey Town Hall into an arts complex
First look: McAslan's Eastern Range at King's Cross

John McAslan + Partners has completed the first phase of its transformation of King’s Cross station
First look: RMJM Sport's world debut in China

RMJM has won the competition to design a 20,000 sq m community sports complex in Dalian, China.
First look: RMJM's China Beach resort, Vietnam

The new Hyatt Regency Danang Resort will be built on China Beach in Danang, which was voted one of the top 10 most beautiful beaches in the world in Forbes magazine
First look: Sefton Pathfinder pavilion finalists

These are the first pictures of the shortlisted designs in the international contest to design a new ‘moveable’ canal-side pavilion for a Pathfinder area north of Liverpool
First look: Sjolander da Cruz's Wolves shelter

Sjolander da Cruz has completed this £75,000 shelter for children at a skate park in Wolverhampton
First look: Sutherland Hussey in Xiling, China

These are the first images of Sutherland Hussey’s canopied entrance to a ski resort in Xiling, China
First look: Sutherland Hussey's River Ericht scheme

Sutherland Hussey Architects has revealed its proposed visitor centre on the River Ericht in Blairgowrie, Scotland
First Look: Topotek 1 adds to Libeskind's Imperial War Museum North

The competition to design the exterior spaces around Imperial War Museum North, completed in 2002 by Daniel Libeskind, has been won by Topotek 1
First peek at David Adjaye's new Moscow School of Management

Work is nearing completion on Adjaye Associates new Moscow School of Management in Skolkovo
First shots of Hadid's delayed Burnham pavilion

Zaha Hadid Architects has finally released these official snaps of its ‘overdue’ Burnham pavilion in Chicago
Five things to do today: 1 July

Demolition art - top London picnic spots - Lamborghini Gallardo - personality socks - make a hat
Five things to do today: 10 July

Whisky on the stones - Folding keyboards - Tree flute - Gardens galore - NTU Architecture Show
Five things to do today: 10 June

[hu] Man vs Machine - Towering viewpoints - DETAIL book preview - iFixit - Failed technology predictions
Five things to do today: 11 June

Absurd architecture - Dekochari - Superimposition - Secret city - Firewinder
Five things to do today: 12 June

Charming chandeliers - Time to Consider - £50k doll’s house - Material Beliefs - The Bloody Apprentice
Five things to do today: 13 July

Optical illusions - Sonny Kay - Rock ‘n’ roll - Higher Ambition - Butterfly jungle
Five things to do today: 15 June

Sudoku pizza - Battle of the Buildings - Deadline - Blink and you’ll miss it - Penguin Records
Five things to do today: 16 June

All-in-one card stamp - One Good Chair - Flooded McDonalds - P.E.A.R - Wii Lawnmower
Five things to do today: 17 June

Bauhaus chess set - Slim buildings - Urban Archaeology - Z Handle - Corpoetics
Five things to do today: 18 June

Tremendous tunnels - Poor. Old. Tired. Horse. - Cactus design portfolio - Zurich Orchestra Art - Marks in Time
Five things to do today: 19 June

Moustache ukelele - Origami furniture - Subtitude - V&A Museum Trail - What is it? blog
Five things to do today: 2 July

murmurART - London lidos - ‘Food and the future of it’ - penny floor - Fantastic Journal
Five things to do today: 22 June

Style wars (the chess set) - Upside-down planter - Walking in my Mind - Summer reads - USB guitar
Five things to do today: 23 June

World Architecture Festival - Picasso Flashlight Drawings - The Uses of Literature - Sit Down Man - National Gallery Trail
Five things to do today: 24 June

London Transport Poster Archive - objectology - spectacular stairs - wooden iPod - architectural fashion photography
Five things to do today: 25 June

Folding Plug - English Rococo Silver - Modernist Gas Stations - Stroud Visual Arts Festival - Lego stop motion videos
Five things to do today: 26 June

Fantasy Suburbs - Greenwich & Docklands International Festival - Penguin covers then and now - Woolworths pic n’ mix - Architect in the House
Five things to do today: 29 June

Cool pools - Peter Randall-Page - RCA Graduate Show - Butterfly Jungle - Petri dish patterns
Five things to do today: 3 July

National Trust - best ice cream parlours in London - creative business cards - make your own Jackson Pollock - Christmas tree furniture
Five things to do today: 3 June

Squiggly radiator - Free artwork - Lego Ferrari - Recession architecture - Home Sweet Home
Five things to do today: 30 June

William Blake walking tour - Rubikscubism - Parliament Hill views - cool kettles - French drawings
Five things to do today: 4 June

3D book art - Baumraum - Dear American Airlines - Transparent desktop trick - White House art swap
Five things to do today: 5 June

Drain pipe hotel - Doodle Bar - UKMap - Three Frame Movies - Bing
Five things to do today: 6 July

Medals of Dishonour - New Acropolis Museum - home of Macbeth - sleekest record player ever - top 10 coolest beach houses
Five things to do today: 7 July

Cool Glastonbury images - incredible edibles - evolution of underwear - tantalising dinner - Baroque exhibition
Five things to do today: 8 July

Remembering Jan Kaplicky - Graphique Fanastique - Photographs by Reg Wilson - Drawings by Steven Holl – ZIG
Five things to do today: 8 June

School Run - Alphabet drawers - LMU Summer School - Porcelain dress - Greg Lynn
Five things to do today: 9 July

Toy sculptures - T-shirt guns - Urine fuelled cars - Futurism - Burning London
Five things to do today: 9 June

Bears Cave - Vintage graphics - Gearbox tap - Cities and Gender - Naked picnic
Former Olympic village chief to advise HCA on private investment

Nigel Hugill, ex-boss of the Olympic Village project, is to chair a new housing advisory group established by the Homes Communities Agency
Foster unveils Sierra Leone school design

Foster + Partners has revealed designs for a new school in Sierra Leone, West Africa
Foster’s tallest tower in Europe dream comes down to earth

The site of Foster + Partners’ 612m-tall Russia Tower in Moscow – hailed as the highest naturally ventilated skyscraper in the world – is to be used instead as a car park
Fuksas and Ushida Findlay among finalists for Oxfordshire chapel

An intriguing shortlist which includes Ushida Findlay, Niall McLaughlin and Italian starchitect Massimiliano Fuksas has been named in the contest to design a new college chapel in Oxfordshire.
Gas explosion fears fail to block Oval cricket ground extension

Populous, formerly HOK Sport, has finally won permission for its £35 million redevelopment of the famous Oval cricket ground
GKD Glittering membrane for a designer hotel

From outside, a woven metal façade and sun screening that reflects its surroundings and clads the elliptical shape of the building, from inside a transparent outer skin that affords a clear view of Spain’s vibrant metropolis
GKD Made-to-measure crinoline veils the courtroom

The spatial and aesthetic highlight of the principal courtroom of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg is a gold-tone, flowing suspended ceiling. It is made of Escale 5x1 metal mesh by GKD - Gebr. Kufferath AG. The three-dimensional, trapezoid-shaped mesh panels unfold from a cup-shaped centre into a crinoline structure that seems to float in space.
GKD Metal mesh as a colourful statement

GKD - Gebr. Kufferath AG again shows its true colours. Now a continuous process allows round wires also to be given a brilliant, UV- and weather-resistant coating in all RAL colours. Six trendy standard colours - black, white, blue, red, green and gold - offer contemporary architecture a new look in the form of versatile meshes for interior and exterior applications.
GKD Nativebamboo

Exotic flair meets minimalist elegance. With its new mesh type Nativebamboo, GKD - Gebr. Kufferath AG signals a return to authenticity. This innovative metal mesh with woven-in bamboo is an expressive result of latest experiments with materials
Gleeds to manage Bond Bryan-designed education schemes

The UK-based consultancy, Gleeds has been appointed by the Tresham Institute to project manage three education schemes in Northamptonshire, valued at £55 million
GM + AD bag Australian debut

Glasgow-based GM + AD Architects has landed its first scheme ‘down under’ - the design of the new Glenroy Specialist School, in Melbourne
Gordon Bennetts

Hey - aren’t you the famous Rab Bennetts?
Government to spend £1.5bn on new housing

The government has pledged to spend up to £1.5 billion towards 20,000 affordable homes over the next two decades
Government to withhold £500 million of healthcare funding

The healthcare sector is facing a £500 million shortfall as the government freezes proposed funding for hospital building and refurbishment
Government will fall short on green energy targets, says report

Government policies to reduce carbon emissions from shops, offices and factories by 2050 will fail, according to a report by the British Property Federation (BPF)
Grade II listing for Edinburgh Sport Dome, Malvern

‘Incredibly special’ Edinburgh Sports Dome in Malvern listed at Grade II on the advice of English Heritage
Great North Museum, Newcastle, by Terry Farrell and Partners

Terry Farrell reinvigorates regeneration in Newcastle, says Rory Olcayto. Photography by Andrew Haslam
Greenwich School of Architecture and Construction

Eccentric models and visionary utopias define the show at Greenwich
Grover Close, Hemel Hempstead by Buschow Henley

Buschow Henley’s Grover Close is that rare thing – generous and well-detailed social housing. But, argues Crispin Kelly, high-density developments may be depriving tenants of a real home. Photography by Andy Stagg
Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust London - Clinical PET Centre

Appointment of professional consultancy input to a design team for the formation of a clinical pet centre, including radiopharmacy and radiochemistry facilities
Hadid misses out as final five for Whitworth Gallery named

Zaha Hadid, Dixon Jones and Feilden Clegg Bradley have all failed to make it onto the final shortlist in the contest to revamp and extend the Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester
Hazel Blears steps down as Communities Secretary

Hazel Blears has announced she will stand down as Communities Secretary in next week’s government reshuffle
HCP, a division of SAS International

HCP supplied 970m of radiant heating panels to the new £60m Bristol Heart Institute project. It is the largest project undertaken since the 1970s for the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust.
Heatherwick reveals Shanghai pavilion

Thomas Heatherwick has revealed the final design for the British Pavilion at the Shanghai Expo in 2010
Heneghan Peng bag Greenwich school of architecture

Ireland’s Heneghan Peng has seen off an impressive shortlist, including David Chipperfield and Rafael Viñoly, to win the contest to design the University of Greenwich’s new £60 million school of architecture
Heritage Protection Bill left out - again

The government has dropped a bill designed to streamline heritage protection in England and Wales
High Street 2012 - Conservation architect sought

High Street 2012 will use the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games as a catalyst for regeneration along the A11/A118 in East London, from Aldgate in Tower Hamlets to Stratford in Newham.
Hodge lists 1960s Birkin Haward's family home

Architecture Minister Margaret Hodge has decided to grant a Grade II-listing to Birkin Haward’s (1912-2002) family home in Ipswich
Housing minister defines ‘zero-carbon’ term

Housing minister John Healey has spelled out the ‘zero carbon’ term in his announcement on energy standards for all new homes from 2016.
Hudson Architects provide salvation in Chelmsford

Work on Hudson Architects’ new home for The Salvation Army Citadel Corps in Chelmsford has completed
Imagine the city of the future: Third Advanced Architecture Competition

‘The Self-Sufficient City. Envisioning the habitat of the future’ is the title of the Third Advanced Architecture Competition (www.advancearchitecturecontest.org) organized by the IAAC and HP
In Our Image: an installation by Joseph Hillier

Discover the fabrication process behind ‘In Our Image’, a 16.7m high steel sculpture for a business park in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham by artist Joseph Hillier
In pictures: Architectural Review summer party

The Architectural Review celebrated its successful redesign with a summer party at the Molteni & C flagship store on Shaftesbury Avenue, London
In pictures: SANAA's Serpentine Pavilion

Architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of leading Japanese practice SANAA admire their Serpentine Pavilion, which opens to the public this Sunday
Inaugural winner of RIBA Stephen Williams scholarship announced

Laura Collins has been named as the first winner of the inaugural Stephen Williams Scholarship for cash-strapped students
Incredible pictures of tower which toppled over - in one piece

A nearly-completed 13-storey apartment building has fallen over - almost intact - in the Chinese city of Shanghai
It's student show time! Degree show dates

Get your diaries out and mark up the degree show dates for some serious summer talent spotting…
Jerwood School of Design, Oakham School, Leicestershire, by Project Orange

Project Orange demonstrates a healthy pragmatism at this design school, writes Rory Olcayto. Photography by Gareth Gardner
John Denham appointed communities secretary

John Denham, MP for Southampton Ithchen has replaced Hazel Blears as communities secretary
Judge rules fire service wrong on student flats

District Judge Shamim Qureshi has ruled that student flats should be defined as ‘private dwellings’ as opposed to a hall of residence, in a decision that effects the fire safety strategy
Kalzip Ltd Be inspired...!

Kalzip has launched an exciting new international Project Gallery featuring an extensive array of stunning photos and inspiring projects. Created to showcase Kalzip’s countless award-winning projects and the company’s impressive record of continuous achievement throughout the last 40 years, www.kalzipgallery.com is quick and easy to use
Kawneers sliding solutions top the scale

Sliding windows from architectural aluminium systems supplier Kawneer are proving just the tonic for health authorities in England and Wales. More than 1,000 of Kawneer’s latest AA®3110 horizontal sliding window, that maximises ventilation while minimising the risk of self-harming, have been specified by key architects in the healthcare market.
King’s Cross Square contenders in the dark

The architects shortlisted in the prestigious King’s Cross Square contest remain unbriefed about the project – six months after being selected
Kingston School of Architecture

Galleries in places of worship, lidos in car parks and plenty of paper models: Kingston takes on Croydon
Lakanal House: new evidence reveals how fatal fire spread

These exclusive images show the extraordinary way that fire tore through Lakanal House in Camberwell
Land Securities' chief urges off-site housing production

The UK’s biggest property developer has called on architects to reconsider their approach to residential design
Last chance to enter King's Cross gasometer contest

Architects and designers now have until the end of this week (24 July) to register in the contest to overhaul a Victorian gasometer at King’s Cross.
Last chance to enter World Architecture Festival

There are just five days left to enter this year’s World Architecture Festival, which will be held in Barcelona from 4-6 November
Latest look: Feilden Clegg Bradley's rusty Leeds landmark

Work is nearing completion on Feilden Clegg Bradley Studio’s new £45 million high-rise for Leeds Metropolitan University
Latest RIBA survey shows early signs for optimism

RIBA’s Future Trends Survey for June reveals cautious optimism for the profession
Leeds Metropolitan School of Architecture

A new approach for Leeds Met - with the help of fashion houses, bicycles and green things in bottles
Legal cases soar as practices fight for fees

Sharp rise in number of firms going to law to recover unpaid fees, as recession hits clients’ cashflow
Legal: access to advice

Andrew Butler, a barrister at Tanfield Chambers, looks at how architects can access legal advice
Leicester School of Architecture

The once-troubled school’s fortunes are on the up, as shown by this well-edited show
Let's abolish Building Regs

The Tories’ plans would free UK construction from its box-ticking culture, says Kieran Long
Letts Wheeler wins Maidstone re-design

Letts Wheeler Architects has beaten four other shortlisted firms to win the Maidstone High Street re-design competition
Lifeboat Station, Exmouth, The Bazeley Partnership

FIRST LOOK: Bazeley’s £2.2m RNLI lifeboat station ‘mimics a storm tossed sea and the drama of rescue’
Lincoln's Cultural Quarter redevelopment by Jonathan Hendry Architects

FIRST LOOK: This £2.45 million project in Lincoln will create 18 apartments, two town houses, a retail unit and a courtyard building by partially demolishing and restoring several listed buildings
Living on a film set: Arup reveals Pinewood proposals

Arup has submitted plans for a new mixed-use film set and residential development at Pinewood studios in Buckinghamshire
London 2012 media centre finally lands approval

The London 2012 media centre has been granted planning approval by the Olympic Park Planning Committee
London airport on the Thames set for take-off

A new London airport on an island in the Thames estuary could be built in less than 10 years, a report due out this week claims
LSC announces only 13 colleges to receive cash bailout

The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has said just 13 college building projects will receive its emergency funding
LSC debacle: Funding decision is 'kick in teeth' say firms

None of the further education colleges drawn up by the 20 architects on the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) framework will receive any government funding until 2011.
Manchester Town Hall Redevelopment Programme: Architect and interior designer sought

Manchester City Council are seeking expressions of interest for the Town Hall Extension Project under this OJEU notice from individual organisations for the provision of Architectural and Interior Designer services up to RIBA Stage L
Manifesto calls on public spending to ease recession

Funding from government building programmes could be used to part-fund schemes to regenerate Britain out of recession and provide jobs and homes, according to a new report by the British Property Federation
Massive Thames Gateway housing development rubber stamped

Sheppard Robson, in partnership with Maccreanor Lavington and KCAP, have received planning for the first 4,000 homes of the £1.9 billion regeneration of Barking Riverside in the Thames Gateway
Matthew Darbyshire on Funhouse - Full transcript of interview

Read the full transcript of an interview with artist Matthew Darbyshire on his new exhibition Funhouse
Members wanted for architects' Rubble Club

Pity the architects. Commissions are low, projects are stalling and access to project finance is looking as likely as Prince Charles and Richard Rogers bonding over a quiet pint
Modern housing defies modern crisis

It seems the classicists have missed a trick.
MUMA wins Whitworth Gallery contest

Victory in competition to revamp and extend Manchester’s Whitworth Art Gallery after process that attracted 130 practices
Natural ventilation: Akerman Road Primary Care, London

One of four case studies examining the use of natural ventilation in health centres
Natural ventilation: Alltwen Community Hospital, Wales

One of four case studies examining the use of natural ventilation in health centres
Natural ventilation: Mittal Children's Medical Centre, London

One of four case studies examining the use of natural ventilation in health centres
Natural ventilation: Pembury Hospital, Kent

One of four case studies examining the use of natural ventilation in health centres
New hope for ‘forgotten’ bridge scheme

Regeneration leaders have asked the North West Regional Development Agency to resurrect a stalled canal bridge project
New stadiums hurt club fortunes, says Arsene Wenger

Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger has linked the building of a new stadium and a slump in fortunes on the football pitch
New Stobhill Hospital by Reiach & Hall Architects

The real challenge of 21st-century healthcare design is ennobling the ordinary hospital to project the ethos of care, says Miles Glendinning
No more cost cutting, says Aukett after posting £1.9 million loss

Aukett Fitzroy Robinson’s (AFR) chief executive has promised there will be no more redundancies, despite the company posting a £1.876 million loss for 2008/2009
North Wales aqueduct awarded World Heritage status

Pontcysyllte aqueduct has become the UK’s latest UNESCO World Heritage site - and only the third in Wales
Northumbria Uni hotshot wins UK's largest student prize

Gavin Lowden from Northumbria University has scooped the £1,500 jackpot in this year’s 3DReid Student Prize
ODA: Olympic village 'will not get any smaller'

The Olympic Delivery Authority has dismisses concerns that flats will have three athletes to a room
Odd balls: Astragal at Wimbledon

Keen observers claim to have noticed that the new roof at Wimbledon’s Centre Court is having an odd effect on the state of play
O'Donnell + Tuomey wins planning for LSE student centre

Dublin-based O’Donnell + Tuomey has won planning approval for its competition-winning, £21.5 million students’ centre for the London School of Economics’ (LSE)
Olympic stadium 'may be white elephant'

The long-term viability of the main stadium for the London Olympics and its surrounding park has been called into question once again
Open the way to quality public realm projects

The government should support design education if it wants top-class results, says Julian Lewis
OSA arched-tent for Norwich festival shelved

The Office of Subversive Architecture’s (OSA) temporary pavilion for the Contemporary Art Norwich Festival has been mothballed following problems with a subcontractor
Oxford Brookes School of the Built Environment

Putting the studio at the heart of the department comes up trumps for Oxford Brookes
Partnership for Schools launches toolkit for best practice

Partnership for Schools (PfS) has unveiled a ‘toolkit’ for effective local education partnerships (LEP)
Partnerships for Schools to manage all school building

Schools Minister Vernon Coaker has announced government delivery body Partnerships for Schools (PfS) is to take over the management and delivery of all school building and refurbishment programmes from the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF)
Penrose lists Pasmore's Apollo Pavilion

Architecture minister John Penorse has handed Victor Pasmore’s 1969 Apollo Pavilion sculpture in County Durham a Grade II* listing
Phoenix High School, Shepherds Bush by Bond Bryan Architects

FIRST LOOK: Striking designs for Europe’s largest cantilevered building, a ‘liquorice allsorts’ school
Piccadilly Circus goes back in time

A £10m plan to ease traffic at Piccadilly Circus sees a return to two-way traffic at the London landmark
Planner from heaven: a Welsh miracle

The Welsh strategy of investment in the planning system puts England’s to shame, says Kieran Long
Planning consent extended to six years

The Housing and Planning Minister John Healey has announced that planning permission consents can be doubled from the current three years to six years, in a move to encourage building
Platform 5 bags green light for boot-shaped house

Up-and-coming practice Platform 5 Architects has won planning permission for this three-bedroom ‘infill’ house on a super-tight plot in Islington, north London
PMT lands Lewis Carroll wonderjob

Purcell Miller Tritton (PMT) has won the commission to design the new Lewis Carroll interpretation centre in Daresbury, Cheshire.
Poor design ‘contributed to six deaths’ in Camberwell flats fire

Block of flats where six people, including three children, were killed is described as a ‘maze’ and a ‘death trap’
Premiums set to rocket in PI 'perfect storm'

Insurance broker and risk advisor Marsh has warned of ballooning professional indemnity (PI) insurance premiums created by the threat of increased litigation, falling fee income and a riskier operating environment
Prepare for Tamworth: future capital of England

Can we create a livelier, denser England by dumping Lancashire? Yes we can, says Ian Martin
Prince Charles quits heritage society in censorship row

The Prince of Wales has resigned as a patron of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB)
Qbiss by trimo

Qbiss by trimo, raises the bar once again for building solutions presenting a unique 5-in-1 concept; a total architectural solution combing the very best in aesthetics with total performance and functionality.
Quiz time with Ian Martin

Are you a national architectural treasure? Let’s find out…
Recession destroyed my career - but made me a success

Bad times taught me that I had to diversify in order to to survive, says Peter King
Redcar competition winner named. At last....

Landscape architects Smeeden Foreman and Seven Architecture have won the RIBA-organised contest to mastermind the £30 million overhaul of Redcar seafront in north-east England
Reflecting Wales 09 : 09 – Design champions collaborate to find the best of 2009.

This competition will highlight nine Welsh or Welsh resident architectural designers whose work critically defines, challenges, promotes, interprets or re-interprets themes of ‘place’
RIBA - and Parliament - celebrate 175th anniversaries

Sunand Prasad and Ruth Reed join parlimentarians and schoolchildren at an exhibition in Westminster Hall
RIBA announces two new cash handouts for students

RIBA has launched two schemes offering financial support to architecture students during year out placements in the UK and abroad
RIBA chief warns architects against cutting fees

RIBA has called on architects to stop working for reduced fees, or even for free, warning such policies will further damage the embattled profession
RIBA Future Trends Survey reveals an increasingly optimistic profession

The economic downturn could have bottomed out for architects, according to the latest figures from the RIBA
RIBA Ideas Competition London Bridge 800: Design an Inhabited Bridge

The RIBA ideas competition will mark the 800th anniversary of the opening of the first London Bridge in 1209AD.
RIBA names new chief executive

The Royal Institute of British Architects has appointed Harry Rich as its new chief executive.
Richard Rogers: Prince Charles 'single-handedly destroyed' Chelsea Barracks

Angry Rogers demands public inquiry over Prince’s intervention with Qatari royal family
RMJM and Stephen Lawrence Trust to send six youngsters to Harvard

Six youngsters, with limited or no formal qualifications have won an all-expenses trip to study an architecture foundation course at Harvard University
RMJM completes Glasgow NOAH scheme

RMJM’s redevelopment of Park House, a 1960s office building, into 51 homes has been completed
Rogers lording it over Aukett Fitzroy Robinson

Astragal is wondering what the good people at Aukett Fitzroy Robinson are thinking
Rogers to build banking headquarters in Mexico City

The BBVA Bancomer Tower will be built by architects Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners in collaboration with Legorreta + Legoretta, announced the Spanish banking group
Russia's rebirth requires a unique building design

UNESCO should realise that special sites require a special architectural response, says Tony Kettle
SAS International

SAS International supplied a number of acoustic solutions including cross-talk attenuators, baffles and wall panels to the award-winning Leigh Technology Academy. Designed by Architects BDP, it has won plaudits for its sustainability and passive environmental comfort.
SAS International

SAS International’s bespoke metal ceiling tiles, concave coffered tiles with light apertures, bulkhead panels and column casings were specified for the main concourse ticket gate refurbishment programme at London’s Waterloo Station
Saved: Civic Trust awards ride again

The prestigious Civic Trust awards have been rescued following the collapse of the 52-year-old Civic Trust in April
Sceaux Gardens, Camberwell: The original 1960 AJ building study

ARCHIVE: The AJ reviewed the newly completed Sceaux Gardens estate in Camberwell in January 1960. Last week a fire in Lakanal House on the estate killed six people, leading Boris Johnson and Harriet Harman to question the safety of the building’s design
Scottish design watchdog chief steps down

The chief executive of design watchdog Architecture and Design Scotland (A+DS) Sebastian Tombs has announced that he is to step down from his post
Secret london housing plan blasted as 'social cleansing’

A London council is being accused of planning a programme of ‘social cleansing’ by demolishing council estates
Shelter & Kiosk – New Open Design Competition, Bexhill-on-Sea

This new competition seeks designs for a new series of seafront structures for the seaside resort of Bexhill-on-Sea in East Sussex
Sheppard Robson lands huge airport city deal

Project to masterplan airport city in Nigeria ‘will underpin the practice for years to come’
Shortlist revealed for Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award

‘Architecture of the everyday’ dominates the 24 projects on the PM’s Better Public Building shortlist, with over half the finalists made up of transport and educational projects
Should the RIPBA be reduced to a Twitter feed?

And should architecture be predatory, or imaginary? Ian Martin tackles the big questions
Six of the best: The architecture of cricket grounds

To celebrate the Twenty20 World Cup, the Architects’ Journal judges the best in cricket architecture
Skystation unveiled at the Hayward Gallery

Artist Peter Newman has revealed The Skystation, a Corbusier-inspired chaise-long which forms the first installment of the Futurecity seating project
SouthGate Bath by Chapman Taylor

DESIGN DETAIL: Kaye Alexander considers SouthGate Bath, Chapman Taylor’s ‘traditional’ revamp of Bath’s retail centre
Stadium faces redesign in drastic London Olympic rethink

Despite being nearly a third built, Populous’ ‘temporary’ stadium for the London 2012 Olympics may be redesigned as a permanent, 80,000-capacity venue in latest legacy u-turn
Stalled building sites in Square Mile to become allotments

Stalled or vacant building sites in the City of London could be used as allotments under new scheme
Stop moaning, our Olympic stadium deserves a gold medal

The London Olympic Stadium will be far too beautiful to dismantle after the games are over, says Frank Duffy
Sunbeams Music Trust centre, Penrith by Napper Architects

FIRST LOOK: Napper Architects has gained planning permission for a £1.5 million music therapy centre, set in the glorious Lake District countryside near Penrith, Cumbria, for the Sunbeams Music Trust
Superschool planned for London

A £45 million “superschool” will house pupils, police, healthcare and leisure facilities under proposals by Westminster Council.
Surprise refusal for Make's 149m-tall Octave tower

Lambeth Council has turned down Make’s proposed 42-storey Octave tower in Vauxhall, south London
Sustainable resilient flooring

With so many options to choose from, there’s no excuse for not specifying green, says Hattie Hartman
TBS launch new Platinum cubicle range

TBS Fabrications, one of the UK’s leading manufacturers of cubicles, ducting and vanity units, are pleased to introduce the newest addition to their extensive range of washroom cubicles. Stylish and contemporary, the Platinum cubicle system is the perfect choice for those looking to create an impact.
Teenage Cancer Trust, Cardiff, by ORMS

ORMS’ cancer treatment unit in Cardiff is designed to aid the recovery of its teenage patients, writes James Pallister. Photography by James Brittain
Tell me when we’ll pull the plug, tell me quango, quango, quango...

Ian Martin helps a flailing government gear up for cuts
The Architecture of Michael Jackson: Neverland Ranch

As well as his legacy as the King of Pop, Michael Jackson leaves behind the architectural curiosity that is the Neverland Ranch. The AJ takes a look at the star’s former home and the history of the ranch typology
The best of Irish architecture: RIAI 2009 award winners

O’Donnell & Tuomey, BDP and Grafton Architects were among the winners at this year’s RIAI’s Irish Architecture Awards
'The Big Bang transformed London offices; the Credit Crunch will too'

Full transcript of speech by Paul Burgess, a director of British Land, delivered at the AJ100 Breakfast Club, Claridges, London 8 July 2009
The e-stack natural ventilation system

The results of a trial using multiple e-stacks to naturally ventilate large buildings
The future of office design

Rory Olcayto reports on last month’s surprisingly optimistic British Council for Offices conference
The Independent Design Guide by Laura Houseley

This guide to young designers takes the hard work out of talent-spotting, says Max Fraser
The kids are all right

Don’t worry about jobless graduates, says Kieran Long - they’ll be competing with your practice soon enough
The new austerity

While government-funded schools fizz with in-your-face architecture, two recent private schools are simple and serene, finds Rory Olcayto
The Self-Sufficient City: International architecture competition

The Self-Sufficient City’: An international architecture competition to imagine the city of the future’
Top 10 comic book cities

From Gotham City to Mega City One, the Architects’ Journal presents a selection of the greatest illustrated urban spaces
Top 10 comic book cities: #1 Mega City One

From Radiant City to Mega City One, the Architects’ Journal presents a selection of the greatest illustrated urban spaces
Top 10 comic book cities: #2 Chris Ware’s Chicago

From Radiant City to Mega City One, the Architects’ Journal presents a selection of the greatest illustrated urban spaces
Top 10 comic book cities: #3 From Hell’s London

From Radiant City to Mega City One, the Architects’ Journal selects the greatest illustrated urban spaces
Top 10 comic book cities: #4 Daredevil’s New York

From Radiant City to Mega City One, the Architects’ Journal presents a selection of the greatest illustrated urban spaces
Top 10 comic book cities: #5 The city in Moebius’ The Long Tomorrow

From Radiant City to Mega City One, the Architects’ Journal presents a selection of the greatest illustrated urban spaces
Top 10 comic book cities: #6 Gotham City

From Radiant City to Mega City One, the Architects’ Journal presents a selection of the greatest illustrated urban spaces
Top 10 comic book cities: #7 Urbicand

From Radiant City to Mega City One, the Architects’ Journal presents a selection of the greatest illustrated urban spaces
Top 10 comic book cities: #8 Metropolis

From Radiant City to Mega City One, the Architects’ Journal presents a selection of the greatest illustrated urban spaces
Top 10 comic book cities: #9 Tintin's Inca city

From Radiant City to Mega City One, the Architects’ Journal presents a selection of the greatest illustrated urban spaces
Top 10: architecture of rock concerts (part I)

In celebration of Glastonbury Festival this weekend, the Architects’ Journal brings you a run-down of the very best in rock concert architecture
Top 10: The architecture of computer games (part I)

The Architects’ Journal selects the finest architecture from the worlds of computer and video games
Top 10: The architecture of computer games (pt II)

The Architects’ Journal selects the finest architecture from the worlds of computer and video games
Top 10: The architecture of rock concerts (part II)

In celebration of Glastonbury Festival this weekend, the Architects’ Journal brings you a run-down of the very best in rock concert architecture
Top 10: The architecture of Star Wars (pt I)

The Architects’ Journal selects the most important buildings from a galaxy far, far away
Top 10: The Architecture of Star Wars (pt II)

The Architects’ Journal selects the most important buildings from a galaxy far, far away. Part II features Jabba the Hutt’s palace and the Jedi Temple
Trimo ArtMe

Trimo has developed, ArtMe, a unique surface treatment that allows visual effects such as shades, forms and patterns to be placed on the surface of the facade envelope, allowing architects even greater freedom of expression and the ability to produce building of individual character.
Twist and Turns for Royal Opera House North plans

The protracted saga surrounding the planned new outpost for the Royal Opera House (ROH) in Manchester has taken another twist
UK's largest eco-village gets go ahead

HTA Architects has received planning permission to build 195 zero carbon homes as part of the Hanham Hall development in South Gloucestershire
University for the Creative Arts – Canterbury Campus

Small (and interdisciplinary) is beautiful at University Creative Arts
uPVC windows are killing Conservation Areas

English Heritage has warned that more than 700 of the nation’s conservation areas are under threat from decay or ‘damaging change’ by, among other things, the use of plastic windows
Urban space cadets

‘Bodies in Urban Spaces’ may sound like the title of an architectural crime novel…
Video: 4D fly-through of Foster Gearing's Folkestone

New footage from architects firm Foster Gearing on its new design for the Creative Quarter regeneration project in Folkestone, south east England
Video: Dynamic in Dubai

A glorious illustration of the optimism of Dubai at the height of the property boom
Video: Interview with SANAA, Serpentine Pavilion 2009

Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of leading Japanese practice SANAA are interviewed by Julia Peyton-Jones, director of the Serpentine Gallery, and co-director Hans Ulrich Obrist, 8 July 2009
Video: RMJM wins 2014 Games village

RMJM has landed the £300 million Commonwealth Games athletes village in Glasgow
War memorials 'need greater protection'

London Assembly report warns hundreds of war memorials are at risk of being lost or damaged as planning laws fail to cover their preservation
We will abolish Building Regs, say Tories

Conservatives would replace current Building Regulations regime with ‘non-prescriptive standards’
Westminster Abbey to be crowned with £10m roof

The RIBA will launch a competition to design a new roof above Westminster Abbey if ‘concept’ proposals win public approval
Westminster backs Chelsea Barracks scheme

The controversial Chelsea Barracks scheme has received a major boost following the publication of the official planning report by Westminster Council recommending its approval
Who killed the eco-town?

How Gordon Brown’s vision for 10 carbon-neutral towns met its demise. Damian Arnold investigates
Wilkinson Eyre lands planning approval for Oxford Maggie's Centre

Wilkinson Eyre’s ‘treehouse’ style design for the Oxford Maggie’s Centre has won planning approval
Wilkinson Eyre shows off £150 million Science Museum revamp

London’s Science Museum is to be reborn through a radical overhaul masterminded by Wilkinson Eyre
Work begins on Fretton's Copenhagen project

Work has started on this 1,100m2 residential scheme by Tony Fretton Architects, opposite the Marble Church (1749-1894) in Copenhagen.
Working Detail: New Stobhill Hospital ACAD by Reiach and Hall Architects and SKM Anthony Hunts

[WORKING DETAIL 25.06.09] Atrium roof detail
World's best building - Lubetkin shortlist revealed

Foster and Partners’ Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal is one of six schemes shortlisted for the RIBA’s prestigious Lubetkin Prize, supported by The Architectural Review
Yet another Battersea redesign unveiled

Rafael Viñoly’s redesign for Battersea Power Station has been unveiled
Zaha Hadid lands Cairo Expo competition

Zaha Hadid Architects has seen off competition from Norwegian firm Snohetta to land its second major Egyptian project
Zaha Hadid’s new music hall in Manchester opens

Work has finished on Zaha Hadid’s temporary music hall at the Manchester Art Gallery, designed specifically to house solo performances of Johann Sebastian Bach, as part of Manchester International Festival

Architects JournalJune 2009

Architects Journal
June 2009