Architects Journal
June 2011

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7-15 Baker Street, London by Squire and Partners

Squire and Partners’ hybrid concrete and steel frame for 7-15 Baker Street is the secret behind its elegant design, writes Felix Mara
A celebration of wabbeda wabbeda tish-tish blap ga-dap dap fuggeda fuggeda epic space

Ian Martin plays the jazz of architecture
A Creative Industrial Revolution, historic buildings as benefits cheats, and the Expulsory Purchase Order

Ian Martin dives in to Aeneas Upmother-Brown’s thinkpool
Architecture schools slam ranking errors

Heads of architecture schools have hit out at ‘flawed’ and ‘inconsistent’ university league tables being presented to parents and students as ‘indisputable fact’
New Practices #70: pow architects

The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or redundancy
Rick Leplastrier and Peter Stutchbury: Outback architecture

Australian architects Rick Leplastrier and Peter Stutchbury talk to Jay Merrick about the power of landscape, elemental design and the outdoor way of life
Ruth Reed: Tories’ ‘wildly inaccurate’ BSF slurs are disservice to profession

RIBA President Ruth Reed has fired an angry salvo at the Conservative Party for repeatedly singling out architects and accusing them of financial gain under the doomed Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme
Top ArupSport players join Aecom

US multi-disciplinary giant Aecom has snaffled up a number of key players from ArupSport, including its director, J Parrish
Tweet it in the family

Astragal was tickled by the brotherly banter that followed Bolton Council’s approval of the 740m2 underground ‘Teletubby’ home designed by Make for former Manchester United footballer Gary Neville
£20m Vauxhall skywalk shelved

Plans to build a £20 million skywalk in Vauxhall, south London, have been dropped just weeks after Marks Barfield Architects won an international competition to design the project
200 Aldersgate Street, EC1 by MoreySmith

[Drawings + project data] Two-wing, 21-storey office building located in the heart of the City of London undergoes extensive refurbishment, including the redesign of the front elevation
3D Scan fly-through: 55/02 by sixteen*(makers)

ScanLAB Projects’ visualization of the RIBA Award winning 55/02
3DReid Student Prize 2011: call for entries

3DReid has announced the launch of the biggest practice-run student prize, now in its sixth year
3DReid Student Prize: finalists revealed

The AJ can exclusively reveal the students vying for the annual 3DReid Student Prize - the UK’s largest student award worth £1,500 to the winner
3R Awards debate: Is cost the principle driver for retrofits?

Speakers at last night’s 3R Awards retrofit debated whether cost was the only driver for innovative reuse of buildings
3R Awards to host retrofit debate

3R Awards will a host a free panel event next week at the Building Centre in London
A new exhibition and book celebrates BDP’s 50 years in business, writes James Pallister

[THIS WEEK] ‘My home background and voracious reading gave a strong leftward inclination to my views on life,’ wrote George Grenfell Baines, who in 1961 set up Building Design Partnership (BDP).
A449 wins planning for 'Star Trek' house

Up and coming practice a449 has won planning permission for this 240m² home in the Scottish Borders
AAVA builds compact two-bed courtyard house for £165k

[First look + plans] Up-and-coming practice AAVA has completed this £165,000 two-bedroom home in Crouch End, north London
About Products in Architecture

An in-depth online resource centre for the UK built environment, listing the details of all the relevant industry suppliers and services
Add your own idea of what constitutes the 'Essence of Engineering'

AJ readers are encouraged to continue the discussion and nominate what they deem to be the ‘essence of engineering’
Aedas responds to Conservative Party slurs

Aedas has hit out at Conservative Party claims that architects netted £98 million from the scrapped BSF programme, describing the allegations as a ‘cheap political point’
Affordable housing removed from Rogers’ Neo Bankside scheme

Politicians have approved plans to scrap the affordable housing provision in Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ London Neo Bankside scheme
AHMM/Haptic team shortlisted for £160 million Norwegian jackpot

A team led by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM) has been named as one of five finalists in the contest to design a £160 million convention centre in Brunstad, Norway
Ai Weiwei at Kunsthaus Bregenz

The first major exhibition of Ai Weiwei’s architectural work links the artist to his architect collaborators outside China, writes David Howarth
AJ exclusive: BCIA finalists announced

Hawkins\Brown’s Corby Cube and Make’s Cube in Birmingham are among a number of high-profile projects to have been shortlisted for this year’s British Construction Industry Awards (BCIA) despite missing out on the RIBA Awards
AJ launches search for the most influential architect on Twitter: #AJtCn100

The AJ and tCn have launched the first league-table of UK architects on Twitter
AJ poll: should Broadgate Square be Grade II* listed?

On Friday (3 June) English Heritage (EH) recommended the 1980s Broadgate Square office campus in the City of London for Grade II* listing
AJ poll: two thirds of architects oppose Broadgate listing

AJ readers have come out against English Heritage’s (EH) controversial decision to recommend Broadgate Square in the City of London for Grade II* listing
AJ publishes a record 89 covers for RIBA Awards special issue

For the first time in the AJ’s history, the magazine has produced 89 different covers - one for every RIBA Award winning project featured in this week’s special edition
AJ relaunches jobs website with vacancies across all sectors

The AJ has relaunched its jobs website with more a raft of architecture-related job adverts at www.architectsjournaljobs.com
AJ reveals the top 100 architects on Twitter

Named architects and practice staff come out top in the AJ and Construction Network’s survey of architecture’s top Twitter users. Did you make the top 100?
AJ Writing Prize: Alan Berman on what makes good architectural writing

AJ Writing Prize judge Alan Berman has explained what he believes are the vital ingredients to outstanding architectural writing
Alsop set to quit RMJM

Will Alsop is on the verge of quitting RMJM less than two years after joining the company, the AJ understands
Amin Taha wins planning for flexible flat-cum-office

Amin Taha Architects has won planning permission for this 200m² flexible re-use of an exisitng brick building in Hoxton, east London
ArcelorMittal Orbit, Olympic Park, London by Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond with Ushida Findlay Architects and Arup

[Video + images + drawings + credits] The team behind the ArcelorMittal Orbit, Anish Kapoor and Cecil Balmond with Ushida Findlay Architects and Arup, has risen to the challenge and integrated art, structural engineering and architecture writes Felix Mara
Architects brave the rain to run for the ABS

The AJ team joined architects from across London to compete in Architects Benevolent Society Chicken Run
Architects welcome Part III requirements reform

Student architects have welcomed a shake up to the requirements for Part III registration, while critics have warned it could undermine the profession
Ash Sakula wins green light for Cardiff media centre

Ash Sakula Architects has landed planning for a £6.2 million Digital Media Centre in Cardiff Bay
Atelier Zumthor’s Anna Page on building the Serpentine pavilion

Architect Anna Page from Atelier Zumthor explains how this year’s Serpentine pavilion was designed
Atkins reports 7 per cent drop in UK staff

Multidisciplinary giant Atkins has revealed a seven per cent fall in the number of UK staff it employs to 9,640, while announcing it has now reached a ‘position for growth’
Atkins' supremo Clarke to step down

Keith Clarke, the chief executive of Atkins, is to step down next month after heading up the global giant for nearly eight years
Bagshaw reveals Ullapool whale plans

[First look + plans] Stuart Bagshaw Architects has unveiled these images of its ‘Adhamh the Whale’ scheme at Ullapool Harbour, Ross-Shire
Baking with BDP

A welcome surprise greeted guests attending BDP’s 50th birthday celebrations in the form of two very special desserts
BAM Design schools to go under eco microscope

Two schools designed by contractor BAM’s in-house architects are to be subjected to an ‘intensive’ evaluation as part of a government bid to make all non-domestic buildings carbon-neutral by 2019
Behind the scenes with Peter Zumthor

A rare peek behind the scenes at Zumthor’s studio reveals a rigorous work ethic, says Christine Murray
Bell Ingram completes cliff-top bird observation shelter

[First look + plans + project data] Bell Ingram Design has completed this ‘Neolithic’ £98,000 bird observation shelter on the side of a cliff near Stonehaven, Aberdeenshire
Benjamin Garcia Saxe unwraps shipping containers house

[First look + plans] London-based Benjamin Garcia Saxe Architecture has completed this £24,500, 100m² home in Costa Rica, built from two shipping containers
Bennetts completes Amsterdam hotel

[First look] Bennetts Associates has completed its first international project, a hotel in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Benson + Forsyth reveals all new designs for Cromwell Road

[First look + plans] Benson + Forsyth Architects has unveiled its design for the redevelopment of 100 West Cromwell Road, west London
Best practice: Limited liability partnerships

Should your practice become an LLP? At TP Bennett, we’re glad we did, writes Trevor Gale
BFLS to design Shard apartments

BFLS has been appointed to design 11 floors of luxury apartments at top of Renzo Piano’s 288 metre-tall Shard skyscraper in London
BioValley masterplan, South Korea

[Registration deadline 21 June] The Chungcheongbuk-do provincial government in South Korea has launched a competition to masterplan Osong ‘BioValley’
Blowing my own Trumpet: The Essence of Engineering

Albert Williamson-Taylor nominates a building his own practice worked on
Boris Johnson outlines huge London retrofit programme

London Mayor Boris Johnson has extended his building programme RE:FIT to all public buildings and outlined his vision to make London the world-leading retrofit capital
Boris launches £50m fund for outer London projects

Projects that aim to revamp high streets in outer London could take advantage of a £50 million fund set up by the capital’s Mayor
Breaking news: Hunt rejects Broadgate listing

Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt has today rejected English Heritage’s recommendation to list Arup Associates’ Broadgate Square
Broadway Malyan unveils Algarve marina plans

[First look] Broadway Malyan has revealed these images of its proposed mixed-use marina project in southern Portugal
Brown replaces Waters as ACA chief

Former GMW Architects supremo Terry Brown has been named as the new president of the Association of Consultant Architects (ACA)
Brynmor Jones Library redevelopment, Hull University

[Requests to participate must be made by 20 June] The University of Hull is on the hunt for architectural design services for the ‘substantive’ redevelopment of its Brynmor Jones Library
BSF: Repeating a lie does not make it true

Paul Finch’s letter from London: The Sunday Times should report the facts on Building Schools for the Future
BSkyB's Harlequin 1, by Arup Associates

[Technical & Practice] Arup Associates’ design for BSkyB’s Harlequin 1 production and transmission facility optimised efficiency then added architectural quality, writes Felix Mara. Photography by Christian Richters
C20 Society slams Hunt's Broadgate listing decision

The Twentieth Century Society has branded the listing process ‘broken’ following Jeremy Hunt’s decision to reject Broadgate Square for statutory protection
Canals, Tunnels, Bridges and Aqueducts: The Essence of Engineering

Large-scale civils projects, vital to the development of the world’s trade and commerce, have called forth astonishing ingenuity and dogged determination from engineers, in times both ancient and modern
Catmose Campus, Oakham by EllisMiller Architects

[Drawings + project data] A realisation of a clear architectural diagram with core principles of legibility, accessibility and adaptability
Central Glass Design Competition, Japan

[Deadline 1 August] Japanese company Central Glass has launched an international ideas competition seeking futuristic glass architecture proposals fit for 2050
Chipperfield bags planning for revised Kensington housing scheme

[First look] David Chipperfield Architects has won planning permission for alterations to its De Vere Gardens luxury housing scheme in Kensington, London
Chipperfield to extend Geffrye Museum

David Chipperfield has been appointed to design exhibition spaces and a new library for the Geffrye Museum in London
Chipperfield unveils Waterloo redevelopment scheme

[First look] David Chipperfield Architects has revealed this image of its proposed redevelopment of Elizabeth House outside Waterloo train station in London
City slams office-to-residential conversions consultation

The City of London has hit out at a government proposal to make office-to-residential conversions permitted development
Collective scoops planning for Barmulloch community centre

[First look + plans + project data] Collective Architecture has landed planning permission for this £1.1 million community centre project in Barmulloch, Glasgow
Colombian wins RIBA Moscow theatre contest

A team led by Juan Andres Diaz Parra from Colombia has won the international contest to redesign the facade of the Pushkinsky Cinema Hall in Moscow
Colour, line, geometry, logic: Max Bill at Annely Juda

The sober work of polymath architect Max Bill – a child of the Bauhaus and peer of Mondrian – should help fill a gap in British art appreciation, writes Andrew Mead
Comment: English Heritage defends its Broadgate listing stance

Despite today’s defeat, English Heritage’s designation team leader Emily Gee maintains its decision to recommend Broadgate Square for Grade II* listing was the right one
Competitions: Editor's pick, 09.06.11

New Taipei museum of art, the Empress Elisabeth Hospital in Vienna and a Norwegian royal properties framework; the editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's pick, 16.06.11

A tower for Taichung in Taiwan, a BioValley masterplan in South Korea and concepts for glass architecture fit for the year 2050: the editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's pick, 23.06.11

A theatre in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France, a Nissan dealership in Lima, Peru and a new entrance for the Science Museum in London: the editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's pick, 30.06.11

Restoration of Pontypool market in Wales, a port building for the London Gateway and an RIBA design contest for Windermere Steamboat Museum; the editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Completed: dm3 reveals 'off-grid' school addition

[First look] Bath-based dm3 architecture has completed this £360,000 stand-alone classroom block at Roe Green Junior School, in Kingsbury, North London
Connections, Machines and Instruments: The Essence of Engineering

Here we show some of the less obvious contenders put forward to represent the Essence of Engineering - smaller, perhaps, in scale but enormous in their contributions to human welfare
Conquering the Skies and Space Travel: The Essence of Engineering

When you stop to think about the immensity of the challenge and just a handful of the problems that had to be overcome, it is hardly surprising that several contributors thought the lunar landing embodied the Essence of Engineering
Converting office space into homes could rebalance the housing market

Paul Finch’s letter from London: Controversy should not derail this welcome reform
CPD: Fibre Cement

The full title of this CPD is ‘Fibre Cement: versatile, sustainable building material’. Its objectives are to introduce fibre cement products, their defining characteristics, advantages, history and predicted future
CPD: Slips and trips

Slips and trips are, perhaps, the major cause of accidents in public buildings. In this CPD we look at the extent of the problem, the legal requirements and obligations, guidelines for risk assessment, flooring standards and slip-resistance measurement
DC CABE welcomes A&M's Nine Elms mail centre scheme

Design Council CABE has praised Allies & Morrison’s proposal to redevelop mail depot in Nine Elms, decribing it as ‘innovative’ and ‘particularly interesting’
De Matos Ryan completes Southwark playground project

Clerkenwell-based De Matos Ryan has completed this £39,000 revamp of a school playground in Southwark, south London
Decommissioning reignites MAKE gasholders scheme

MAKE’s project to redevelop a gasholders site in Battersea, south London has been boosted by an announcement the structures will be decommissioned
Design contest: Empress Elisabeth Hospital, Vienna

[Requests to participate must be made by 6 September] The Empress Elisabeth Hospital in Vienna, Austria has launched a design contest for architectural services for the restructuring of parts of its estate
Design Council CABE launches £130,000 community grant scheme

Design Council CABE has launched two new grant schemes aimed at helping people get a better quality of design for their community
Developer behind Ian Simpson’s Glasgow hotel goes into administration

Ian Simpson’s project to build a £125 million ‘six-star’ hotel in Glasgow has been thrown into doubt after the developer was placed in administration
Developer puts on ice plans for Battersea Power Station park summer opening

Developer Treasury Holdings has delayed plans to open a one-hectare riverside park at the Grade II*-listed Battersea Power Station in south London
Devereux allies with Middle Eastern practice

Devereux Architects has announced a partnership with Emirates-based practice TNQ Architects
Documenting the Olympics: Giles Price’s 'Macroscopic Olympiad'

[THIS WEEK] How quickly things can change when the Olympics come to town, writes James Pallister
DSDHA submits plans for Kevin McCloud homes

Television presenter Kevin McCloud’s development company HAB and DSDHA have submitted plans to redevelop a former hospital site in Cashes Green, Stroud
End for Foreign Office Architects as founders set up separately

Award-winning practice Foreign Office Architects (FOA) has closed its doors after 16 years following the split of its co-founders
English Heritage vetoes New Covent Garden flower market listing

English Heritage has rejected calls to list the GMW-designed New Covent Garden flower market in Nine Elms, London
Exclusive: 3DReid student prize shortlist revealed

The AJ can exclusively unveil the shortlist for this year’s 3DReid Student Prize - the UK’s largest, one-off student award worth £1,500 to the winner
Fabrikstrasse 12, the Novartis Campus - new Chipperfield Monograph

[THIS WEEK] A new volume gives a rare glimpse inside the Novartis campus, writes James Pallister
Facade stability detail: Las Arenas, Barcelona, Spain, by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

[Working detail 09.06.11] Existing facade stability system
Failure and risk are the hallmarks of good design

Paul Finch’s letter from London: designers and architects are part of the same community
Fairytale come true

Astragal’s heart was warmed by Alma-nac’s real-life gingerbread house to raise funds for Great Ormond Street children’s hospital
Farrells to revamp north London train depot

Terry Farrell and Partners has been commissioned to create a vision for the redevelopment of Old Oak Common train depot in north London
Father and son team wins future townhouse contest

Alex King of Designalexable and his retired architect father Edward King have won the 2011 British Home Awards ‘tomorrow’s townhouse’ contest
Footprint: Heat networks

Heat networks: as demand for heating falls, is district heating all it’s cracked up to be, asks Rory Bergin
'For the City / By the City' design competition, New York

[Entries must be submitted by 14 July] The New York-based Institute for Urban Design has launched ‘By the City / For the City’, an international design competition looking for new ways to interpret public spaces in the Big Apple
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: (IN)Spires by Alex Scott-Whitby

[City of London] A live project creating a series of low rent creative studios for a new generation of St Jerome’s
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: A Bit of Peace and Quiet by de Rosee and Sa

[Hammersmith & Fulham] A quiet place to rest in the city; a simple concept aimed at countering a deficiency in tranquil spaces
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Bee Project by Studiodare

[Brent] A combined urban park, ‘agroforest’ and bee-keeping aviary promoting a mutual dependency between the community and eco-system
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Block Extension by AP+E

[Tower Hamlets] Inhabiting and activating the forgotten rooftops of East London’s Council Blocks
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Brunel’s Café by Aurelie Pot

[Lambeth] Brunel’s café will offer inhabitants of the greater London community some of the most stunning views of the capital and the unique experience of eating and drinking in the middle of the Thames
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: eco.ntainer by Space Group Architects

[Tower Hamlets] Cost neutral recycling stations encourage the community of Tower Hamlets to recycle more
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Fagin’s Den by Geraldine Ng, Liksan Chan and Dean Walker

[Southwark] Fagin’s Den, St Saviour’s Dock, dams the Thames inlet to form an amphitheatre and beach
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Hogarth Eyot by Richard Gooden

[Hounslow] A generous new public space to re-connect Chiswick to the Thames
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Inhabited Wall by Roberta Castellazzi, Rosemary Hervey and Dalina Gashi

[Tower Hamlets] The project aims to create potential for interaction and social integration between the diverse groups of local inhabitants in this part of London society
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Jumpers for Goalposts by GRID Architects

[Newham] ‘Doorstep’ sports facilities implemented using quick, low capital cost and low infrastructure methods
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Learn to fix by Camilla Jarvis and Chris Blaydes

[Tower Hamlets] A multi—purpose trade workshop centre
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Liftplatz by Colin Rose and Katharine Hibbert

[Newham] An easier and safer way for hitchhikers to travel in a thrifty way
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Market Garden by Andy Faulkner & Sam Clark

[Hillingdon] The Great Barn reopened, its past celebrated, and its land reconnected, to encourage community gardening and local food production
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Parkland Walk Gateway by Stanton Williams (Henry Williams)

[Haringey] flexible public space that acknowledges the rich railway-related history of the site
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Pilgrim Ferry by What If: Projects Ltd

[Havering] Ferry connection to close the missing link of the London Loop
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Play & Grow by Studio-HG (Rebecca Haines-Gadd)

[City of London] Utilizing the space created by a 1980’s addition to the Barbican this project proposes a combined nursery, pre-school and a series of conservatory greenhouses
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Rye Lane by Ben Whitehead

[Southwark] View of the Car-park redevelopment from the south showing a section slice through the railway arches, gallery atrium, and inserted flats. The rooftop sculpture park is also seen in use.
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Social Behaviour by Denizen Works

[Hackney] Armed with a drawing of a simple bee-house fantasy and list of instructions; participants are invited to construct accommodation for homeless bees in unused gaps of land between buildings and boundary walls anywhere in central London.
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Station Farm by Roundfield (Tom Barnsley and James Hallybone)

[Croydon] A vision for the productive use of the ‘Ruskin Square’ site awaiting development comprisingan urban community farm and outdoor events space linked to the rejuvenated Warehouse Theatre
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: The Co-Op Pub by Megan Barrett and Lizzie Cowan

[Lambeth] local community pub with associated microbrewery and hop and barley beer garden on the disused railway spur and platforms above
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: The Curve by What if: projects Ltd

[Tower Hamlets] elevated section of disused railway that provides a precious green open space that serves both the public and the local community
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: The Firepits, Crystal Palace by Studio 3 (Hawkins/Brown)

[Bromley] recalling the destruction of Crystal Palace in 1936 and evoking the hedonism of the outdoor barbecues at the Djemaa el Fna square
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: The Grotto: A Living Archive by Justine Sharpley and Cadence Kinsey

[Brent] An interactive recording and listening organism for the community
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: The Urban Climbing Tunnel by Steve McCoy

[Lambeth] A new urban climbing tunnel giving city school children and urban thrill seekers the opportunity to experience rock climbing, abseiling and potholing in the heart of the city
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: The Wandle Leap by Area Landscape Architects

[Wandsworth] A fish ladder and viewing tunnel spanning the Wandle, with adjacent breeding centre in a wetland ecology park, to reintroduce Atlantic Salmon
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Twelve Trees by Alice Brownfield and Tom Sykes

[Newham] A space filled at once with nothing and everything
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: Urban Physic Garden by Wayward Plants

[Southwark] The Urban Physic Garden transforms a forgotten yard on the Guy’s Hospital Campus into public garden celebrating medicinal plants, and the health and wellbeing of our cities and environments.
Forgotten Spaces 2011 shortlisted: West Way by Moxon Architects

[Paddington] A proposal to transform space around the A40 viaduct into useful piece of city that takes advantage of the glamorous and beautiful existing spaces while imbuing them with a rich set of new functions.
Forgotten Spaces 2011: Proposals A – B

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: A Bit of Peace and Quiet; AGORASTO[ri]A; A School Extension/ A Valley Entrance; Aldwych Aquarium; Archaeological Resuscitation; Bee Project; Berm-On-Sea; Block Extension; Brick Lane Bridge; Broadwater Dock Pavilion;Bromley Hall Centre: A Catalyst for Urban Renewal
Forgotten Spaces 2011: Proposals B – C

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: Brunel’s Cafe; The Bird House at No 60 1/2; Bloomsbury Arts Exchange; Camden Town Elevated Parkway; Cathedral to Alchemy; Centrepiece; Churchill Gardens Waterfront; Crystal Hill; The City of Fundon; The Co-Op Pub; The Curve
Forgotten Spaces 2011: Proposals D – F

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: Daily Bread; Drifting Boundary; Echo Island; Eco Platform; eco.ntainer; Euston Road Picture House; Event Space; The Empire Splashes Back; Fagin’s Den; Flood Trails; Flotilla Project
Forgotten Spaces 2011: Proposals F – G

Proposals for Forgotten Space 2011: Flower Toilet; For Memory: Dial; Forgotten City; Forgotten London; Free Flow Tower; The Firepits; The Flavour Garden; The Fourth Tree; Good Inwards; GR Walkway; Green Art Forum
Forgotten Spaces 2011: Proposals G – H

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: Greene Street; Greenland Beach; The Great Eastern Wilderness; The Grotto a Living Archive; Hanging Garden; Hanway’s Umbrellas; Hey! This is Heaven; High Tide Street; History His Story; Hogarth Eyot; The Hare and The Tortoise
Forgotten Spaces 2011: Proposals I – K

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: (IN)Spires; Il Tempietto Di Interrete; In horto ludunt; Inhabited Wall; Institute of Mind Disorder; Janus Interface; Jetty Park;Jumpers for Goalposts; Kennington Gate; Kennington Park Skatboard Bowl; Kinematic Connexion; KXRenaissance
Forgotten Spaces 2011: Proposals L – M

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: Landing Stage; Lavender Fields; Learn to Fix; Level 4; Lido, Waterworks Corner; Liftplatz; London Book Club; Lost Between the Lines: The Forgotten Passage; Lots Road; The Ladies’ Bridge; Market Garden; Maryland Barometer
Forgotten Spaces 2011: Proposals M – P

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: Meanderings; Mildmay Park; Mum and Dad’s Tea House Retreat; The Memory Machine; New Istanbul; Nonsuch Place; Objet D’art Vu; Old Boat Park; Old Street Moundabout; Paddington Lanterns; Paddington Sands; Park Caf
Forgotten Spaces 2011: Proposals R – S

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: Roehampton Community Centre; Rye Lane; Salon POP; Shelter-Grow-Curate; Shoreditch Arts Community Center; SKSAS -South Kensington Station Arts Space; Soap_Box; Social Behaviour; Soho+; Station Farm; Sunken Nest; Sweet Shop; The Symphony of Abbey Mills
Forgotten Spaces 2011: Proposals T – U

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: T-Rail Station; Tate Institute: Art Residencies for Everyone; TFL: The Forgotten Lives; Thames Tube; Tidal Walkway; Tidbury New Park; Tideway Run; Top-Up; Twelve Trees; The Urban Climbing Tunnel; Unknown Croydon
Forgotten Spaces 2011: Proposals U – Z

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: Urban Oasis; Urban Origami; Urban Physic Garden; Vegetable Bowl; The Wandle Leap; The Wellclose Square Theatre Garden; W6 Pop Down; West Way; Wharncliffe Viaduct: A Hop Into History; Whole Life
Forgotten Spaces 2011: roposals P – R

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: Parkland Walk Gateway; ParkOur; Passage - A Space for Interactive Memorial; Pause under the Westway; Pedley Street Platform Farm; Performing Arches; Pilgrim Ferry; Play and Grow; Re-Centre; RE:Fuel/Cycle; Reclaimed Compositions; Regent’s Canal
Forgotten Spaces finalists revealed

Firepits, climbing tunnels and a giant golden frame: the RIBA has unveiled the shortlisted projects in the London and Sheffield Forgotten Spaces competitions
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Proposals A – C

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: ‘Always Something New; A Museum & Park Remembering A Furious Nazi Blitz; A Welcome Embrace; Arbourcorn; Arundle Gate; Brown Street Roofs; Cemetery Revelry; Cuthbert Bank / Walkley Flying Club; The Coo-op; C.H.A.V. (COMMUNITIES HAVE A VOICE)
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Proposals C – F

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: Cannon ‘Hub’; CAR (P) ARK; Castle Gate; CIQubes; City Stitcher; Crossing the Line; Department of Fabrication, Media and Robotics; The Edible Forest; Food For Thought; Formation
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Proposals F – K

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: The Forgotten Island; The Forgotten Porter Brook; Gleadless Golf; Guiding Lights; The Golden Frame; Gaunt Shops Opening Up; The Groove Box Project; Is The River Really Beautiful..?; In the Round; Kindergarten
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Proposals K – P

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: Kindergarten; ‘Life is a beach’; L/E/G/O - Lynwood Educational Garden Opportunity; Little Mester Gardens; Lunch Break; Manor Top Commons; Norton Prospect Tower and Labyrinth; North by North West; Pigs, Bees and Bells; The Porter City
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Proposals P – S

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: Park Grange Urban Farm; Peoples’ Pergola; Pier in Peer Out; The People’s Supermarket; The Permaculture Factory; Reclaim the Ignored; Recycling Centre; Remembering the Porter Brook; Sheffield City Farm; Small Hallam Collider
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Proposals S – Z

Proposals for Forgotten Spaces 2011: St Mary’s Gateway; Sheffield Bikes; Sidney Street Arts Park; Steel City Kindergarten; SVQ; Sheffield Balloon; Sunken Garden of Retreat; This is Gleadless Valley; Watersmeet Centre; Wicker Spice
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – ‘Always Something New’ by Jono Burgess

This project explores the notion of consumer culture, expressing a symbolic counterpoint and journey from the neighbouring site that is Meadowhall
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – ‘Life is a beach’ by Ark D M

Life is a beach when we make use of forgotten spaces which have been with us all the time. Opening up rivers for local people’s pleasure will open up minds
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – Cemetery Revelry by Caitríona McGhee

Cemetery Revelry remembers Sheffield General Cemetery by giving it a function which is relevant to today’s Sheffield the proposal, rather ironically, injects life into it by using it as a performance venue
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – Cuthbert Bank / Walkley Flying Club by Keith Hayman and Simon Gedye

Set on frames that echo the support structures for advertisement hoardings, the words - Walkley Flying Club - will stand proud along Cuthbert Bank, just as the cooling towers welcomed travellers to the city in the past
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – Department of Fabrication, Media and Robotics by Steven McCloy and Bongani Muchemwa

The derelict yet beautiful Old Post Office is retrofitted with a huge, high-tech atrium canopy, which provides a central public space to the department
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – Food For Thought by Doma Architects

A weary mill, previously lost and forgotten, rediscovers her purpose. Once again she provides her people with food and a place to work, a place to meet and learn new skills
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – Gleadless Golf by Click Industrial Design Ltd

A multi-storey driving range and community centre with the latest gaming equipment enables the user to predict how far their shot would have gone with experts on hand to perfect their technique
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – Guiding Lights by Chris Paterson

Frog Walk, previously dark, isolated and foreboding, is brought to life by animated creatures which accompany travellers on their journey between Ecclesall and Sharrow
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – Is The River Really Beautiful..? by John Harrison and Chantelle Stewart

The proposed project is an urban exploration exit station from the ‘Megatron’ culvert that runs beneath Sheffield station
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – Norton Prospect Tower and Labyrinth by waparchitects

A reinvention of Norton Water Tower with lightweight metal spiral access ramps making it into a public prospect tower with a labyrinth laid out on the covered reservoir
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – Pigs, Bees and Bells by David Britch, Eamonn Canniffe and Stephen Martlew

A productive proposal for the terrain vague between Broad Street and Victoria Quays employing the joyful activities of the swineherd, the apiarist and the bell founder
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – Sheffield City Farm by Bond Bryan Architects

Sheffield City Farm seeks to link two disparate sides of the city with a green corridor, integrating an urban farm and allotments, relocating the city market and creating a waterfront edge
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – Small Hallam Collider by A449, Matthew Johnson

The Small Hallam Collider is a public centre for idea generation, collaboration and small business incubation, developing regional wealth through enterprise and knowledge transfer
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – St Mary’s Gateway by Zanthe Wray

A new gateway to bring life to the neglected underpasses of the Inner Ring Road and provide a welcoming beacon to define the city of Sheffield
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – The Coo-op by Evans Vettori Architects

The Coo-op is a new initiative between man and bird. Pigeons that once inhabited the site are reintroduced to give the site meaning, memory and involve Sheffield’s homeless community
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – The Golden Frame by Deborah Egan, Leon Henshaw and Alastair Norton

The Golden Frame is a mobile floating viewing frame designed for the waterways of the Sheffield and Tinsley Navigation, a canal pouring through Sheffields abandoned and demolished landscape of steelmills
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – The Porter City by Dom Lewis and Max Aughton

The Porter City, an Art Gallery, Historic Walk, Nature Trail and cross city link showcasing all that’s great about Sheffield while pursuing to revitalise the CIQ and the surrounding area
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – Watersmeet Centre by Alex Mingozzi and Mihalis Walsh

View of Watersmeet Allotment Centre from riverbank level; a building to support and bring together neighbouring allotment groups, located over the confluence of two rivers at Malin Bridge
Forgotten Spaces Sheffield 2011: Shortlist – Wicker Spice by Oliver Peach

Wicker Spice seeks to utilize the common ground of the love of food to re-cement a strong positive community identity
Former BSF tsar heads 60-project jackpot

Tim Byles, former CEO of Partnerships for Schools (PfS) has selected three practices to work for his new social investment company, which aims to turn disused sites into public buildings for use by local authorities
Foster unveils Lebanon towers

[First look + project data] Foster + Partners has broken ground on this 100,000m² residential-led mixed-use scheme in Beirut, Lebanon
Four Seasons Hotel, London, by Eric Parry Architects

How Eric Parry Architects built a spa on the roof of London’s Four Seasons Hotel. By Felix Mara. Photography by Edmund Sumner
Fraser Brown MacKenna wins Peabody housing go-ahead

Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects has won outline planning permission for 280 homes in Hackney for the Peabody Trust
Frick Laboratory, Princeton University by Hopkins Architects

[Images + drawings + data] An informal space in Hopkins’ Frick Laboratory at Princeton encourages creative collaborations, says Brian Carter. Photography by Warren Jagger
Front Doors

New materials and methods mean the front door is no longer just for coming and going, says Sandy Patience
Frozen Poetry

The Courtauld Institute’s conference on architecture and poetry is symptomatic of a new direction in practice
Future imperfect

Robin Wilson explores the strange world of science fiction at the British Library
Gallery window detail: Hepworth Wakefield, by David Chipperfield Architects

[Working detail 02.06.11] Windows designed flush with the in-situ concrete facade to emphasise the abstract forms of the gallery volumes
Geoff Wilkinson’s Regs: Part L and zero carbon

Speed is of the essence in the move towards zero carbon
GKD: A golden veil for the synagogue in Munich

The Jewish Community Center is located in the heart of Munich’s historic district at St. Jakobplatz, right next to the Town Hall and the Church of Our Lady.In memory of the orthodox synagogue destroyed by the Nazis back in 1938, the main synagoguebears the same Hebrew name: Ohel Jakob (“Jacob’s Tent”). Its expressive architecture is characterized by two stacked cubes: a massive, temple-like rock base with a filigree glass construction on top clad in a bronze-colored translucent woven
Glas scoops planning for Blackfriars viaduct café

[First look + plans] Glas Architects has won planning permission for a second scheme under Blackfriars Road rail viaduct, opposite London’s Southwark Underground station
Glenigan: retail projects on site up 117%

The number of retail projects on site has ballooned since the start of the year according to new figures released by industry tracker Glenigan
Glenn Howells scoops planning for Cardiff HQ

[First look + plans] Glenn Howells Architects has won planning permission for this 20,500m² headquarters building in Cardiff, Wales
Going cool on district heating

Heat networks: as demand for heating falls, is district heating all it’s cracked up to be, asks Rory Bergin
Government announces presumption in favour of sustainable development

The government has finally published its long-awaited presumption in favour of sustainable development, encouraging councils to approve schemes ‘wherever possible’
Green shoots? Practices are hiring again

The number of practices taking on new staff has ballooned, with recruiters claiming the employment market is in the ‘best place’ for more than two years
Greg Clark reveals plans to boost ‘meanwhile uses’

Planning minister Greg Clark has announced plans to scrap the red tape blocking organisations from converting empty properties into shops and community spaces
Grimshaw wins planning for Southampton university centre

[First look] Grimshaw has bagged planning consent for the first phase of a new campus development at the University of Southampton
Hawkins\Brown unwraps Olympic park DLR station

[First look] Hawkins\Brown has completed this train station serving a newly completed ‘DLR’ extension to the Olympic Park in east London
Hemingway drops Broadgate/Shuttleworth clanger on Newsnight

Wayne Hemingway showed off the full extent of his architectural knowledge on BBC2’s Newsnight on Thursday after mistakenly claiming ‘his favourite architect’ Ken Shuttleworth had designed London’s Broadgate
Hepworth Wakefield, by David Chipperfield Architects

David Chipperfield’s bold, striking and singular Hepworth Wakefield gallery will win the favour of the public, predicts Joseph Rykwert. Photography by Iwan Baan
Historic: The Essence of Engineering

Paying tribute to herculean feats of engineering in the past - plus the humble rope bridge
Hodson

[First look + plans] Keighley’s Central Hall has reopened to voluntary and local groups following a £2.1 million revamp by Hodson Architects
Ian Simpson unwraps Newcastle business school

[First look] Ian Simpson Architects has completed this Business School for Newcastle University - the first phase of its £100 million Downing Plaza masterplan for developer Downing
Immigration clampdown: Controversy over architect student visas

Architects have spoken out against the government’s new visa system which they claim blocks international students from qualifying and creates an ‘impediment’ to overseas growth
In pictures: KPF’s King’s Reach tower plans unveiled

[First look + plans] These are the first images of KPF’s project to redevelop King’s Reach tower on London’s Southbank
In pictures: Zumthor's 2011 Serpentine pavilion

[First look] These are the first images showing Peter Zumthor’s completed design for this summer’s Serpentine Pavilion in Kensington Gardens, London
Interview: The Essence of Engineering

Sam Price and Max Fordham discuss the Essence of Engineering
Introduction: The Essence of Engineering

For this publication we asked AJ readers to nominate what they deemed to be the ‘essence of engineering’
Kalzip - Fit for 40 years!

Kalzip aluminium standing seam system’s outstanding durability has been independently authenticated by virtue of testing undertaken by Germany’s Federal Institute for Material Research and Testing (BAM). BAM’s thorough examinations and assessments have been taking place for more than 40 years in three types of aggressive environment - marine, urban and industrial - and the results confirm Kalzip’s long term corrosion-resistance and performance capabilities.
Kalzip’s BBA Certificate revised

Kalzip’s BBA Certificate No: 98/3841 has been revised and is now far more comprehensive than the original version. It is presented as two separate product sheets covering the Kalzip Liner Roof System and Kalzip Deck Roof System - this allows for the addition of different Kalzip systems at a later date. Covering all of Kalzip’s profiles, this revised version is in the BBA’s new, easier to follow format which makes the search for information much quicker and more convenient for the user.
Karen Cook: Distinctive skyscrapers are not ‘vanity projects’

Karen Cook of PLP Architecture responds to calls for a more standardised approach to skyscraper design, claiming distinctive schemes are more than mere ‘vanity projects’
King: Architects could be sued for poor performing green buildings

UK Green Building Council chief Paul King has warned that in the future, architects could be held responsible for eco-friendly buildings which fail to perform
KPF celebrates Pinnacle Tower restart

Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) chairman Gene Kohn has described his ‘delight’ at news construction of the 300m-tall Pinnacle skyscraper in London is set to resume
Las Arenas, Barcelona by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Structural engineering is the servant of architecture in Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ Las Arenas mixed development in Barcelona, writes FelixMara
Latest figures: fewer architects unemployed

The number of architects claiming unemployment has fallen for the fifth month in a row
Lazy games? Jones East 8 submits Olympic sofa scheme

[First look + plans] Jones East 8 has submitted an outline planning application which could allow it to build this temporary sofa-shaped hospitality space overlooking the London 2012 Olympic Park
LDS reveals new HQ for auctioneers Bonhams

[First look] Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands (LDS) has unveiled plans to create a new international headquarters for world-famous auction house Bonhams in London
Life imitating art is a lot harder than it looks

Ian Martin’s creative licence expires
Localism Bill must not weaken protection for our 'irreplaceable heritage'

As the Localism Bill continues through parliament this week, the Heritage Alliance’s Henry Russell urges the government not to sideline historic built environment issues for potentially dangerous business-led growth
Localism: How to be the friendly neighbourhood architect

Planning portal: Recent changes to the Localism Bill leave architects well placed to steer neighbourhood plans, says Chris Quigley
Localism: The clients' view

As the Localism Bill is debated in the House of Lords, Merlin Fulcher asks clients how the reform will change the way they work with architects
London Gateway port building, Essex

[Requests to participate must be made by 25 July] London Gateway – the new deep-sea container port currently under construction in Essex, 25 miles from the capital – is procuring services for the design and construction of a new port building
London giant goalposts plan dropped

A competition-winning scheme to build a giant 60m-tall, goalpost-like structure at Aldgate, east London for the 2012 Olympics Games has been ditched
Lubetkin's Hallfield Estate lands Grade II listing

Architecture minister John Penrose has listed Berthold Lubetkin’s 1950s Hallfield Estate in Paddington, west London at grade II
Lynch Architects seeks planning for mixed-use block in London’s Victoria

[First look + plans] Lynch Architects has submitted a revised planning application for this 9,798m2 scheme featuring a library, 35 affordable houses and office space in Victoria, London
M Shed, Bristol by LAB Architecture Studio

Following a U-turn in favour of a retrofit brief, there is little to be seen of LAB Architecture Studio’s trademark styling in the M Shed museum, writes Rob Gregory. Photography by Richard Bryant
Madelin: Neighbourhood plans a potential disaster

Argent joint chief executive Roger Madelin has hit out at government proposals in the Localism Bill, claiming neighbourhood plans could be disastrous
Making sense of liability and the law (Part 2)

Paul Finch’s letter from London: Four lawyers discuss risk and architecture
Malcolm Fraser bags Lews Castle restoration job

[First look] Malcolm Fraser Architects has won a competition to redevelop the Category A-listed Lews Castle on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland
Maquinarias service centre in Lima, Peru

[Deadline for registration is 5 September] Peruvian Nissan dealership Maquinarias has initiated an international design competition to enlarge and modernise one of its service centres in Lima
Mayor asked to halt Earls Court housing estate redevelopment

London Assembly member Jenny Jones has called on Boris Johnson to save two housing estates threatened with demolition by 28 hectare plans to redevelop Earls Court in London
Mayor overturns Camden and approves Make’s Saatchi & Saatchi scheme

London Mayor Boris Johnson has overturned Camden Council’s decision to block Make Architects’ proposed redevelopment of the former headquarters of advertising company Saatchi & Saatchi in Fitzrovia
MBLA opens stainless steel-clad health centre

[First look + plans] MBLA has completed this 5,400m² NHS Neighbourhood Treatment Centre in Garston, South Liverpool
Motorbikes, Bicycles and Buggies: The Essence of Engineering

The bicycle, the most efficient form of human propulsion and largely unchanged since it first appeared in the modern form around 1885, was one of the most common entries to our contest. The iconic Maclaren buggy wins a place in the listings for its great merits of simplicity and eminent fitness for purpose
Museum of Roman Nîmes, France

[Deadline for tenders is 30 August] The City of Nîimes in France has launched a competition to design a museum of Roman Nîmes, showcasing artifacts and landmarks from the period
Neil Gillespie lands OBE

Neil Gillespie of Edinburgh-based Reiach and Hall Architects has received an OBE for services to architecture
New £2m listed buildings fund announced

The Architectural Heritage Fund is to award grants of up to £200,000 from a new £2 million scheme to preserve historic buildings
New entrance for London Science Museum

[The deadline for expressions of interest is 28 June] The Science Museum in London is on the hunt for an architect-led design team to deliver a new £4 million entrance to its South Kensington building
New Line Learning Academy– An Acoustic Case Study Visit

In March this year, Ecophon organised a case study visit to the recently opened New Line Learning Academy, Maidstone. Far removed from the traditional designs we often see in the UK’s school estate, NLL is 9,463 sqm (GIA), and is designed to accommodate 1110 pupils. The concept for the building was provided by forward thinking educationalist and current Head Teacher, Guy Hewitt, who had the challenge of inspiring pupils from two existing, but failing schools, with a high truancy rate, to rais
New Practices #71: AZPA

The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or circumstances
New Practices #72: a_zero environmental architects

The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or redundancy
New Practices #73: JUMP Architects

The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or redundancy
New Practices #75: ZS Architects

The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or circumstances
New Taipei City art museum, Taiwan

[The deadline for registrations is 5 August] The New Taipei City government in Taiwan has launched an international design competition, calling for plans for a ‘world-class’ museum of art in the city’s Yingge district
Niall McLaughlin submits Whitechapel housing scheme

[First look + plans + project data] Niall McLaughlin Architects has submitted a planning application for this residential scheme in Whitechapel, east London
Norwegian royal properties framework

[Requests to participate must be made by 9 August] The Norwegian department for government-owned royal properties has invited architects to take part in an open tender competition aimed at securing an engineering design services framework covering its buildings
Obituary: Sam Potts (1978 to 2011)

Sam Potts, the co-founder of the Redundant Architects Recreation Association (RARA), was one of architecture‘s ‘shining young stars’ writes Alex Scott-Whitby
Orbit designer Anish Kapoor welcomes Ai Weiwei release

The sculptor behind the 2012 Olympics ArcelorMittal Orbit tower, Anish Kapoor has said he is ‘thankful’ the Chinese authorities have released artist Ai Weiwei but said artists should continue to boycott the country
Organisers celebrate ‘exceptional’ interest in Union Terrace Gardens competition

The controversial competition to revamp Union Terrace Gardens in Aberdeen has received 55 entries from architects including one Pritkzer Laureate and several Stirling award winners – claim organisers
Panter Hudspith scoops planning for Elephant & Castle tower

Panter Hudspith Architects has bagged planning permission for this 22-storey skyscraper close to Elephant & Castle in south London
Paul Morrell: BIM to be rolled out to all projects by 2016

Chief construction adviser Paul Morrell speaks to the AJ about radical plans to make BIM compulsory for all public projects
Peers urged to act on 'cash for permission' clause in Localism Bill

The Royal Town Planning Institute (RTPI) has urged peers to press ministers to remove the controversial Clause 124 from the Localism Bill
Penoyre & Prasad bags planning for Guy's Tower re-clad

Penoyre & Prasad has won planning permission for this project to re-clad the Guy’s Hospital tower in London
Peter Zumthor: ‘My work is not about design’

AJ editor Christine Murray talks to Peter Zumthor about his Serpentine Pavilion, enclosed gardens and the role of the architect
Planning minister gives 36 more councils extra planning powers

The fourth wave of councils to be given new neighbourhood planning powers has been named by the Department for Communities and Local Government
Plans submitted for £1bn Scottish 'Poundbury'

[First look] Plans have been submitted for a controversial, 4,000 home ‘village’ near Aberdeen masterminded by American New Urbanist Andres Duany
Pontypool indoor market, Wales

[Deadline for tenders is 2 August] Torfaen County Borough Council in Wales is on the hunt for an architect to take on the ‘sympathetic’ restoration of Pontypool’s 1893 indoor market
Practice Architecture unveils Peckham rooftop cafe and auditorium

Up-and-coming studio Practice Architecture has completed this temporary café and auditorium to accompany a sculpture exhibition in Peckham, south London
Practices losing faith in work upsurge, claims RIBA report

The number of practices expecting more work in the future taken a tumble, according to the latest RIBA Future Trends survey
Price of Wallinger’s white horse soars to £12 million

The construction cost for artist Mark Wallinger’s project to build a 50-metre high equestrian statue in Ebbsfleet, Kent has spiralled from £2 to £12 million
Proctor and Matthews bags planning for Kent college redevelopment

Proctor and Matthews has won planning consent for a housing and mixed-used development in Horsted, Kent
Public housing orders drop 20 per cent

The number of public housing construction orders tumbled 20 per cent in the first quarter of 2011 compared with the previous three months, official figures have shown
Public subsidy for privatised excellence – oh, what a Big Clever Society we are turning into

Ian Martin applies to have Stephen Fry listed
Pyrrhic victory in Scotland

To the Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh and the opening night of 3x3, an exhibition of the work of three new academicians
Quiet pleasures, explosive oomph

Alan Stanton and Piers Gough’s co-curated room at the Royal Academy blends photography, intricate modelwork and deft drawings with style, says Gillian Darley
RALA completes London school reception block

Emerging practice RALA has finished work on this £1.2 million reception block for St Christopher’s The Hall school in Bromley, south London
Reaction: Broadgate listing rejected

The profession responds to Culture Minister Jeremy Hunt’s decision not to list Arup Associates’ Broadgate Square campus in the City of London
Reed: Government says there are too many architects

RIBA president Ruth Reed has been told by Whitehall insiders that the government thinks there are too many architects in the profession
Refurbishment of Brooke Park, Londonderry

[Requests to participate must be received by 19 August] Derry City Council is seeking architectural services for the restoration of the site of the former Gwyn Institute in Brooke Park
Renfrewshire Council framework agreement

[The deadline for requests to participate is 25 July] Renfrewshire Council in Scotland is searching for architectural services as part of a four year framework agreement for professional technical services
Replica of Bennetts' RSC theatre arrives in US

The Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) has built a replica of Bennetts Associates and Charcoalblue’s Stratford Upon Avon theatre inside an arts venue in New York
Reservoir and Aftermath

[THIS WEEK] Landscape photography gets reimagined in two new art books, writes James Pallister
Residential starts plummet by nearly a third

The number of residential schemes starting on site has fallen by 31 per cent in the last year
Revealed: Winners of the RA’s Summer Exhibition

Birds Portchmouth Russum Architects has won the £10,000 architecture prize at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, sponsored by Lend Lease and supported by the AJ
RIAS welcomes new Scottish borrowing powers

The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland (RIAS) has welcomed news that funding for major new infrastructure projects in Scotland is to be brought forward
RIBA Award Winners 2011 – Campus

A strong year for campus architecture with expressive, modernist projects by architects familiar to the RIBA Awards
RIBA Awards 2011: Introduction

There are 89 British winners this year, four less than 2010, split among 80 firms - Hopkins, with four winners, leads the pack, although three Scottish firms, Page\Park, Richard Murphy and Sutherland Hussey each bagged two
RIBA backs Government low carbon build plan

The RIBA has welcomed the Government’s plan to deliver a low carbon construction sector.
RIBA president to meet 'anti-architect' Gove

Outgoing RIBA president Ruth Reed has been granted a face-to-face meeting with controversial education secretary Michael Gove
RIBA unveils tweaked CPD curriculum

The RIBA has revealed ‘radical’ plans to overhaul and simplify the CPD curriculum
Riverside Museum, Glasgow, by Zaha Hadid Architects

The beautifully built Riverside Museum proves hiring Zaha Hadid was the right thing for Glasgow, writes Rory Olcayto. Photography by Hufton + Crow
RMJM redesigns controversial Gazprom tower

AJ exclusive: RMJM has revealed its redesigned Gazprom tower, now to be built 12kms from its original site in the centre of St Petersburg
Rogers submits plans for bridge over the Dome

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) has finally submitted designs for a ‘skywalk’ to allow visitors to walk across the O2, formerly the Millennium Dome, in Greenwich, south London.
Roof detail: Frick Laboratory, Princeton University by Hopkins Architects

[Working detail 23.06.11] Atrium roof and shade canopy for chemistry laboratory
Rothschild Foundation, Windmill Hill. Aylesbury, by Stephen Marshall Architects

Stephen Marshall Architects’ ranch-like archive for the Rothschild Foundation takes its cue from its rural setting and excels at craftsmanship. Photography by Richard Bryant
Royal Institute of Brewing Architects

Recession making you thirsty? Never fear, the Redundant Architects Recreation Society (RARA) has launched a new beer brewed solely by unemployed architects
S333 unwraps Southwark housing

[First look] S333 has completed this mixed-use housing and retail scheme in New Kent Road, Southwark in south London
ScanLAB Video: The AJ office in 3D

Watch a 3D flythrough of the AJ office + ScanLAB founders William Trossell and Matt Shaw explain the impact that BIM-transferable 3D ‘pointcloud’ scans will have on architecture
Shepheard Epstein Hunter wins go-ahead for office-to-school scheme

[First look + plans] Shepheard Epstein Hunter Architects has won planning permission to convert and extend a former housing association headquarters in Lambeth into a new school
Sheppard Robson wins approval for Manchester eco-campus

Sheppard Robson has won the go-ahead for its £110 million Birley Fields Campus at the Manchester Metropolitan University (MMU)
Skeletal Structures: The Essence of Engineering

An ubiquitous tower, a man who made towers and a huge telescope: three important skeletal structures
Skype Corporate Headquarters, Luxembourg by WAM

[Drawings + project data] This project forms part of the regeneration works to an existing brewery in Luxembourg City’s old quarter
Social housing refurbishments, Northern Ireland

[Requests to participate must be made by 15 July] Architects design services are required as part of a framework agreement for the maintenance and refurbishment of existing social housing in Northern Ireland
SOM unveils Elephant & Castle plans

[First look] SOM has revealed these concept images showing two alternative schemes for the redevelopment of Elephant & Castle shopping centre in London
Spark Concept, ideas contest

[Entries must be received by 1 July] Spark Awards has launched a two stage ideas contest aimed at highlighting the ‘best new ideas and best new solutions’ by qualified designers and students
Spparc wins go-ahead for Tbilisi competition winner

[First look + plans] London’s Spparc has bagged planning consent for this 37,000m² mixed-use development in the Georgian capital, Tbilisi
St Vincent’s Private Hospital

As part of a design and build project at one of Dublin’s premier private teaching hospitals, 15,000 sqm of Ecophon’s Hygiene Meditec acoustic ceiling tiles have been installed throughout the building.
Student Degree show dates 2011

It’s almost degree show time - here’s this year’s listings. If your school is missing please do get in touch
Student hardship drawing competition

A drawing contest has been launched asking for art works to feature in the Pavilion of Protest Exhibition at the RIBA in London in October
Studio Weave and Somewhere's floating cinema, Portavilion

[THIS WEEK] Travelling cinemas have come to London’s canals, writes James Pallister
Sunnybank Passivhaus, Coldingham, by Venner Lucas Architects

[Sustainability in Practice] Sunnybank: How Venner Lucas Architects opted for Passivhaus midway through construction of a new home in Coldingham in the Scottish borders, writes Oliver Chapman
Taiwan Tower competition

[Entries must be submitted by 29 August] A competition has been launched to design a ‘Taiwan Tower’ building in Taichung
Take two: Chelsea barracks wins planning

Westminster City Council has approved plans by Dixon Jones, Squire and Partners and Kim Wilkie Associates to redevelop Chelsea Barracks in London
Take two: RIBA launches Windermere Steamboat Museum design contest

The RIBA has launched a design competition for the redevelopment of the Windermere Steamboat Museum in the Lake District National Park
Taylor Young completes twisted black-box theatre

[First look + plans] Taylor Young has unwrapped this 120-seat black-box theatre in a conservation area in Kendal
Terminal architecture in Zurich

Astragal’s morbid curiosity was piqued by news that London Metropolitan University Part 2 student andRIBA Council student representative Alex Scott-Whitby has initiated a dialogue between Swiss assisted-suicide clinic Dignitas and the owners of Zurich Airport over plans to relocate the clinic to the airport’s inter-country transit zone
Terry Farrell’s £8 billion Earls Court masterplan submitted for planning

Terry Farrell + Partners’ 28 hectare masterplan for the redevelopment of the Earls Court in west London has been submitted for planning
The Architect: What Now 2011

[THIS WEEK] Soul-searching about the architects role within society is nothing new, as a quick dip into the RIBA archive attests, writes James Pallister
Theatre in Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, France

[Requests to participate must be made by 25 July] Chamonix-Mont-Blanc in France has launched a design competition for a new theatre
Third of student architects bankrolled by parents

Nearly a third of Part 2 and Part 3 architecture students rely on cash from a trust fund, an inheritance or an allowance to get them through their studies, according to an RIBA pilot survey
Tom Bloxham on Localism and the role of the architect

The chairman and co-founder of Urban Splash talks to HOK’s Sherin Aminossehe about developing in the Big Society
Traditionalists call for Broadgate demolition

The Traditional Architecture Group (TAG) has joined calls to demolish parts of the 1980s post-modern Broadgate estate in London
TV Dragon Deborah joins Finch on Design Council CABE's board

Former CABE boss Paul Finch has been appointed deputy chair of the Design Council (DC) and chair of Design Council CABE
Twelve things architects can do with twitter

Su Butcher on a dozen uses for the micro-blogging site
Twitter's top 100 architects - and how to join them

You may not have heard of them, but our Twitter 100 architects are winning work online, says Christine Murray
Video: Battersea Power Cube

Ever found yourself thinking a Rubik’s Cube was impossible to complete? Well, consider the irony facing the owners ofBattersea Power Station – the Grade II*-listed landmark which has proved one of London’s most elusive redevelopment projects
Video: Steilneset Witch Trial Memorial by Peter Zumthor and Louise Bourgeois

The project in Vardo, Norway is a memorial to the 91 victims of the 17th-century witch trials
WAF Awards: deadline extended

The deadline to enter projects for the World Architecture Festival awards has been extended to Friday 8 July
Why Stop Competition, Massachusetts

[Submissions must be made by 16 September] Architects and Urban Designers are invited to visualize new destinations along Massachusetts’ proposed South Coast Rail extension in the United States
Why the Broadgate listing is both undeserved and unfair

English Heritage’s belated stance on Broadgate is not only reactive, it’s dangerous, say Christine Murray
Windermere Steamboat Museum, the Lake District

[The deadline for expressions of interest is 4 August] The RIBA has launched a design competition for the redevelopment of the Windermere Steamboat Museum in the Lake District National Park
Wonderful Copenhagen

Copenhagen’s now legitimate Freetown sets a radical precedent for the Big Society, says Rory Olcayto
Work nears completion on Keith Williams' Canterbury showstopper

These are the latest shots of Keith Williams Architects’ soon-to-complete Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury
Work nears completion on Maritime Museum addition

[First look] Purcell Miller Tritton’s (PMT) £35.2 million extension to the Grade I-listed National Maritime Museum (NMM) in Greenwich is set to open next month
Zaha bags planning for new Serpentine gallery

[First look] Zaha Hadid has scooped planning permission for this 900m² scheme to create a new exhibition space for the Serpentine Gallery in Kensington Gardens, London
Zaha on shortlist for Bogotá Convention centre

Zaha Hadid Architects has been named among the five finalists to design the new Bogotá International Convention Cente

Architects JournalJune 2011

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June 2011