Architects Journal
May 2007

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-But its joint venture with Wilkinson Eyre is sailing along nicely

Wilkinson Eyre and Allies and Morrison have unveiled their latest proposals for Brighton Marina.
-while also revealing designs for Chelsea riverside

Make has unveiled the latest phase in the regeneration of central London's Grosvenor Docks development.
. . .WHILE ANOTHER AGREES THE PLAN ISN'T WATERTIGHT

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A NONSENSICAL REVIEW OF A FLAWED BOOK

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A PATIENT'S POSITIVE RESPONSE TO MOORFIELDS

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A SKETCH FROM MEMORY OF IVOR CUNNINGHAM

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ACOUSTIC AND VENTILATION ASSESSMENT IS NECESSARY

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Aedas could demolish Edinburgh's Haymarket Station

Aedas has earmarked the Grade A-listed Haymarket Station in Edinburgh for demolition to make way for a new transport hub in the city.
AFL 'on pause' as new firm drafted in to redesign Liverpool stadium

Atherden Fuller Leng's (AFL) role in the design of Liverpool Football Club's long-awaited new home is looking increasingly uncertain.
AIR CENTRE SPREADS ITS WINGS

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Allies and Morrison unveils long-awaited Royal Festival Hall revamp

Allies and Morrison's two-year, £100 million revamp of London's Grade I-listed Royal Festival Hall (RFH) on the South Bank has finally been unveiled.
Alsop, Gough and Featherstone join sustainable house designers in the countryside - images

Will Alsop, Piers Gough and Sarah Featherstone have signed up to a scheme to each design a £500,000 house for developer Jeremy Paxton's Lower Mill Estate in Gloucestershire.
ANYONE CAN BE A DESIGNER THESE DAYS

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ARCH IRRITANT

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Architect sues learner driver over two-year-old son's car-crash death

A London architect, whose son died in an accident involving a learner driver, is suing Norwich Union Insurance for unlimited damages.
ARCHITECT'S ACCOUNT

The major characteristic that was gradually revealed to me and Stephen Gee as we researched Moggerhanger is that it is an intensely personal design by Soane. Although some mid-18thcentury fabric survives concealed, in its south-east corner, the house is essentially a building of 1808-12, incorporating interior work from an earlier enlargement by Soane in 1790-92 for a previous generation. The clients were directors of the Bank of England and the - rst commission for Moggerhanger came comparat
ARCHITECTS MUST BEWARE THAT NEW TECHNOLOGY DOES NOT DEVALUE THEIR SKILLS

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ARCHITECTURAL PATRON JOHN ELDRIDGE REMEMBERED

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Architecture biennale avoids pronunciation problems by becoming festival

The London Architecture Biennale has changed its name to London Festival of Architecture (LFA) - because too many people can't pronounce 'biennale'.
ARCHITECTURE IS ABOUT PASSION, NOT MONEY

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ARCHITECTURE IS TOO WRAPPED UP IN ITSELF

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Armstrong Burton looks to win out in Bedford despite CABE criticism

Armstrong Burton Architect's (ABA's) £20 million Riverside Square scheme in Bedford looks likely to get the go-ahead despite an earlier savaging by CABE (CABE savages Armstrong Burton's Bedford scheme).
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ASTRAGAL'S NORTH POINT STORY IS APOCRYPHAL

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Austin-Smith:Lord stays on Manchester museum - and submits new proposals

Austin-Smith:Lord (ASL) has put this revised scheme for the landmark People's History Museum in Manchester in for planning, following a year of doubt and confusion as to whether the firm would even stay on the project.
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BALLS IN COURT

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BATS GET A NEW HOME IN RIBA COMP

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BDP's overhauled Hale Village receives outline planning consent

BDP's controversial £400 million Hale Village scheme in Lee Valley, north-east London, has been given outline planning consent.
BEING AND BECOMING IN THE METAVERSE

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Bennetts finally wins green light for City office scheme

Bennetts Associates has won the go-ahead for its redesigned 64-74 Mark Lane office scheme in the City of London.
Benson & Forsyth to rework Watford FC's stadium in health campus plan

Benson & Forsyth has unveiled a masterplan for the mammoth £1 billion Watford Health Campus scheme in west Watford.
Berman Guedes Stretton adds to Oxford's 'ivory towers' - image

Berman Guedes Stretton (BGS) has received planning consent for this £3 million scheme to provide a new garden lecture theatre at Queen's College, Oxford.
BEST BUILDING OF 2006

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Birmingham seeks starchitect to design city skyscraper

Birmingham Council has said an 'architect of international repute' is likely to be appointed to an ambitious 40-storey skyscraper scheme in the city.
BODILY FUNCTIONS

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Bond Bryan buzzes ahead with building designed for bees - images

Bond Bryan has been given the go-ahead for an unusual environmental research building in Sheffield - the first in the country with specially designed 'bee holes' in its exterior walls.
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Evocations of Place: The Photographs of Edwin Smith By Robert Elwall.
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Frank Thiel: A Berlin Decade Hatje Cantz, 2006. £39.99.
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BRAZIL NUTS

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Brisac Gonzalez wins Scottish arts centre comp

Brisac Gonzalez Architects has won a competition to build a £10 million contemporary arts centre of 'international importance' in Aberdeen, Scotland.
British Library designer Colin St John Wilson dies aged 85

One of the most influential figures in British architecture, Colin St John Wilson, the man behind the British Library, has died.
Brits make shortlist for Pisa's historic quarter

A trio of British architects have been shortlisted for an extensive reworking of Pisa's historic quarter - a designated World Heritage Site.
BRUNSWICK BOOK IS IN FACT A 'TOUR DE FORCE'

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Bryant Priest Newman to build in Birmingham's Irish Quarter - image

Bryant Priest Newman (BPN) has won the green light for a mixed-use scheme in Birmingham's Irish Quarter - one of the city's boldest regeneration initiatives.
BUILDING REGS PLEDGES MUST NOT BE ABANDONED

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C20 fails to save Chamberlin Powell and Bon school

The Twentieth Century Society (C20) has lost its fight to save a Grade II-listed Chamberlin Powell and Bon-designed school in south-east London.
CABE finally backs KPF's City of London skyscraper

Kohn Pedersen Fox's (KPF) Pinnacle Tower in the heart of the City of London has received the blessing of CABE following a third review by the architectural watchdog.
CABE launches a broadside against Atkins' Olympic marina plans

CABE has laid into Atkins' Osprey Quay marina plans in Weymouth, Dorset - seen as key to the success of the 2012 Olympic Sailing Centre.
Cambridgeshire Modernist library to be razed - images

CPMG has been granted the go-ahead to knock down and replace Huntingdon Library, Cambridgeshire - described by angry objectors to the scheme as the town's 'best piece of Modernism'.
Campaigners lobby Putin over 'immediate' threat to Moscow's buildings

A report into the mass destruction of Moscow's historic buildings has warned that there is an 'immediate, extensive and overwhelming threat' to the city's architecture.
Campaigners urge Israeli architects not to design 'illegal' settlements

UK-based pressure group Architects and Planners for Justice in Palestine (APJP) has intensified its campaign against Israeli designers' involvement in what it claims is the illegal construction of settlements in Palestinian territory.
CARAT AND STICK

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Carey Jones' Liverpool development wins green light despite CABE objections

Carey Jones has been given the go-ahead for its controversial redevelopment of the former International Garden Festival site in Liverpool, despite CABE's claims that the scheme was 'flawed' and 'unacceptable'.
Carey Jones office works around Slough church - images

Carey Jones Architects has secured planning permission for a massive office development in Slough which will 'frame' the town's Grade I-listed St Mary's Church.
Carey Jones to build big in Bolton

Carey Jones has bagged itself a massive £200 million mixed-use project in Bolton.
Carmody Groarke helps Gormley with famous 'fog box'

A key installation in sculptor Antony Gormley's major London retrospective has been part-designed by emerging talents Carmody Groarke, the AJ can reveal.
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CLIMATE CHANGE SCIENCE JUST DOESN'T ADD UP

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COLIN ST JOHN WILSON 1922 - 2007

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Competition for Preston office block announced

The RIBA Competitions Office has taken the unusual step of announcing a contest for the design of an office building.
CONSERVATION POLICY BOWS TO TOWERING AMBITIONS

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Contest launched to revamp Aberdeen's Marischal College - image

A competition has been launched to find an architect-led team to overhaul Aberdeen's Grade A-listed Marischal College - Britain's largest granite building.
CONTRIBUTORS

Ty Goddard, who writes about current issues in new-build school design on pages 46-48, is the director of the British Council for School Environments
CONTRIBUTORS

Dean Hawkes, who reviews Josef Albers: To Open Eyes on pages 104-5, was formerly a professor at the Welsh School of Architecture and is an architect, writer and teacher
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Christine Sullivan, who photographs De Lichtenberg for the Building Study on pages 25-39, is an artist based in London working in photography and video
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Tim Soar, who photographs New Islington for the Building Study on pages 25-37, is an architectural photographer whose work has featured in the Sunday Times
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Carlos Ferrater, who writes the Building Study on Mangera Yvars' Villa Valldoreix on pages 25-35, is director of Carlos Ferrater Architects in Barcelona
Corstorphine and Wright accepts out-of-court settlement in legal battle with contractor

London-based practice Corstorphine and Wright has accepted an 'undisclosed sum' from contractor Birse Build in an out-of-court settlement that ends a long-running legal spat between the firms.
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The new Dakota Eurocentral Hotel, near Motherwell, is clad with Colorcoat Prisma from Corus. The prefinished steel has been used as part of a Corus composite cladding system.
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Court bid to block Wilkinson Eyre's Bath 'busometer' thrown out

Campaigners hoping to save the ill-fated Churchill House in Bath have been dealt yet another blow after a legal bid to stop the demolition was thrown out of court.
CRITIC'S CHOICE

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The dapper gentleman pictured above is Theodore Jacobsen, and half-unrolled in his right hand is a drawing of the west front of London's Foundling Hospital on the fringe of Bloomsbury - built in 1752, demolished in 1928, and his best-known work.
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CZWG puts £10 million library before planners - images

Piers Gough's practice CZWG is submitting this £10 million Canada Water library scheme to planners, having already received outline planning permission for a masterplan for the east London area.
CZWG redesigns Bournemouth casino amid political ding-dong - images

CZWG has unveiled these images of its amended Bournemouth Pavilion Casino, which has found itself at the heart of a heated row between Liberal Democrats and Tories on the city council.
CZWG's Vaux Brewery win to be challenged in High Court

The bitter and protracted battle between Sunderland Arc and Tesco to develop the Vaux Brewery site in Sunderland has taken yet another twist.
D5 Architects wins 'landmark' bus station

D5 Architects has won the competition to design the new 'landmark' bus station in Chatham, Kent ( Marks Barfield shortlisted for 'landmark' bus station ).
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Respond to these showcases www. ajplus. co. uk/ajdirect Readers may obtain information about these products by filling in the enquiry numbers on an AJ enquiry card. Advertisers wishing to promote their products on these pages should contact Chris Bond on 020 75056816 David Smith St Ives has provided roof trusses for a new primary school at Longstanton near Cambridge. The completed laminated trussed rafters were produced to perfection using the most sophisticated manufacturing processes combin
David Walker's Barbican tower scheme rejected

David Walker Architects' (DWA) controversial scheme for Milton Court - the only part of London's Barbican Centre not to be listed - has been sent back to the drawing board by City planners.
de Rijke Marsh Morgan pioneers tall timber towers in Norway - images

These are the first images of de Rijke Marsh Morgan (dRMM)'s three timber towers in Norway - thought to be the tallest wooden buildings in the world.
Designer sought to overhaul 'trainspotting Mecca' Crewe Station

A competition has been launched to find an architect to overhaul Crewe Station - one of the most famous railway junctions in the world.
DESIGNING BY STEALTH

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Development poses threat to Eero Saarinen's Bell Laboratories

Fears are growing for the future of Eero Saarinen's world-famous and much-photographed Bell Laboratories in Holmdel, New Jersey.
Donald Trump's golf course plans land in the rough

Donald Trump's plan to build the 'world's greatest golf course' in Aberdeen has hit a major snag, with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) lodging a formal objection.
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Respond to these showcases www. ajplus. co. uk/ajdirect Readers may obtain information about these products by filling in the enquiry numbers on an AJ enquiry card. Advertisers wishing to promote their products on these pages should contact Chris Bond on 020 75056816 Dorma door-technology systems and products have been specified throughout the new Idea Store library in east London, winner of this year's RIBA Inclusive Design Award.
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Edinburgh council leader continues to throw stones at glass houses

Edinburgh's controversial new city leader Jenny Dawe has continued her attack on modern architecture, insisting glass is over-used in the city, with the material not suitable for a World Heritage site.
EDINBURGH LEADER BLASTS GLASS

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Elton John to create 'Louvre-nest' for his art collection

Flamboyant singer Elton John is to make the ultimate sacrifice to art by tearing down part of his £8 million Windsor mansion to build a giant art gallery designed by London-based practice Vicca Verde.
English Heritage finally names new chairman

After months of delays and uncertainty English Heritage has finally unveiled Sandy Bruce-Lockhart as its new chairman.
EXCELLENT STANDARDS WITHIN COST LIMITS

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A Slap in the Face! Futurists in Russia At the Estorick Collection, 39a Canonbury Square, London N1, until 10 June
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FAVOURITE & LEAST FAVOURITE BUILDINGS 2006

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FCO scheme in Abuja put on hold

The competition to design the new British High Commission office in the Nigerian capital, Abuja, has been put on hold after the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) was told there was no cash to fund the project.
Feilden Clegg Bradley replaces BBC in Leeds

Feilden Clegg Bradley Architects (FCB) has won the green light for this high-rise student-flat and academic complex on the site of the BBC’s former West Yorkshire home at Broadcasting Place in Leeds
FEILDEN CLEGG BRADLEY REPLACES BBC IN LEEDS

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Fire guts Hodder's future home - image

Hodder Associates' dreams of moving into Manchester's up-and-coming Northern Quarter went up in smoke last week (Monday 30 April) after a massive blaze gutted its future home.
FIRE PROTECTION NEED NOT UPSET AESTHETICS

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Fire rips through Europe's tallest freestanding structure

A fire has broken out at Europe's tallest freestanding structure - the Ostankino Television Tower in Moscow.
FIRM MAY DEMOLISH OWN OFFICE

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First three Landmark Wales competition winners revealed

Ian Ritchie, Marks Barfield and Tonkin Liu have scooped the first three Landmark Wales projects.
First tranche of Rogers' Homes for the Future is built

Rogers Stirk Harbour and Partners has completed its first swathe of 19 Homes of the Future - the practice's interpretation of the government's '£60,000 House'.
FLACQ ESCAPES PLANNING FLAK

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Foreign Office resigns from Olympic masterplan amid 'dumbing-down' rumours

Foreign Office Architects (FOA) has sensationally quit the Olympic park masterplanning team amid rumours that the project is being dumbed down.
Former AJ editor Isabel Allen joins London architecture taskforce

Former AJ editor Isabel Allen is to join one of the most powerful architectural panels in the capital - Ken Livingstone's new Design for London unit.
Foster reveals high-end Spanish winery - images

Foster & Partners has unveiled these images of its first ever winery - the Faustino Winery in the wine-making region of Ribera del Duero, 150km north of Madrid.
FOSTER SECURES HIS LEGACY

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Foster unveils world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste city - images

Foster & Partners has revealed these images of its masterplan for the world's first zero-carbon, zero-waste city in Abu Dhabi.
FOSTER'S DECISION TO STEP BACK FROM MANAGEMENT SHOULD REAP DIVIDENDS

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Foster's first London skyscraper sold in massive lease-back deal

Norman Foster's first major London tower, 8 Canada Square, which sits in the heart of London's Canary Wharf, has been sold for a whopping £1.09 billion.
Fraser forced on the defensive after Edinburgh scheme dubbed 'grotesque'

Malcolm Fraser Architects has hit back at claims by the newly elected Lib Dem leader of Edinburgh Council that its latest scheme is 'grotesque and hideous'.
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FULL LISTING (Part 1)

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GENDER INEQUALITY

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GENSLER UNVEILS EDUCATIONAL TEMPLATE

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GM+AD'S 'MEMORY VEIL'

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GOING TO THE WIRE

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Government blocks Allies and Morrison's Brighton tower -

Communities Secretary Ruth Kelly has blocked Allies and Morrison's Beetham Tower scheme in Brighton.
Grade I-listed Welsh castle saved from ruin - image

Acumen Architects is drawing up plans to bring north Wales' dilapidated Grade I-listed Gwrych Castle back to life, including the addition of two new contemporary structures.
GREEN LIGHT FOR LONDON ECO-HOUSE

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Grimshaw beats Zaha to Miami Science Museum

Grimshaw has pipped Zaha Hadid into second place and snatched victory in the high-profile competition to design the new £140 million Miami Science Museum in the USA.
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Health and Safety fears are stifling creative design, claims CABE

CABE has issued a scathing attack on England's 'claim culture', which it said was stifling design and creating bland and standardised public spaces.
Heritage projects face 'catastrophe' due to Olympics cash drain

The Olympic-fund drain could have a catastrophic effect on major heritage projects, especially in the North of England, it has been claimed in the House of Lords.
Hoskins takes top prize at Scottish Design Awards

Gareth Hoskins Architects has walked away with the top prize at this year's Scottish Design Awards.
HOW CAN BUILDING REGS IMPROVE?

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IF THE DOG EATS YOUR HARD COPY, YOU ALWAYS HAVE A BACKUP

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IF THE JURIES HAD BEEN DIFFERENT, THEN SO WOULD SOME OF THE CHOICES

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INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS ENSURE ARB'S FUTURE

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Is Blackpool killing off its super-casino bid with a big wheel?

Eyebrows have been raised over new plans for a new London Eye-style wheel in Blackpool - on the site of the town's proposed super-casino.
ISSUES WITH COVERAGE OF THE BBC UP NORTH

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IT IS A HYBRID STRUCTURE THAT IS NEITHER HOUSE NOR GARDEN BUT BOTH

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IT IS CREATING NEW TYPES OF SPACES THAT ALLOW BEHAVIOUR TO CHANGE

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IT WAS UNIMAGINABLE THAT THIS HOUSE WOULD EMERGE AS A SOANE MASTERPIECE

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JO RICHARDSON COMMUNITY SCHOOL, BARKING AND DAGENHAM

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Kaplicky goes to Czech senate to defend controversial Prague library

Jan Kaplicky, whose Future Systems studio is designing the National Library in Prague, has visited the Czech senate to defend the scheme, which has come under attack from no less a figure than Czech president Václav Klaus.
Keith Williams chases yet more work in Scandinavia

Scandinavia's ongoing love affair with Keith Williams Architects continues to blossom after the London-based firm was named on yet another competition shortlist - this time in Norway.
Kelly's planning shake-up faces criticism from environmentalists

The green lobby has blasted the government's proposed planning reforms claiming that they will prove detrimental to the environment.
KIERAN LONG NAMED AS AJ EDITOR

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The Kingframe Architectural Facade system was integral to rapid weather-proofing of the new science building at the University of Manchester.
KKA Architects plans UK's first floating homes for Liverpool - images

Liverpool-based KKA Architects is the practice behind these striking designs for Peel Holdings' ambitious plans to float 26 luxury homes in the city's Princes Dock basin.
KPF withdraws second Smithfield proposal, leaving it with one last chance

The saga surrounding Kohn Pedersen Fox's (KPF) controversial plans for Smithfield Market in central London have taken yet another twist.
LEGACY LET-DOWN

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Libeskind and Hadid both pull up a chair - images

Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid have taken a temporary break from creating iconic buildings and are sitting pretty after unveiling these chair designs.
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands cuts back South Bank tower scheme

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands (LDS) has revealed these images of its hacked-back Doon Street tower scheme on London's South Bank.
Local practices in competition to overhaul Sheffield Festival Centre

A gaggle of local practices has been shortlisted in the RIBA competition to redesign and extend the Sheffield Festival Centre.
LUNCHING ON GREEN MONKEYS AND BIZARRE PR

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M2R BEATS PLANNERS IN CORNWALL

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Make designs neighbour for Wren's Monument

Make Architects is planning a dramatic redevelopment of one of central London's most sensitive sites, next to Christopher Wren's Monument column.
Make offers first look at Old Bailey scheme -

This is the first glimpse of Make Architects' audacious designs for its 30 The Old Bailey project.
Mangera Yvars denies it is off mega-mosque project

The controversial Abbey Mills mega-mosque project has descended into farce, with the client insisting Mangera Yvars Architects has been fired despite the firm's insistence that its is still on board.
Marks Barfield shortlisted for 'landmark' bus station

Marks Barfield has been named on a six-strong shortlist in the competition to design a new 'landmark' bus station in Chatham, Kent.
MBLA hits back at critics after controversial Lancaster scheme wins consent - image

MBLA, the practice behind this contentious £4.5 million residential development on the eastern edge of Lancaster, has hit back at critics who have panned the scheme.
McHugh Stoppard wins planning for 'five-star' care home - images

McHugh Stoppard Architecture has received planning consent from Liverpool City Council for this striking 'older people's' care home for developer Greenacres.
MEGA CHURCH TO DWARF ST PAUL'S

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'MEMORY VEIL' APPEARS TO BE ALL IN THE MIND

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MEMORY VEIL INSPIRES HEAVENLY EVOCATION

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MISSING THE POINT

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MODELLING CAN ENSURE THE DESIGN IS ON TRACK

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MOORFIELDS' CONSTRAINTS HAVE PROVED TO BE ASSETS

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MOORFIELDS REVIEWER ONLY HAS EYES FOR HIMSELF

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MOST ADMIRED ARCHITECT

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New ODA boss is former Network Rail chief exec

Former Network Rail chief executive John Armitt has been appointed as the chair of the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA).
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Obituary: Vilhelm Wohlert 1920-2007

The Danish architect Vilhelm Wohlert, who designed the world famous Louisiana Museum of Art with his friend Jørgen Bo, has died.
ODA promises 'Olympic design to match the great Expos of the past'

London 2012 Olympics design guru Ricky Burdett has promised London a series of temporary venues to rival the great Expos of the past.
ODA seeks Olympic footbridge designer

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) is launching a design competition for a footbridge in the centre of the Olympic Park in east London.
ODA SEEKS TRAILBLAZING VENUES

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Olympics bosses call for 'world's best architects' to design Athletes' Village

The consortium building the £2 billion Athletes' Village for the 2012 London Olympics has called on 'the world's most talented architects' to pitch for what is one of the Games' most high-profile contracts.
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Panama masterplan is 'real-life SimCity' for Atkins

Atkins' London office has been given the chance 'to play SimCity for real' after being picked to design the masterplan for the massive new Panama City development.
Pardey unveils Littlehampton riverside scheme

John Pardey Architects has unveiled its proposed new riverside housing scheme in Littlehampton, West Sussex.
Parry to extend Grade I-listed Bath museum - image

Eric Parry Architects has revealed the first image of its new extension to the Grade I-listed Holburne Museum of Art in Bath.
Parsons Brinckerhoff airport extension dubbed 'an industrial shed' by CABE

Parsons Brinckerhoff's design for a massive expansion of London Ashford Airport in Kent has been branded an 'industrial shed' by CABE.
Partial listing protects Walthamstow dog track

Walthamstow Greyhound Stadium has been given partial-listed status by Culture Minister David Lammy in a bid to stop the east London track going to the dogs.
PCKO GOES DOWN TO THE RIVERSIDE

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Pellings sued over fire-risk fears

Housing association London & Quadrant Group (L&Q) is suing architect and planner Pellings in a £2.5 million legal battle.
Penson reveals mixed-use scheme for south London

Penson Architects has unveiled its £1.5 million scheme for Radius Shipping on the Old Kent Road, south London.
PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEIR OWN HOMES ON A DARK NIGHT

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PLANNING REFORM PROMISES WORK

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PM-in-waiting promises eco-friendly 'Brown Towns'

Gordon Brown has pledged to build five new 'eco-towns' should he become the next Prime Minister.
POOR DESIGN CAN GET IN THE WAY OF TEACHING

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POP CULTURE CAN SPAWN GREAT DESIGN

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Reid and Sports Concepts unveil 2014 Commonwealth Games plans - images

Sport Concepts and Reid Architecture have unveiled their plans for a new National Indoor Sports Arena (NISA), velodrome and badminton stadium as part of Glasgow's 2014 Commonwealth Games bid.
Reid to leave its footprint on Manchester

Reid Architecture's plans for a £70 million mixed-use scheme in a run-down part of Manchester city centre have been approved.
Renzo reveals plans for Italy's tallest tower - images

The AJ can exclusively reveal these engineering plans for Renzo Piano's beefed-up Intesa Sanpaolo Bank (ISB) Tower project in Turin, northern Italy - which when complete will be Italy's tallest skyscraper.
RENZO REWORKS HIS GEM AT THE SHARD'S BASE

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REPORTS ON MCASLAN'S FINANCES ARE 'MISLEADING'

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Restoration work's timber supports 'saved the Cutty Sark'

The Cutty Sark has been saved from catastrophic damage in a raging blaze thanks to its timber supports, the architect behind the restoration project has claimed.
RIBA ARB CABE

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RIBA London floats boat plan

RIBA London is in talks to relocate its headquarters to a boat on the River Thames.
RIBA LONDON FLOATS BOAT PLAN

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RIBA LONDON'S 'NEW HOME' TICKLES ONE READER. . .

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Rogers reveals huge hike in profits

Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners experienced a meteoric rise in the 2006 financial year, with before-tax profits of nearly £1.3 million. This is compared to pre-tax losses of £708,959 in 2005.
Rogers sees off rivals to win new British Museum scheme

Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners has seen off an all-star list of architects to redesign the special exhibition space in the British Museum.
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Rudolph home spared the wrecking ball

In a rare stroke of luck, a Paul Rudolph house has avoided the fate of many of his other buildings, and has been spared the wrecking ball.
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Sandy Wilson's Pallant House extension scoops Gulbenkian Prize

Sandy Wilson's last major project, Pallant House Gallery in Chichester, has won the £100,000 Gulbenkian prize just a week or so after his death.
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Scotland's Part L comes into force

Scotland's version of England and Wales' Part L energy-conservation Building Regulation has come into force today (1 May).
Second-time-lucky for Carey Jones and Make in Wandsworth

Carey Jones and Make have been given the go-ahead - at the second attempt - for their controversial Riverside Quarter scheme in Wandsworth.
Selina Mason leaves CABE to join the ODA

Selina Mason has stepped down from her position as CABE's director of architecture and design review to become the Olympic Delivery Authority's (ODA) deputy head of design.
Sentence deferred for professional misconduct architect

An architect has been given six months to 'address quality-control issues' after pleading guilty to charges of professional misconduct at an ARB hearing.
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Sheppard Robson mega church to dwarf St Paul's

Sheppard Robson is designing the biggest church in the UK, the AJ can reveal.
Simpson backs Brunswick heir

Studio Egret West (SEW) has landed the project to design a replacement for Ian Simpson's doomed Brunswick Quay skyscraper scheme in Liverpool.
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Simpson has designs on luxury hotel in Glasgow - images

Ian Simpson has submitted for planning these designs for an ultra-luxurious £125 million landmark hotel in the centre of Glasgow.
SKETCHBOOK - NEIL ELLIOTT

Concept sketches for a new 69-unit housing scheme next to the Grade II*-listed Gorton Monastery, east Manchester. By Neil Elliott of Taylor Young
SKETCHBOOK - PIERS FORD

Sketch for the architect's own home in Ayamonte, Andalucia, Spain. By Piers Ford
SKETCHBOOK - PTOLEMY DEAN

Sketch of the entrance hall at Moggerhanger House, showing Soane's alignment of the door and window glazing bars, the new dome placed by Inskip + Jenkins, and the park view through the porch columns. By Ptolemy Dean
SKETCHBOOK - TADAO ANDO

Drawing of the Church of Light in Osaka, by Tadao Ando, which is one of the works that will feature in the Big A auction, in aid of the Architects Benevolent Society, to be held in London on 7 June. Visit www. bigauction. org
SKETCHBOOK / ALEX WHITCROFT

Sketches exploring spatial and structural concepts for an outdoor centre in Merthyr Tydfil. By Alex Whitcroft, a second-year student at the Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff
SLLB's Barnet scheme changes receive favourable reviews - images

Smith Lance Larcade and Bechtol Architects (SLLB) looks set to win planning for this mixed-use scheme in Barnet after incorporating a doctors' surgery in the plans.
SMC Gower gobbles up sister practice SMC DTR:UK

SMC Gower Architects has snaffled its sister practice - and fellow Leeds-based firm - SMC DTR:UK, to become the largest architectural practice in Yorkshire.
SMC misses out on AJ100 top spot

The SMC Group's dominance of the UK architecture scene has failed to translate to the AJ100 (AJ 24.05.07), with the firm beaten into second place in this year's rankings by BDP.
SMC MISSES OUT ON AJ100 TOP SPOT

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Spaceport competition blasts off

The much-anticipated competition to find an architect to design the world's first spaceport has been officially launched.
Stephenson Bell wins planning for Cheshire home - images

Stephenson Bell has received planning permission for this £1.3 million contemporary house in the heart of the Cheshire countryside.
Stewart McColl quits SMC after unfavourable trading review

Stewart McColl, the founder of the SMC Group, has resigned from his position of executive deputy chairman with immediate effect.
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STOAKES SYSTEMS AJ ENQUIRY 202

Respond to these showcases www. ajplus. co. uk/ajdirect Readers may obtain information about these products by filling in the enquiry numbers on an AJ enquiry card. Advertisers wishing to promote their products on these pages should contact Chris Bond on 020 75056816 Barge Arm at Gloucester Docks, converted by Crest Nicholson Homes into apartments, features a low-profile vaulted atrium in highly insulating Kalwall to create a stunning interior ambience flooded with diffused daylight, without
STRUCTURAL CONCEPT

The building sits on concrete pad foundations, which are stepped to follow the contours of the ground. The fl oors and roof are built in reinforced concrete which was left exposed with shutter marks. The rear raked section of the house merges with the landscape of the garden. This part of the house is a green roof with reinforced concrete retaining walls on either side. The green roof helps to maintain an even temperature in the building through the summer and winter months. The external wall
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The Guest Street scheme is part of the New Islington project and as such was included as part of the sitewide masterplan, which included a large-scale ground treatment and remediation strategy. The site itself has had canal-related development stretching back over 150 years and most recently was a parking and maintenance depot for trucks and wagons. These operations caused some ground contamination, largely in the form of infilled canal arms with limited amounts of residual hydrocarbons. The
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Thames Gateway regeneration steams ahead as Silvertown wins planning - images

The £1.5 billion regeneration of east London's Silvertown Quays, which includes an aquarium by Terry Farrell, has received planning consent.
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THE HUGE UPSTAIRS WINDOWS GAZE DEFIANTLY ACROSS THE WASTELANDS TO THE CANAL

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THE INDOOR - OUTDOOR RELATIONSHIP WAS KEY

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Todd Architects reveals replacement for DLA's Leeds scheme - image

Belfast-based Todd Architects has submitted its 14-storey City Square House scheme, billed as the largest speculative office building in Leeds, for planning.
Top UK architects fight it out for Shanghai pavilion

Some of the UK's most prominent architects have been shortlisted to design the British Pavilion for the World Expo 2010 to be held in Shanghai, China.
Tories call for a halt to London's 'skyscraper frenzy'

A host of proposed skyscrapers in London should be scrapped, according to shadow culture secretary Ed Vaizey.
TP Bennett wins green light for 'hidden house' - image

TP Bennett Architects has finally been given the green light, following an appeal to the Secretary of State, for this 'hidden house' in a conservation area in West London.
TROAX AJ ENQUIRY 205

Respond to these showcases www. ajplus. co. uk/ajdirect Readers may obtain information about these products by filling in the enquiry numbers on an AJ enquiry card. Advertisers wishing to promote their products on these pages should contact Chris Bond on Troax has opened a new showroom in Swindon, which houses the firm's full range of machine guarding, perimeter protection, storage and partitioning systems under one roof, in a working display designed to show how the products can be used in a
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'Turbo-charged' Foster signs investment deal

After months of speculation Norman Foster has finally signed a deal with private-equity group 3i for the sale of a minority stake in his firm Foster & Partners.
TV SHOW IS ON THE HUNT FOR AMBITIOUS RENOVATIONS

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Urban Splash unveils shortlisted schemes for Manchester playground - images

Manchester-based developer Urban Splash has unveiled these three shortlisted schemes for a new playground in Altrincham's John Leigh Park.
Van Egeraat reveals regeneration plan for east London - images

Erick van Egeraat has unveiled his £1.3 billion masterplan for the regeneration of east London's Canning Town.
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VILHELM WOHLERT DESERVES GREATER APPRECIATION

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VUE IS AN INTUITIVE WAY OF CREATING LANDSCAPES

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Waugh Thistleton takes an orthodox route with new synagogue - image

Waugh Thistleton has won permission for a synagogue in Hackney, east London - the first new orthodox synagogue in the capital for almost a century.
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The Osma StormLine rainwater system from Wavin can cope with extreme conditions while offering an attractive profile to homes and conservatories.
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Yorkshire's Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson named on Olympic Media Centre shortlist

Sheffield-based practice Hadfield Cawkwell Davidson is the surprise name on the shortlist to design the new media centre at the heart of London 2012 Olympic Games
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Zaha peers into the void with Dubai office block - images

Zaha Hadid has unveiled these images of a new office development in Dubai.
Zaha to redesign and expand long-awaited Hoxton scheme

Zaha Hadid's mixed-use scheme in Hoxton Square, east London, is set for yet another redesign.

Architects JournalMay 2007

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May 2007