Architects Journal
March 2013

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Aussie non-residential work balloons

Non-residential building work in Australia soared by a fifth in the first month of this year, official figures have revealed
Waste is just stuff in the wrong place

BBM and the University of Brighton put the spotlight on waste at Ecobuild
‘The Guts’, New Islington, Manchester Mae Architects

More Homes, Better Homes: The AJ presents twelve exemplar housing schemes
‘Village of the damned’: Docklands ‘stilt city’ in airport crash zone

Boris Johnson’s proposed floating village in the Royal Docks falls within an airport crash zone, campaigners have warned
A great Gatsby: Saïd Business School by Dixon Jones

With its Phase 2 West Wing of Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, Dixon Jones has created a distinctive new oasis for young thrusters, writes Jay Merrick. Photography by Paul Riddle
A questionable endeavour

Ian Martin presents to Institute of Plasmic Arts
A statement of intent

Henley Halebrown Rorrison’s Akerman Health Centre is socially considerate architecture grounded in the assumption that it can make a difference, writes Jay Merrick. Photography by Ioana Marinescu
ACME’s Chester Northgate overhaul revealed

ACME’s proposal for Northgate Quarter in Chester deemed more deliverable within budget
Adelaide Wharf by AHMM

More Homes, Better Homes: The AJ presents twelve exemplar housing schemes
Adjaye reveals images of post-riot Hackney fashion hub

David Adjaye has unveiled the first image of plans for an east London fashion outlet village - part of plans to revamp Hackney following the 2011 riots
AJ Picks: Architecture and Light on Film

Our top picks of classic film featuring architecture and light, including shorts and feature-length films
AJ Survey: Who will win the 2013 Pritzker Prize?

Choose your favourite starchitect to win this year’s Nobel Prize for architecture
Alan Dunlop and JTP reveal runner-up Shenzhen resort scheme

Alan Dunlop and John Thompson and Partners have landed third place in the contest for a 150-hectare seaside resort in Shenzhen
All eyes turn to the regions after prime London property hits its ceiling yields

It turns out, if you are looking to make a good investment in residential property, the yields in prime London no longer make sense, says Christine Murray
Allan Murray floats revised Caltongate vision

Allan Murray Architects has unveiled fresh plans for the redevelopment of Caltongate in Edinburgh
Allies and Morrison reveals Keybridge House plans

Allies and Morrison has unveiled its plans to redevelop Vauxhall’s Keybridge House skyscraper into 379 homes, shops and offices
Allies and Morrison unveils Elephant & Castle academy

[FIRST LOOK] Allies and Morrison has completed an academy for 925 boys at the Aylesbury Estate in south London
Alternative housing checklist

I love revisiting our built housing projects to see how people’s lives are played out, says Peter Barber
An architecture policy would not guarantee quality, but it would set a welcome tone

What is required is an inclusive attitude to the many shades and drivers of architecture, writes Paul Finch
Architect jailed for role in bogus film fraud

An architect has been jailed for his part in an elaborate scam to cheat the taxman involving a bogus film and D-grade actors
Architect of Stuttgart Library, Eun Young Yi, to speak in London

[DATE FOR THE DIARY] Architects will have a chance to both hear architect Eun Young Yi speak, see his work and pick up some CPD points at an event at St Katherine’s Dock, London on 25 April
Architect sought for £14m Inverness hotel

[Requests to participate are due 8 April] Scotland’s Albyn Housing Society is on the hunt for an architect for a £14 million hotel in Inverness
Architect sought for Rosehill Theatre revamp

[Requests to participate 3 April] The Rosehill Arts Trust is seeking an architect for the £500,000 refurbishment of Cumbria’s Rosehill Theatre
Architect sought for University of Bath psychology and engineering faculties

[Requests to participate to be returned by 25 March] The University of Bath is on the hunt for one or more architect-led design teams for a new psychology building and engineering facility on its main Claverton Down campus
Architects split over Thatcher's legacy: 'Right person' or 'mostly detrimental'?

Architects have issued a mixed response to the death of former prime minister Margaret Thatcher whose deregulating government radically transformed UK business
Arup unwraps Coventry University engineering building

Arup Associates has completed a 1,500m2 engineering and computing building at Coventry University
Associated Architects unveils riverside school refurb

Associated Architects has completed the £20m redevelopment of Yarm School, in Stockton on Tees
Atkins reveals Nanjing masterplan

Atkins has revealed images of its masterplan to transform the waterfront of Nanjing ahead of the 2014 Youth Olympic Games
Barking Riverside by Sheppard Robson

More Homes, Better Homes: The AJ presents twelve exemplar housing schemes
Barratt chief: 'There is no North-South divide'

Barratt Developments chief executive Mark Clare has said the company plans to spend £700 million buying land this year as increased lending in the sector is expected to fuel a housebuilder recovery across the country.
Basement mania should be nipped in the bud before it becomes endemic

Making life tough for the super-rich will not solve our housing problem… what we need is sufficient housing for all, writes Paul Finch
BDP unwraps £6.4m timber-clad Waitrose store in Bracknell

BDP’s BREEAM Outstanding supermarket in Bracknell was shortlisted for a RIBA Regional Award last month
be:Newhall by Alison Brooks Architects

More Homes, Better Homes: The AJ presents twelve exemplar housing schemes
Bennetts wins planning for Shaftesbury Theatre fly tower

Bennetts Associates has won planning permission for a new Cor-ten-clad fly tower on London’s Shaftesbury Theatre
Berkeley Prize fellowship for architecture tutors launched

[Proposals due 1 April] The University of California has reopened its Berkeley Prize fund which offers four teaching fellowships
Better childcare needed to keep women in architecture, says Brooks

BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour discussed the AJ’s Women in Architecture (WIA) campaign ahead of Friday’s awards (22 March)
Better Housing: AJ 14.03.13

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Beveridge Mews by Peter Barber Architects

More Homes, Better Homes: The AJ presents twelve exemplar housing schemes
BIG wins Smithsonian masterplan comp

The New York office of Danish practice BIG has won a competition to masterplan the Smithsonian institution in Washington
BIG’s waste-to-energy ski slope finally starts on site

Work on BIG’s €470 million waste-to-energy ski slope in Copenhagen has finally started
Bond Bryan's vision for £40m Don Valley Stadium replacement revealed

Bond Bryan has drawn up plans to demolish Sheffield’s Don Valley Stadium to make way for a 100,000m² Olympic legacy district
Boris seeks backers for 'Stilt City' riviera in the 'miserable lagoon' of London's Royal Docks

Johnson calls for architects to come up with ‘spectacular designs’ for the Ian Ritchie Architects’ ‘floating village’ masterplan
Boris unveils £1bn 'cycle Crossrail' for London

Mayor of London Boris Johnson has unveiled a £1billion package to create a ‘Crossrail for the bike’, including major upgrades to the capital’s roads and a £100million fund to improve major junctions.
Bright Ideas: More Films on Architecture and Light

Take inspiration for your Light Shots entry with these classic film shorts which explore light and the city.
Britain's best residential architects pick their favourite housing

Part one: Peter Barber, Tony Fretton, Paul Karakusevic, Stephen Taylor and Alex Ely pick their favourite housing projects in the UK
Britain's best residential architects pick their favourite housing

Part two: Alison Brooks, Richard Murphy, Simon Allford, Jude Barber and Richard Lavington and David Bickle pick their favourite housing projects in the UK
Broadway Malyan bags planning for Northwich proposals

Broadway Malyan’s £80 million Barons Quay development in Northwich, Cheshire has been given the green light
Budget 2013: £3bn infrastructure boost branded ‘far too late’

Chancellor George Osborne’s has announced a £3 billion boost to infrastructure starting after the next election – which critics claim comes too late
Budget 2013: £800m boost for build to rent housing

Chancellor George Osborne has announced a fivefold increase in funding available for new build to rent housing development
Budget 2013: At a glance

Chancellor George Osborne revealed his 2013 budget today, promising a £3 billion infrastructure boost and a commitment to fund 15,000 more affordable homes
Budget 2013: CBI moots £1.25bn housing drive

Business leaders have called on government to fund 50,000 new affordable homes in the upcoming budget
Budget 2013: Government moots retail-to-resi conversions

The government has announced plans to consult on changes to the planning system which would allow shops to be converted to homes
Budget 2013: Government vows more planning reform

The government has renewed its commitment to make the planning process simpler
Budget 2013: industry predicts

The construction industry comments ahead of chancellor George Osborne’s 2013 budget
Budget 2013: No mention for flagship Green Deal

The government’s flagship energy efficiency scheme has failed to receive a mention in the budget
Budget 2013: RIBA demands fresh housing surge

RIBA president Angela Brady has called on the government to fund the delivery of 300,000 new homes every year
Budget 2013: RIBA hits out at ‘missed opportunity’ for affordable housing

RIBA president Angela Brady has claimed the budget will ‘barely make a dent’ on delivering new homes
Budget 2013: The Chancellor's full speech

Read Chancellor George Osborne’s 2013 budget speech in full
Budget 2013: the industry reacts

The profession responds to Chancellor George Osborne’s budget, including a £3.5 billion boost to shared equity loans for new homes and a five fold increase in build-to-rent funding
Budget 2013: UK-GBC calls for boost to Green Deal

The UK Green Building Council has urged the chancellor to use the budget to demonstrate the government’s commitment to green growth.
Budget 2013: Zero carbon homes commitment renewed

The government has renewed its commitment to delivering zero carbon homes by 2016
Buildings that care: AJ 07.03.13

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Buildings that care: North London Hospice by AHMM

Inspired by Maggie’s Centres, AHMM’s North London Hospice day centre is sensitive and subtle, writes Christine Murray. Photography by Timothy Soar
Byron Street by Collective Architecture

More Homes, Better Homes: The AJ presents twelve exemplar housing schemes
Cabe down to just 11 staff as more depart

Three more members of design watchdog Cabe, including its head of design review, have taken voluntary redundancy
Call for Denise Scott Brown to be given Pritzker recognition

The AJ is calling for the Pritzker Prize to acknowledge Denise Scott Brown as joint equal winner in 1991, the year her partner Robert Venturi won the award
Canadian housing surge grows

Canadian housing starts have increased for the first time in six months, according to official figures
Canon of architecture should be rewritten to include women

Leading voices including Yvonne Farrell and Sadie Morgan call for women to be written back into profession’s history
Caruso St John submits Liverpool Philharmonic plans

Caruso St John has today (28 March) lodged plans for its £12 million overhaul of Liverpool’s Philharmonic Hall
Central St Martins to host Stirling Prize 2013

The award ceremony for the UK’s largest architectural prize will return to London this year
Chance Street by Stephen Taylor Architects

More Homes, Better Homes: The AJ presents twelve exemplar housing schemes
Charles Barclay unwraps lakeside Suffolk holiday home

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Charles Barclay Architects has completed this single-storey holiday home on the Suffolk coast
Chipperfield vies for Nobel Prize centre in Stockholm

David Chipperfield features on a 12-strong shortlist of architects competing to design a new headquarters for the Nobel Prize in Stockholm
Chocks away for Fosters' Jordan airport hub

Amman’s new Queen Alia International Airport by Foster & Partners has been officially opened
Cladding & Curtain Walling

This year’s cladding and curtain walling overview focuses on frameless curtain walling, drawing on the expertise of structural and facade engineer Eckersley O’Callaghan, and looking at the technology of Apple Glass Cubes and Gorilla Glass
Claredale Street by Karacusevic Carson

More Homes, Better Homes: The AJ presents twelve exemplar housing schemes
Class war breaks out in Accordia as wealthy seek ban on alterations

Estate’s private homeowners campaign to list six-year-old scheme to guard against ‘damage’ by social housing residents’ modifications
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 07.02.13

The University of Bath, Tyne Theatre in Newcastle and a post-Hurricane Sandy ideas contest. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 14.03.13

Rosehill Theatre, the 2013 Berkeley Prize and a £14 million hotel in Inverness. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 21.03.13

Canada House in London, Stornoway Port and Leicester Food Park. The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions
Competitions: Editor's Pick, 28.03.13

The editor’s pick of this week’s top competitions: A £10 million leisure facility in Oxfordshire, Nottingham’s New College redevelopment and an international contest in Belgorod City
Coniston Cricket Club seeks pavilion proposals

[Submissions due 10 June] Cumbria’s Coniston Cricket Club and Grizedale Arts are seeking proposals for a new pavilion
Construction output down again

The construction industry continued to shrink in size last month, according to the closely watched Construction Purchasing Managers’ Index
Construction starts plummet 21%

Project starts were down by a fifth in the first quarter of this year, according to economics unit Glenigan
Council set to reject Preston Bus station rescue plan

Preston Council is expected to turn down a local businessman’s proposal to save Preston Bus station from demolition
CPD: Laser Scanning

This CPD is sponsored by KOREC. With a greater use of BIM and 3D models, laser scanning is becoming an increasingly popular method for carrying out building surveys. This CPD explores the benefits of 3D laser scanning.
Dallas children's charity seeks play scheme designs

[Submissions due 15 April] Architects are invited to submit schemes for a children’s play centre to be built and auctioned for a charity in Dallas
Danish-based 3XN completes huge ‘whirlpool shaped’ aquarium

[FIRST LOOK] The Museum of Liverpool’s original architect 3XN has completed this huge aquarium in Copenhagen
David Mikhail revamps listed London townhouse

David Mikhail Architects has restored and extended a grade II-listed house in east London
DEADLINE EXTENDED: Make 60 second movie, upload to YouTube, win £500

Entrants to Light Shots, the AJ’s film contest in partnership with Philips, have a few more days to finish their films
Denise Scott Brown: ‘The best women architects get is student life’

Postmodern icon Denise Scott Brown has called on women architects to embrace ‘feminist awareness’ in the fight against glass ceilings
Design contest opens for Hull trawlermen memorial

[Expressions of interest to be received by 19 April] The STAND charity has launched a design contest for a permanent memorial to Hull’s trawlermen lost at sea
Design contest planned for Nine Elms pedestrian bridge

A competition to design a new river crossing at Nine Elms in south London will launch in the autumn
Design must be at the heart of the impetus to get housebuilding moving again

We want this week’s housing essays and our 12 exemplar housing studies, to inspire top-level support for design as an essential quality, says Rory Olcayto
Design team sought for £15 million Oxfordshire leisure centre

[Requests to participate 15 April] South Oxfordshire District Council is on the hunt for a multidisciplinary consultant team to design a new £15 million leisure centre in north-east Didcot in Oxfordshire
Design team sought for £30m Stornoway Port masterplan

[Requests to participate 11 April] Stornoway Port Authority is seeking a design team to masterplan the infrastructure for a new ‘roll on roll off’ ferry on the Isle of Lewis
Design your own Festival Wing

The AJ invites architects to sketch their own extension to the Southbank centre
Designing quality homes

Felix Mara introduces the AJ’s selection of exemplar housing projects
Digital edition: AJ Specification, February 2013

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Discordant murmurs trouble Accordia’s idyll

The residents association at the Stirling Prize-winning Accordia housing development is looking to protect its architectural integrity against extempore changes, writes Merlin Fulcher
Eco-humanism is the future, says BIG's Jakob Lange

Jakob Lange, a partner at playful Copenhagen-based BIG, talks about stripey buildings and why Thomas Heatherwick is getting in his way
Ecophon: Boston Haven High School

Colour has been used to great effect by Saint-Gobain Ecophon as part of a striking acoustic solution in the brand new cafeteria of Boston Haven High School in Lincolnshire.
Ecophon: St Ninian’s High School

A range of Saint-Gobain Ecophon’s acoustic solutions have been installed at a brand new secondary school on the Isle of Man.
Education, education: AJ 28.03.13

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Egret West vies for Alton estate masterplan

Studio Egret West, which overhauled Park Hill in Sheffield, is one of four teams competing to masterplan the regeneration of the Grade II*-listed Alton West housing estate in south west London
Emerging duo wins Millennium Point Visibility contest

Architect Jonathan Schwinge and Daniel Madeiros have won the RIBA-backed ideas competition to design a new ‘marker’ for Grimshaw’s Millennium Point complex in Birmingham
Enter Here!

Complete this form to entry the AJ Philips Light Shots Short Film Competition
Essex elementary: Takeley Primary by Sarah Wigglesworth

Sarah Wigglesworth’s Takeley Primary shows that good schools can be built on a budget, says Rory Olcayto. Photography by Anthony Coleman
Eva Jiřičná calls for return of a ‘socially responsible’ profession

Jane Drew Prize-winner Eva Jiricná has called on younger architects to become more socially and politically engaged
Eva Jiricna picks up Jane Drew Prize

‘Incredibly influential’ architect Eva Jiricná has collected this year’s Jane Drew Prize at the AJ Women in Architecture Awards luncheon in London today (22 March)
Eva Jiricna wins Jane Drew Prize

‘Incredibly influential … extraordinary architect’ awarded lifetime achievement by jury including Zaha Hadid and Rafael Viñoly
Explosive RIAS report lifts lid on George Square debacle

A leaked report by RIAS points the finger at Glasgow City Council leader Gordon Matheson for derailing the international contest to redesign George Square
Fallon appointed to energy minister post

Construction minister and Conservative MP Michael Fallon has replaced John Hayes as minister of state for energy and climate change
Farrell to lead biggest review of architecture since Rogers' Urban Task Force

Terry Farrell has been appointed to head up an independent review of architecture and the built environment the findings of which will ‘reach all four corners of Whitehall’
FAT set to revamp Birmingham Selfridges interior

FAT has been approached to redesign the interior of Future Systems award-winning Selfridges store in Birmingham
FCBS bags planning for Bath Abbey revamp

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has landed planning permission to extend and renovate the Grade I-listed Bath Abbey
FCBS scoops planning for £250m Belfast campus

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios (FCBS) has won planning permission for its £250 million Belfast City Campus for the University of Ulster
FDS Consult announces free fire safety CPD

FDS Consult, one of the UK’s leading experts in fire engineering, is to share its fire safety knowledge during a free CPD event.
Fire inspection failure highlighted in Lakanal House inquest verdict

Southwark Council’s failure to carry out effective fire inspections was partly to blame for a fire that caused six deaths, an inquest has concluded
Footprint's 5 things to do this week

This week’s events include a discussion about how architects can shape the future
Footprint's 5 things to do this week

This week’s events include an a talk discussing BIG’s designs for a waste-to-energy plant in Copenhagen
Footprint's 5 things to do this week

This week’s events include the UK launch of the Living Building Challenge
Footprint's 5 things to do this week

This weeks events include AJ’s Women in Architecture Awards Luncheon
Footprint's 5 things to do this week

This week’s events include a talk on the value of investing in landscape, networking with the UK-GBC and green drinks in Glasgow
Footprint's 5 things to do this week

This week’s events include a talk about the BUS Methodology hosted by ARUP and Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado’s Genesis at the Natural History Museum
Footprint's 5 things to do this week

This week’s events include a talk by Bill Bordass and green events in Bristol
Footprint's 5 things to do this week

This week’s events include a seminar on Passivhaus design and a boat trip along the Thames
Footprint's 5 things to do this week

This week’s events include an exhibition of environmental photography at the Royal Geographical Society
Footprint's 5 things to do this week

This week’s events include Greenbuild EXPO and national self build week
Footprint's 5 things to do this week

This week’s events include a talk at the RIBA by Charles Correa and and a debate on sustainability within the creative industries
Footprint's 5 things to do this week

This week’s events include Clerkenwell design week and a seminar on the performance gap
Footprint's 5 things to do this week

This week’s events include London Festival of Architecture and SEDA’s AGM
Footprint's 5 things to do this week

This week’s events include a seminar on the building performance gap and the opening of Lesser Known Architecture at the Design Museum
FootprintWire 02.04.13

Today’s green news: Smart toilet for the developing world
FootprintWire 03.04.13

Today’s green news: Bladeless wind energy generator unveiled by Delft University of Technology
FootprintWire 04.04.13

Today’s green news: New York Whole Foods to grow rooftop produce
FootprintWire 05.04.13

Today’s green news: Chicago to convert abandoned railway line into a ‘green transport artery’
FootprintWire 07.03.12

DCLG commits £380m to Zero Carbon Hub
FootprintWire 08.03.13

Today’s green news: Splitterwerk Architects design building powered by algae in Hamburg
FootprintWire 08.04.13

Today’s green news: Energy harvested from runners at Paris marathon
FootprintWire 09.04.13

Today’s green news: Glaxo SmithKline’s US headquarters achieves double LEED platinum
FootprintWire 11.03.13

Today’s green news: Brooks + Scarpa design LA high school clad in PV
FootprintWire 12.03.13

Today’s green news: Solar ‘tree’ proposed for minimal impact retreat
FootprintWire 13.03.13

Today’s green news: KLM initiates bio-fueled transatlantic flights
FootprintWire 14.03.13

Today’s green news: Arctic parasols proposed to protect polar ice
FootprintWire 15.03.13

Today’s green news: HOK’s £1.7 billion masterplan for Istanbul’s financial district begins construction
FootprintWire 18.03.13

Today’s green news: Pocket parks initiative transforms London’s neglected spaces
FootprintWire 19.03.13

Today’s green news: Applications open for PhDs at UCL’s Energy Institute
FootprintWire 20.03.13

Today’s green news: Two landscape architecture practices win Chinese sustainable masterplan comp
FootprintWire 21.03.13

Today’s green news: Urban fish farm for London car park
FootprintWire 22.03.13

Today’s green news: Enter Interface’s biophilic architecture competition
FootprintWire 25.03.13

Today’s green news: Green micro-flats for San Francisco
FootprintWire 26.03.13

Today’s green news: Wind energy accounts for over 10% of UK power generation
FootprintWire 27.03.13

Today’s green news: Algae-powered facade on show at IBA Hamburg
FootprintWire 28.03.13

Today’s green news: Wave energy generator wins $100,000 prize
For sale: John Winter's Highgate Modernist house

John Winter’s Grade II*-listed family home in Swains Lane, Highgate has been put on the open market for £3.2 million
Formation Architects reveals Cambridge housing

Formation Architects has revealed the first 128 homes of its Seven Acres development for Skanska in Cambridge
Former RIBA chief MacNamara given community service

Former RIBA regional director Jon Jo MacNamara has been handed a suspended jail term for theft
Fraser Brown MacKenna unwraps Thamesmead retrofit

[FIRST LOOK + DATA] Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects has completed this end-of-terrace residential retrofit in Thamesmead, south east London
Fujimoto's 2013 Serpentine Pavilion: Exclusive AJ interview

James Pallister talks to emerging Japanese star Sou Fujimoto as the 41-year-old architect prepares to deliver this summer’s Serpentine Pavilion
Gehry-designed Maggie's Centre in Hong Kong opens doors

Frank Gehry’s recently completed Maggie’s Cancer Care Centre in Hong Kong has officially opened it doors
GKD: Metallic mesh on the road to victory

Multifunctional sun protection facade at Victory Plaza in Dallas
Government vows action on poorly performing 'eco-homes'

The government has announced it will work with Zero Carbon Hub to boost energy efficiency in new homes
Graphene research boosted by planning consent win

Jestico + Whiles has received planning permission for the National Graphene Institute in Manchester
Green Construction Board launches low carbon 'routemap'

The Green Construction Board has published a new routemap to help the industry meet national carbon reduction targets
Green Deal assessments total 1,800 in first month

Figures have been released for the number of Green Deal assessments which have taken place since its launch
Green Sky Thinking 2013 launched

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Green Sky Thinking connects professionals driving innovation and influencing change

Open-City’s Green Sky Thinking week (April 15-19) will target both experts and novices, says Hattie Hartman
Green Sky Thinking: Interface on Radical Sustainability

Radical sustainability is not that radical but not many are doing it
Grimshaw scoops planning for Dulwich College science block

Grimshaw has won planning permission for an S-shaped teaching block at Dulwich College, south London
Hassell scoops Cardiff city centre masterplan

Hassell has been appointed by Cardiff Council to create a masterplan for two key city centre sites – Cardiff Central Rail Station and Callaghan Square
Haworth Tompkins wins Bristol Old Vic overhaul contest

Young Vic architect Haworth Tompkins has seen off an impressive shortlist to overhaul Bristol’s Old Vic theatre
Heatherwick Studio's distillery on track for BREEAM Outstanding

Heatherwick Studio has achieved design stage BREEAM Outstanding for distillery retrofit
Hellman Cartoon

The Hellman Files 93: A trawl through Hellman’s archives, in which we uncover gems as relevant now as they were then
Hellman Cartoon

The Hellman Files 95: A trawl through Hellman’s archives, in which we uncover gems as relevant now as they were then
Hellman Cartoon

Hellman’s take on calls for the Pritzker Prize to acknowledge Denise Scott Brown as joint equal winner in 1991, the year her partner Robert Venturi won the award
HOK submits plans for Crossrail housing scheme

HOK has submitted plans for a 2,800m2 residential development above a Crossrail access shaft in Holborn
Housing registrations jump 21 per cent

Quarterly housing registrations have jumped by almost 5,000, bringing the total for the period between December and February to 26,004
Housing starts up by a fifth

Housing starts have grown by more than a fifth in a year, according to the National House-Building Council (NHBC)
How did the architecture profession get lumped in with the 'creative industries'?

Blame the ’90s, says Rory Olcayto
How to make a short film: Top Tips

Don’t know your GIFs from your AVIs? Don’t let lack of techie know-how hold you back, with AJ’s tips and ideas on filmmaking techniques
Ideas contest for Tallinn Architecture Biennale opens

[Entries to be received by 30 April] The Tallinn Architecture Biennale has begun it’s annual ideas contest with this year’s theme of ‘Re-cycling Socialism’
If it ain’t quaint, don’t fix it

Ian Martin digests a new listed buildings policy, titled ‘Quaintity Street’.
In pictures: AHMM and Hopkins bag Civic Trust Awards

AHMM and Hopkins were among winners of special prizes at this year’s Civic Trust Awards
In pictures: Alison Brooks named Woman Architect of the Year

Alison Brooks has won the AJ Women Architect of the Year Award
In pictures: Hadid, Kahn and Piano vie for Design of the Year gong

Zaha Hadid’s Galaxy Soho, Louis Kahn’s Four Freedoms Park and Renzo Piano’s Shard skyscraper are among 17 architectural projects shortlisted for the Design Museum’s prestigious Designs of the Year award
In pictures: Kingston University students construct timber spire

Third year architecture students built a replica timber spire at Ecobuild
In pictures: The AJ Women in Architecture Luncheon

More than 170 architects, engineers, and clients joined the AJ on Friday (22 March) to celebrate the winners of the prestigious Women in Architecture Awards
India's exacting clients can be 'ruthless' warn UK architects

As architects’ eye a goldmine of opportunities in India, practices already working on the sub continent describe the ‘unbelievable’ scrutiny of clients who demand quality and ‘will pay for it too’, writes Greg Pitcher
Innovative Dorma Swing Door Operator Finds Room At High Tech London Hotel

At London’s most technologically advanced hotel, the correct specification of materials was of the upmost importance. With their proven performance and to meet the client’s high standards for aesthetics and functionality, an automatic door from DORMA, the trusted global partner for premium access solutions and services, was specified for the main entrance.
Insolvency hits 68 practices this year

The architecture sector suffered 68 insolvencies in the first three months of this year, according to research
International contest for Russian urban block launches

[Registration must be completed by 10 May] An open international contest has been launched to design an urban block in the city centre of Belgorod, Russia
Interview with the AJ’s Emerging Woman Architect of the Year – Olga Felip

Winner of the Emerging Woman Architect of the Year Award 2013, Olga Felip talks about how she balances a career in architecture with having children
Interview with the AJ's Emerging Woman Architect runner-up - Maria Smith

The AJ caught up with Maria Smith, founding director at Studio Weave, after she picked up a commendation in the Emerging Woman Architect of the Year Award category
Interview with the AJ's Women Architect of the Year - Alison Brooks

Women Architect of the Year 2013 Alison Brooks talks about how she sees herself as’an architect and not a female architect’ and why mandatory fee scales should be re-introduced.
Investors eyeing more development opportunities outside London

Property investors are ‘increasingly’ heading out of London to pump cash into office buildings in the regions, according to a new report by Deloitte Real Estate
Irish construction nosedives

The Irish construction market has shrunk by the equivalent of more than a quarter of its size each year of the economic downturn, according to research
Israel library contest relaunched

A fresh contest has been launched to design a national library in Jerusalem – after a controversial competition last year failed to lead to a contract.
It's time to question the classic Corb backstory

Yes it’s another Ottoman history lesson - but this one’s about Le Corbusier, says Rory Olcayto
Jamie Fobert's Tate St Ives extension lands funding boost

The project to extend Tate St Ives has received a £2.8 million boost
January construction output 8% down on 2012

Estimates by the Office of National Statistics have found construction output in January 6.3 per cent down on December and 7.9 per cent lower than in the same month a year earlier.
JDDK scoops Hadrian's Wall visitor centre contest

Northumberland National Park and the Youth Hostel Association have chosen Jane Darbyshire and David Kendall Architects (JDDK) to design a new visitor centre and youth hostel next to Hadrian’s Wall
Join the AJ to discuss the building performance gap

The AJ will be hosting a breakfast event as part of this year’s Green Sky Thinking week
Kengo Kuma: 'We should respect nature and history'

Japanese star Kengo Kuma, who headlined at this year’s MIPIM, talks to the AJ about his waterside V&A project in Dundee and rebuilding Japan’s tsunami-hit areas
King's School Boathouse by Associated Architects

Associated Architects’ boathouse at The King’s School, Worcester, does not flout its robust environmental credentials, says Hattie Hartman Photography by Martine Hamilton Knight
Klik Systems LEDPOD adds a gleam of glamour to Carrum Foreshore Precinct, Melbourne (Victoria)

Klik Systems are delighted to announce that their award winning LEDPOD rail light is being used throughout renovations to the Carrum Foreshore Precinct, Port Philip Bay.
Latest Green Deal figures shows huge boost in assessments

New government statistics show that 9,268 Green Deal assessments have been carried out since the scheme was launched on the 28 January
Leeds university opens £1.5m projects framework

[Expressions of interest to be received by 28 March] The University of Leeds is seeking architects for a framework covering a range of projects worth more than £1.5 million
Leicester seeks architect for city centre 'food park'

[Responses are due 2 April] Leicester City Council is looking for an architect to design catering outlets for its new Leicester Food Park
Leslie Riddoch to chair 2013 Saltire Housing Design Awards

Broadcaster and journalist Lesley Riddoch will chair the Scottish awards alongside newly appointed convenor Jude Barber of Collective Architecture
Let us restore your faith in architecture

Eva Jiricná’s wisdom about the value of the ‘seemingly unimportant’ is a fitting introduction to this week’s issue, says Christine Murray
Liddicoat & Goldhill wins go-ahead for 'country house clause' home

Liddicoat & Goldhill has won planning permission for Thousand Trees House, an eco-friendly country home to be built on virgin countryside at Wicken Bonhunt, Essex
Light Shots: How to enter and FAQs

Find out how to enter the AJ’s Light Shots short film competition, in association with Philips Lighting
London fights office-to-resi

New rules boosting office-to-residential conversions could stifle mixed-use development in the capital, planning experts have warned
London housing supply 'at risk from overseas investment'

The London Assembly has warned mayor Boris Johnson that increased overseas investment could hamper the supply of housing in the capital
London trio wins Michigan pavilion contest

Judges pick ‘poetic and bold’ proposal for $25,000 temporary structure over car park in Flint, Michigan, birthplace of General Motors
Lost in transmution

Ian Martin visits Blingnang Freepitch
Low-energy volume housing

Why attach bits of kit to 30-year-old house designs? asks Alan Shingler
Lyndon Design Extends Popular ‘Arthur’ Seating Collection

Such is the success of Lyndon Design’s flagship Arthur seating collection the company has introduced a ‘High back Booth’ version available in both sofa and armchair options - an addition to the collection that is already proving extremely popular.
Major contest launched for overhaul of London's Canada House

The Canadian government has begun the search for a design team to mastermind the £10.3 million revamp of Canada House in Trafalgar Square
Make moots Pinnacle skyscraper alternative

Make has floated alternative plans for London’s stalled Pinnacle skyscraper
Make wins go-ahead for London resi-scheme

Make has been granted planning permission for this eight-floor residential scheme in Victoria, London
Mark Prisk bangs drum for housing design quality

Housing minister Mark Prisk has hit out at the UK’s ‘dysfunctional housing market’ for failing to consider quality design
Mather and Conran reveal revised Centre Point plans

Rick Mather Architects and Conran & Partners have unveiled revised plans to overhaul of London’s iconic Centre Point skyscraper
McAslan and Moussavi pipped at post in Moscow museum contest

British practices John McAslan + Partners and Farshid Moussavi Architecture have narrowly missed out on a prestigious museum scheme in Moscow
McAslan wins Canadian museum jackpot

John McAslan + Partners has seen off an international field to win the contest to overhaul and expand the Royal British Columbia Museum in Victoria, Canada
McAslan wins Rio British School contest

John McAslan + Partners has won the invited competition organised by the British School in Rio de Janeiro to overhaul its Barra campus next to Brazil’s 2016 Olympic park
McDowell and Benedetti’s long overdue Hull bridge set for April opening

McDowell and Benedetti’s £7 million bridge over the River Hull is expected to open next month – more than two years later than planned
McGarry-Moon wins planning for Lisburn barn conversion

[First look + project data] McGarry-Moon has won planning permission for this Passivhaus residential barn conversion in Lisburn, Northern Ireland
Meet the MIPIM 2013 bloggers

Introducing the architects, developers, recruiters and journalists blogging from MIPIM (March 11-15) exclusively for the AJ
Mel Dodd to head Central St Martins' new postgrad architecture course

Mel Dodd of muf_aus has been appointed as programme leader for a new architecture course at Central St Martins
Middlesex uni launches BIM course

Middlesex University has launched a postgrad course on BIM management
Milan Furniture Fair

9-14 April 2013, Milan
MIPIM 2013: As it happened

The return of AJ’s much-loved live blog, sponsored by Place Careers, from Europe’s biggest property fair. Experience the thrill and champagne spills of the annual MIPIM property show
MIPIM report: foreign investors eye UK’s regional residential market

Visitors to the world’s largest property fair last week were talking of centres outside the capital as the next growth area. Richard Waite reports
Mission trip: RIBA helps spring Libyan equivalent

RIBA has hosted a five-day mission to Libya to help establish partnerships in the war-battered country
MoMA opens post Hurricane Sandy ideas contest

[Video submissions must be received by 15 March] New York art gallery MoMA PS1 has launched an ideas contest for ‘sustainable waterfront’ proposals in the wake of Hurricane Sandy
Moore Street by Richard Murphy Architects

More Homes, Better Homes: The AJ presents twelve exemplar housing schemes
More architects join £180m Barts Square scheme

Maccreannor Lavington and Piercy & Company have been brought into work on Sheppard Robson’s £180 million mixed-use Barts Square development in central London
Morrison revealed as RMJM's £11m buyer

RMJM chair Fraser Morrison is behind an investment outfit which bought the architecture company for £11 million last week
NCS Colour

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Neighbourhood plans net £9.5m boost

The government has announced a £9.5 million funding boost to help communities create neighbourhood plans
New £10m Edinburgh Neurology Clinic utilises Komfort’s partition and storage solutions

Komfort’s double glazed partitioning and storage walls have been installed at the Anne Rowling Regenerative Neurology Clinic at Little France, Edinburgh due to their exceptional hygienic qualities.
New College seeks designer for Nottingham campus redevelopment

[Requests to participate 12 April] New College in Nottingham is tendering for design services for their £30 million Basford Hall Campus redevelopment
New practices: Edo Architecture

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 Practices: Hamish & Lyons

The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone either through choice or redundancy
Newcastle Tyne Theatre and Opera seeks conservation architect

[Expressions of interest due 12 April] A conservation architect led design team is called for by the Tyne Theatre and Opera House Preservation Trust for restoration works due to run until 2017.
Nicholas Hare completes science block for west London school

Nicholas Hare Architects’ science building at St Paul’s School in Barnes, has welcomed its first students
NPPF sees councils raise housing targets

Almost 50 per cent of councils have raised their housing targets in response to National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) but delivery of new homes has yet to see a ‘significant boost’ - a report claims
Obituary: Nathan Jones (1985 – 2013)

Nathan Jones, although not yet qualified, will be remembered as a prolific community architect
Olympic legacy: Custom-build homes mooted

The London Legacy Development Corporation (LLDC) is considering featuring custom-build housing on the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park
One in five practices 'ripe for takeover'

Almost 20 per cent of the top 1,000 architecture practices in the UK are ripe for takeover attempts, according to a report
Open-City seeks architectural installations for children

[Applications are due 8 April] Open-City has opened its Arch-Innovate competition, seeking proposals for ‘original and innovative’ activities to run during the Archikids Festival
Outside M25: Students slam London-only comp

Northern students have blasted a new RIBA London competition only open to students of architecture schools in the capital
Oxford professors slam student residences scheme

A student accommodation scheme in Oxford has been heavily criticised by senior professors at both the city’s universities
Paris transport plans paves way for Rogers' city-wide vision

Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners’ (RSHP) vision for Paris in 2030 has taken a step nearer realisation with news that a pivotal transport scheme has been approved
Park Hill by Hawkins\Brown with Studio Egret West

More Homes, Better Homes: The AJ presents twelve exemplar housing schemes
Part 1: RIBA London and Central St Martins student mentoring scheme

The first of three blogs from students on RIBA London’s mentoring scheme
Part 2: RIBA London and Central St Martins student mentoring scheme

The second of three blogs from students on RIBA London’s mentoring scheme
Part 3: RIBA London and Central St Martins student mentoring scheme

The final of three blogs from students on RIBA London’s mentoring scheme
Paul Davis replaces McAslan on Earls Court residential opener

Paul Davis and Partners has replaced John McAslan and Partners on the opening phase of Earls Court’s contentious £8 billion redevelopment
Pedder and Scampton bags planning for Southend beach huts

Pedder and Scampton has landed planning permission for a competition-winning string of beach huts in Southend
Penoyre & Prasad unwraps UCL Academy

[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + DATA] Penoyre & Prasad’s £26 milllion UCL Academy officially opens next week
Peter Smith (1926–2013)

Peter Smith, architectural historian and author of the classic ‘Houses of the Welsh Countryside’, died aged 87 in a nursing home
Pinnacle saga: KPF still skyscraper’s ‘official architect’

KPF remains the only architect working for the Pinnacle skyscraper client on new plans for the stalled skyscraper
Planning free-for-all faces setback as councils given permission to opt out

Government plans to extend permitted development rights have been upset in the House of Lords
Playing with preconceptions

How has Scotland’s Venice Biennale exhibition translated to Glasgow? Paul Marsh finds out
Pritzker for Chipperfield?

AJ readers believe it is time David Chipperfield won the Pritzker Prize, according to an online survey
Pritzker mulls recognition for Denise Scott Brown

The Pritzker prize jury is to consider recognising Denise Scott Brown following pressure from the profession
Pritzker Prize: Denise Scott Brown should have won in '91

Is the Pritzker Prize bold enough to acknowledge past mistakes? wonders Rory Olcayto
Products: Gymnasium and Town Hall Esplanade

A selection of the products used in LAN’s Gymnasium and Town Hall Esplanade, France
Products: UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre

A selection of the products used in Hopkins’ UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre
Purcell completes Radcliffe Infirmary revamp

Restoration specialist Purcell has completed the £10 million renovation of the grade-II listed Radcliffe Infirmary building in Oxford
Putting Pevsner in your pocket

Yale’s iPhone app will put Pevsner in people’s pockets again, writes James Pallister
Rallying call: Architects asked to lobby English Heritage to list Preston Bus Station

A campaigner has called on the profession to put pressure on English Heritage to protect the iconic bus station from demolition
Ramp house: Architects build wheelchair-friendly family home

Architect couple build new home around needs of their eight-year-old wheelchair-using daughter
Reader offer: April 2013

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Win a copy of Huw Heywood’s 101 Rules of Thumb for Low Energy Architecture
Register now to attend Green Sky Thinking 2013

AJ to host ‘Mind the Gap’ breakfast seminar on 18 April
Reiach & Hall and Michael Laird win go-ahead for Glasgow supercampus

Reiach & Hall and Michael Laird Architects have won planning permission for their competition-winning scheme to create a new super-campus for the City of Glasgow College
Rem Koolhaas joins calls for Denise Scott Brown’s Pritzker recognition

Rem Koolhaas has given his ‘total support’ to a petition calling for the Pritzker jury to recognise Denise Scott Brown - the partner of 1991 prize-winner Robert Venturi
Restoration Man not happy with Pathfinder Redux demolition men

TV’s Restoration Man George Clarke has distanced himself from the latest Return of Pathfinder-style demolitions proposed for the Welsh Streets area of Liverpool
Revealed: council's 'grey' proposals for George Square

Glasgow City Council has unveiled plans for a £500,000 overhaul of George Square, replacing the red tarmac with a grey epoxy-resin surface
RIAS Awards shortlist announced

Schemes by Reiach & Hall, Page\Park and Rural Design have been named among the 25 schemes shortlisted for this year’s RIAS Awards
RIBA 2013 Regional Awards shortlists announced

The AJ exclusively reveals the complete list of projects shortlisted for this year’s RIBA Awards
RIBA East Midlands Regional Awards shortlist announced

Make, OMI and Bench are named among the 10-strong RIBA East Midlands Regional Awards shortlist
RIBA East Regional Awards shortlist announced

Schemes by Rafael Viñoly, Sarah Wigglesworth and Hopkins have been named on the 19-strong shortlist vying for regional awards in the RIBA East area
RIBA Forgotten Spaces contest: registration deadline extended and free workshops announced

The registration deadline for RIBA’s annual Forgotten Spaces competition has been extended to the 25 April and a series of free workshops have been announced for participants
RIBA London invites students to design Southbank pop-up

[Submissions are due 20 March] RIBA London is on the hunt for Part I and Part II students to design a temporary shop for the Southbank Centre in London
RIBA London Regional Awards shortlist announced

Schemes by Alison Brooks, Peter Barber, John McAslan and Haworth Tompkins have been named on the 57-strong RIBA London Regional Awards shortlist
RIBA North East Regional Awards shortlist announced

FAT, Associated Architects & ADP are named among the four-strong RIBA North East Regional Awards shortlist
RIBA North West Regional Awards shortlist announced

Hodder, McAlslan & Shed KM are named among the 16-strong RIBA North West Regional Awards shortlist
RIBA Northern Ireland Regional Awards shortlist announced

Schemes by heneghan peng, McGarry Moon and TODD Architects have been named the among 11 projects shortlisted for regional awards by RIBA Northern Ireland
RIBA opens BBC Radio 4 recording booth contest

[Registration to be completed by 18 April] RIBA Competitions has opened a contest to design a £40,000 mobile recording pod for BBC Radio 4
RIBA South East Regional Awards shortlist announced

Tim Ronalds, Keith Williams & Studio Weave are named among the 15-strong RIBA South East Regional Awards shortlist
RIBA South Regional Awards shortlist announced

Schemes by Walters and Cohen, MAKE and BDP have been named among the 21 projects shortlisted for RIBA South Regional Awards
RIBA South West Regional Awards shortlist announced

Schemes by Wilkinson Eyre, Burwell Deakins and Ferguson Mann have been named the among 18 projects shortlisted for regional awards by RIBA South West
RIBA Welsh Architecture Award shortlist announced

John Pardey, Hyde & Hyde and Architype are named among the eight-strong RIBA Welsh Architecture Award shortlist
RIBA West Midlands Regional Awards shortlist announced

Feilden Clegg Bradley, Patel Taylor & dRMM are named among the 12-strong RIBA West Midlands Regional Awards shortlist
RIBA Yorkshire Regional Awards shortlist announced

AHMM, Project Orange & Architecture 00 are named among the eight-strong RIBA Yorkshire Regional Awards shortlist
Rio 2016 stadium wins for 3DReid and AndArchitects

3DReid and emerging practice AndArchitects have been appointed to design stadiums for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games
Rio trade mission analysis: ‘Brazilian architects keen to learn’

Haworth Tompkins associate director Matt Watts shares his experience of the UKTI trade mission to Brazil
Rival to Foster's moon base revealed

A group of designers and architects with an interest in high-tech space architecture has unveiled a rival to Foster & Partners’ self-building moon base
RMJM plans for 10% growth, as firm writes off £12m debt

RMJM Europe chief executive Jonathan French says the troubled company will return to profit now that £12m ‘owed to a variety of different entities’ is written off
RMJM quits Glasgow Skypark offices

RMJM has left its offices in Glasgow’s Skypark development for new premises in Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s 106 Hope Street
RMJM sold for £11m

Troubled outfit RMJM Architecture has been sold to an investment company
Rodeca panels invite young people back to myplace

Rainscreen cladding by Rodeca features on a new youth centre in Birmingham.
Roman ruins: FCBS unwraps Cotswolds visitor centre

Feilden Clegg Bradley Studio’s shelter protecting the ruins of Chedworth Roman Villa in the Cotswolds has been shortlisted for a RIBA Regional Award
Royal Docks boss: ‘We can make floating village a success’

Mike Luddy, managing director of the Royal Docks Management Authority, discusses plans for an 800-home floating village in the Thames
Sadie Morgan to become next AA president

Founding Director of dRMM Sadie Morgan is to take over as president of the Architectural Association (AA)
Saint-Gobain launches UK Innovation Centre

The new innovation centre on Great Portland Street in London will showcase the company’s products
SAS: ‘Senior’s Make an Entrance at Norfolk’s Largest Indoor Venue’

Curtain walling provided by Senior Architectural Systems now adorns the main foyer at Norfolk’s premier indoor venue. Located on the Norfolk Showground, the impressive aluminium two storey curtain wall is faceted on plan and includes Senior’s high performance windows and entrance doors.
Schools Pioneer

A new biography of Mary Medd is a timely reminder of the interdependence of architecture, education and children’s welfare in the modern age, writes Yasmin Shariff
Secluded wonderland: Montpelier Nursery by AY Architects

Sarah Wigglesworth finds AY Architects’ Montpelier Nursery in Camden an enchanting and imaginative building that perfectly captures the needs of childhood. Photography by Nick Kane
Self-build could be answer to housing crisis, says think-tank report

A report has suggested that councils failing to meet housing targets should be forced to release land for self-build
Shanghai calling: a question of specialisms

The vast amount of construction in China makes for highly specialised roles, writes student Eleanor Jolliffe
Shared space as cultural infrastructure

A generosity of shared space creates more time to dwell in the communal setting, says Alison Brooks
Sheffield’s Don Valley Stadium faces uncertain future

Sheffield City Council has voted to close its iconic Don Valley stadium, raising fears the building could be demolished
Shopping shake-up needed, urges architect of Trinity Leeds

Chapman Taylor, the architects behind the new Trinity Leeds shopping centre which is due to open next week, has said retailers must ‘constantly evolve’ to reactivate city centres.
Simon Allford to speak at 2013 BCO conference in Madrid

AHMM’s Simon Allford is featured on an all-star lineup of speakers at this year’s British Council for Offices conference in Madrid from 15-17 May
Six vie for Bristol Royal Infirmary facade revamp

A longlist of international practices and artists has been drawn up for the £2.2 million overhaul of the Queen’s Building facade at Bristol Royal Infirmary
Smithfield overhaul: Cabe finds fault with public spaces

Cabe at the Design Council has become the latest body to raise concerns over John McAslan + Partners’ contentious plans for Smithfield’s Market in London
Snøhetta completes North Carolina university library

Snøhetta’s Hunt Library at North Carolina State University officially opened this week
Soane and ceramics, what are the connections?

James Pallister explores architecture’s influence on contemporary ceramics
Space standards and ethics in housing

The need for space is a matter of collective social choice, says Alex Ely
St Andrews Block B by Maccreanor Lavington Architects

More Homes, Better Homes: The AJ presents twelve exemplar housing schemes
Stirling winner Accordia protected from ‘ramshackle’ changes

The Stirling Prize-winning Accordia housing estate in Cambridge has won Conservation Area status
Stride Treglown polishes off Portishead marina project

Stride Treglown’s Port Marine dockside apartments have completed in Portishead, North Somerset
Stylish Eternal Design With Black Millwork And Paridae House

Designed with the classic forms of Georgian architecture in mind, Paridae House is a luxury residential property built by house builders AH Lyons and featuring Andersen Woodright windows and doors from Black Millwork.
Sunderland university opens £15m framework

[Expressions of interest due by 3 April] The University of Sunderland is seeking architectural services for a £15 million construction framework
Sustainable flooring solutions explored in Forbo’s Linoleum CPD Seminar

Forbo Flooring Systems offers a RIBA certified CPD Seminar entitled “The Performance, Environmental Impact and Life Cycle Analysis of Linoleum” which enables specifiers to explore the environmental credentials and longlasting durability of this exceptionally sustainable and versatile flooring solution.
Sutherland Hussey completes Iron Age museum in China

[First look + plans + data] Edinburgh-based Sutherland Hussey has taken the wraps of its 4,710m² Jade Museum in Chaoyang in China Liaoning Province
Tea with an Architect? Apprentice star seeks women for free consultations scheme

Gabrielle Omar, star of BBC’s The Apprentice television programe, has called on women architects to take part in a new initiative offering free consultations to the public
Terry Pawson completes Linz Opera House

Terry Pawson Architects’ 45,000m² opera house and music theatre in Linz, Austria, opens to the public next week
The Fold by Studio Egret West

The curved facade of The Fold lessens its impact on the surrounding streetscape
The furniture’s bright, the furniture’s orange…

Ian Martin takes a trip to Milan Furniture Fair’s smart periphery
The great and good of architecture were there - and just happened to be women

A spirit of generosity prevailed at this year’s AJ Women in Architecture Awards, says Christine Murray
The housing provision crisis

Standards and guidance need to be consolidated into a single national framework, says Andy von Bradsky
The North-East has the skills to drive recovery – if London will let it

The North-East has been hard-hit by the recession. Nevertheless James Pallister finds an optimistic architectural scene in Newcastle, the city with the highest density of architects outside London
The proposed policy is disgusting and should immediately be abandoned

If 35 per cent of a development is ‘affordable’, what does that make the remaining 65 per cent? asks Paul Finch
The quad squad: Park View School by Haworth Tompkins

Haworth Tompkins has introduced light and circulation to a warren-like academy in its makeover of Park View School in Birmingham, writes Felix Mara. Photography by Richard Haughton
The regs: School buildings

Geoff Wilkinson looks at the application of the Building Regulations to school buildings
The space-time continuum continuum

Ian Martin designs a luxury graffiti and urban skills pavilion in Brighton
The Thatcher years: architects reflect on the legacy of the Iron Lady

Love her or loathe her, policies ushered in under Margaret Thatcher’s leadership radically changed the shape of Britain’s towns and cities writes Merlin Fulcher
The Wood Window Alliance: New LCA study on windows available for specifiers

Using SimaPro software, this study, published at the end of March, identifies the cradle-to-grave environmental impacts of wood, modified wood and aluminium-clad windows and provides a comparison with PVC-U.
The Wright stuff: Newlands School by Wright & Wright

Wright & Wright’s school for boys with behavioural problems shows architecture with a serious purpose matters, writes Rory Olcayto. Photography by James Brittain
Three firms vie for Lincoln Bomber Command memorial

Feilden Clegg Bradley, Bristol-based Walter Jack Studio and Place from Lincoln are competing to design a new Bomber Command memorial in Lincolnshire
Timber cladding

Product specification guide: advances in treatment and preservation are increasing timber’s sustainability
Too little and too late, says industry of chancellor Osborne’s budget

Architects and construction professionals gave a lukewarm reaction to last week’s budget speech, despite pedges to boost infrasturcture and housing
Toyo Ito wins 2013 Pritzker Prize

Japanese architect Toyo Ito has landed the 2013 Pritzker Prize
Two Schools: AJ 21.03.13

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UCH Macmillan Cancer Centre, London by Hopkins Architects

Hopkin’s BREEAM Excellent cancer facility hopes to use the functional design of the building to enhance treatment
UK duo scoops Cambodia affordable housing contest win

A UK team has been named among the winners of a sustainable housing design contest in Cambodia
UK misses out on Europan 2013

World’s largest housing design competition fails to attract a single entry from from the United Kingdom
Understating the obvious

Ian Martin designs the Tamworth Big PIEVILION
Ungagged Olympic architects named

Olympic Stadium designer Populous features among 19 architects officially allowed to publicise their role in designing the London 2012 games
US construction booms as EU falls

The huge contrast in fortunes between the US and EU built environment sectors has been exposed this week
US sees construction jobs boost

Almost 50,000 jobs were created in the US construction industry in February 2013
Vassall Road by Tony Fretton Architects

More Homes, Better Homes: The AJ presents twelve exemplar housing schemes
Vauxhall Missing Link: 100 contest entries to go on show

An exhibition is to be launched showcasing all 100 anonymous entries to RIBA’s and Vauxhall One’s Missing Link ideas competition
Venturi backs campaign for Denise Scott Brown Pritzker recognition

Robert Venturi has added his signature to the petition calling for the Pritzker prize jury to recognise his partner Denise Scott Brown
VIDEO: Feilden Clegg Bradley Southbank overhaul scheme

Feilden Clegg Bradley explain their plans for the £120 million overhall of London’s Southbank Centre
Walker Simpson completes Girlguiding HQ in Preston

[First look + plans + project data] Manchester-based Walker Simpson Architects has completed a 435m² purpose-built regional headquarters for Girlguiding in Preston, Lancashire
Walking on Ice: AJ 11.04.13

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Walter Jack wins Lincoln Bomber Command memorial job

Walter Jack Studio with Atkins has defeated Feilden Clegg Bradley and Lincoln-based Place to design a new Bomber Command memorial in East Anglia
We should address our housing problem by building, not punishing

What is required is an inclusive attitude to the many shades and drivers of architecture, writes Paul Finch
West Ham confirmed as tenant for Populous' Olympic Stadium

West Ham will take on a 99-year concession at the Olympic Stadium, moving into the Populous-designed arena in time for the 2016-2017 season.
What do the Olympics do for host cities? We don’t know, says expert

The impact of Games on their host cities must be tracked to access the true cost and legacy, says real estate guru
What makes a good home

Good homes need to be mostly ordinary, but not only so, says Crispin Kelly
What's green at the London Festival of Architecture

Footprint’s guide to the must-see events at the LFA
When is a stair not a stair?

When it’s an inter-floor enabling and connecting element, says Rory Olcayto
Where are all the critics?

Coverage of architecture in the media has grown, but through the noise it is difficult to find anything that communicates intelligibly, says Stephen Games
Work gets underway on Ryder’s Liverpool Innovation Centre

[FIRST LOOK] Ryder Architecture’s £7 million Liverpool Science Park Innovation Centre has started on site
Za-Koenji Theatre by Toyo Ito

A review by the AJ’s sister title the Architectural Review of Za-Koenji Theatre by Toyo Ito. Photography by Edmund Sumner

Architects JournalMarch 2013

Architects Journal
March 2013