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Arctic monkeying with Clegg and Prasad
Architects and artists wait impatiently for Ian McEwan’s new novel, Solar, in which he lampoons various creative types who joined him on a 2005 global warming fact-finding trip to the Arctic
People's History Museum springs a leak
Just days before its reopening last month, the People’s History Museum in Manchester suffered a minor blip – a small leak
Tripping all over Battersea
The new US Embassy may have trouble with noisy neighbours, such as Battersea’s psychedelic contingent
Hullabaloo in Barangaroo
Elizabeth Farrelly, professor of architecture at the University of Sydney, has emerged as the most prominent critic of Richard Rogers’ plans for a £3.5 billion regeneration of the Barangaroo area of Sydney
MIPIM outlaws ‘parasite’ events
Architect and developer events outside the official MIPIM venue - the Palais des Festivals - have become illegal following a judgment by a French court
Ministry of Shhhhh
Whistle posse make some noise: Oakmayne Property’s residential tower threatens Ministry of Sound
Trust in RMJM
The Commonwealth Education Trust (formerly the Commonwealth Institute) was one of the last occupants of the landmark 1962 RMJM building on Kensington High Street.
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Bottoms up with the British Toilet Association
Astragal is always keen to hear from the British Toilet Association. Last week, the lavvy-savvy group launched its Where Can I Go? campaign in a bid to get more public toilets built in the UK
Kapoor: Olympic Ring Master
Following the AJ’s story about Anish Kapoor’s Olympic Park sculpture (AJ 21.01.10), the Sunday Times had a crack at a visualisation – it looked rather like a set of deconstructed Olympic rings
Ice work: Eiffel tower built in Harrogate park
A church and the Eiffel Tower are among the latest snow-sculptures created by British architects
Arms race – a new Olympic sport?
Knives, bullets, body armour, guns and items of jewellery recovered from London’s streets have been melted down to help build London’s 2012 Olympic site in Stratford
That 'one per cent margin' - it's blarney
Don’t believe the rumours – the design team for the Children’s Hospital in Dublin isn’t working for a one per cent margin
Architect plans massive man-made mountain
A 900m-tall snow-capped artificial mountain has been proposed by architect Jacob Tigges as a landmark for the German city of Berlin
