Architects Journal
August
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Quinlan Terry faces court again
Neo-classical architect Quinlan Terry is embroiled in yet another legal battle after being accused of making a tunnel collapse. -
‘Closed Forever’ at Auto Italia, featuring Basil Spence on film
‘Closed Forever’ at Auto Italia – 1 Glengal Road, Peckham – is generated from this image of a derelict Irish cinema by William Hamilton -
10 Trinity Square, London by Woods Bagot
How Woods Bagot will change 10 Trinity Square with a glass ‘whirlpool’. By Kaye Alexander -
5 things to do today: 1 September
Make your commute your own – Make your own postcards – Coolest iPhone apps – Get Dropped: Starter for 10 – Designer Work-out -
55/02, Cock Stoor, by Sixteen*(makers) with Stahlbogen, Kielder Water
Sixteen*(makers) investigate the relationship between nature and artifice with its shelter at Kielder Water & Forest Park -
Abbey Green design competition: Final week for entries
The AJ’s competition to redesign Abbey Green in Barking, East London, with Design for London and the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham, closes on August 17 -
Adrian Pritchard: Unstrung Theory
Artist Adrian Pritchard’s solo show unpicks string theory -
AJ solves political crisis: MPs' second home design competition winners
From a luxury cruise liner to a nuclear bunker, an Architects’ Journal competition to design ‘state-owned, temptation-free’ housing for MPs attracted a large number of curious proposals -
Allies & Morrison to open Qatar office
The practice’s first overseas office will open in Doha this autumn -
Alsop, Adam and FAT re-imagine the great British toilet
Top architects’ visonary proposals for RIBA competition to design the public convenience of the future -
Amazing pictures: London's first living wall dies
The UK’s first living wall in Islington, North London, has died just three years after it was built. -
Anthony Burrill: In a New Place
A break from the norm for Anthony Burrill in his latest London show, In a New Place -
Architects for Crossrail stations named
The full list of architects that will design the new central London Crossrail stations has been announced -
Architecture for Everyone - the wannabe architects return
RMJM sent six budding architects to study at Harvard this summer: The AJ catches up with them and discusses what they learned across the pond -
Ashden Awards for Sustainable Energy 2010
Call for entries from sustainable energy pioneers across the UK -
Aston Villa's Olympic penalty
Planned construction work at Villa Park has ended hopes to include the stadium on the Olympic list for London 2012 -
Atasehir financial district, Istanbul by RMJM
RMJM has revealed plans for a $1 billion development inIstanbul’s new residential and business district -
BACA sole UK practice asked to join Netherlands design competition
Fresh off the back of its Docklands Barges win, Baca Architects is one of nine international firms invited by the Municipality of Nijmegen to propose ideas for a new peninsula in Holland -
Back to the past: DeLorean factory plans up for sale
Architectural plans for the DeLorean car plant in Belfast are to go up for sale at auction after being found almost 30 years to the day after they were drawn-up -
Basildon £1bn regeneration approved
Basildon District Council’s cabinet has pased plans for a £1 billion regeneration of the Essex town -
Bath Personal Rapid Transit Design Competition
Can the world’s newest transport technology fit into one of the world’s most historic cities? -
Battersea backers deny debts will sink Viñoly scheme
The owner of Battersea Power Station, Real Estate Opportunities (REO), has played down fears that a £1.6 billion group debt could scupper the south London project -
BIG beat Hadid and Foster
Architects BIG beat Zaha Hadid and Norman Foster in an open competition to design Kazakhstan’s new National Library, in Astana -
Biggin Hill Airport Hotel by EPR Architects
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] This new 4-star bespoke airport hotel designed by EPR Architects has been granted Planning Permission by Bromley Council -
Birmingham twin towers project shelved
Construction has been delayed on a pair of ‘landmark’ towers in Birmingham due to the recession-triggered crash in the housing market. -
Boris promises to plug social housing funding gap
The Mayor of London has said he will be calling on the Homes and Communities Agency to channel funding back to social housing projects after the Government ‘short-changed’ the capital by redirecting funds -
Bridges take shape at Olympic Park
Images released today show the progress of the new network of roads and bridges throughout the Olympic Park site -
British Museum considers future of extension and Rogers
The British Museum has not ruled out using alternative architects to redesign the rejected Richard Rogers’ £135 million North Western extension project. -
Brits in line for Baghdad bonanza
Teams led by Broadway Malyan and Woods Bagot have been named on a seven strong shortlist to design $30 billion of new housing in Baghdad -
Burj Dubai: World's tallest building opens 2 December
The Burj Dubai will officially open to the public on UAE National Day later this year -
CABE: Mecanoo's Birmingham Library 'not fully convincing'
CABE has raised a number of major issues about Mecanoo’s £193million Library of Birmingham proposals -
CABE: New houses 'not spacious enough'
CABE is calling on the Homes and Communities Agency to introduce cross-agency standards for space in new homes, after a new survey found that new homes are failing to provide enough space for everyday activities -
CABE’s new chair must refocus its mission
Leader: CABE’s new chair must refocus its mission if it is to regain the profession’s confidence -
CABE's latest figures - design review numbers drop
The number of schemes submitted to CABE for design review has dropped for the first time in the commission’s 10 year history -
Calgary bridge design competition, Canada
The Calgary Municipal Land Corporation (CMLC) today launched St. Patrick’s Island Bridge conceptual design competition -
Carlos Garaicoa's Castleford Plan
From Cuba to Castleford: artist Carlos Garaicoa’s brings his public observatory designs to West Yorkshire -
Cash handout for RIBA research award winners
The RIBA has handed out funding to the winners of two of its most-coveted research awards – the RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship and the RIBA Trust Awards -
Chelsea Barracks: Rogers and Terry 'not on shortlist'
Prince Charles’ favourite and least favourite architects will not be on the shortlist for the controversial scheme when it is revealed later this week -
'City as Gymnasium' at CUBE, Manchester
Manchester’s CUBE gallery takes urban exercise to a new level. -
ColladoCollins lands leisure complex job in Romania
[First Look] London-based practice ColladoCollins has won the international contest to design a leisure complex, featuring a roof-top park on the outskirts of Bucharest, Romania -
Columbus Tower approved: London Mayor overides council with new 'call in' power
The 63-storey Columbus Tower by Mark Weintraub Architecture & Design has been given the green light by London Mayor Boris Johnson -
Concert Hall, University of Birmingham by Glenn Howells Architects
[FIRST LOOK] This 450-seat concert hall - plus space for teaching and research - is to be built on the University of Birmingham’s redbrick campus -
Conservatives vow to ditch housing targets and shift 'power to the people'
The government’s approach to house building should be scrapped and replaced with a system that promotes projects led at street-level, according to Conservative Shadow housing minister Grant Shapps -
Cornerstone, Glasgow by Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects
Set in stone: gm + ad’s Cornerstone building has the sturdiness that Glasgow’s historic core of Georgian and Victorian city blocks demands, writes Penny Lewis. Photography by John Barr -
Design High at the Louise Blouin Foundation
The Carpenters Workshop Gallery, in association with host The Louise Blouin Foundation, is putting on an exhibition as part of the Foundation’s Education, Science and Creativity Programme -
'Don't develop until we get in', say Tories
The Conservative Party has told Tory councils and MPs to delay any ‘major’ developments until it comes into power, according to reports at the weekend -
Drawing space: Edward Hutchison at the Garden Museum, London
Drawing Space showcases the meticulous creative process behind the work of landscape architect Edward Hutchinson -
Earls Court to make way for 10,000 homes
Earls Court exhibition centre could be replaced by up to 10,000 homes according to new proposals being worked up for the West London landmark -
Ecology theory forum 09: call for contributions
Sheffield School of Architecture will host a two day event of diverse talks, workshops and interventions -
Ecophon Acoustic Wall Panel System
Ecophon’s Wall Panel system offers more than just a sound absorption system. With its innovative corners, profiles and panels, it is possible to create exciting features in colour, design and shape. -
Ecophon Light Coffer
The Ecophon ‘Light Coffer’ solution has been developed to integrate into any of our standard module suspended ceiling systems. The ‘Light Coffers’ are supplied as a full system package including the luminaires and are available in a wide range of sizes -
Eric Parry's £50m West End production to go ahead
Planning approval granted for scheme to redevelop area around Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, despite objections from the Victorian Society -
Extreme Architecture: Building for challenging environments, by Ruth Slavid
Divided into five simply-titled chapters - Hot; Cold; High; Wet and Space - this details over forty contemporary built works which encounter tricky siting issues -
First look: Sheppard Robson's MediaCity centrepiece
The skin of Sheppard Robson’s Orange building at MediaCity UK in Salford Quays has now completed -
Five things to do at the Edinburgh Fringe 2009
An inside look into five top events at this summer’s Fringe festival in Edinburgh -
Five Things to do today: 10 September
Termite Pavilion - Carpark Sculpture - Pop-Up food - In Fashion - When in Rome -
Five things to do today: 11 August
Playing the building- X-ray umbrellas- Pleasure point- Art, fashion and architecture- The press photographer’s year 09 -
Five things to do today: 12 August
Rankin Live - Embroider your environment - Hello Haptic - Picnics and plays - Rush hour London -
Five things to do today: 13 August
Video basement - Outdoor lighting - Straycation - Mr Jones watches - Solar forest -
Five things to do today: 17 August
Darwin centre - London through a lens - Limoncello fete - SIE43 Chair - London Mela festival -
Five things to do today: 18 August
Woodstock Vision - Papervillain - Sleep for days - Spectacular Sewers - Mozart by Candlelight -
Five things to do today: 19 August
Picnic in the park - How not to get ripped off - Under water - Holiday reading - Mid-August lunch -
Five things to do today: 2 September
The Public - Alternative Oyster Cards - Feral Houses - Walk through Wednesdays - Dress Up an Architect -
Five things to do today: 20 August
One Magic Summer - LVMF 2009 - Visit the other Fringe Festival - Polish Paper Cuts - Learn to make a decent cup of tea -
Five things to do today: 21 August
Remembering Charles and Ray Eames - Spanish graffiti - The slap of leather on willow - Design with Frank - Saved Polaroid Event -
Five things to do today: 24th August
Tides and Times - Buy a pair of Doctor Martens - Make a Cardboard Catapult - Ethelburga Tower: At home in a high-rise - Use your local -
Five things to do today: 25 August
Beyond these Walls - Hand Drawn Map Association - Deceitful Moon - London Theatre Week - Buy a Pint -
Five things to do today: 26 August
Tilt shift photography - House of Cards - Valerio Olgiati - The Bolton Way - Withnail and I -
Five things to do today: 27 August
Under Milk Wood - Photoshop Disasters - Snake - Le Corbusier - Balloon Architecture -
Five things to do today: 28 August
Recession-proof yourself - Photographer’s Eye - Tour the Royal Academy - Exhibitions on the cheap -
Five things to do today: 6 August
First Thursdays Bus tour - Adopt a book - Recycled Chic - Bloomberg space - Dirty dancing -
Five things to do today: 7 August
I think, I see - Free open-air theatre - Antiques galore - Night at the zoo - Edinburgh fringe -
Foster + Partners wins South Korea masterplan competition
Foster + Partners wins international competition to design a 300 square-kilometre masterplan -
Foster posts £16 million loss – but turnover is up
Foster + Partners has made a pre-tax loss of £16.1 million, according to the company’s results for the year to April 2009 -
Foster's 'left his job' in San Francisco
Norman Foster has reportedly been removed from a $121million San Francisco project after a political row over the use of US stimulus package funds -
Freya's Cabin, Kielder Water, by Studio Weave
The first of Studio Weave’s two structures, Robin’s Hut is on the north bank of Kielder Water. Using the site as inspiration, they imagined a story of two lovers, Robin and Freya, and the shelters they might have used. -
From the archive: DSDHA/Paradise Park
Following the failure of London’s first ‘living wall’, the AJ revisits its coverage of DSDHA’s Paradise Park, published in August 2006. (Photography by Mauricio Guillen) -
From the archives: Fawood children's centre by Will Alsop
This week Will Alsop announced he is to leave his practice. Here, as part of a retrospective of his projects, is the AJ’s 3 February, 2005 coverage of Alsop & Stormer’s Fawood children’s centre -
From the Archives: La Tourette by Le Corbusier, 1960
Read the AJ’s original verdict on Le Corbusier’s Dominican Monastery in this article published in the AJ on October 20, 1960. -
From the archives: Palestra by Will Alsop
This week Will Alsop announced he is to leave his practice. Here, as part of a retrospective of his projects, is the AJ’s 5 October, 2006 coverage of Alsop & Stormer’s Palestra -
From the archives: Peckham Public Library by Will Alsop
This week Will Alsop announced he is to leave his practice. Here, as part of a retrospective of his projects, is the AJ’s March 30, 2000 coverage of Alsop & Stormer’s Stirling Prize winning Peckham Library -
Future of Lighthouse hangs in balance as decision looms
Board members of Scotland’s centre for architecture, the Lighthouse, will tonight discuss its future amid rumours that the centre will shut. -
Gillespie Kidd Coia Scottish gems face demolition
A trio of Gillespie, Kidd and Coia buildings could be flattened to make way for an Archial-designed mixed-use development. -
GKD - A new highlight at Times Square
Amid the famous spectaculars of Times Square, the Crowne Plaza sparkles in new splendour thanks to a 110-square-metre Mediamesh® façade -
GKD - AA Arena shines in the heat of the night
With the installation of an almost 320-square-metre, transparent Mediamesh® media façade, a co-production of GKD – Gebr. Kufferath AG and ag4 media facade GmbH, the AmericanAirlines Arena, home of the famous Miami Heat basketball team, has given the city a new attraction. -
GKD - Shining symbol of a successful structural change
Visible for miles, the 270-ton Indemann in the region between Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands symbolises the transformation of this brown-coal region into one of Europe’s leading research and development areas -
GKD - The Pearl of Peking: The Chinese National Grand Theatre
5,400 square metres of golden metal mesh façade by GKD – Gebr. Kufferath AG make Beijing’s Opera House a splendorous venue for international cultural events. -
Glass plummets from Old Broad Street tower
A road had to be closed in central London yesterday (19 August) when a 4m-wide pane of glass fell from GMW and Grimshaw’s new office refurbishment - 125 Old Broad Street -
Government would 'pay green premium'
A survey has revealed that British Government and oil firms would pay a premium of up to 12 per cent for an energy-efficient building. -
Green shoots appear, so is the worst over?
Economic indicators - from house prices and the FTSE100 to factory output - are moving in the right direction. The AJ looks at the data in six key areas to investigate whether we have seen the worst of the recession -
Harrogate Grammar School sixth from pavilion by Bowman Riley Architects
[FIRST LOOK] This new sixth form pavilion at Harrogate Grammar School designed by Bowman Riley Architects has been granted planning permission -
Heathrow Terminal 2: first images of new 'eco' hub
[FIRST LOOK] Norman Foster and HETCo designed Terminal 2 will support 20 million passengers per year -
Hopkins' Greenwich plan rejected
Hopkins has failed to win planning permission for its contentious Greenwich Market proposals -
Hotel Missoni, Edinburgh by Allan Murray Architects
A Polite Response: Allan Murray Architects conforms to the demands of Edinburgh’s planners with the multi-faceted Hotel Missoni, says Penny Lewis. Photography by Keith Hunter -
Howarth, Finch or Parkinson: take your pick for next CABE supremo
Tongues have been wagging about who’s in the running to become the new chair of CABE -
I say, I say, I say: Ken Shuttleworth does stand-up
‘Someone recently asked me: What do you ask a recent architecture graduate? Big Mac and fries please!’ was the witty remark that Ken Shuttleworth used to greet graduating students recently -
Ian Martin. A big mistake: one man, one dozy dog and a dessicated follower of fashion
Ian Martin dabbles in animal cruelty and faces the consequences -
In Pictures: Avant Gardeners by Tim Richardson
An inside look into the secrets of the world’s top landscape architects -
In pictures: David Chipperfield at the Design Museum
A major new exhibition will feature works including River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, The Hepworth Wakefield gallery and the Neues Museum in Berlin -
In pictures: Light art performance photography
These amazing pictures, from Bremen-based team of Jan Wöllert and Jörg Miedza, show ‘light paintings’ made by a combination of a number of light sources and a slow exposure shot -
In pictures: Olympic residential work underway
Images released by the Olympic Delivery Authority reveal the progress being made on the construction of the Olympic Village in east London -
'Incredibly disappointed' Wilkinson Eyre dropped by Tesco
Wilkinson Eyre has attacked retail giant Tesco after being ditched on a contentious superstore scheme in Sheringham, north Norfolk -
It's official: Middlesbrough is grim
Kirsty and Phil’s claims that ‘Boro is the worst place to live in the UK have been upheld by media watchdog Ofcom -
Janus Chairs, Plashetts, Kielder by Ryder Architecture
Ryder Architecture create three rotating chairs on the banks of Kielder Water. -
Kalzip Ltd - New college sees the light
Kalzip’s highly durable perforated façade system was specified by Jefferson Sheard Architects to provide a series of translucent protective ‘veils’ around four major external stairwell areas at East Durham College’s new campus in Peterlee, Co Durham. Miller Construction (UK) Ltd was the design and build contractor and Chemplas Ltd the building envelope contractor. -
Kemmlit NOXX Cubicle System by Skirmett washrooms
The new NOXX cubicle system is just one of the wide range of Kemmlit products available from Skirmett Washrooms. Winner of the prestigious International Forum Product Design Award, the NOXX system has been created with vision and perception. -
Kemmlit NOXX Cubicle System by Skirmett washrooms
The new NOXX cubicle system is just one of the wide range of Kemmlit products available from Skirmett Washrooms. Winner of the prestigious International Forum Product Design Award, the NOXX system has been created with vision and perception. -
Lancashire colliery regeneration gets green light
A former colliery site in Lancashire is to be regenerated as part of the Homes and Communities Agency’s (HCA) National Coalfields Programme -
Listed: Rare 1960s mural saved from demolition
A 1962 mural in Salford known as The Tree of Knowledge has been spared after it was given a last minute Grade II-listing -
London 2012: designing for legacy
AJ SPECIAL REPORT: How plans for the Olympic Park are shaping up under legacy chief Baroness Margaret Ford -
Martin Sexton: Blow-up – sex with Karl Marx
Shock tactics and techtonics at the Economist Plaza -
Nelson Mandela Hospital, Johannesberg by Sheppard Robson and JCA
[FIRST LOOK] Nelson Mandela launched the Sheppard Robson and John Cooper Architecture (JCA) competition winning design for a new specialist children’s hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa on 31 July 2009 -
Oglander Road housing, Peckham, London by Alan Camp
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] These eight new mews houses in Peckham, designed by Southwark-based Alan Camp Architects, have just been completed -
Open House London: The AJ's selection
Open House London, the capital’s largest architectural showcase, will take place on 19 & 20 September with more than 700 buildings providing free access -
Oxford's temporary box office
[First look] Oxford Brookes architecture students build ticket booth for the centre of Oxford. -
Paper City: Urban Utopias, Royal Academy of Arts, London
The Royal Academy is doing a U-turn for the YouTube generation; tearing up the rulebook for design exhibitions with this free user-friendly show -
Paul Finch appointed as new CABE Chair
Paul Finch will be the new Chair of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw has announced -
Paul Finch: ‘Design review is very fair-minded’
Before officially taking up his post in December, newly appointed CABE chair Paul Finch answers your questions about the future of architecture, Prince Charles and the commission’s policing style -
Pazhou Exhibition Centre, Guanghzou, China by Aedas
[First Look] Aedas has unveiled its proposals for a new 57,700 sq m exhibition centre in Pazhou, Guangzhou, China -
PPS 15: Fears over 'loose' new historic planning policy
Industry experts fear that a proposed new planning policy for the historic environment leaves too much open for interpretation -
Prince Charles latest: 'Scrap National Trust HQ, or I resign'
Prince Charles threatened to resign from the National Trust unless changes were made to its Feilden Clegg Bradley-designed HQ, it emerged today -
Prince Charles 'tried to have Jean Nouvel sacked'
The Prince lobbied for Pritzker Prize winner to be dropped from the £500 million One New Change complex beside St Paul’s Cathedral -
Prince Philip Designers Prize 2009 nominations revealed
Adjaye, Banks and Hemminway in the running for Prize in its 50th year -
Public sector keeps housing market from ruin
Public housing and housing association orders leapt by 20 per cent in the three months to June, according to the Office for National Statistics -
Putting on the Glitz at the Whitworth Art Gallery
A wall-to-wall feast for the eyes showcasing wallpaper from 18th century to the 1970’s -
Recession over? Fewer projects left on the shelf
A monthly boost in recruitment and a drop in stalled schemes fuels optimism for end of recession -
RIBA finds architects optimistic about future
Architects are becoming increasingly hopeful about future workloads, according to the RIBA’s latest Future Trends Survey. -
Rice University in Houston, Texas by Hopkins Architects
[FIRST LOOK] Hopkins Architects has completed the first phase of its North College redevelopment for the Rice University in Houston -
Robin's Hut, Kielder Water, by Studio Weave
Robin’s Hut, north bank, Kielder Water, by Studio Weave -
Rubber stamp for Stride Treglown's rejigged Liverpool scheme
Stride Treglown has bagged planning permission these £45 million halls of residence for the University of Liverpool -
Ruth Reed answers questions posed by AJ online readers
The incoming president answers questions on the quality of education, fees and the RIBA being ‘London-centric’ -
Ruth Reed becomes first female RIBA President
The academic today becomes the 73rd RIBA President, succeeding Sunand Prasad in the two-year elected presidency -
Ruth Reed: ‘I want to start a dialogue’
Education and communication are high on the agenda for incoming RIBA president Ruth Reed -
SAS - Avanti
Avanti, an SAS International Group company, has developed a new RIBA-approved CPD on relocatable partitioning systems. It has been designed to inform specifiers on performance-led partitioning systems while meeting aesthetic demands. To book a partitioning CPD email cpd@avantisystems.co.uk -
Scottish prize won by Mackintosh student
The inaugural Holmes Award has been won by Phil Zoechbauer from the Mackintosh School of Architecture -
Silvas Capitalis, Needs Hill, Kielder by SIMPARCH
SIMPARCH create a shelter shaped as a giant wooden head in Kielder Water & Forest Park -
Simpson's palace plans approved - but 'twee' loggia blocked
Plans by John Simpson & Partners’ to build a ‘twee’ loggia as part of the £12 million redesign of Kensington Palace Gardens have been vetoed by the local planning committee -
Six shelters at Kielder Water and Forest Park, Northumberland
Five practices - Adjaye Associates, Studio Weave, -
Specere, Deadwater Fell, Kielder by Adjaye Associates
David Adjaye’s mountain bike shelter makes the most of the view on the top of a mountain in Kielder Water and Forest Park. -
St Anne’s Home for the Little Sisters of the Poor, London by Daniel Hurd
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] The new St Anne’s Home in Manor Road, Stoke Newington, London for the Little Sisters of the Poor, an international Hospitaller Order of nuns who care for the elderly poor, was completed earlier this year at a cost of £25 million -
Stern drops out of Chelsea Barracks running as full teams revealed
American Robert AM Stern has withdrawn from the contest to masterplan the controversial Chelsea Barracks site, but a raft of new names have been added by the 10 teams still vying for the project -
Strange Places: Urban Landscape Photography
Photography seeks to replace the map in this elegant photoessay by 11 artists. -
The Lighthouse to go into administration
Scotland’s centre for architecture, the Lighthouse, is set to go into administration -
The Piece Hall, Halifax by Evans Vettori
[FIRST LOOK] The £16 million overhaul of Halifax’s Grade-I listed Piece Hall has been unveiled by Evans Vettori -
'The Public' opens to the public
West Bromwich’s £63 million arts centre opens in full after years of financial turmoil and public derision. -
The Workshop Studio and Office, Nether Edge, Sheffield by DRDH Architects
DRDH Architects’ contemporary extension to a Victorian villa in Sheffield blends successfully with the surrounding conservation area, says Steve Parnell. Photography by David Grandorge -
Thinking myself into a corner, then painting my way out of retirement
Ian Martin gives BA Flight a right old painting -
Timber gateway to Gillespie Park, Islington by AREA
Area landscape architects have provided this new entrance to welcome visitors to Gillespie Park and Islington Ecology Centre in north London -
Top 10: Architecture for pets
As it is revealed that Brad Pitt has designed a £50,000 gerbil cage for his children, The Architects’ Journal selects the 10 projects that best house our animal friends, from Lubetkin’s penguin house to a dog hotel in Las Vegas -
Top 10: Architecture for pets - part two
As it is revealed that Brad Pitt designed a £50,000 gerbil cage for his children, the Architects’ Journal selects the ten projects that best house our animal friends, from Cooper Cromar’s Budongo Trail to Lord Snowdon’s Aviary -
Tories call for OJEU overhaul
RIBA to look at ‘over-interpretation’ of European procurement rules -
Unemployment balloons again – 2,000 architects now on the dole
The number of jobless architects is back on the rise according to Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures -
Unmade in Taiwan: Hotel collapses into river
This six-storey hotel in southern Taiwan collapsed into a river after flood waters from Typhoon Morakot eroded its foundations -
Urban Exchange: The Souk RIBA Regional Student Ideas Competition
Brief to design a bazaar or souk -
Urban Splash in talks with banks over loans
Developer Urban Splash is currently in talks with RBS and the Co-op Bank to renegotiate a ‘large proportion’ of its bank loans, which are payable on demand or due within 12 months. -
Ushida Findlay on Southend Pier shortlist
Ushida Findlay, HOK and Wilkinson Eyre have been named on the five-strong shortlist to redesign Southend’s fire ravaged pier. -
Vacancies are up – but jobs won't land at your feet
Having monitored the job market for some months it seems the downward trend has changed slightly, with some encouraging signs of late -
'Virtual' planning application changes backed
Planning chiefs have thrown their weight behind plans to remove the need for councils to advertise planning applications in local newspapers -
Walbrook Square: Foster and Nouvel feel the force of the recession
The Walbrook Square project in central London designed by Norman Foster and Jean Nouvel - nicknamed ‘Darth Vader’s helmet’ - is set to be scrapped after the Spanish property company Metrovacesa left the project -
Walsall Housing Group offices by Bisset Adams
Planning permission has been granted for this new £6.5 million town centre office for Walsall Housing Group (whg), Walsall’s biggest social landlord -
What ever happened to...Zaha Hadid's Hungarian pebble
Astragal’s occasional series revisits Zaha’s Szervita Square proposal in Budapest -
Will Alsop quits practice
The Stirling Prize-winning 61-year-old is to leave Alsop Architects - to ‘spend more time painting’ - but will continue as a consultant -
Will Alsop: the real reasons why I'm going back to painting
Will Alsop has told the AJ he is not leaving the daily grind of architecture for the money -
'Withnail' farmhouse bought by architect
Canterbury based architect Tim Ellis has bought a remote Cumbrian farmhouse made famous by the cult film Withnail & I -
Women hit worse than men in recession, says Reed
The number of woman architects has dramatically fallen as a result of the recession, according to shocking statistics unveiled by RIBA this week -
Working Detail: The Workshop Studio and Office by DRDH Architects
[WORKING DETAIL 27.08.09] Roller shutter detail -
Year out: No placements, no worries
The year out should be seen as an opportunity for personal development in and around architecture, says the RIBA President-elect -
Yorkshire Sculpture Park launches chapel as new exhibition space
St Bartholomew’s Chapel, built in 1744, will be opened to visitors for the first time in 250 years as a new exhibition space within the Yorkshire Sculpture Park
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