Architects Journal
December 2010

View all stories from this issue.

Architectural Association School of Architecture, London; MSc & MArch Sustainable Environmental Design

Course focus: Design studio modules-Technical-Building Performance Modelling || Design studio: YES || Fees: £18,960/£25,300 (MSc/MArch)
Big Society challenge to Farrell’s Earls Court masterplan

New government housing regulations could scupper Terry Farrell’s 28-hectare masterplan for the redevelopment of the Earls Court exhibition centre in west London
Collective’s kiosks set for Glasgow streets

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Collective Architecture has won planning permission for four ‘lightweight, modular’ kiosks in the pedestrianised area of Argyle Street, Glasgow
Flying a notional flag for the world’s most hated whistleblower

Ian Martin gets in too deep with Wikileaks
Free trial: AJ Buildings Library

To mark the launch of the AJ Buildings Library, the AJ is offering every architect a free trial of the new paid-for digital service.
Richard MacCormac: a logical narrative

Richard MacCormac weathered the storms of post-modernism and helped to re-establish trust in architects and their intentions, writes Alan Powers
Tony Blair’s false start

Planning permission granted for work on the former PM’s Buckinghamshire home
Zaha in full flow

Hadid’s plumbing draws mixed reaction online
2010: The year in news

AJ news editor Richard Waite on cuts, tuition fees, ‘suicidal’ bids and how the government turned its back on the profession
2011 Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts architectural drawing competition

The deadline for entries to the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts’ annual architectural drawing competition is tomorrow (7 January)
2011: New practice predictions

Over the last two years the professional landscape has changed radically with a wave of brave new practices emerging. The AJ asked some of these pioneers what 2011 will mean for the profession
Adapt to Localism or die

To survive in the Big Society, architects must be experts in PR, says Christine Murray
ADP extends Basil Spence's Sussex University

[FIRST LOOK] ADP has completed its project to build a new faculty building on Sussex University’s campus
AEW bags planning for £200m Liverpool retail scheme

Liverpool City Council has approved a huge extension designed by AEW to the city’s Edge Lane retail park
AEW reveals Southend museum plans

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] AEW Architects has revealed the first images of its proposed £35 million museum in Southend-on-Sea
AFL completes cancer care centre at The Christie

[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] AFL Architects has completed this £35 million Oak Road Patient Treatment Centre at the Christie hospital
AJ Buildings Library free trial for every architect

The AJ Buildings Library is now fully functional - and architects can get their free trial login today
AJ exclusive: Richard Murphy bags Whitehaven contest

[FIRST LOOK] Richard Murphy Architects has won the RIBA Competition to design a £10 million mixed-used luxury apartment and office scheme in Whitehaven Harbour, Cumbria
Architect sought for new cruise terminal in Southampton

Associated British Ports (ABP) is looking for an architect to design a new £30million cruise terminal at Southampton
Architecture 00 to overhaul The Winch

East London firm Architecture 00 has seen off an impressive shortlist to win the competition to refurbish The Winch - the famed youth community centre in Swiss cottage, north London
Architecture Foundation Bankside BikeShed competition

The Architecture Foundation (AF) has launched an international design competition for a portable bike shed at Bankside, south London
Architecture Foundation launches Bankside BikeShed competition

The Architecture Foundation (AF) has launched an international design competition for a portable bike shed at Bankside, south London
Arup appoints new UK chair

Arup has appointed Robert Care as its new chair while announcing a series of other senior level appointments
Assael bags go-ahead for Wandsworth Hotel

[FIRST LOOK] Assael Architecture has won planning permission for this hotel and ‘business academy’ in Wandsworth, south London
Assael bags planning for timber yard redevelopment

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Assael Architecture has won planning permission for this £9 million residential scheme on the site of a former timber yard in west London
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson reveals Ashdown House revamp

Aukett Fitzroy Robinson’s £150 million project to revamp Ashdown House in Victoria, central London, has started on site
Austin-Smith:Lord set to revamp Helensburgh waterfront

Austin-Smith:Lord has landed local authority-backing for its £6 million project to upgrade the town centre and waterfront in Helensburgh on the Firth of Clyde in Scotland
Baldry Gardens Health Centre, New Cross, London by Henley Halebrown Rorrison

The design of Henley Halebrown Rorrison’s Baldry Gardens Health Centre won’t make you better, but it will cheer you up, says Rory Olcayto. Photography by Nick Kane
Barn conversion by Annabel Brown Architects

[FIRST LOOK] Essex-based Annabel Brown Architects has completed this conversion of a derelict barn into a new home
BDP remembers ‘bright, young, enthusiastic’ Joanna Yeates

BDP Bristol chair Keith Pavey will deliver a tribute this morning (4 January) in honour of murdered landscape architect Joanna Yeates
Beijing uncut by Sarah Morris

Sarah Morris’ filming of the Beijing Olympics is an ‘erasure of ego’, Helen Nianias discovers
Bennetts Associates completes Tower of London hotel

[First look] Bennetts Associates has completed this £72 million hotel project close to the Tower of London
Bottoms up for Rogers at Riverside South?

Astragal is receiving mixed messages about the future of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ (RSHP) Riverside South scheme at Canary Wharf
Buckley Gray Yeoman unveils Deptford warehouse conversion

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] Buckley Gray Yeoman has submitted plans for a retail and residential ‘refurb-extension’ of an existing brick warehouse in Deptford, south London
Burwell Deakins raises curtain on Cornish drama centre

[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] Burwell Deakins: Architects has completed this £15.4 million performance centre for University College Falmouth at its Tremough campus in Penryn, Cornwall
CABE in talks to merge with Design Council

Senior CABE officials are in talks with the Design Council about a proposed merger which would see the organisation continue its design review and enabling role with a smaller, core team
CABE lost funding in ‘botched’ quango cull

The controversial abolition of 192 quangos – including CABE – was ‘botched’ and could fail to save money or make services more accountable, a parliamentary report has claimed
Cambridge University, MPhil (B) Environmental Design in Architecture (ARB/RIBA Pt2)

Course focus: Design studio modules-Technical-Theory-Planning/Policy/Sustainable Development-Building Performance Modelling-Urban Design || Design studio: YES || Fees: £5,799/ £20,385 (EU/Overseas)
Cautious welcome for ‘Right to Build’

Right to Build proposals in the government’s Localism Bill have found support in the building industry, but concerns linger over its true effectiveness on the ground
Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), Machynlleth, Wales; Distance Learning MSc Architecture: Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies

Course focus: Practical Materials Modules-Technical-Building Performance Modelling || Design studio: NO || Fees:£5,900/£7,900 (EU/Overseas)
Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), Machynlleth, Wales; MSc Architecture: Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies

Course focus: Practical Materials Modules-Technical-Building Performance Modelling || Design studio: NO || Fees: £6,000/£12,000 (EU/Overseas)
Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), Machynlleth, Wales; MSc Renewable Energy and the Built Environment

Course focus: Technical-Building Performance Modelling ||Design studio: NO || Fees:£6,500/£13,000 (EU/Overseas)
Centre for Alternative Technology (CAT), Machynlleth, Wales; Professional Diploma in Architecture Part II: Advanced Environmental and Energy Studies

Course focus: Design Studio Modules-Practical Materials Modules-Technical-Building Performance Modelling || Design studio: YES || Fees:£9,250
Charles Holden's London Underground HQ bumped up to Grade I listing

Charles Holden’s St James’s Park Underground Station and the London Underground Headquarters has had its listed status upgraded from Grade II to Grade I
Competitions: Editor's Pick

‘Meanwhile’ projects in the run up to the Olympics, a hotel design competition in Mexico, and an ideas competition for the Thames Gateway; the editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 02.12.10

Landscape architect for The Royal Parks, affordable housing for Torbay Council, and a design competition for an urban park in Taichung, China; the editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 06.01.11

The Architecture Foundation’s Bankside BikeShed competition, a museum for the RAF’s Battle of Britain collection and the Glasgow Institute 2011 architectural drawing contest; the editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Conran reveals Weston-super-Mare plans

[FIRST LOOK] Conran & Partners has unveiled its latest proposals for the burned out Royal Pier Hotel in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset
Costs: Flooring, Stairs & Lifts

Need a lift to help you cost your projects? Here, Neil Barnett, resource cost services manager of BCIS, the Building Cost Information Service of the RICS, provides the latest sample cost breakdowns for various types of flooring, stairs and lifts
David Mikhail's Hackney revamp named best London extension

An overhaul of a Victorian House in Hackney, featuring a one metre-deep glass extension, has won the NLA’s second annual Don’t Move, Improve! competition
De Montfort University, Leicester; MSc Energy and Sustainable Building Design

Course focus: Building Performance Modelling-Technical || Design studio: NO || Fees: £5.100/9,900 (EU/Overseas)
Ditchling museum wins cash and planning consent

[FIRST LOOK] Adam Richards Architects has won planning permission and a grant of £835,600 from the Heritage Lottery Fund for its revamp and expansion of th Ditchling museum in Sussex
Don't wait for the Big Society to help small practices

If competitions are scarce and the Big Society is a con, how do architects win work? Christine Murray
Duggan Morris wins planning for £35m Deptford housing-led scheme

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Duggan Morris has won planning permission for its largest project to date – this £35 million, 200-home scheme in Deptford, south east London
Ecophon - College reaps benefits of sound solutions

Being able to hear well is something many of us take for granted, but it shouldn’t be taken for granted in the classrooms of our schools, colleges and universities or any other learning environment.
English Heritage and DCMS agree not to list Sheffield's Castle Market

Sheffield’s brutalist 1960s Castle Market, designed by JL Womersley and the team behind the city’s Park Hill flats, has been turned down for listing
English Heritage recommends Broadgate for Grade II* listing

After weeks of speculation English Heritage (EH) has finally confirmed it is recommending the 1980s Broadgate Square campus in the City of London for Grade II* listing
EPR HQ trashed by rioters

Millbank Tower-based EPR Architects had its offices trashed and staff questioned by police following student protests against tuition fee hikes last month
Fear that Localism Bill devalues architects by encouraging them to work for free

Architects have hit out at the government’s proposed overhaul of the planning system, fearing it could devalue the profession by encouraging practices to work for free
Final chance to enter Glasgow Institute architectural drawing contest

The deadline for entries to the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts’ annual architectural drawing competition is tomorrow (7 January)
First look at Pascall + Watson's new Dublin airport terminal

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] These are the first shots of Pascall+ Watson’s £328 million new Terminal in Dublin
Gehl: Edinburgh's Princes Street is 'big bus station'

Leading urban planners Gehl Architects have warned Edinburgh council chiefs that drastic action is needed to transform the fortunes of Princes Street, after labelling the city centre shopping hub ‘a big bus station’
Geoff Wilkinson’s Regs: Fees

Prices have almost doubled under increases to council fee scales, and fee undercutting is just the beginning
GKD - Facing Technology

High transparency, short ways and direct communication between the departments were the architectural requirements for the new building of the technology centre IFE (TCI) in Kematen/Ybbs, Austria.
Gove 'must keep out of BSF review'

Education Secretary Michael Gove must play no part in a review of cancelled school building projects ordered by a High Court judge, Labour has said
Government rejects tougher timber frame fire rules

The department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) has rejected demands by the London Assembly to toughen up timber frame building rules
Government unveils Localism Bill

The government has unveiled some of the finer details of its Big Society-oriented Decentralisation and Localism Bill, while failing to shed light on its proposed reform of the planning system
Green shoots? Unemployment and number of stalled projects both fall

The number of unemployed architects has fallen again, coinciding with another drop in the amount of mothballed projects
GRID nets Lewisham Marine Wharf approval

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] GRID Architects has won planning permission for a ‘new residential and business quarter’ in Deptford, Lewisham
Grimshaw completes 'fastest station to date'

[FIRST LOOK] Grimshaw has unwrapped its newly completed Nunawading Station in Melbourne, Australia
Ground zero tolerance

In what is arguably its most important piece of programming this year, the Architecture Foundation last month took on the significance of mosques in the ‘contemporary western city’
Haiti disaster: homes design contest winners named

Not-for-profit organisation Archive (Architecture for Health In Vulnerable Environments) has unveiled five ‘healthy homes’ which are set to be built in disaster-hit Haiti
Hat trick of Kalzip Awards for ExCeL London

ExCeL London, Phase 2 has won three awards at Kalzip’s recent Teamkal Conference and Awards ceremony including being crowned ‘Best of the Best’ project.
Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh; MSc Sustainable Community Design

Programme focus: Theory-Technical-Planning/Policy/Sustainable Development || Design studio: NO || Fees: £4,350/£11,270 (EU/Overseas)
Hotel Centro International Ideas Competition, Guadalajara, Mexico

CoARQ invites architects, designers and architecture students to participate in the Hotel Centro International Ideas Competition
Ian Martin's New Year Resolutions

New Year Resolutions from the people who really, really matter to you
Ian Martin's selected Epic Spaces of 2010

What were the most significant ‘thinking moments’ for architects in 2010? The people, the objects, the ideas, that reshaped our perception of what the building environment really means?
In pictures: Architects reveal Room for London competition entries

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] These are the first images of selected entries to the Room for London competition to design a rooftop holiday home on London’s Southbank
Industry concerns over government’s Green Deal

Architects have expressed concerns over the viability of the Green Deal, part of the government’s Energy Bill which will receive its second reading in the House of Lords on 22 December.
Jacobs and Leeds City Council unwrap Northern Ballet centre

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Jacobs Architecture with Leeds City Council have completed this £12 million Northern Ballet and Phoenix Dance Theatre project in Leeds
James Dyson to head up RCA

James Dyson is set to replace Terence Conran as provost of the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London
Jenkins Design to move Coronation Street

Jenkins Design Services has been appointed to mastermind ITV’s move from its Manchester home to the Orange Building in MediaCityUK at Salford Quays
Kingston University, London; MA Sustainable Place Making and Urban Design

Course focus: Urban Design-Theory-Planning/Policy/Sustainable Development || Design studio: NO || Fees: £5,305/£10,970 (EU/Overseas)
Kingston University, London; MSc/MA Sustainability for Built Environment Practice

Course focus: Theory-Planning/Policy/Sustainable Development || Design studio: NO || Fees: £6,340/£10,650 (EU/Overseas)
Kirkstone for The College of Law, Manchester

The rich, dark sheen and hard wearing properties of Kirkstone’s Brathay Blue Black Slate made it the ideal choice for the reception area of the new Manchester College of Law.
Landscape architect, The Royal Parks

The Royal Parks, guardian of flower arrangements in St. James’s and Kensington Garden’s gold-plated Albert Memorial, is seeking contenders for a £500,000 landscape architectural services framework
Las Vegas meets Venice by Alex MacLean

[THIS WEEK] A new book tackles both Las Vegas and Venice in one go, writes James Pallister
LDS' Southwark tower scheme rejected at inquiry

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ 17-storey student tower project in Southwark, south London, has been vetoed following a public inquiry
Legalese: Project managers

Project managers can help projects finish on time, but clients shouldn’t pay for the same service twice, says Mark Klimt
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands submits revised Lambeth fire station plans

[FIRST LOOK] Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands has submitted revised plans for this mixed–use fire station redevelopment project in Lambeth, south London
Listed building grants slashed in NI

The maximum amount of grant-aid which can be recovered for restoration work on historic buildings in Northern Ireland is being slashed by £200,000.
Liverpool John Moores Universityl; MSc, Pg Dip, PG Cert, CPD A Sustainable Built Environment

Course focus: Theory-Planning/Policy/Sustainable Development || Design studio: NO || Fees: £27/£59 per credit (EU/Overseas)
Local practice named as tentative winner of RIBA Ullswater contest

A design by Carlisle-based Architects Plus (UK) has been chosen as the ‘preferred scheme’ in the RIBA contest to design a new clubhouse building for a yacht club on Lake Ullswater in Cumbria
Localism Bill to be published on Monday 13 December

The government’s flagship Localism Bill, which was expected to be published yesterday by the Department of Local Government and Communities, has been delayed until Monday 13 December.
Localism Bill: homeowners to grant own permissions

The much-anticipated Localism Bill could give homeowners the right to build extensions and add storeys without planning permission
Localism Bill: urgent clarification needed

The profession has been left in the dark over the government’s proposals for planning reform following the long-awaited publication of the Localism Bill
London Metropolitan University; MA Architecture of Rapid Change and Scarce Resources

Course focus: Design studio modules-Theory-Planing/Policy/Sustainable Development || Design studio: YES || Fees: £5,400/£9,900 (EU/Overseas)
Mayor backs PLP-HOK Camden super-lab

PLP and HOK’s controversial £520 million UKCMRI project in Camden, north London, has been rubberstamped by London Mayor Boris Johnson
McAslan completes Tipton Academy

[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] John McAslan + Partners has opened the doors to its new £25 million academy building in Tipton, the west Midlands
McAslan to double Manchester Science Park

Manchester Science Parks is to be revamped by architects John McAslan + Partners, creating 23,000m² of new floorspace for technology, creative and biotech firms.
MUMA balustrade ‘explodes’

The glass balustrade of McInnes Usher McKnight Architects (MUMA)’s staircase at the multiple award-winning V&A Medieval & Renaissance Galleries has ‘exploded’
Napoleon Skyscrapers

Last week saw another planning application approved for a skyscraper in London, and a question preoccupied the nation: what do these architects have to prove?
New museum for RAF Battle of Britain collection

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
New Practices #52: David Tigg 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 public realm schemes signal ‘feet first for the City’

New public realm projects aim to rejuvenate the City of London and open up the district for pedestrians, reports Jessica Hannay
New Year welcomes new tide of mergers

The new year has opened with a surge in practice mergers with Newcastle-based GWK joining public sector-specialists ADP and Roger Wenn Partnership’s architects moving to Clague
Newcastle University; MSc Planning for Sustainability and Climate Change

Course focus: Theory-Planning/Policy/Sustainable Development || Design studio: NO || Fees: £4,450/10,840 (EU/Overseas)
News review: how the profession saw 2010

Was 2010 a good year for you? The industry tells the AJ about the highs and lows of the last 12 months
Official: CABE and Design Council in bid to merge

CABE and the Design Council have confirmed plans to team up as a ‘one-stop-shop’ for design but must persuade ministers to back the idea
Olympic site 'Meanwhile' projects

A competition is being launched as part of the multi-billion pound transformation of key sites in the main Olympic borough of Newham
Open-City role for Guardian chief

Open-City has appointed Guardian News managing director Tim Brooks the new chair of its board of trustees
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford; MSc Climate Change and the Built Environment

Course focus: Theory-Urban Design-Planning/Policy/Sustainable Development || Design studio: NO || Fees: £4,320/£8,550 (EU/Overseas)
Oxford Brookes University; MA Urban Design

Course focus: Urban Design-Planning/Policy/Sustainable Development-Theory || Design studio: NO || Fees: £4,320-£7,020/£10,350 (EU/Overseas)
Oxford Brookes University; MSc Sustainable Buildings: Performance Design

Course focus: Design studio modules-Technical-Building Performance Modelling || Design studio: YES || Fees: £4,320-£8,550/£10,350 (EU/Overseas)
Patel Taylor knocked back on Springfield Hospital site

Wandsworth’s planning committee have rejected proposals by Patel Taylor to redevelop the ‘crumbling’ Springfield Hospital site in Tooting
Penttinen Schöne unwraps inflatable pavilion

[First Look] Fitzrovia-based Penttinen Schöne has revealed these images of its temporary play space project in Basildon, Essex
PLP reveals 'Zuidas' Amsterdam office scheme

These are the first images of PLP Architecture’s 40,000m² office project in Amsterdam, Holland, for Deloitte and Dutch legal company AKD
PLP wins planning for 43-storey City tower

PLP Architecture has won the backing of the City of London for its 43-storey Heron Plaza skyscraper scheme
Princes Foundation reveals ‘Poundbury India’ plans

The Princes Foundation for the Built Environment has unveiled plans to build a 3,000 home new town in India
Proctor and Matthews wins planning for Essex almshouses

[FIRST LOOK] Proctor and Matthews Architects has won planning consent for a supported housing scheme in Colchester inspired by ‘historic Essex almshouses’
Project Orange wins planning for 'parasitic' office scheme

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Project Orange has secured planning permission for this overhaul and rooftop extension of a Victorian industrial brick building in Sheffield
Qatari Diar bids for Olympic Village

Chelsea Barracks developers Qatari Diar are among a host of developers bidding to take over the Olympic Village after the 2012 games.
Queen’s University Belfast, Northern Ireland; MSc/Postgraduate Diploma in Sustainable Design

Course focus: Theory-Technical-Planning/Policy/Sustainable Development || Design studio: NO || Fees: £3,375/£10,600 (EU/Overseas)
Rapid prototyping, micro-clients and the Big Society: AJ predictions for 2011

May your days be merry and bright, we finally have green shoots to report, says Christine Murray
Read this week's AJ online

Due to the severe weather this week, delivery of your print copy of the Architects’ Journal may be delayed. To make sure you do not miss out, we have made the issue available online, exclusively for subscribers.
Revealed: new Middlesex Hospital plans

Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands (LDS) and Sheppard Robson have unveiled new proposals for the redevelopment of the former Middlesex Hospital site in Fitzrovia, central London
RIBA and CABE must ‘talk to us' insist regional design review panels

The country’s eight regional design review panels have urged the RIBA and CABE to talk to them about how to deliver their services ‘from the bottom up’
RIBA Awards open for entries

The search for next year’s RIBA Stirling Prize winner has begun with practices urged to submit projects of ‘architectural excellence’ into the 2011 RIBA Awards scheme
'RIBA should help us', says manhandled architecture student protestor

An architecture student who claims police ‘manhandled’ him and forcibly photographed his face has called on the RIBA to help students who now face crippling amounts of debt
RIBA Trust set for shake-up

RIBA council members will today vote on controversial plans to dissolve the institution’s cultural arm, the RIBA Trust, as a separate, autonomous entity
Richard Murphy unveils rival Haymarket plans

[FIRST LOOK] Richard Murphy Architects has released these images of a rival proposal to overhaul Edinburgh’s Haymarket station
RICS launches ‘big society’ commission

The RICS has launched its own inquiry into how local communities can play a role in the government’s planned ‘big society’
RMJM accused of asset stripping US arm

Under-fire global behemoth RMJM is being sued for $664,000 by US staff who have claimed the company failed to pay bonuses and that it asset stripped their business
RMJM plays down Fred 'The Shred' departure rumours

RMJM has refuted claims that ‘disgraced’ former-banker Fred Goodwin has stepped down from his advisory role at the practice
RMJM's £60 million Napier Uni scheme opens doors

[FIRST LOOK] RMJM’s new £60 million Sighthill campus at Edinburgh Napier University has opened its doors to more than 5,000 students and staff today (10 January)
Robert Adam bags planning for Jersey Dairy site

[FIRST LOOK] Classicist Robert Adam has won planning permission for this 87 home scheme on the site of the old Dairy in Princes Tower Road, St Saviour, Jersey
Rogers’ Tideway Wharf scheme lands planning

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (RSHP) has won planning permission for its £50 million Tideway Wharf project in Nine Elms, south London
Royal Shakespeare Theatre renovation, Stratford-upon-Avon, by Bennetts Associates

Bennetts Associates’ design for the Royal Shakespeare Theatre reworks the existing fabric in a pragmatic and sometimes playful way, writes Felix Mara. Photography by Peter Cook
Ryder completes Tyneside care centre and library

[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] Ryder Architecture has completed this £17.5 million combined healthcare and community library in Cleadon Park, Tyneside
Schumacher vies for Bartlett

Zaha Hadid’s right hand man and long-term collaborator Patrik Schumacher is understood to be on a three-strong shortlist to take on the prestigious role of Professor of Architecture at the Bartlett
Self-build wins government backing

A new government framework will be established to provide the public with expert advice on building one-off houses
Sharp drop in planning permission for new homes

The number of new homes local authorities have given planning permission for has fallen sharply during the past year, research shows
Shock as RIBA Trust abolished

Former RIBA president Owen Luder has raised ‘serious concern’ over the way institute chief executive Harry Rich ‘bounced through’ controversial plans to dissolve the RIBA Trust at a council meeting last week
Simpson and Brown's Robert Burns museum opens

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] The new £21 million Robert Burns Birthplace Museum in Alloway, Ayrshire designed by Simpson and Brown has opened its doors
SOM lands Vietnamese 'green city' masterplan

[FIRST LOOK] The London office of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) has landed the masterplan for the new Green Tech City in Hanoi, Vietnam
Spurs unveils Olympic stadium plans

Tottenham Hotspur FC has unveiled the first image of its design for replacing the Olympic Stadium once the 2012 Games are finished
Square bashing - Westminster Cathedral and St Peter's Square, Manchester

Dude, where’s my square? Back in January, two competitions were launched to design significant public realm projects in London and Manchester. Westminster Council wanted a design team to revamp the ‘piazza’ in front of Westminster Cathedral, while Manchester City Council sought a mastermind to oversee the revamp of St Peter’s Square next to its soon-to-be-overhauled town hall extension and library.
St Martin's Courtyard by Smith Caradoc-Hodgkins and the MR Partnership

[FIRST LOOK + PROJECT DATA] These are the first images of the recently completed St Martin’s Courtyard shopping centre and ‘urban village’ in London’s Covent Garden
Stanton Williams top of class at Architecture in Schools Awards

Stanton Williams and a group of 14-15 year olds from north London won the top prize at the Architecture in Schools programme awards
Studio Octopi lands planning for London house extension

[First look + plans] Studio Octopi has won planning permission for this £150,000 project to extend a 1930 semi-detached home in Dulwich, south east London
Supergraphics: the book

[THIS WEEK] A beautiful new book charts the Supergraphics movement since inception, writes James Pallister
Swanke Hayden Connell bags £150 million Bermuda hospital

[FIRST LOOK] The London office of Swanke Hayden Connell Architects has revealed these images of the proposed new King Edward VII Memorial Hospital in Hamilton, Bermuda
TACP lands planning for Welsh Dragon tower

TACP Architects has bagged planning permission for its project to build a 65 metre-tall dragon monument in Wales
Taichung City Urban Park

Taiwan’s $85 million Taichung Gateway Park competition has been re-launched with a revised stage one deadline of 30 June
Tall buildings restricted in Dublin

The height of any new tall buildings in Dublin will be limited to just seven storeys after councillors voted to back the final draft of the City Development Plan 2011-2017
Terry Farrell’s reworked eco-town approved

Terry Farrell has won consent for the first phase of its reworked plans application for an eco-town at Northwest Bicester
Theatre design: Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury by Keith Williams Architects and the New Entertainment Venue, Guildford, by Austin-Smith: Lord

Technical study of two performance venues by Austin-Smith: Lord and Keith Williams Architects. By Felix Mara
Threats delay Conran's Walthamstow consultation

Conran and Partners has had to delay planned public consultations for its Walthamstow Stadium housing scheme due to ‘fears for staff safety’
Torbay Council: two housing lots

Torbay Council is seeking an architect for two lots of design services to RIBA Stage D
Tower Hamlets delays decision on Robin Hood Gardens

Fans of Alison and Peter Smithson’s Robin Hood Gardens, and perhaps also, social justice might be interested to learn more about Tower Hamlets Council’s move to delay by a month the decision about which design team’s project should replace the estate.
Try again: MAKE redraws Neville eco-house

MAKE Architects has redesigned its scheme to build a PPS7 eco-house for Gary Neville in Bolton
Union North bags ‘Baltic’ sheds job

Union North Architects has landed a £1.9 million project to refurbish the ‘Jordan Street Tin Sheds’ in the Baltic Triangle area of Liverpool
University of Cambridge; MPhil (A) in Environmental Design in Architecture

Course focus: Theory-Technical-Planning/Policy/Sustainable development || Design studio: NO || Fees: £6,365/£14,623 (EU/Overseas)
University of Dundee, MSc Spatial Planning with Sustainable Urban Design

Course focus: Theory-Urban design-Planning/Policy/Sustainable Development || Design studio: NO || Fees: £3,400/£9,500 (EU/Overseas)
University of Dundee, Scotland; MSc Advanced Sustainability of the Built Environment

Course focus: Theory-Technical-Planning/Policy/Sustainable Development || Design studio: NO || Fees: £3,570/£9,850 (EU/Overseas)
University of East London, MA Architecture: Sustainability & Design

Course focus: Theory-Design studio modules-Technical || Design studio:YES || Fees: £6,540 (EU)
University of Edinburgh; MSc Advanced Sustainable Design

Course focus: Theory-Design studio modules || Design studio: YES || Fees: £5,300/£12,200 (EU/Overseas)
University of Huddersfield; MSc Sustainable Architecture

Course focus: Theory-Technical-Design studio modules || Design studio: YES || Fees: £4,200/£10,750 (EU/Overseas)
University of Nottingham; MArch in Environmental Design

Course focus: Design studio modules-Technical-Building Performance Modelling || Design studio: YES || Fees:£4,480/10,880 (EU/Overseas)
University of Nottingham; MArch Sustainable Tall Buildings

Course focus: Theory-Technical-Design studio modules || Design studio: YES || Fees: £4,480/£10,880 (EU/Overseas)
University of Portsmouth, MA in Urban Design

Course focus: Theory-Urban Design-Planning/Policy/Sustainable Development || Design studio: NO || Fees: £3,290/£9,200 (EU/Overseas)
University of Portsmouth; MA Sustainable Architecture

Course focus: Design studio modules-Technical-Planning/Policy/Sustainable Development || Design studio: YES || Fees: £3466/£9,200 (EU/Overseas)
University of Reading, MSc and PGD: Design and Management of Sustainable Built Environments

Course focus: MSc and PGD: Design and Management of Sustainable Built Environments|| Design studio: YES || Fees: £5,500/ £15,000 (EU/Overseas)
University of Salford, Greater Manchester; MSc Urban Design and Regeneration

Course focus: Urban Design studio modules/Theoretical and practical/Neighbourhood regeneration || Design studio: YES || Fees: £7,500/£10,550 (EU/Overseas)
Waldron Health Centre, New Cross, London by Henley Halebrown Rorrison

Waldron Health Centre is evidence of a public-private initiative that New Labour got right, says Rory Olcayto. Photography by Nick Kane
Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University; MSc Environmental Design of Buildings

Course focus: Design studio modules-Technical-Building Performance Modelling || Design studio: YES || Fees: £3,466/£12,950 (EU/Overseas)
Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University; MSc in Building Energy and Environmental Performance Modelling

Course focus: Technical-Building Performance Modelling || Design studio: NO || Fees: £3,466/£12,950 (EU/Overseas)
Welsh School of Architecture, Cardiff University; MSc Theory and Practice of Sustainable Design

Course focus: Theory-Technical || Design studio: NO || Fees: £3,466/£12,950 (EU/Overseas)
Weston Williamson completes Digicel store in earthquake-struck Haiti

Weston Williamson’s mobile phone store in Port-Au-Prince, Haiti, has opened to the public one year after a catastrophic earthquake rocked the island
WHAT_architecture unwraps Lego-clad school

WHAT_architecture has completed a children’s centre clad in 1,263,801 Lego bricks at Cowley St Laurence School in Hillingdon, west London
Wilkinson Eyre among trio vying for new Scottish landmark

Wilkinson Eyre has been named on a three-strong shortlist to design a new ‘contemporary icon’ at the Scotland-England border in Gretna.
Woods Bagot bags planning for hotel scheme

[FIRST LOOK] Woods Bagot has won planning permission for this project to transform two Grade II-listed buildings in Westminster, south London, into a hotel
World's oldest architect, Oscar Niemeyer, composes samba

The world’s oldest living Pritzker Prize-winner, Oscar Niemeyer, is well into his second century now.
YRM's Somerset nuclear plant submitted for planning

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] An application for preparatory works on YRM’s £10 billion Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant project in Somerset has been submitted for planning
Zaha Hadid's Glasgow museum nears completion

These are the first images of Zaha Hadid’s soon-to-complete Riverside Museum in Glasgow
Zogolovitch bids to save RIBA Trust

Roger Zogolovitch has launched a campaign to undo the RIBA’s decision to abolish the trust which looks after its cultural activities
Zogolovitch: RIBA Trust dissolution an 'embarrassment'

The dissolution of the RIBA Trust will unravel seven years worth of hard work by its staff and trustees. Writes trustee Roger Zogolovitch

Architects JournalDecember 2010

Architects Journal
December 2010