Architects Journal
May 2010
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BDP regains AJ100 top spot
BDP has returned to the top of the AJ100 – the definitive list of Britain’s biggest architecture firms – after only a year’s absence. -
Hawkins\Brown lands Enfield tower block overhaul
Hawkins\Brown has been appointed lead architect on the £25 million Highmead regeneration project in Edmonton, north London -
New Practices #26: a449
The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or redundancy -
£20 a night with Alain de Botton
The summer season is fast approaching and Astragal has been relaxing in vest and flip-flops following the recent launch of Living Architecture – a range of holiday homes in which one can unwind from as little as £20 per person, per night -
AJ exclusive: Hopkins wins St Thomas' East Wing cladding competition
[FIRST LOOK] Hopkins has won the RIBA contest to reclad a 13-storey tower on the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Hospital site in central London -
AJ exclusive: this year's Stirling Prize jury
This year’s Stirling Prize jury will include arts pundit Mark Lawson, the AJ can reveal -
AJ unveils revamped jobs site
The AJ today launched its new jobs site, offering an online careers service dedicated solely to architects -
AJ100 2010 Building of the Year: Kroon Hall, Yale University, Connecticut, USA, by Hopkins Architects
Hopkins Architects’ elegant Kroon Hall houses Yale University’s brightest ecological thinkers in suitably green surroundings. Hattie Hartman assesses the AJ100 Building of the Year. Photography by Morley von Sternberg -
AJ100 2010 interview: Alan Robson, Feilden + Mawson
‘We have tried to keep ahead of the curve, especially with regards to expenditure, reducing it before the work declines’ -
AJ100 2010 interview: Ben Vickery, Populous
‘It’s a longer term strategy that’s help us get through the last year’ -
AJ100 2010 interview: David Selby, Hopkins Architects
‘We have also won some great projects, such as Brent Civic Centre, and have a number in the pipeline.’ -
AJ100 2010 interview: Gavin Henderson, Stanton Williams
‘We won several major competitions and have projects abroad so we’ve managed to retain all our staff’ -
AJ100 2010 interview: Neil Gillespie, Reiach & Hall
‘We have been very fortunate so far’ -
AJ100 2010 interview: Richard Morton, Siddell GIbson Architects
‘We have slightly higher staff numbers and better prospects on the whole’ -
AJ100 2010 interview: Roger Fitzgerald, ADP
‘We have managed to increase our turnover, which is obviously very good.’ -
AJ100 2010: Sponsors
The AJ100 would not be possible without the kind support of our sponsors -
AJ100: Top 10 practices
Watch the run down of last night’s top 10 practices from the AJ100 Awards Dinner -
An Evening with the RIBA Awards: A Celebration and Review
Tickets are still available for a showcase event on 8 June celebrating and reviewing this year’s RIBA Award winners -
Architect with designs on parliament falls short
Architect Iain Meek of Bromley-based practice Meek Associates stood for the Holborn and St Pancras seat in last week’s general election -
Architects do battle: Style wars at the RIBA
At the RIBA in London last week, the private view of the Three Classicists exhibition, previewed in AJ 06.05.10, was busy -
Atkins' lucky LSC project starts on site
Lowestoft Sixth Form College, one of the few projects to come through the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) funding debacle, has started on site -
BDP lands Manchester town hall redevelopment job
BDP has won the contract to oversee the redevelopment of Manchester’s Central Library and Town Hall -
CABE and EH raise doubts over new Spurs plans
CABE and English Heritage remained concerned about elements of Spurs’ £400 million Northumberland Development Project, despite ‘significant changes’ made by Make, KSS and newly-appointed Townshend Landscape -
CABE faces up to budget cuts as government axe begins to fall
CABE still expects further budget cuts after being told by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) that it must trim its spending by £602,000 before 1 June -
Call for entries: RIBA Yorkshire White Rose Awards
Entries are being sought for the schemes that highlight the most innovative building projects and architectural practices in Yorkshire for the 2010 Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Yorkshire White Rose Awards -
Call to halt prison building scheme
Prison building will not ease the problem of jail overcrowding, Justice Secretary Ken Clarke has been warned -
Canadian outfit snaps up Nightingale Associates
Nightingale Associates has been bought by Canada-based architect IBI Group for £13.1 million -
Classical monument planned for Green Park
Classical practice Liam O’Connor Architects is set to design a new memorial in central London to commemorate the contribution made by Bomber Command during World War II. -
Coalition government sticks to 2016 zero carbon homes target
New housing minister Grant Shapps has re-affirmed the coalition government’s commitment to ensuring all new homes are ‘zero carbon’ by 2016 -
Coalition round-up: architects ready themselves for slash in spending
The new coalition cabinet is almost fully appointed and the repercussions of the new government on architects are beginning to emerge -
Coalition, classicism and design
Despite the political picture, the best designers will still attempt to make better places, says Simon Allford -
Confused emotions at Scottish convention
Riccardo Marini’s personal take on the 2010 RIAS Convention and its cultural regeneration theme -
Conran & Partners lands Walthamstow Dogs jackpot
Conran & Partners has been commissioned by housing association L&Q to lead the mixed-use, residential-led redevelopment of Walthamstow Stadium in east London, which closed in August 2008 -
Contest launched for £30 million Battle of Britain 'beacon'
An international search has begun to find an architect to design a new £30 million landmark ‘beacon’ to house the Royal Air Force Museum’s Battle of Britain collection -
Court report: Prince 'intervened' over Chelsea Barracks
Property developer Christian Candy has given a colourful account of why he believes the Prince of Wales put the brakes on his redevelopment plans for the prestigious 12.8-acre Chelsea Barracks site in London -
Crossrail funding review threatens McAslan and Hawkins\Brown stations
The government has refused to deny rumours McAslan + Partners’ Bond Street Station or Hawkins\Brown’s Tottenham Court Road Crossrail station schemes could be ditched -
Crusader Luder to 'ride again' at RIBA Council
Former RIBA president Owen Luder has announced that he will stand in the forthcoming national council election following recent changes to the institution that he feels could ‘threaten the whole profession’ -
Daniel Libeskind's gift of the gab
If you missed Daniel Libeskind’s lecture at the Royal Geographical Society on 29 April, let Astragal fill you in on the evening’s gems -
David Walker completes Thameside offices
David Walker Architects has completed its 42,200m2 Riverbank House in Swan Lane, City of London -
Developer ditches Benoy's Liverpool plans
Property company Land Securities is dumping plans, drawn up by Benoy, to develop the St John’s shopping centre in Liverpool, it has been revealed -
East RIBA Award Winners
The RIBA Award winners, East for 2010 include Haworth Tompkins, 5th Studio, Caruso St John, Acme, Piercy Connor, Hopkins, and Hudson Architects -
Ecophon - Taking the din out of school dinners
Everyone involved with the Government’s school construction programme will have heard of Building Bulletin 93 and will understand the importance of good acoustics in the teaching environment. At Wren’s Nest Primary School in Dudley, it was the school hall, that the problem of noise manifested itself. -
Encounters with Cocky, Toddler and the Hon. Aeneas Upmother-Brown
Ian Martin takes a trip up the Thames -
EU RIBA Award Winners
The RIBA Award winners, EU for 2010 include CF Moller, David Chipperfield, Niall McLaughlin, Terry Pawson, Zaha Hadid, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners and Tony Fretton -
Fears of pre-election slowdown unfounded
Concerns over a pre-election slowdown failed to materialise in April, with just 409 projects placed on hold, compared with a higher figure of 547 the previous month -
Glas sails in to south London with £25 million Buxton Homes scheme
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] Glas has completed this £25 million, 164-flat mixed-use scheme in Southwark Bridge Road, south London -
Gort Scott wins RIBA London Forgotten Spaces contest
Emerging starlets Gort Scott has won the Forgotten Spaces competition with is proposal to open up reservoirs in London to school children and day trippers -
Green shoots: Fees increase at top practices
The UK’s top architectural practices have weathered the recession well, with some even seeing an increase in fees earned over 2009, according to figures from this year’s AJ100 -
Green shoots: number of new homes on increase
The AJ can reveal further evidence the house-building industry is starting to bounce back -
Greenpeace protest fortress unveiled
Greenpeace has announced the winner of its contest to design a ‘fortress’ to occupy a plot of land destined for Heathrow’s ill-fated third runway -
Harmony breaks out over new RIBA forms
Critics of the RIBA’s ‘toxic’ Standard Form of Agreement (SFA) have welcomed the launch of an ‘all-new’ suite of agreement documents -
Heatherwick, Chipperfield and O'Donnell and Tuomey up for Lubetkin Prize
The RIBA has unveiled the three projects vying for this year’s Lubetkin Prize -
Hey there Georgian Girls – adding value to our heritage by charging for it
Ian Martin heads to the beta-village of Block Rocking Heath -
Howells to plan for new Birmingham rail station
Glenn Howells Architects has been appointed to outline what effect a high-speed rail route through Birmingham would have on development plans for the city -
In pictures: UK's biggest practices come out for AJ100 Awards
More than 340 of the industry’s leading figures turned out for this years AJ100 Awards dinner at the Grange Hotel opposite St Paul’s, central London -
Jan Gehl and David Lock to masterplan Southampton
Danish urbanist Jan Gehl, David Lock Associates and Urban Quality Consultants are to draw up a masterplan for Southampton City Centre -
Jobs threatened by Abu Dhabi slowdown
Practices in the UK are being hit by a slowdown in the buoyant Abu Dhabi property market -
Kalzip has carnival appeal
Kalzip’s aluminium standing seam system was specified as the dominant surface material for cladding Luton’s imaginatively designed Carnival Arts Centre. -
Kevin McCloud's RIBA Trust lecture
In an extract from his RIBA Trust annual lecture on 18 May, Kevin McCloud puts architecture into context -
Landmark Manchester tower-blocks refurbished
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Work has begun on a £7 million refurbishment of four residential blocks on the edge of Manchester City Centre -
Learning with hobbits
Ever wondered how Bilbo Baggins bagged planning for that delightful bungalow in Middle-earth? -
Let's think our way out of this slump
The economy has been hit hard, and architectural thinking can be key to the recovery, says Stephen Greenberg -
LOCOG picks up Forgotten Spaces entry
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games (LOCOG) is set to carry out a feasibility survey of Artillery’s shortlisted entry ‘Plinth’ -
London RIBA Award Winners
The RIBA Award winners, London for 2010 include Burd Haward, Allies and Morrison, James Gorst Architects, Patel Taylor, Muma + Julian Harrap, Adam Khan, Jonathan Clark, Duggan Morris, Eric Parry van Heyningen & Haward Architects and Tonkin Liu -
McGarry-Moon unveils 'agricultural' home plans
McGarry-Moon Architects has submitted plans for this £350,000 home in rural Maghera, Northern Ireland -
Moxon Architects floats new Paddington bridge plans
Moxon Architects has drawn up proposals for a new £1 million ‘quick fix’ bridge at Westbourne Grove, near Paddington, west London -
New Practices #27: Fletcher Crane Architects
The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone, either through choice or redundancy -
New Practices #28: Hutchison Kivotos Architects
The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or redundancy -
North East RIBA Award Winners
The RIBA Award winners, North East for 2010 include Faulkner Browns, Ryder Architecture, Farrells, Spence Associates and Ryder Architecture -
North West RIBA Awards Winners 2010
The RIBA Award winners, North West for 2010 include Alsop/Archial, Dixon Jones / Haworth Tompkins, Rick Mather Architects, Walker Simpson Architects and AECOM -
Northern Ireland RIBA Award Winners 2010
The RIBA Award winners, Northern Ireland for 2010 include Scott Wilson, Twenty-two over Seven and Consarc Conservation -
Oldham drops out of RIBA presidency race
Presidential candidate George Oldham has failed to meet the required number of nominations, leaving three remaining candidates in the contest. -
Outer London super-hubs ruled out
Mayor of London Boris Johnson has shelved plans for high-density developments at outer London town centres -
Paul Finch: A future in farming?
CABE chair Paul Finch was on robust form at last week’s AJ100 awards dinner at the Grange St Paul’s Hotel in London, when he talked about post-election prospects -
Piercy Conner unveils 'house-in-an-arch' proposals
Piercy Conner Architects has revealed designs for a ‘new London vernacular’ - a house in a brick arch -
Price & Myers reveals 'Hy-Pavilion' plans for LFA
[FIRST LOOK] The London Festival of Architecture (LFA) will display a temporary pavilion designed by Price & Myers with landscaping from Moxon Architects -
Prince Charles imparts community planning wisdom
Royal tells seminar of Scottish council planners, executives and elected members that ‘few people’ are creating ‘fully sustainable’ places, except his own Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment -
Radical reform of planning at heart of new coalition plans
A radical shake-up of the planning system has been promised in a new document setting out the coalition government’s long-term aims -
Rebranding Scotland for people who don’t really like Scotland that much
Ian Martin meets His Royal Highness -
Revealed: Heatherwick Studio's redesigned Routemaster
The Mayor of London has unveiled designs for a new double-decker bus designed by Thomas Heatherwick -
RIBA Awards Scotland
The RIBA Award winners, Scotland for 2010 include Reiach and Hall, McKenzie Strickland Assocs, Allan Murray Architects, Malcom Fraser Architects, Paterson Architects, Archial and Elder & Cannon Architects -
RIBA Awards Special: Wales wins big
The RIBA has recognised the growing quality of architecture in Wales by handing seven awards to projects across the country. -
RIBA backs Queen’s speech and new architecture minister
The RIBA has voiced its support for moves to change the planning system in today’s Queen’s Speech - while president Ruth Reed welcomed new architecture minister John Penrose -
RIBA London troubles: ousted ex-chair speaks out
Former RIBA London Region figurehead Azar Djamali has revealed more details about the ‘unconstitutional behaviour’ which led to her resignation last month -
RIBA slams Prince again over Chelsea Barracks meddling
RIBA president Ruth Reed has fired off a salvo towards Prince Charles following further revelations about his intervention in Richard Rogers’ doomed Chelsea Barracks scheme -
Ryder to design new £27m Halifax academy
Ryder Architecture has been announced as the designers for the new £27 million Trinity Academy in Halifax, West Yorkshire -
See Louis Hellman at St Mark's tomorrow
[DATE FOR THE DIARY] The Association of Consultant Architects is hosting an exhibition of the work of AJ cartoonist Louis Hellman -
South East RIBA Award Winners
The RIBA Award winners, South East for 2010 include Rick Mather Architects, DSDHA, Penoyre & Prasad, Guy Holloway Architects and Hawkins/Brown -
South RIBA Award Winners
The RIBA Award winners, South for 2010 include Rick Mather Architects, RMJM, Yiangou Architects, Architecture MK, The Manser Practice and Hampshire County Council -
South West RIBA Award Winners
The RIBA Award winners, South West for 2010 include David Sheppard Architects and gillespie yunnie architects -
Spending cut threat to BSF projects
Proposed Building Schools for the Future (BSF) projects are under threat from possible spending cuts, after the announcement of a comprehensive review by the coalition government. -
Spending cuts: Culture funding dealt three per cent blow
CABE, English Heritage, Tate and the British Museum will all have to cut three per cent from their budgets this year following sweeping spending cuts announced by the Government ahead of its emergency budget -
Spending cuts: HCA faces £230 million funding cuts
More than a hundred housing projects could be in jeopardy as the Homes & Communities Agency (HCA) was told to find savings of £230 million -
Spending cuts: 'reckless' transport schemes under review
The coalition government has pledged to review a series of major transport and regeneration projects that were given the go-ahead during a ‘reckless’ spending spree by the outgoing Labour government -
Spring awakening for Rogers and Vinoly
There appear to be signs of life at Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ credit-crunched ‘Cheesegrater’ -
Stock Woolstencroft completes Well Street Surgery
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] Stock Woolstencroft has revealed images of its recently completed 1,320m² primary healthcare centre at Hackney, north London -
Strata Tiles presents ‘Panzero3’- Super slim yet full of body
Imported from one of the World’s finest Italian ceramic manufacturers, Strata Tiles presents ‘Panzero3’ a full bodied porcelain tile in ‘super slim line’ proportions. -
Studio Three reveals Wyre observatory plans
Liverpool’s Studio Three Architects has unveiled its proposed observatory tower at Rossall Point - part of the £1.6m Sea Change programme to improve the waterfront at Wyre in Lancashire -
Sukkah City, temporary structure design competition NYC
Twelve radically temporary structures will be built in Union Square Park, NYC 10003 Construction of each structure will be completely funded through a financial award -
The Regs: Public sector cuts
Geoff Wilkinson looks at how public spending cuts are likely to affect Building Control -
UK Athletics backs West Ham's Olympic Stadium bid
West Ham United’s bid to take over the London Olympic stadium after the 2012 Games has received a major boost in the form of formal support by UK Athletics -
Viennese victory for Sergison Bates
[FIRST LOOK] Sergison Bates, together with German-based practice Werner Neuwirth and Swiss firm von Ballmoos Krucker Architekten, has won the Nordbanhof 2B housing competition in Vienna, Austria -
Viñoly to design massive Manchester City expansion
The owners of Manchester City football club have appointed Rafael Viñoly to design a £1 billion sports and leisure complex at the team’s stadium -
Wales RIBA Award Winners
The RIBA Award winners, Wales for 2010 include BDP, Ash Sakula, Heatherwick Studio, Ray Hole Architects, Loyn and Co, ORMS and Clash Associates -
Walthamstow Greyhound Stadium
Developer London and Quadrant Housing Trust (L&Q) is looking for a new architect to take forward the redevelopment of Walthamstow Greyhound Stadium -
Wessex RIBA Award Winners
The RIBA Award winners, Wessex for 2010 include Alec French Architects, Waugh Thistleton Architects, Purcell Miller Tritton and Cube Design -
West Midlands RIBA Award Winners
The RIBA Award winners, West Midlands for 2010 include Archetype and John Christophers -
Which Stirling Prize?
Astragal heard one of the contenders for this year’s Stirling Prize could be Smith Scott Mullan Associates for its regeneration of Raploch Estate with Gareth Hoskins Architects -
Why we must increase the tax on debt
Britain can achieve sustainable economic growth, but we need to reform the tax system, says David Marks -
Yorkshire RIBA Award Winners
The RIBA Award winners, Yorkshire for 2010 include FCBS, Wright + Wright Architects, Buchow Henley, BDP and DRDH Architects
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