Architects Journal
1997

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1998 STRUCTURAL STEEL DESIGN AWARDS

Steel Focus
A bone to pick over rib of beef

editorial
A VERY GOOD YEAR

Steel Focus
Ahrends Burton & Koralek

news
American selection

astragal
Appraisal EDWARD CULLINAN Edward Cullinan Architects

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD
ARB will make experts into 'informants'

It is a basic principle of British law that a defendant is entitled to proper representation.
Architect of dissent Richard MacCormac's many successes as an architect are founded on an attitude which questions conventional wisdom

people
Architecture trouve

Since man made his first shelter from the materials around him, we have admired architects who 'make do' with either standard components or natural materials
astragal Bookmarks

Bookmarks, London's new socialist bookshop, has commissioned a 2m model of Vladimir Tatlin's Monument to the Third International. Manager Simon Hester claims: 'Tatlin's tower is a wonderful centrepiece for a socialist bookshop, incorporating state-of-the-art technology at the turn of the century, and the feeling of confidence and hope that the Russian Revolution inspired amongst millions throughout the world.' The model, created by metalsmith and artist Keith Dowber, is on display at Bookmark
astragal Collage Capers by 'Mayo'

Champagne winner for the last quiz was Peter Denney of Patrick Davis Architects, who provided the fullest answer. All five buildings were by James Stirling or Stirling/Wilford: the Clore Gallery at the Tate; the Florey Building at Queen's College, Oxford; the Fogg Museum at Harvard; student accommodation at St Andrew's; and the Staatsgalerie, Stuttgart. Four clues for the last quiz in this series - a breeze for art historians. Answers by Christmas Eve to AJ Astragal, 151 Rosebery Avenue, Lond
Balliol College, Oxford

PROJECTS; MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD
Bentley Systems' recent European symposium introduced both new products and new concepts to the world of computer-aided design Bentley's new dimensions

technical: computing
BOOKS OF THE YEAR

review
Borough Market plan will hit locals hard

letters
British Institute of Biography

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD; PROJECTS
British team shortlisted forSan Francisco bridge

news
Building favourites

This is the second house John Winter designed and built for his family. The first was on a backland site near Regents Park which nobody thought could be built on. This house is in the old orchard of the Highgate Cemetery gatekeeper's house. It sits behind a screen of foliage on an eminence over the entrance to the old cemetery. It's a three-storey frame structure with big fixed glass windows set flush with the surface of the CorTen steel structure. The living room is on the top floor, bedroom
Campaign for equal treatment over VAT

letters
CIC calls for procurement priority on quality

news
Clifton Street Offices, London

PROJECTS
COLORCOAT CELESTIA

Steel Focus
Cost comment - Ruskin Library

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD; RUSKIN LIBRARY
Creating a green house

An adventurous project by Peter Cuming in North London to create an environmentally friendly house - involving greywater, photovoltaic cells, rabbits and steel, the greenest material of all - is coming to fruition
DIARY

An shs Advanced Design Course run by British Steel Tubes & Pipes will be held on:
Don't forget CLASP's contribution

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Durham Millennium City Project

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD; PROJECTS
ECO HOUSE

Steel Focus
EXHIBITIONS Talent that is waiting in the wings Eminent and Imminent (E+I=MC2) At the riba Site Gallery, 8 Woodhouse Square, Leeds until 31 December

review
Four square up in £100 million Docklands competition

news
From Ford Capris to microchips

Newport Wafer-Fab's ultra-high-tech manufacturing plant used steel in its construction, to ensure a vibration-free environment for the delicate business of making microchips
Golden Section corrections

letters
Help for accessibility FEELING THE CONTRAST

PRACTICE
Help for accessibility FLOOR FINISHES

PRACTICE
Help for accessibility HEATED HYDRAULICS

PRACTICE
I for Evans Place

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD; PROJECTS
in brief Arad may appeal in Hampstead

news
in brief Bucks pass into Babtie's hands

news
in brief Fletcher Priest just the ticket

news
in brief Gough brightens up Kensal Green

news
in brief Greenwich boom time

news
in brief Joint initiative on quality

news
in brief Last chance for India trip

news
in brief Membrane limits Heathrow fire

news
in brief Trio for Shell scheme

news
In-town supermarket wins permission for being green

news
Jersey Archive for Jersey Heritage Trust

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD; PROJECTS
KATHERINE SHONFIELD

It came to pass that on the first of May a promise of new life for the world was announced by an angel, Peter, spinning in the sky up above.
Laban dance centre scheme for Herzog & de Meuron

news
Laban dance centre scheme for Herzog & de Meuron

news
Lack of imagination

astragal
Learning with pleasure

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD; RUSKIN LIBRARY
Learning with pleasure

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD; RUSKIN LIBRARY
Less is still Meier

astragal
Lots of lottery lollyfor Wales

letters
Martin Pawley: the Great Millennium Sale

news
Masterplan and Student Residences

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD; PROJECTS
Meadowbank Club, Twickenham

PROJECTS; MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD
Millennium Place

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD
More thoughts onthe droopy dome

letters
NATIONAL BOTANICAL GARDEN OF WALES

Steel Focus
New publications ARCHAEOLOGY AND PLANNING

PRACTICE
New publications CONTRACTORS IN THE FRAME

PRACTICE
New publications IN TUNE WITH EDUCATION

PRACTICE
New publications LIGHT AND LIVING

PRACTICE
Northern Counties Housing Association, Manchester

letters
Of human bondage

astragal
OUT OF THE FLAMES

They've been burning a new eight storey office block in one of the gigantic airship hangars at Cardington. Over and over again. The fires have included the biggest test fire ever lit. Computer models are still analysing the data, so the scientists are staying officially cautious until early next year when the full data comes out on cd-rom.
Paris millennium match

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Phase C

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD; PROJECTS
Portsmouth Historic Dockyard Boathouse 6 Exhibition Space & Auditorium

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD; PROJECTS
Reconstructing normality in a war-damaged city

news: letter from sarajevo
Registration body headsfor trouble with institute

news
Rock begins the task of helping small practices

news
Rogers' South Bank scheme caught in funding impasse

news
Rogers' South Bank scheme caught in funding impasse

news
Seasonal greetings from all at aj! Our next issue: 8 January

news
Solution to a burning issue

Foster Associates' vast new Hong Kong airport is set to be a national monument but still has to meet fire regulations. Sutherland Lyall reports on Arup Fire's innovative fire-engineering solution to the problem posed by a 200 metre-long canopy and notes t
Southwark station, Jubilee Line Extension, London Underground

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD; PROJECTS
Station to Station

review BOOKS
Strut your stuff

astragal
Suburbs at prayer

news in pictures
SUSTAINABLE STEEL

Steel Focus
Templewood Avenue, Hampstead

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD; PROJECTS
Tennis centre doesmeet LTA standards

letters
Tesco Superstore, Ludlow

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD; PROJECTS
Thanks for success of Architecture Week . . .

letters
THE CASE FOR SPRINKLERS

British Steel's Jef Robinson points out: 'The interesting thing is that generally people don't die from collapsing buildings. They die from smoke.' Like many fire engineers, British Steel's Robinson and Arup's Keith Lee believe that the simplest and best method of fire protection for both people and property is to use sprinklers. Fire engineers deny the widespread misconception about sprinklers. They don't go off en-masse, but are activated individually by heat. Their reliability is not patch
The continuing myth of Albemarle Street

letters
The Ghosts of Berlin

review BOOKS
The Millennium Walk

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD
THE NEW ENGINEERS

British Steel's Jef Robinson believes that the Cardington tests will revolutionise the way engineers design structures in steel. 'When engineers design for wind loading they design for it as a natural part of the structural synthesis. They don't design the structure and then wrap it in a whole lot of wind breaks. But that's exactly what they do for fire: design the structure and wrap the elements in insulation designed to stop fire heating them up. The new engineering will incorporate the fac
The new Laban Centre

news
the partners

people
The Phoenix Initiative, Coventry

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD
The Priory Cloister

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD
The Priory Garden

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD
The Wellcome Wing at the Science Museum

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD; PROJECTS
The year in pictures

BRIDGE OVER TROUBLED WATER: Lifschutz Davidson's Hungerford Bridge design won the competition but Westminster City Council tried to drop it from the project. A storm of protest and a combined initiative by various professions (led by David Rock) resulted in the council staying with the winning team
The year in pictures

MAN AT THE TOP: the new government created a 'superministry' incorporating environment and transport - and put Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott in charge of it. He moved into the new department's epr-designed offices in Victoria. But the future of the old buildings in Marsham Street has yet to be decided
Time for Essex man to build on the present, not the past

news
Tipped for trouble

astragal
Touching the earth lightly

Jorg Schlaich is one of the pioneers of lightweight structures. Barrie Evans reviews a new monograph that charts his contribution
update

DIARY
update THOMAS JOSHUA COOPER

'I work on the margins, on the periphery of populated and cultivated landscapes,' says Thomas Joshua Cooper, whose latest photographs feature 12 major Scottish rivers, including the Forth, the Clyde, the Tay and the Dee. His impeccable prints are richly nuanced. They are at the Fruitmarket Gallery, 45 Market Street, Edinburgh until 10 January. Details 0131 225 2383.
vital statistics

hellman
Wates City

news
We review Selwyn Goldsmith's book on reform of current legislation affecting disabled people, and a guide to wheelchair housing Designing for the disabled? BY JOHN PENTON

practice
who said what

hellman
Why design awardsshould be virtual

letters
Working details A PORCH IN A FRAMELESS GLASS WALL

MACCORMAC JAMIESON PRICHARD; RUSKIN LIBRARY, UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER

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1997