Architects Journal
May 2008

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...And finds time to gold-plate her jugs

A little-known fact about Zaha Hadid is that beneath the tough, diva-like exterior is a heart of gold – or, in this case, a vase of gold.
8 Dog Kennel Hill Lane by John Smart Architects

East Dulwich, London
Abito Apartments by Building Design Partnership

Greengate, Salford, Manchester
Accordia by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, Alison Brooks Architects and Maccreanor Lavington

Brooklands Avenue, Cambridge
Additional Function Space (AFS) and office project for Edinburgh International Conference Centre

Additional Function Space (AFS) and office project for Edinburgh International Conference CentreTime-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate: 19.5.2008 - 12:00.
Adelaide Wharf by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

Hackney, London
Adjaye adds to New Orleans masterplan

Adjaye/Associates has been appointed to draw-up plans for a chapel as part of a $300 million (£150 million) redevelopment on the banks of the River Mississippi in New Orleans, USA.
AEW Architects

AEW, the Manchester-based architecture and design practice, has announced four associate director promotions as part of its five year business restructuring plan.
Ain't love grand?

I can't wait for an Oz site to finally get constructed. Not just because the current, frozen home page is an intriguing pic of a structure clearly made out of old containers but because of the practice name, Phooey Architects. This is both an Australo-American term which used to be a polite way of saying bollocks and also part of the name of a 1970s kids' TV cartoon. Being nosey I wormed my way into the old
AJ 100

The AJ 100 is a listing of all the largest architects' practices in the OK, with information ranging from number of architects employed to fees and overseas work. This year's principal sponsors are BST Global,
AJ Community Healthcare Design

The Darzi Report: Welcoming in a New Era For Primary Care Design
AJ100

The AJ100 is an analysis of the largest architects' practices in the country, looking at the numbers of architects they employ, their work overseas, and their fee income.* See the tables of analysis*
Alnwick Garden Pavilion and Visitor Centre by Hopkins Architects

Denwick Lane, Alnwick, Northumbria
Alsop signs for Millwall

SMC Alsop has been appointed to masterplan the ‘complete regeneration’ of Millwall Football Club’s ground and its ‘immediate surroundings’ in South Bermondsey, south London.
An Architect's Guide to Building Schools for the Future

Updates, Inspiration and Practical Solutions
Andrew Hanson's election manifesto

• I want to be an accountable president who will take notice and act on members’ needs and wishes without compromise. I want to be a president that increases our Institute’s high public profile.• I believe membership of the RIBA must convey tangible benefits.• I want RIBA members to be acknowledged by the building industry as the leaders in environmentally friendly design and construction methods.• Our Institute must be transparent in structure and its workings vis
Antron® carpet fibre to delight designers at Design Prima

AntronINVISTA, Antron® carpet fibre will delight designers at this year’s Design Prima with a brand new stand that delivers the performance, acoustic and environmental benefits of Antron® carpet fibre.As one of the most recognised fibre brand in commercial floorcoverings, Antron® carpet fibre is well regarded among the specification community and its attendance at Design Prima not only informs architects, designers and specifiers of the latest innovations in nylon type 6.6 techn
Architects For Aid barred from Burma

Charity Architects For Aid (A4A) is not being allowed into cyclone-struck Burma by the ruling military junta, the AJ can reveal.
Architects for Health: 2008 Student Health Design Award

Entrance Criteria: • Any student architecture project concerning healthcare design*• By student presently studying or having completed their studies within 18 months of submission date.• Open to students worldwide• Submission electronically to afhexec@gmail.com by 1st August 2008• Projects that have not been submitted previously only
Architecture's Basil Fawlty takes on the council and wins planning permission

Somerset architect John Jessop has been granted planning permission for an 'agricultural implement shed' which was the subject of a now infamous design and access statement (AJ online 22.4.08).
Architecture's key players set out their wishes to London's next Mayor

With votes being counted in the London Mayoral election, Segways, skateboard parks and landscape architects are some of the considerations at the forefront of the capital’s key architectural minds.
Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool by Wilkinson Eyre

Monarchs Quay, Liverpool L3
Arup

Arup's venue consulting team has been strengthened with two senior appointments. Director Neill Woodger has moved back to the UK from Arup's New York office and will be responsible for acoustics and integrated venue design projects in London, while Richard Bunn joins as a Senior Consultant in Arup's Winchester office.
Arval launches a breath-of-fresh-air facade

ArcelorA stainless steel façade with lumps in all the right places has been launched to UK specifiers by Arval from Arcelor Construction.The Oxygen panels, which are not only perforated but punctuated with voluptuous mounds and craters (more technically known as positive and negative spheres), were originally developed with French architects SCAU for a market in Grenoble. When launched at the Batimat trade exhibition the response was so good, it was decided
Aston Martin Design Studio by Weedon Partnership

Banbury Road, Gaydon
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson

Aukett Fitzroy Robinson Group, the international firm of architects and designers has announced the appointment of Tim Hodgson as non-executive Chairman.
Baden Powell Outdoor Centre by Wilkinson King Architects

Brownsea Island, Poole
Bamburgh Clinic, St Nicholas Hospital by MAAP Architects

Jubilee Road, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne
Barratt opens Green House

Housing minister Caroline Flint officially opened the first zero-carbon home by a mainstream housebuilder yesterday (15 May).
BBC Scotland by David Chipperfield Architects

Glasgow
BDP remains at the summit of the AJ100

For the eighth year in a row, BDP has taken pole position in the AJ100 – the definitive list of the UK’s biggest architecture firms.
Bijlmer Station, Amsterdam by Grimshaw Architects

Grimshaw’s Bijlmer Station brings both High-Tech and humane touches to a gentrifying neighbourhood, writes Jaffer Kolb
Blaenavon World Heritage Centre by Purcell Miller Tritton and Niall Phillips

Blaenavon World Heritage Centre, Church Road, Blaenavon
Blaze hits newly reopened Bluecoat Gallery

A fire has ripped through Liverpool’s Bluecoat Art Gallery just two months after it reopened following Dutch firm BIQ Architecten’s £12.5 million revamp.
Blog with brains

Quite a lot of blogs are aggregators. Which is to say, they aggregate stories and information from other sites and blogs and news feeds. But it seems that a456 (aggregat456) is the work of Enrique Ramirez, currently a Ph.D student in History and Theory of Architecture at Princeton University and, like most blogs, started up as 'a place to post unformed (and half-formed) thoughts about architecture.' The one I'm looking at now is titled 'The Anti-archi
Boris adviser faces 'rules breach' row

Mayor of London Boris Johnson’s senior planning adviser Simon Milton (pictured) has been accused of breaching local government employment rules.
Boris picks up Ken's urban design legacy

Day one, gaffe one. Even before he officially signed on as the new London Mayor on Saturday 3 May, Boris Johnson had managed to confuse Norman Foster with Richard Rogers.
Boris wields axe at LDA and launches 'transparency' probe

A week into his new role as London Mayor, Boris Johnson has today sacked two London Development Authority (LDA) bosses and announced the launch of a 'forensic audit' into both the LDA and the Greater London Authority (GLA).
Bourbon Lane housing by Cartwright Pickard Architects

West London
BRE has sustainability all wrapped up

We were delighted to receive the latest offering from BRE Press, a booklet called Sustainability through Planning by Josephine Prior and Claire Williams.
Breaking the Europan curse

Witherford Watson Mann (WWM) has become the first practice in the UK to land outline planning permission for a winning Europan project.
Bristol Brunel Academy by Wilkinson Eyre

Duncombe Lane, Speedwell, Bristol
Britain's biggest practices let their hair down

See images from the 2008 AJ100 awards party, held at the East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, London, on 14 May.
Brought to book

Sad news has hit Liverpool’s celebratory year once again, with reports that a fire has ripped through the city’s famous Bluecoat Gallery (AJ online 13.05.08).
Broughton back in the Antarctic

London-based Hugh Broughton Architects and engineer Faber Maunsell have won their second Antarctic project – this time for the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation.
Bryant Priest Newman

Jenny Peet has been appointed Urban Designer at Bryant Priest Newman architects (BPN).
BST Global

BST Global is the leading global provider of business management software for architectural, engineering and environmental consultancies. Over 80,000 end users across six continents and 37 countries rely on BST Global’s innovative solutions to manage projects, resources, finances and client relationships.
Business Initiative of the Year

Winner: RMJMHonourable mention: Pascall + Watson
CABE still 'not confident' over Olympic bridges

CABE has blasted the Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) for a second time over the quality of the Olympic Park’s bridges.
CABE teams up with Partnerships for Schools

CABE and Partnerships for Schools (PfS) – the government agency that will deliver the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme – have joined forces.
Campaigners attack plans to host Olympic equestrian events at Greenwich Park

Greenwich Park, the planned venue of the London 2012 Olympic equestrian events, has been labelled ‘too small’ to play host to the sport.
Canon Popham Foundation Unit by DSDHA

Canon Popham Church of England Primary & Nursery School, Church Balk, Edenthorpe, Doncaster
careyjones

Sandra Giuseppi has been promoted to Associate at the London studio of careyjones.
Castlemilk Stables by Elder and Cannon Architects

Glasgow
Category winners

These awards rose out of the data, rather than needing to be judged.
Celebrating the terrible importance of architecture and pudding

MONDAY. Emergency meeting of the Olympic Rebadging Task Force. It turns out that Zaha's splashtastic International Waterworld has been 'over-designed' while nobody was looking.
Centre for Film and Visual Media Research by Surface Architects

Birkbeck College, Gordon Square, London
CEP Bauclad gives glamorgan uni’s new media and arts faculty

BaucladMore than 2,500 sq m of Bauclad high pressure laminate cladding panels from CEP Claddings have been used during the transformation of an old BT telephone exchange into a new School of Creative and Cultural Industries for the University of Glamorgan in Pontypridd near Cardiff.Known as The ATRiuM, the new building houses the University’s arts and media faculty and boasts state-of-the-art facilities for audio and video production and editing, graphic design, studio recording
Chimney Pot Park by Shed KM

Langworthy, Salford
Chipperfield shortlisted in the Hague

David Chipperfield Architects is the sole British firm to be selected to compete for the design of the new International Criminal Court in the Hague.
Classroom of the Future by Gollifer Langston

24 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London NW3
Client facing

What's not to like about Moxon Architects' site? What is to like is full screen images of wildly imaginative designs. Hold it there. Full screen images? And more or less instant?. When often-unreadable, quick-loading and expandable thumbnails is the style du jour. You can imagine the impact on a big widescreen monitor. There's quite a lot of text here and there. But hey, you are given the option of hiding text. Which you do because it's in barely r
Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre by Haworth Tompkins

108 Stamford Street, London SE1
Consultant Framework Agreements: Housing, Westminster City Council

Name, Addresses And Contact Point:Citywest Homes Limited, 21 Grosvenor Place, UK-London SW1X 7EA. Tel. (44) 20 72 45 22 84. E-mail: cwhprocurement@cwh.org.uk. Fax (44) 20 72 45 22 00.Time-limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate:13.5.2008 - 13:00.Type Of The Contracting Authority And Main Activity Or Activities:Regional or local authority.Housing and community amenities.The contracting au
Contest launched for overnight 'greening' of parking spaces

Engineering practice Rambøll Whitbybird has launched a competition to 'green' 14 parking bays in London's Store Street overnight, as part of the London Festival of Architecture.
Cremorne Riverside Centre by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects

Cremorne Gardens, World's End, north bank of the River Thames, London SW10
Cullinan draws for AJ100

AT the AJ100 Awards evening, Ted Cullinan explained his view of life as a general practitioner architect through drawing. Watch him draw, read his presentation and see the results.
Davis drops out of RIBA presidency race

Paul Davis has dropped out of the race to become the next RIBA president – leaving just two candidates vying for the position.
De La Warr Pavilion by John McAslan and Partners

Bexhill-on-Sea
De Montfort University, Leicester Campus

Provision of full architectural design services for the construction of the new Faculty of Art & Design building on the Leicester City Campus which will provide accommodation for the delivery of teaching and learning studios.
'Dear Mayor of London,'

Londoners have been voting to choose their mayor for the next four years. Here, some of architecture’s key players pen an open letter setting out their wishes for the city – from urban branding and public space strategies to air conditioning on the Tube.
Decra is happy to see red

DecraDecra has become the first roof tile strip system supplier in the UK to win an entry in the world-renowned Red Book published by the Loss Prevention Certification Board, part of BRE Global. The achievement comes just months after Decra became the first roofing systems supplier in the UK to win Secured By Design accreditation, so the Red Book win means a double first for the company.The Red Book lists all approved fire, security, construction and environmental products and s
Director's cut

A few weeks ago I took ironic issue here with a video director friend about architects making their own videos on the grounds of citizen-journalism, podcasting and all that YouTube stuff. Just as citizen-Grand-Designing is encroaching on the profession's preserve...Now it seems that famed US movie director Spike Lee is making a feature-length film shot entirely on Nokia cellphones by members of
Doing your dirty work for you

The idea of horde/cloud robots is not exactly new. I can remember positing the notion of doing building surveys by taking along a suitcase full of micro robots, letting a cloud of them loose in the building and plotting their search-n-hit data as a 3D model on your laptop. Land and site surveys too. Don't tell the client that it takes ten minutes and charge 'em a mint.Now our own dear old national arms dealer BAE has been given $38m by the US army to develop crawling and flying mini-dr
East Beach Cafe by Heatherwick Studio

Littlehampton
Employer of the Year

Winner: Make
Enter the AJ/RPS Urban Design Scholarships programme

Design for London (DfL) has urged AJ readers to ‘get stuck in, get their shoes dirty’ and apply for an Urban Design Scholarship.
Erick van Egeraat unveils a rubbish scheme

A load of Danish rubbish. That’s what Dutch architect Erick van Egeraat's new incinerator in Roskilde, Denmark has been designed to handle.
Family banks on brett martin to light renovation project

Brett MartinArchitectural rooflights from Brett Martin Daylight Systems are proving the crowning glory of a London couple’s nine-month home renovation project.Two Ritchlight Ultra rooflights flood with daylight the loft and ground-floor extensions to Holly and James Gellatley’s home in Barnes, ensuring the family’s new living space is a pleasure to be in.
Farrell to rediscover 'lost town centre' after winning Paddington masterplan

A ‘green bridge’ over London’s infamous Westway flyover is among the options being mooted by Farrells after the practice landed a £350 million masterplan north of the Paddington Basin.
Fire rips through Delft School of Architecture

The Architecture Faculty at Delft Technical University was destroyed by a fire this morning. See footage here.
Firms appointed to Athletes' Village design team

Caruso St John, de Rijke Marsh Morgan and Eric Parry Architects have been confirmed on the design team for the London 2012 Olympics Athletes' Village.
Five things to do this week: 15-22 May

1. Botanic Garden LectureListen to Professor Alexei Leporc examine the impact of English landscape garden design on Tsarist Russia at this annual lecture.15 May at 8pm at the Ken Edwards Lecture Theatre 1, University of Leicester. www.le.ac.uk
Five things to do this week: 22 May - 30 May

1. Changing SpacesFive photographers capture the changing nature of urban space in this new exhibition, featuring the work of Laura Braun, Isidro Ramirez and Simon Rowe.Until 21 June at Photofusion, 17A Electric Lane, London SW9 8LA
Five things to do this week: 29 May–4 June

1. Brighton Degree ShowVisit the University of Brighton’s School of Architecture and Design as it unveils its end-of-year show.31 May-5 June at the Sallis Benney Theatre, University of Brighton. www.brighton.ac.uk
Five things to do this week: 8 May to 15 May

1) The Workspace Group Urbantine ProjectEnter this ‘Fast Architecture’ competition to design a 6m x 5m x 4m structure that can be built in 48 hours and disassembled in 24. The winning entry will receive a £10k budget to build and exhibit their design at Tent London 2008 (18-21 September).Deadline 10 June.
Fort Dunlop by ShedKM

Fort Parkway, Birmingham
Foster redesigns Madison Avenue extension

Foster + Partners has unveiled its redesigned proposals for an extension above the historic Parke-Bernet Gallery on Madison Avenue, in Manhattan's Upper East Side, New York City.
Foster to usurp Zaha in Australia

Foster + Partners is in line to take over from Zaha Hadid Architects on a huge waterside development in Melbourne, Australia.
Frank Gehry cuts back New York tower amid financial downturn

Frank Gehry has been forced to scale back his designs for the centrepiece to the controversial Atlantic Yards scheme in Brooklyn, New York City.
Frome wakes up with artists' interventions

Images have been unveiled of the Intervention/Decoration exhibition in the Somerset town of Frome. Taking place in various sites throughout the town, the interventions by a range of artists impose new structures on a range of different spaces. The exhibition, the first curated by new South West arts organisation Foreground, runs until 21 June.
Full of sound and fury signifying nothing

Richard Meier's perfectly composed models seemed to draw up their skirts in horror as chaos reigned around them at the Louise T Blouin Institute in west London last week.
Garden apartment by Gianni Botsford Architects

Pembridge Villas, London W11
Gather together

I had archiblog down as a generic heading. But no. It's actually a blogsite, technically an aggregator because it 'collects articles from architecture blogs and includes them in [a] daily digest.' It trawls English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and French blogs. So take your pick.At first sight it looks like a rougher version of Dexigner but with four columns rather than six. But it produces a long page of summaries of stories related to architectu
GIA

Leading specialist multi-disciplinary surveying and design consultancy, GIA (formerly Gordon Ingram Associates), announced the appointment of three new partners to lead three of the firm's eight core departments. Joining the three existing partners - Gordon Ingram, Stephen Walsh and Jerome Webb - the move follows a year of strategic planned growth, demonstrating GIA's commitment to offer the very best of its core areas of expertise.
Glass and timber houses by Hampson Williams

Dulwich, London
Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop wins award for drawings and models

As part of the Royal Scottish Academy exhibition, Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects (gm + ad) has been awarded the 2008 RSA Medal for Architecture for its proposed South West Community Health Care Partnership (SWCHCP) HQ Building in Drumoyne, south-west Glasgow.
Government announces BSF procurement reforms

The government has approved changes to the procurement process of the £45 billion Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme that it claims could slash bid costs by up to 30 per cent.
Government recruits chief planner

The government has appointed Steve Quartermain to its new role of chief planner.
Green light for Squire and Partners' mixed-use London scheme

This Squire and Partners scheme for the redevelopment of 5 Hanover Square, central London, has been granted planning consent.
Guest Street Housing by De Metz Forbes Knight Architects

Guest Street, New Islington, Manchester
Gustafson Porter to design Venice Biennale landscape installation

Gustafson Porter has been commissioned to create a landscape installation at this year’s Venice Biennale.
Hadid redesigns again in Hoxton Square...

Zaha Hadid has revealed the latest in a long line of proposals for a new gallery, offices and apartment block for US art dealer Kenny Schachter in Hoxton Square, East London.
Halligan House by Simon Conder Associates
Heathrow Terminal 5 by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Heathrow International Airport, London
Herringbone Houses by Alison Brooks Architects

Wandsworth, London
Hesmondhalgh House by Studio Bednarski

Gloucester Road, Kensington, London SW7
Hilson Moran

Hilson Moran is a leading multidisciplinary engineering consultancy for the built environment. Established in 1977, the practice has over 350 staff working from offices in the UK and overseas. As well as building services, structural engineering and sustainability, Hilson Moran offers specialist expertise in vertical transportation, intelligent buildings, lighting, acoustics, fire engineering and facilities management, on every kind of project in the publ
Hilton Tower by Ian Simpson Architects

301 Deansgate, Manchester
Hodder goes grey in Manchester

Manchester-based Hodder Associates has unveiled this 66-flat scheme for developer Maryland Securities in Newton Street, Manchester city centre.
HOK Sport has a second go at Silverstone

HOK Sport has ‘significantly’ revised its plans for the new British Grand Prix facilities at Silverstone after the original proposals (pictured) were branded ‘clumsy’ by CABE.
Holloway Circus Tower by Ian Simpson Architects

2-18 Holloway Circus, Birmingham
House for an Art Collector by Ash Sakula Architects

London
Huddersfield sports centre

To design a sports facility in Huddersfield to include provision for a sports hall, fitness centre, changing facilities and possibly a swimming pool. Estimated value excluding VAT: 4 000 000 GBP.
Hugh Broughton heads south again

The team of Hugh Broughton Architects and engineer Faber Maunsell, which designed the Halley VI station currently under construction, has won its second project in the Antarctic.
Humphrey Lyttelton - AJ's man of the year

As the plaudits continue to roll for the deceased trumpeter and radio personality Humphrey Lyttelton, former AJ editor Peter Carolin recalls a curious footnote to the great man’s career, as a hero of the architectural world.
Humphrey Lyttleton – the untrumpeted hero of architecture

Among the manifold talents of jazz trumpeter and radio comedy host Humphrey Lyttelton, none of the obituarists have mentioned his role as the champion of architects.
Hybrid publication

Norman Blogster recently mused about the future of publication, which he reckoned lay somewhere between the traditional journal and the blog. 'Editors' he said, 'will morph into curators who pick and choose the best online features and package them up for you [individually] alongside specifically targeted adverts.' Specifically targeted ads? Ad salesmen are likelier to start walking on water. And editor-curators? I'
Ian Martin: Quick, call the convergency services. There's been an accident.

MONDAY. A strange mood in the air at the Department of Entertainment. I'm led in silence to the conference room by a surly boy listening to his iPod and texting his mates. He turns out to be a junior minister.
Ian Ritchie hits out after Potters Fields rejection

Ian Ritchie has described Southwark Council and developer Berkeley Homes’ decision to drop his practice from the Potters Fields scheme on the South Bank as ‘regrettable’ and ‘beyond the issue of architecture’.
If ‘U’ are looking for value...

XtraliteXtralite have produced their lowest U value rooflight ever—the 'X One'—with a U value of just 1.3. The 'X One' is part of a comprehensive range of rooflights categorised by thermal performance, so specifiers can now chose a bespoke rooflight solution not only by shape, colour, attachment and ventilation, but also by U value.Click here to request more informati
Images unveiled for Ebbsfleet landmark

Images by the five artists commissioned to design a landmark for Ebbsfleet Valley have been unveiled.
'Independence' claims raise stakes in Bishop's Place battle

Foster + Partners’ controversial £700 million Bishop’s Place development is facing a bizarre ‘constitutional’ threat after residents announced their intention to claim independence in a bid to scupper the East London scheme.
Information Commons, University of Sheffield by RMJM

Leavygreave Road, Sheffield S3
International contest launched for Preston bridge

An open, international competition has been launched to design a bicycle and bridleway bridge over the River Douglas in Preston, Lancashire.
International Practice of the Year

Winner: Foster + Partners
Invisible windows give new facade system cleanest lines

SchucoNew from Schuco International, Europe's leading specialist in facade, window and door systems and solar energy products, is Schuco SFC 85, a stick construction, structurally glazed facade system that incorporates the flush integration of opening windows. This adds visual appeal because opening vents and fixed lights have an identical appearance when viewed from outside or inside the building.As a result, Schuco SFC 85 is expected to appeal particularly to architects seekin
Isover launches space age steel frame insulation system SF3+

IsoverSF3+, a complete steel frame insulation system designed to help specifiers and contractors meet thermal, acoustic and fire performance requirements using sustainable glass wool products, has been launched by Saint-Gobain Isover.This latest innovation from Isover offers a non-combustible, eco-friendly solution to the increasingly onerous requirements of Part L without increasing the thickness of a building’s walls and consequently reducing the internal footprint. The standa
It’s easy with electric - eight steps to part L compliance

DimplexEvery week the team at Dimplex helps developers to reduce their projects’ carbon emissions and achieve Part L compliance. Dimplex offers substantial support to builders and specifiers who may have been given misleading information on Part L compliance, with a dedicated field specification team and a heating design team who regularly provide guidance over the phone.Don Newman, Dimplex heating design manager, says: “Part L compliance is no more difficult to achieve with ele
Ivor Crew Lecture Hall, University of Essex by Patel Taylor

Wivenhoe Park, University of Essex, Essex
Jeremy Till to head Westminster school

Jeremy Till is to leave Sheffield University to take up the top post at the University of Westminster’s school of architecture and the built environment in London.
John Galsworthy Building, Kingston University by John McAslan + Partners

Kingston University, Kingston Upon Thames, London
John Rylands University Library by Austin-Smith; Lord

University of Manchester, 150 Deansgate, Manchester
Kalzip launches new website

KalzipKalzip has launched an upgraded, fully integrated single website, www.kalzip.com, to meet the latest requirements of its international customer base. The new site boasts superior product and technical content together with design enhancement and ease of navigation for all users.Click here to request more information
Kalzip off-site roofs for new college buildings

Corus KalzipCorus Kalzip has won a £500,000 contract to supply 4,925 sq. metres of Hi-Point – Corus’ innovative Off-Site roofing system – to provide new, state-of-the-art campus buildings for students attending Mid-Kent College in Medway, Gillingham.Click here to request more information
Kevin McCloud to build his own eco-home in six days

East Sussex-based practice BBM Sustainable Design and Grand Designs supremo Kevin McCloud are to build an eco-house from scratch in just six days as part of a television experiment.
King's School Library by Associated Architects

5 College Green, Worcester
Lancaster University Postgraduate Statistics Centre by John McAslan & Partners

Lancaster
Landscape architecture services, Bolton

Restoration of a Victorian park
Latest Olympic stadium designs unveiled

The latest designs of the Olympic main stadium have been revealed. Details, set out in a recent planning application, reveal the full extent of the stadium's layout, massing and scale.
Lauren Laverne named on Stirling Prize jury

Lauren Laverne, face of the BBC’s The Culture Show, will be one of this year’s five Stirling Prize judges.
Lawn Tennis Association's National Tennis Centre by Hopkins Architects

Roehampton, London
LCBP phase 2: Increased grants for Dimplex heat pumps

DimplexApproved ground source heat pump framework supplier Dimplex has welcomed the government’s announcement that grants of up to 50% are now available to the public sector for the installation of microgeneration technologies under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme Phase 2. From 1st April 2008, the previous grant cap of 35% of system costs has been increased to 50% to make it even more attractive for schools, charities and other not-for-profit organisations to ‘go green’ an
Lees Carpets from The Mohawk Group, strike the perfect chord with new collection: Sojourn

Lees CarpetsRenowned, for striking commercial carpet that is helping to transform the commercial sector, Lees Carpets of the Mohawk Group has unveiled its latest collection, Sojourn, that is set to stun the specification and design communities.A refined medley of broadloom and modular carpet, Sojourn brings three stylish patterns that take the universal appeal of natural tones and splashes them with tints of luxurious colour. Playing with multi-dimensional textures, Arrival (mod
Lifestyle Academy, Newcastle College by RMJM Scotland

Rye Hill Campus, Scotswood Road, Newcastle upon Tyne
Lights, Camera, Action! for County Durham film complex

Michael Drain Architects has gained planning permission for its £200 million Coolmore Estate project in Seaham, east Durham.
Llewelyn Davies Yeang unveils huge Uzbek scheme

Llewelyn Davies Yeang will design this 108,000m2 mixed-use sustainable development in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Llewelyn Davis Yeang

Llewelyn Davies Yeang (LDY) has announced the appointment of Aurore Julien as Head of Sustainability.
London's 50 per cent affordable housing target to be scrapped

New London Deputy mayor Richard Barnes (pictured) has confirmed the 50 per cent affordable housing target for all London boroughs will be ditched.
Lords force design to top of Housing Bill agenda

A House of Lords group led by Lord Howarth is demanding changes to the Housing and Regeneration Bill to ensure design quality is embedded in the new Housing and Communities Agency (HCA).
Lubetkin winner, EU and national winners announced in RIBA awards 2008

The 16 winners of the RIBA National awards and the 10 winners of the
Manchester Civil Justice Centre by Denton Corker Marshall

1 Bridle Street West, Manchester M3
Manhattan Stone

John Cullen LightingOur new Part L compliant energy efficient 1.2w LED Manhattan is ideal in helping you to achieve lower energy consumption. It is dimmable and uses a warm white LED. A slim slot, it is ideal for low glare low level lighting to corridors or stair treads.Click here to request more information
Marketing Initiative of the Year

Winner: Hawkins\Brown
McGonigle House by Twenty Two Over Seven

Ravenhill Road, Belfast
Mirldown House by Stan Bolt

Jockey Green, Great Bedwyn, Wiltshire
Modulyss set to make waves at Design Prima

ModulyssModulyss will be making waves among London’s top architects, specifiers and designers with its first appearance at Design Prima. With a rapidly rising reputation for the finest modular carpet solutions for commercial office interiors, Modulyss will present Black& - a cutting edge solution for office designers looking for a unique style. Black& fuses the stunning strength of black with 16 fizzing tones to create a set of striped carpets to die for.
Munkenbeck + Marshall boss confirms split plans

After months of speculation, Stephen Marshall of Munkenbeck + Marshall has confirmed that the practice is planning to split.
Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners

Nathaniel Lichfield and Partners (NLP) has announced the appointment of Matthew Spry as a Director in the London Office.
National Film and TV School by Glenn Howells Architects
NBS Shortcuts: fixings

Austin Williams looks at the types of screw, bolts and nails on the market and how to use them in this NBS Shortcut
New Arts Faculty Building for the University of St. Andrews by Reiach and Hall Architects

University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews
New direction

A few weeks ago I took ironic issue here with a video director friend about architects making their own videos on the grounds of citizen-journalism, podcasting and all that YouTube stuff. Just as citizen-Grand-Designing is encroaching on the profession's preserve...Now it seems that famed US movie director Spike Lee is making a feature-length film shot entirely on Nokia cellphones by members of
New flowering for mobile phones

This looked like one for the Ignobel awards. No, not the Darwin Awards which commemorate those who improve our gene pool by killing themselves in really stupid ways. The Igs are those annual awards for 'discoveries that cannot, or should not, be reproduced'. OK stupid too. Last year, for example, Juan Manuel Toro, Josep B. Trobalon and Nuria Sebastian-Galles won the linguistics Ignobel for determining that rats sometimes can't distinguish between recordings of Japanese and Dutch played backwa
New Standing Seam Showcase from EJOT UK

EJOTEJOT UK has produced a portfolio of standing seam roof installations, showcasing the company’s technical capability and product supply. The brochure blends photographic studies alongside a technical overview of the Super-SAPHIR® X2 fastener which was created for virtually trouble free installation. The product is endorsed by a 25 year warranty.Click here to request more information
New Standing Seam Showcase from EJOT UK

EJOT UKEJOT UK has produced a portfolio of standing seam roof installations, showcasing the company’s technical capability and product supply. The brochure blends photographic studies alongside a technical overview of the Super-SAPHIR® X2 fastener which was created for virtually trouble free installation. The product is endorsed by a 25 year warranty.Click h
New Universal Curtain Walling Bracket.

LevoluxThe new Universal Curtain Walling Bracket from Levolux is a hugely significant development in Solar Shading support systems. Levolux has designed, developed, and independently tested their New Universal Curtain Walling Bracket which helps cope with the demands of new building codes and regulations. It offers significant reductions in cold bridging, effective sound isolation and zero interstitial condensation risk. For further information please call 020 8863 9111, e-mail
New urbanist Duany joins the BRE

American architect Andrés Duany, the man responsible for new urbanist town Seaside in Florida, featured in hit movie The Truman Show, has joined forces with the Building Research Establishment (BRE).
New Vintage Brown clay plain tile colour launched by Marley Eternit

Marley EternitTo meet growing demand from Architects, Marley Eternit has launched 'Vintage Brown', a new addition to their already extensive clay plain tile range. Visit www.sampleclay.co.uk to view the full clay plain tiles range, all of which have achieved an independently assessed 'A' rating in the BRE's Green Guide to Specification.Click h
Newlyn Art Gallery by MUMA

New Road, Newlyn, Penzance
Nice work if you can get it

Jaws dropped when it was revealed at the AJ100 awards ceremony last night (14 May) that Ken Shuttleworth’s burgeoning practice Make has only a 2 per cent staff turnover – an incredibly low figure which more than justifies the firm’s Employer of the Year award.
North Wall Performing Arts Centre by Haworth Tompkins

St. Edward's School, Summertown, Oxon
Nouvel scoops Paris skyscraper

Jean Nouvel has beaten Foster + Partners and Daniel Libeskind to win the competition to design a 300m-tall Paris skyscraper set to rival the Eiffel Tower.
Office block becomes top class Hotel, with help from CEP

CEPPetrarch architectural wall panels from cladding specialist CEP Claddings have played a prominent role in the redevelopment of a former office building into one of West London’s most luxurious new hotels.The Chiswick Moran Hotel – formerly Adelaide House, a government tax office at 626 Chiswick High Road – has been completely re-modelled by the Dublin-based Moran Group at a cost of some £13 million. The new hotel provides 123 rooms including deluxe and executive rooms, j
Old Market Square, Nottingham by Gustafson Porter

Smithy Row, Nottingham
OMA breaks the 'monotonously exceptional' mould in Dubai

Astragal was lucky enough to enjoy an afternoon with Reinier de Graaf from Rem Koolhaas’ firm Office of Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) at the RIBA Futures Fair last week.
OMA plays it cool in Dubai

Astragal was lucky enough to enjoy an afternoon with Reinier de Graaf from Rem Koolhaas’ firm Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) last week.
OMA's White City designs unveiled

These are the never-before-seen designs of White City, west London, worked up by Rem Koolhaas’ practice Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA).
Orchard Building by Scott Wilson

Stranmillis University College, Stranmillis Road, Belfast
Oslo keeps getting better

Just after leaving school, I spent a year working in Oslo as an architectural assistant. It was my first trip overseas, and left me with great affection for the country, city and culture, so when I got the opportunity to go back for a few days after half a century, I accepted with alacrity.
Oundle School Science & Technology Centre by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

Church Street, Oundle, Peterbrough
Oxley Park by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

Oxley Woods, Milton Keynes
Panter Hudspith Architects

Panter Hudspith Architects has promoted Guy Harris, Gareth Hunter and Inge Laursen to associates in the practice.
Parliament Square revamp could be scrapped

The redevelopment of one of the country’s most important public spaces, Parliament Square in central London, has been delayed by at least five months and could even be scrapped.
Pascall+Watson architects

Pascall+Watson architects has announced three senior promotions.
Passively adding to the mix of energy efficiency…

PassiventIn a phased introduction, from April 2008 all commercial buildings being built, sold or rented must by law have an Energy Performance Certificate (EPC), with all public buildings having to display one by the end of the year. Certificate classes range from A to G, with A being the most efficient for both energy consumption and CO2 emissions. Passivent’s innovative mixed mode cooling system has been proven in ‘real life’ to achieve Class A, with the added benefits of saving almo
Pick Everard

Architectural and engineering practice Pick Everard has announced the appointment of three new Partners: Andrew almond, Alastair Hamilton and David Nisbet, all three of whom were previously Directors at the practice.
Pier Arts Centre by Reiach and Hall Architects

Orkney
Pier Arts Centre designer Reiach and Hall could return to Orkney

Reiach and Hall could be set to make a dramatic return to Stromness in the Orkney Islands after being shortlisted in the contest to redevelop the town’s pierhead.
Pinewood Infant School by Hampshire County Council Architecture & Design Services

Farnborough, Hampshire
Postcards from the Park

Following the success of last year’s Postcards from the Park competition, the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) and Big Lottery Fund (BIG) have again joined forces with GreenSpace to re-launch this exciting photo competition.
Private House by Stephenson Bell Architects
Purcell Miller Tritton lands Hong Kong job

Purcell Miller Tritton (PMT) has been appointed to work alongside Herzog & de Meuron (HdM) on its development of Hong Kong’s historic Central Police Station Compound (CPSC).
Regionalism takes on the world

BUILD Blog has a wide following and last year, I think, topped one of those silly top 10 lists. Started 'with the intention of providing a communication hub for modern design in the [United States] northwest', it is in that nice, comfy, non-aggressive, regionalist tradition which the US can do so well. It's not exactly Norman Rockwell-homespun, more Graham Morrison-non-iconic.Still if the preponderance of wine bars, clubs and restaurants in t
Restoration of the 'SS Nomadic', Belfast

Professional advisory services
Review launched into Local Education Partnerships

Partnerships for Schools (PfS) has launched another review, this time looking into Local Education Partnerships (LEPs) – public-private partnerships formed to deliver the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme.
RIBA competition, Preston, River Douglas crossing

Preston, River Douglas crossing. Name, addresses and contact point(s):Lancashire County Council, c/o Riba Competitions Office, 6 Melbourne Street, UK-Leeds LS2 7PS. Tel. (44-113) 234 13 35. E-mail: riba.competitions@inst.riba.org. Fax (44-113) 246 07 44. Short description:Two stage open design competition for a new cycle and bridleway bridge crossing the River Douglas at Bec
RIBA competition: Preston Footbridge

A new cycle and bridleway bridge across the River Douglas
RIBA presidency hopefuls reveal manifestos

The two candidates for the RIBA presidency, Andrew Hanson and Ruth Reed, have unveiled their election manifestos.
Richard Fielden House by Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios

Westfield Student Village, Queen Mary University of London, London
Richard Parnaby to head government's review of CABE

Richard Parnaby, the former chair of the Design Commission for Wales (DCfW), is to lead the government’s review of CABE.
Rivington Place by Adjaye Associates

Shoreditch, London
Rogers leaves troubled New York job

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) is to play no further part in the high-profile redevelopment of the Javits Convention Center, in New York.
Rogers plans bridge over the Dome

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) is drawing up designs for a ‘skywalk’ to allow visitors to walk across the O2, formerly the Millennium Dome, in Greenwich, south London.
Roland Levinsky Building by Building Design Partnership

University of Plymouth, Plymouth
Rowan Moore resigns as director of the Architecture Foundation

Rowan Moore, the director of the Architecture Foundation (AF), has resigned.
Ruth Reed's election manifesto

Making the RIBA work for all architects
SAS International provides ceiling solutions for St Pancras International station

SAS InternationalA stunning creation of old meeting new created the landmark transformation of the Grade I Listed St Pancras International. Working within the original station design, metal ceiling solutions and bespoke lighting rafts were supplied by SAS International for the fit-out.In the Undercroft, coffers are defined by exposed beam flanges, these are filled with curved ceiling height metal panels. Complementing the original beams and providing a practical modern look, thi
SAS International publishes comprehensive new Metal Ceilings brochure

SAS InternationalMarket leader SAS International has introduced a new Metal Ceilings brochure for specifiers. The new publication is a comprehensive guide to specifying and installing a metal ceiling system in a range of different environments.It outlines specification and sector criteria, including acoustic demands, design, product sustainability, paint finish and integration. To meet specific design and performance requirements, SAS International works to supply a metal ceil
Satellite
Scharoun's Berlin Philharmonie building burns

A fire has ripped through the famous Berlin Philharmonie, designed by Hans Scharoun between 1960-1963.
Scotland proposes alternative to PFI

The Scottish government has outlined its proposed alternative to PFI as a procurement method for major infrastructure projects, including schools and hospitals.
See all the RIBA Award winners

The RIBA has announced the 92 winners of this year's RIBA Awards. See the list below or click here for more detail.
See the latest on the Stirling Prize shortlist

With the winner of the Stirling Prize due to be unveiled on 11 October, keep up to date with the six shortlisted projects and with the other special awardsRead all our Stirling coverageSee the shortlist for the
Sheppard Robson's Trocadero revamp to go ahead

Westminster City Council has finally given the green light to Sheppard Robson’s plans for the redevelopment of the London Trocadero in Piccadilly.
SIV

SIV Architectural Careers is a limited company. Over the last 12 years SIV has been responsible for driving recruitment initiatives on behalf of 85 per cent of the largest architecture and multi–disciplined organisations in the UK.AJ 100 and small enterprise have benefited from SIV’s unique ability to match a client’s specific recruitment objectives with the right professional. Call SIV on 0870 481 0077.
SIV Architectural Careers

SIV Architectural Careers is a limited company. Over the last 12 years SIV has been responsible for driving recruitment initiatives on behalf of 85 per cent of the largest architecture and multi–disciplined organisations in the UK.AJ 100 and small enterprise, have benefited from SIV’s unique ability to match a client’s specific recruitment objectives with the right professional. Call SIV on 0870 481 0077.
Six-day Kevin McCloud house-building marathon is under way

Construction has started of the house designed by BBM Sustainable Design for Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud to build himself.
Skittle be alright on the night

At which architects party did Astragal pick up this packet of cheap confectionery?
Snap happy?

It's not just the boys and girls at English Heritage and their fellow travelers who want to preserve anything built a hundred years ago. Recently I reported the new amorphochromatic dye crystal-based Polaroid printer for digital snaps. It was predicated on the February demise of the old, smelly paper-waving Polaroid process.Now an action group, Save Polaroid, has emerged in the US. Its s
Sparks fly over Boris' coterie of deputy mayors

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has claimed that his recently appointed deputy mayor, Ian Clements, will make crucial ‘executive’ decisions on planning.
Spire of Hope by Collin Conn Architects and Robert Jamison Architects

St. Anne's Cathedral Donegall Street, Belfast
Squire and Partners replaces Ian Ritchie at Potters Fields

Southwark Council has named Squire and Partners as the new architect to draw up proposals for the Potters Fields site on London’s South Bank.
St Marylebone Church of England School Performing Arts Centre by Gumuchdjian Architects

St Marylebone C.E. School, London
St Pancras International by Alastair Lansley (for Union Railway)

St Pancras Road, London
St. Jude's Primary School by Baart Harries Newall

Paget Road, Wolverhampton
Stadium sale

The Olympic Delivery Authority (ODA) admitted this week that it is looking at the possibility of flogging London’s £469 million Olympic main stadium – designed by HOK Sport and Peter Cook – once the Games have finished.
Staff shortage threat to planning system

The ‘creaking’ planning system is facing a staffing timebomb, a damning report by the New Local Government Network (NLGN) has warned.
Stephenson Bell wins unusual Pathfinder project

Manchester-based Stephenson Bell has won the competition to design a rare Council-led residential scheme within one of Sheffield’s Housing Market Renewal programme regeneration zones (Pathfinder).
Strule Arts Centre by Kennedy FitzGerald & Associates

Townhall Square, Omagh
Sunshine House by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

27 Peckham Road, Southwark, London
Sustainability Initiative of the Year

Winner: Foster + PartnersHonourable mentions: Aedas, Bond Bryan, Sheppard Robson
Swansea Healthcare Framework

Architectural and other services for Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University NHS Trust
Tables

See the tables with details on key elements of all the largest practices
That hit the spot

Of a Friday evening Astragal is often found propping up a bar in the less salubrious postcodes of East London, it’s rare though that this can be - however tenuously - dubbed ‘work’. Last Friday, however Astragal found himself at some architectural show-and-tell caper called ‘X-Spot’. Treading the boards of a packed upstairs room at The George Tavern, a pub beloved of Kate Moss and George Galloway alike, were architects and designers. Snappy five minute presentations covered subjects from archi
The AJ100 tables

Link through to see the tablesKey table, including number of architectsNumber of architects working overseasNumber of women architectsOverseas architectural fees
The Belgrade Theatre by Stanton Williams

Belgrade Square, Coventry
The Bluecoat by Biq with Austin:Smith-Lord and Donald Insall Associates

School Lane, Liverpool L1
The East Beach Cafe by Heatherwick Studio

Littlehampton
The Exchange by MUMA

Princes Street, Penzance
The Hat Shop (Out of the Hat) by Architecton

100 Church Street, Tewkesbury
The Johnson Building by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

77 Hatton Garden, London
The Lightbox by Marks Barfield Architects

Woking
The Listed Wind Tunnel Buildings by Julian Harrapp Architects

Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, Hampshire
The Long House by Keith Williams Architects

North London
The Meter House by Twenty Two Over Seven

Cormac Avenue, The Gasworks, Belfast
The Regenerators #1: Tom Russell

The London Development Agency group director for Olympic legacy promises Richard Vaughan that he will ‘capture the best in design’.
The Regenerators #2: Michael Lyons

Michael Lyons, chairman of the English Cities Fund, talks to Richard Vaughan about ‘changing the nature of places’.
The Regenerators #3: Jim Gill

Jim Gill, head of regeneration superquango Liverpool Vision, talks to Richard Waite about the city’s future and World Heritage status.
The Royal Festival Hall by Allies and Morrison

Southbank Centre, London
The Royal Observatory by Allies & Morrison

The Royal Observatory, Greenwich, London
The Sackler Crossing by John Pawson

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London
The Sanger Building for Science & Mathematics by Hopkins

Brayanston School, Blandford, Dorset
The Small Animal Teaching Hospital by Sheppard Robson

University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Chester High Road, Neston, Cheshire
Theatre Royal, Bury St. Edmunds by Levitt Bernstein Associates

Westgate Street, Bury St. Edmunds
There's a brand new dance but I don't know its name

From male kimonos to kilts, dickie bows to Doc Martins, architecture once again proved it has no real fashion sense at the AJ100 awards ceremony last night (14 May).
Thomas Deacon Academy by Foster + Partners

Queen's Gardens, Peterborough
Todlaw Supported Housing by Oliver Chapman Architects

Berwickshire
Travellers' guides

A couple of weeks ago I was a tad dismissive of Pavillon de l'Arsenal's Internet database of contemporary Parisian architecture. It still has those two text buttons which follow your cursor around like a puppy watching your hand rather than the stick you've just thrown, and it's still pretty rough and ready...Maybe it's all an ironic reference to the Situationist derive first devised by Guy Laborde an arrondissement or two away
Trinity Park Tenants' Centre by Van Heyningen and Haward

Suffolk Show Ground, Ipswich
Twickenham, London: School expansion

Twickenham: St Mary's & St Peter's school expansion
UK firms step closer to Norway concert hall win

Two UK-based practices have won an international design competition for a library and theatre/concert hall in the coastal city of Bodø, Norway.
UK Green Building Council redefines zero-carbon housing

The UK Green Building Council (UK-GBC) has put forward a new definition of zero-carbon housing which will factor in the use of off-site renewables.
Union North's Three Towers in Manchester

Developer Urban Splash and architect Union North’s Three Towers scheme is a viable alternative to demolishing council flats, says Rob Gregory. Photography by Paul McMullin
University Centre by Design Engine Architects

University of Winchester, Winchester
University College Boathouse by Belsize Architects
Urban Splash wins planning for Tutti Frutti homes

Urban Splash has won planning permission for the first phase of its Tutti Frutti residential development on the New Islington site in Manchester.
Urban Splash wins planning for Tutti Frutti homes

Urban Splash has won planning permission for the first phase of its Tutti Frutti residential development on the New Islington site in Manchester.
US Air Force recruits Antron® carpet fibre and Coloursource

Antron®INVISTA, Antron® carpet fibre and Coloursource have joined forces to provide a bespoke soft flooring solution for the United States Air Force base at RAF Mildenhall.The Antron® LumenaTM carpet fibres used have been engineered to deliver soil hiding properties, making it particularly suitable for dining areas and so it was the natural choice for the carpet for the catering areas of USAF Mildenhall. With the added advantage of its solution dyed form, colour
Vicco's Tower by 51% Studios

184 Queensbridge Road, London
Victory to the cheapest

Incidentally on the subject of Phooey there is a Hong Kong Phooey blog. Neither architectural nor cartoonish, it is actually based in Hong Kong where most computer stuff seems to start out. It is c
Watch interviews with the AJ100

At the AJ100 dinner at the East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf, we recorded interviews with some of those attending the event. You can watch them below
Watford Music Centre by Tim Ronalds Architects

Watford Grammar School for Boys, Rickmansworth Road, Watford
Wembley Stadium by The World Stadium Team: Foster + Partners / HOK Sport

Wembley, London
Westminster Academy by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

225 Harrow Road, London
Weston Williamson Architects

Weston Williamson Architects have confirmed the appointment of Rob Naybour as a main board director of the practice, with immediate effect.
What the best dressed buildings are wearing

AlucobondALUCOBOND® is a versatile composite material consisting of two 0.5mm aluminium cover skins and a 3mm plastic or mineral filled core. It is an economical synthesis of aesthetics and function and the ideal material for suspended rear-ventilated cladding facades, cladding for roof edges and fascias. ALUCOBOND® panels are stable, flexible, of optimum flatness and available in an unrivalled range of colours and finishes. The lightweight panels offer superb formability and are desi
WI Beam – Masonry Walls Without Windposts

Wembley Innovation LtdDesigned to strengthen masonry walls against wind loading, recent testing by CERAM has proven the WI Beam system to perform better than traditional windpost methods, and achieve spans of up to 12 metres in length without unsightly movement joints.It’s formation within a course of U-shaped blocks enables a homogeneous wall finish and subsequent improvements to the wall’s fire integrity, acoustic performance and air permeability. With significant time and cos
Wilkinson Eyre's skyscraper scheme called in

The fate of Wilkinson Eyre’s twin tower scheme in Southwark, south London, is to be decided by a public enquiry.
William Bellamy Children's Centre by DSDHA

William Bellamy Infants School, Dagenham, London
Winchester Discovery Centre by Hampshire County Council Architecture & Design Services

Jewry Street, Winchester, Hampshire
Wind farms languish in planning despite government promises

More than 200 proposed wind farms are still awaiting planning approval, it has been revealed, despite the government's promise to fast-track such schemes.
Winner finally unveiled for Sheffield's Europan site

The fate of the undecided Sheffield Skye Edge site in the Europan 9 contest has finally been settled.
Wolverhampton Art Gallery by Purcell Miller Tritton

Lichfield Street, Wolverhampton
Woods Bagot

International architectural practice Woods Bagot have announced the appointment of Graham Legerton as its new Director of Education.
Wysing Arts Centre by Hawkins Brown

Bourn, Cambridge
'You are terribly important' – Hodge addresses architects at AJ100 ceremony

Architecture minister Margaret Hodge has challenged architects to ‘focus on the UK’s existing building stock.’

Architects JournalMay 2008

Architects Journal
May 2008