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FCBS’ £120m Southbank overhaul submitted for planning
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has submitted a planning application for its £120 million Festival Wing redevelopment of London’s Southbank Centre
NORD wins planning for Glasgow hospice
NORD Architecture has won planning for a new £18million hospice in Glasgow
Debate: Ole Scheeren and Ab Rogers to talk architecture & innovation
Two of the world’s hottest young designers unpick the role of innovation within architecture at the V&A. Tickets now available
The AJ100 explained: firms should be ‘more provocative’
Professor Bruce Tether, author of the AJ100 analysis, called for architects to ‘be more provocative’ in their approach to business at a special AJ100 breakfast presentation this morning
Schmidt Hammer Lassen wins contest to design Greenland prison
[FIRST LOOK] Denmark and London-based practice Schmidt Hammer Lassen has released these images of its competition-winning design for a prison in Nuuk, Greenland
Clare Devine named head of architecture at Design Council
Clare Devine has been appointed director of architecture and the built environment at the Design Council
Capita to run Barnet's planning services
Barnet Council has chosen Capita as its preferred partner for a £154milion contract to run its strategic planning and regeneration services
Make unveils 'detailed' Stansted airport proposals
Make Architects has unveiled further images of its self-funded proposals to expand Stansted airport
Adam Khan shortlisted in Danish contest
London practice shortlisted to remodel housing as part of Scandinavian competition series to find revamp solutions to common building types
RIBA president vows to investigate allegations made against RMJM
RIBA president Angela Brady has vowed to ‘get to the bottom’ of a landmark complaint to the institute filed against RMJM
O’Donnell on Stirling jury
Sheila O’Donnell, whose practice O’Donnell + Tuomey has been shortlisted for the Stirling Prize four times without success, will this year judge the RIBA’s most coveted award
RIAS looks to Scandinavia ahead of Scottish referendum next year
View from the stage: Allies?& Morrison co-founder Bob Allies reports on the RIAS 2013 Convention in Strathpeffer, titled ‘Big World – Wee Scotland’
Taking the long view
Martin Ashley, surveyor of fabric at the Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich, hits out at the marginalisation of conservation architecture
Industry calls for BCO Guide overhaul
As BCO prepares to revamp its flagship design bible, current Guide to Specification described as pushing ‘sealed glass boxes’ and stifling innovation
Correa: ‘We must create cities where the poor are not dehumanised’
Charles Correa on cities, slums and architectural emotions. AJ deputy editor Rory Olcayto reports as retrospective opens at RIBA
Wings come off Zaha Hadid's Aquatic Centre
The temporary stands, known as the ‘wings’, have been removed from Zaha Hadid’s 2012 Olympic Aquatic Centre
Retrofit Awards deadline extended to 31 May
The deadline for the AJ’s annual Retrofit Awards, championing the best in the creative re-use of buildings and construction, has been extended
New practices: Hale Brown 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
Slurred RMJM chief 'in the office as usual'
RMJM’s European chief executive Jonathan French is back at his desk despite an alleged attempt to undermine his position through a leaked email
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3DReid Student Prize 2013: call for entries
3DReid has again launched its search for the best Part II student in the country
Industry calls for BCO Guide overhaul
As BCO prepares to revamp its flagship design bible, current Guide to Specification described as pushing ‘sealed glass boxes’ and stifling innovation
Correa: ‘We must create cities where the poor are not dehumanised’
Charles Correa on cities, slums and architectural emotions. AJ deputy editor Rory Olcayto reports as retrospective opens at RIBA
Plans approved for £300m Shell Centre overhaul
Lambeth Council has approved the Squire and Partners-masterplanned redevelopment of the Shell Centre on London’s South Bank
Hellman cartoon
Hellman Cartoon
The Hellman Files 98: A trawl through Hellman’s archives, in which we uncover gems as relevant now as they were then
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All rise for the Stirling Prize
The ‘old-style seated dinner’ at the annual Stirling Prize shindig has bitten the dust
Rogers' Lloyd’s building set for £260m sale
Richard Rogers’ Lloyd’s building in London is reportedly in line to be sold for nearly £260 million
Bye bye Helter Skelter - Pinnacle to be redesigned
Sad news - the Helter Skelter as we once knew it is officially no more
Design your own Festival Wing
The AJ invites architects to sketch their own extension to the Southbank centre
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