Architects Journal
Ruth Slavid

Ice station: Halley VI by Hugh Broughton Architects

11-Apr-2013
More than a mobile Antarctic research centre, Hugh Broughton Architects’ Halley VI provides for the physical, social and emotional needs of its resident scientists, writes Ruth Slavid. Photography by James Morris
Flower power: Singapore's Gardens by the Bay by Wilkinson Eyre

29-Nov-2012
Wilkinson Eyre’s conservatories at Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay are a popular, aesthetic and technical success, writes Ruth Slavid
Touching the void: Marina Bay Sands

1-Nov-2012
Ruth Slavid books into Safdie Architects’ surreal Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore, the venue for this and next year’s World Architecture Festivals. Photography by Timothy Hursley
WAF blog: The architecture-technology bond

5-Oct-2012
‘Technology helps us to understand nature, the performance of nature and the physics of nature,’ said Enric Ruiz Geli, principal of Barcelona practice and previous WAF winner Cloud 9
WAF blog: How architects abstracted the rainforest

5-Oct-2012
The ‘abstracted rainforest’ as Andrew Grant of Grant Associates describes the Gardens by the Bay in Singapore is not only a spectacular design but also a celebration of a superb client and a design team that has become almost a seamless whole
WAF blog: Singapore unwrapped

4-Oct-2012
Mah Bow Tan, a member of the Singapore parliament and former government minister, explained the particular challenges that Singapore faces as a city state of 5.2 million people in an area half the size of London - and without, of course, any hinterland
WAF blog: Delight in architecture debated

4-Oct-2012
Festival director Paul Finch opened the discussion by saying that the qualities of commodity, firmness and delight, as defined by Vitruvius, have become the DNA of architecture and deeply embedded, and are usually used to describe architecture
WAF blog: Global renewal at relative speeds

4-Oct-2012
If the pace of life is fast in Singapore, so is the rate at which buildings are renewed. Angelene Chan, director of DP Architects, described her practice’s work on the shopping magnet of Orchard Road
Design in the raw: The AA's new garden shed

19-Jul-2012
Clad in cedar, corrugated metal and polycarbonate, a new shelter for project work at the Architectural Association’s Hooke Park campus, designed by the school’s own students with Mitchell Taylor Workshop, is anything but primitive, writes Ruth Slavid
British Film Institute’s Master Film Store by Edward Cullinan Architects

10-Nov-2011
The reclusive BFI master store is Edward Cullinan Architects’ intelligent response to the problem of archiving highly flammable film, writes Ruth Slavid. Photography by Edmund Sumner
WAF 2011: Post Katrina, New Orleans sets a new standard

4-Nov-2011
New Orleans’ Lower Ninth Ward is not just making an impressive recovery from the depredations of Hurricane Katrina - it is also doing so with homes that set a new benchmark for environmental performance, cost and community engagement
WAF 2011: Barcelona gears up for the next stage of development

2-Nov-2011
Barcelona’s new chief architect, Vicente Guallart, outlined the extraordinary ambitions and energy that the city has for its future development at a World Architecture seminar
AJ100 Focus: RMJM

20-May-2010
Will Alsop may not be alone for long as a star designer with RMJM. Peter Morrison, the CEO of the rapidly growing practice, would love to see more great talent joining the RMJM world
AJ100 Focus: Foster + Partners

20-May-2010
If Spencer de Grey gets his way, one of the next projects to emerge from the Foster + Partners stable may be an NHS hospital
AJ100 Focus: BDP

20-May-2010
When Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan bought Manchester City Football Club in 2008, the last thing on his mind would have been giving a boost to the Manchester office of BDP
When mend-and-make-do leads to great architecture

25-Feb-2010
Refurbishment projects can fire the imagination, says Ruth Slavid
Michael Laird satisfies Royal Bank of Scotland

17-Mar-2008
The award for client satisfaction in the Building Performance Awards has gone to Michael Laird Architects for its building at Gogarburn, Edinburgh, for the Royal Bank of Scotland.
Property orgy submerges Cannes again

14-Mar-2008
Sun, champagne and Russian oligarchs were the flavour of Cannes as the international property fest took over the city again this week.
Stealth church comes to Qatar

14-Mar-2008
How do you design a church without any of the obvious religious paraphernalia?
Design a door handle for manufacture

7-Mar-2008
Walter Gropius (pictured), Alvar Aalto and Norman Foster have all designed door handles, and now the AJ, in association with architectural ironmonger Allgood, is offering you the chance to do the same.
Outer space comes to EC2

6-Mar-2008
The man who describes himself as Britain's first space architect will be giving this year's Milo lecture, organised by the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects.
Mole Architects wins Small Projects Awards

6-Mar-2008
Mole Architects took top prize last night at the AJ's Small Projects Awards, sponsored by Ramboll Whitbybird, for a £7,000 Japanese tea house in Prickwillow, Cambridgeshire.
Architecture critic attempts to eat dinner, but is distracted by giant dome

3-Mar-2008
Restaurant critics often pontificate about the design of the space as well, but Blair Kamin, architecture critic of the Chicago Tribune, doesn't return the compliment. He sticks strictly to the architecture in his lengthy review of Donald Trump's latest enterprise, the restaurant Sixteen, perched on the 16th floor of his 92-storey tower in the city.
Land Securities director reveals his true feelings about architects

25-Feb-2008
Steve McGuckin, development director of Land Securities, is evidently ace at his job but hasn’t yet learned silver-tongued developer speak – thank goodness.
In the papers today: 19.02.08 – Frozen out of music

19-Feb-2008
The cliché that describes architecture as frozen music is particularly appropriate for critic Nick Coleman writing in the Guardian about his sudden loss of hearing in one ear.
In the papers today: 15.02.08. Disappointments, vandalism and Marmite

15-Feb-2008
The Evening Standard has run not one but two stories about the cancellation of the Architecture Foundation's HQ, as broken by The ...
RIBA Gold Medallist Cullinan offers advice to the stars of the future

13-Feb-2008
RIBA Gold Medallist Ted Cullinan enjoyed a morning of ‘breathtaking’ student work on Wednesday (13 February) at the annual President’s Medals crit at Portland Place.
Using the Whole Tree

7-Feb-2008
High-efficiency timber production means no part of the tree need go to waste. Ruth Slavid looks at the products that come from leaf-tip to trunk.
In the papers today: 05.02.08

5-Feb-2008
Recession, what recession? That appears to be the opinion of the international super-rich.
You'll believe a chair can fly

5-Feb-2008
A manufacturer is launching a chair that brings the principles of the Maglev train to domestic relaxation.
Exhibition - Sleeping and dreaming

13-Dec-2007
Ruth Slavid dreamwalks through ‘Sleeping and Dreaming’Until 9 March 2008, at the Wellcome Collection, London. www.wellcomecollection.org
Review - Book- Vertical Gardens

6-Dec-2007
Britain simply doesn’t do much vertical gardening, Ruth Slavid discoversVertical Gardens: Bringing the City to Life. By Anna Lambertini and Jacques Leenhardt. Thames & Hudson, 2007. 240pp. 39.95
Students beat professionals in RIBA bat house comp

18-Oct-2007
Two fourth-year students at the Architectural Association have won an RIBA competition to provide a new home for bats at the London Wetland Centre in Barnes
RIBA Special Award winners announced

9-Oct-2007
The winners of the five RIBA special awards were announced at the Stirling Prize dinner on 6 October
WOMEN 'FACE INEQUALITY AT WORK'

5-Jul-2007
AGENDA
IS LEARNED APPRECIATION MORE IMPORTANT THAN INSTINCTIVE REACTION?

28-Jun-2007
EDITORIAL
RIBA AWARDS

28-Jun-2007
RIBA AWARDS
NOT FOR THE FIRST TIME HAS THE SERPENTINE HAD PAVILION PROBLEMS

21-Jun-2007
EDITORIAL
FOSTER'S DECISION TO STEP BACK FROM MANAGEMENT SHOULD REAP DIVIDENDS

24-May-2007
EDITORIAL
IF THE JURIES HAD BEEN DIFFERENT, THEN SO WOULD SOME OF THE CHOICES

17-May-2007
EDITORIAL
YOUNG VIC SHINES AT RIBA AWARDS

17-May-2007
NEWS IN PICTURES
BATS GET A NEW HOME IN RIBA COMP

10-May-2007
AGENDA
PEOPLE NEED TO BE ABLE TO IDENTIFY THEIR OWN HOMES ON A DARK NIGHT

10-May-2007
EDITORIAL
IT IS CREATING NEW TYPES OF SPACES THAT ALLOW BEHAVIOUR TO CHANGE

3-May-2007
EDITORIAL
ACCEPTING THE CONSTRAINTS OF PUBLIC PROJECTS CAN BE A KIND OF HEROISM

26-Apr-2007
EDITORIAL
CAN A TRULY GREAT BUILDING OVERCOME THE POLITICS OF ITS DESIGNER?

19-Apr-2007
The recently released Italian film The Family Friend takes as its setting the city of Latina, using its decaying Fascist-era architecture as the backdrop to the actions of a central character who is repulsive, evil and corrupt, yet fascinating enough to hold the viewer's attention. The director, Paolo Sorrentino, who owes a great debt to Fellini, treats architecture in a way that makes most viewers entirely comfortable. Fascism is evil, hence the architecture is tainted, and an appropriate ...
THE ARB'S ATTITUDE WOULD BE FUNNY, WERE IT NOT FOR THE COST OF ITS ACTIVITIES

15-Mar-2007
EDITORIAL
MANY ENVIRONMENTALLY AWARE ARCHITECTS DO NOT WANT TO BE PUT INTO AN ECO CORRAL

8-Mar-2007
UK ARCHITECTURE - SUSTAINABILITY - INTRODUCTION
IT IS NO SECRET THAT A LOT OF NEW PRODUCTS ARE NOT, IN TRUTH, ALL THAT NEW

1-Dec-2006
EDITORIAL
LIGHT THERAPY

1-Dec-2006
FOCUS ON: HEALTHCARE
COLOUR USE IS NOT ABOUT SIMPLISTIC CONCLUSIONS

30-Nov-2006
TECHNICAL & PRACTICE
REGIONAL SALARY DIFFERENTIALS INCREASE THE HIGHER UP THE TREE YOU GO

30-Nov-2006
TECHNICAL & PRACTICE
SMC PLANS GLOBAL DOMINATION

2-Nov-2006
NEWS
LIGHT CANNOT BE DEFINED AT THE BEGINNING AND EXPECTED NOT TO CHANGE

1-Nov-2006
EDITORIAL
ANYTHING THAT ADDS TO THE LIGHTNESS AND JOY OF BRIGHTON IS WELCOME

26-Oct-2006
EDITORIAL
BOOK

12-Oct-2006
REVIEW
IF YOU WANT TO USE TIMBER ON YOUR BUILDING, THE KNOWLEDGE IS OUT THERE

1-Oct-2006
EDITORIAL
TAKING TIMBER ON BOARD

1-Oct-2006
FOCUS ON: CLADDING
40 Under 40 star wins AJ's chair-design competition - image

22-Sep-2006
Ben Addy, of Moxon Architects, has won the AJ Tacchini competition 'Something to Sit On' for the design of an armchair.
CERAMIC DYNAMICS

1-Sep-2006
SPANISH TILES
TEAMING UP FOR THE OLYMPICS

1-Sep-2006
FOCUS ON: DOORS & WINDOWS
THE CONCEPT OF SELFCLEANING GLASS NEEDED SOME ORIGINAL THINKING

1-Sep-2006
EDITORIAL
DOUBLE-DECK LIFTS CAN BE BOARDED FROM TWO DIFFERENT LEVELS

31-Aug-2006
TALL BUILDINGS - HERON TOWER
SPIRAL BRACES CONNECT TANGENTIALLY TO THREE SURROUNDING TOWERS

31-Aug-2006
TALL BUILDINGS - LUZ VARGAS TOWER
ISLINGTON'S MIDDLE CLASSES ARE VIEWED AS BEING LIKE COLONISING GREY SQUIRRELS

17-Aug-2006
EDITORIAL
GREEN ROOF DESIGN ISN'T DIFFICULT, BUT IT IS ESSENTIAL TO GET IT RIGHT

1-Aug-2006
EDITORIAL
WINDS OF CHANGE

1-Aug-2006
MONODRAUGHT
AWARD VICTORYFOR WINDMILLDUO

13-Jul-2006
NEWS IN PICTURES
IT IS GOING TO TAKE A LOT TO DISPEL OUR SUSPICIONS ABOUT SUPERMARKETS

13-Jul-2006
EDITORIAL
HIGHLY SKILLED PEOPLE HAVE DELIVERED A DEVELOPING TECHNOLOGY

6-Jul-2006
EDITORIAL
ARCHITECTS CAN CARVE A VITAL ROLE AT THE CENTRE OF A WEB OF EXPERTISE

1-Jul-2006
EDITORIAL
YOU SHOULD MAKE THE BEST USE OF THE WATER COMING OUT OF THE SKY

1-Jun-2006
EDITORIAL
CHEAPNESS ALLOWS DEVELOPERS TO PROVIDE HIGHER SPACE STANDARDS

25-May-2006
EDITORIAL
STAINLESS STEEL IS SELF-PROTECTING, SO MAINTENANCE IS KEPT TO A MINIMUM

4-May-2006
STAINLESS STEEL
IT'S DULL, YES, BUT LPS 2020 COULD REVOLUTIONISE OUR HOUSING STOCK

1-May-2006
EDITORIAL
ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS PLEASINGLY RANDOM, IT USES ONLY FIVE DIFFERENT CURVES

20-Apr-2006
TECHNICAL & PRACTICE
THE METHODS DON'T COUNT, IT IS THE SKILLS OF THE PEOPLE USING THEM

1-Apr-2006
EDITORIAL
BRITISH ARCHITECTS TAKE ON OVERSEAS PROJECTS WITH BRIGHT IDEAS, HAPPY TO LEARN FROM LOCAL ASSOCIATES

9-Mar-2006
UK ARCHITECTURE/ MIPIM 2006 - INTRODUCTION
IT IS THE DEAD HAND OF INSTITUTIONS THAT CAN STIFLE IMAGINATION

1-Mar-2006
EDITORIAL
Architecture in Wood: A World History

16-Feb-2006
BOOK REVIEW
EVEN THOSE WHO FAVOUR NUCLEAR POWER DO NOT WANT STATIONS NEAR THEM

1-Feb-2006
EDITORIAL
DOCTORS ARE ONLY HUMAN - WHICH IS WHERE ARCHITECTURE COMES IN

1-Jan-2006
EDITORIAL
THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT IS JUST AS IMPORTANT AS THE FOOD WE EAT

1-Dec-2005
AJ SPECIFICATION - EDITORIAL
ALL THE THEORY IN THE WORLD IS OF NO USE IF YOU CAN'T GET THE COLOURS YOU WANT

24-Nov-2005
CONFERENCE REPORT
PARDEY HAS REPAID THEM WITH A HOUSE IN SYMPATHY WITH THEIR ASPIRATIONS

17-Nov-2005
EDITORIAL
HEALTHCARE IS A COSY CLUB THAT NEEDS BREAKING INTO

1-Nov-2005
EDITORIAL
WHAT A COUP THAT REVIT IS BEING USED ON NEW YORK'S FREEDOM TOWER

20-Oct-2005
TECHNICAL & PRACTICE
IT FELT INCONGRUOUS TO VISIT A MANUFACTURER IN AFFLUENT SURREY

1-Oct-2005
AJ SPECIFICATION - EDITORIAL
THIS IS A RELATIVELY QUIET BUT CAREFULLY CONSIDERED PROJECT

1-Oct-2005
TIMBER - FAIRMULE HOUSE
TIMBER HITS THE HEIGHTS OF SUCCESS

1-Oct-2005
TIMBER - LEADER
WELL-INSULATED WALLS MEAN SERIOUS MEETINGS CAN TAKE PLACE NEXT TO A ROOM FULL OF EBULLIENT SCHOOLCHILDREN

1-Oct-2005
TIMBER - ATTENBOROUGH WILDLIFE TRUST
BY THE TIME THE GAMES ARE HELD THESE STUDENTS WILL BE SUCCESSFUL ARCHITECTS

29-Sep-2005
EDITORIAL
BOOK

15-Sep-2005
BOOKS - The Gardens of Versailles By Pierre-Andre Lablaude Photographs by Jacques de Givry. Scala, 2005. £19.95
THE HORRIFIC AND SHAMING EVENTS IN THE USA MAKE US THINK AGAIN

8-Sep-2005
EDITORIAL
HEALTHCARE IS A COSY CLUB THAT NEEDS BREAKING INTO

1-Sep-2005
AJ SPECIFICATION - EDITORIAL
THERE IS A DANGER LOOMING OF ANOTHER SCALE ENTIRELY

1-Sep-2005
EDITORIAL
SMOKING IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH BUT GOOD FOR WOOL CARPET MAKERS

1-Aug-2005
AJ SPECIFICATIONS - EDITORIAL
SMOKING IS BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH BUT GOOD FOR WOOL CARPET MAKERS

1-Aug-2005
EDITORIAL
SPOT A NEED, COME UP WITH A SOLUTION AND THEN LOOK FOR A CLIENT

7-Jul-2005
EDITORIAL
SPECIFIER'S CHOICE AIMS TO INSPIRE - AND PROVIDE SOME SALUTARY LESSONS

1-Jul-2005
EDITORIAL
IF YOU LIKED AJ FOCUS, I HOPE YOU WILL LIKE AJ SPECIFICATION MORE

1-Jun-2005
AJ SPECIFICATIONS - EDITORIAL
CAR MECHANICS

19-May-2005
building study - Zaha Hadid has brought revolutionary production methods into its BMW administration building in Leipzig
Flexible friends

19-May-2005
architech - Modelling technology from Helium 3 is helping Whitbybird tackle the challenges of Margate's new Turner gallery
THE AMIABLE ACHIEVER

12-May-2005
ajenda - As BDP came out top of the AJ100 once again this year, it seemed an ideal opportunity to catch up with the firm's chairman, Nick Terry.Ruth Slavid talks to the nice man in the dark suit
Is chartered practice status worth cutting out your daily latte fix?

24-Mar-2005
editorial
Can we afford to have our hospital buildings in a poor state of health?

17-Mar-2005
Perhaps Lucy Carmichael did not choose her words as wisely as she might have done, when she wrote: 'Efficient healthcare delivery is the most pressing concern for NHS trusts and their preferred bidders. The creation of a healing environment and good urban design almost inevitably take second place.' One's first reaction is 'well, of course'. Imagine the uproar if the opposite applied, with doctors explaining that they weren't doing much to heal patients, but still their hospitals were ...
Hywel Evans sets sail for ExCeL

17-Mar-2005
Richard Hywel Evans Architecture & Design has submitted this design for the entrance to the ExCeL site in London's Royal Docks to Newham Borough Council for detailed planning permission.
Ziggurats' plight and Brunswick rebirth show that money is king

10-Mar-2005
editorial
No alternative for heritage chief as crippling cuts went unaided

3-Mar-2005
Two weeks ago (AJ 17.2.05) we published a letter from Alasdair Glass at English Heritage (EH) correcting a statement that Simon Allford had made in his column about the date when recession of windows became mandatory. I'm sure Simon didn't mind - he is a practitioner not a historian. Aspiring to be a Renaissance man of contemporary architecture, with wide-ranging interests and expertise, he may know a lot about many things but is unlikely to know everything about any of them.
focus forum

1-Mar-2005
In the run-up to the general election, the state of the country's schools will once again be a key vote-winning issue, and a new set of initiatives and manifestos will encourage architects to be more enterprising when designing for the educational environ
Party time as the RIBA throws its policies into the election race

24-Feb-2005
editorial
Our over-concern with risk is an accident waiting to happen

17-Feb-2005
editorial
A tale from the Southside highlights the trouble with listening to experts

10-Feb-2005
editorial
Thames is no Med, but Rogers is right to raise Gateway alarm

3-Feb-2005
Okay, it's time for a little honesty: do you fancy living in the Thames Gateway? Do you hope that one day your children may aspire to buy a home there? I bet you don't, and I'm sure Richard Rogers doesn't either. This once most on-message of Labour peers has damned the methods of delivery and argued that 'this could be an absolute disaster'. Seven years after he chaired the government's Urban Task Force, he feels that the lessons are not being heeded. 'I have urged planners and politicians ...
focus forum

1-Feb-2005
With an increasing focus on advancing technologies in architecture, personal interaction is often forgotten when designing a building's moveable elements. But with software solutions and material rethinks addressing these potential performance problems, architects seem to be realising that designs are only as intelligent as their users
Simplicity of small projects highlights the pitfalls of the expansion addicts

27-Jan-2005
editorial
Profession pays monopoly-money price for technological advances

20-Jan-2005
There was a time when architects' offices, like journalists', contained nothing of value. Unless there was a particularly elegant framed print on the wall, any thief finding their way in would have slim pickings. All that changed with the advent of computers, and now there is a whole raft of issues that every practitioner has to address.
The UK planning system is not an insurmountable barrier to success

13-Jan-2005
So the planning system has defeated Erick van Egeraat and he has put his UK office into voluntary liquidation. The first reaction of many architects will be to nod sagely and look unsurprised. The iniquities of the planning system have after all replaced more general British topics such as the weather when a gathering of professionals wants to have a moan. You know that, whichever architect you speak to, they will sympathise. There is even an outside chance that they may have some useful ...
PPG 7 victory, the 'gherkin' and Zaha shine in a year of ups and downs

20-Dec-2004
editorial
Architectural teaching may pay the price for today's financial pressures

9-Dec-2004
editorial
ATKINS

9-Dec-2004
THE PRESIDENTS MEDALS 2004
Government must turn to architects to win over NIMBY housing lobby

2-Dec-2004
editorial
focus forum

1-Dec-2004
As concrete technology continues to develop in exciting ways, the time for considering cement as a boring old 'commodity' is coming to an end
Blow for quality as design pays price for the cost of PFI 5 bidding process

25-Nov-2004
editorial
Burland goes snooker loopy

25-Nov-2004
Burland TM has developed this concept for a 'billiardrome' - a venue for snooker and other cue sports - for a private operator who hopes to build the first one in Dubai's Sport City.
RIBA collection is new V&A draw

18-Nov-2004
news
School of thought says we must keep architecture on the curriculum

18-Nov-2004
editorial
University of life says Earth Centre is too much of a white elephant

11-Nov-2004
editorial
Words of encouragement but Royal London still lacks visionary drive

4-Nov-2004
editorial
Sustainable agenda: why cleaning up the environment won't be painless

28-Oct-2004
editorial
No suprises but Swiss Re's success is a tribute to both practice and client

21-Oct-2004
The only thing missing at the otherwise excellent Stirling Prize was a real sense of surprise. Swiss Re was the public's favourite and the bookies' favourite and, although this is a notoriously poor predictor of the judges' choice, it was also the building that most of the profession would have expected to win. None of which will have swayed the judges at all. They made their unanimous decision entirely on the basis of the buildings they saw. All of the runners-up, although excellent, ...
'Phallic' Foster does the Stirling double with triumphant gherkin

21-Oct-2004
news
CABE has an uphill road to climb as it homes in on causes of urban blight

14-Oct-2004
editorial
Steamrolling through hospital plan is a prescription for disaster

7-Oct-2004
editorial
focus forum

1-Oct-2004
Terry Farrell's colourful collaboration with artist Liam Gilllick at the Home Office building in London attempts to address the problem of 'anonymous' office facades. But does this desire for individuality spell the end for traditional cladding?
BRE diversification raises questions about quality of sustainable design

30-Sep-2004
editorial
Arup homes in on prefab market

23-Sep-2004
Arup has announced that it is working with architect Ken Shuttleworth to develop a system for modular prefabricated housing that can, it claims, be produced at a significantly lower cost than conventional housing.
Prefabrication's time may come and help us build for the future

23-Sep-2004
editorial
New city proposals highlight shift in the political agenda

16-Sep-2004
editorial
Iconic status is no longer an issue for this year's Stirling efforts

9-Sep-2004
editorial
Delights beyond our borders can lift our dampened spirits

2-Sep-2004
editorial
focus forum

1-Sep-2004
The diversification of Dorma is an example to all of how to transfer technology and experience from one market to another. Yet while change is imperative for companies to evolve, the risks involved should not be underestimated
X marks the blot! Worst buildings list will open up the demolition debate

26-Aug-2004
editorial
Saving the clause could catalyse the changing role of the countryside

12-Aug-2004
It has been an exciting week for The Architects' Journal. Working on a magazine, even one that has as close a relationship with its readers as we do, can be frustrating. We write, we argue, but how much effect do we actually have? Normally, we have to measure our influence indirectly. How good it is, then, to be able to see a tangible result - a U-turn in government policy as the result of a campaign by the AJ. Planning minister Keith Hill said that the AJ should be 'very proud of its ...
focus forum

1-Aug-2004
The safety industry has run riot on our shores, creating a network of rules and regulations to be obeyed and cursed in equal measures. Yet, despite the complexities, none of it seems to be making our world a safer place
Green recruit

1-Aug-2004
Theme: roofingIcopal is the latest company to offer a one-stop green roofing solution in the UK
Growing planes

1-Aug-2004
Theme: roofingGreen roofs may not be new to the UK but after much trial and success in Switzerland the latest versions are being touted as the perfect way to maintain biodiversity
Secrets and whys? The prognosis for hospital design looks poor

29-Jul-2004
editorial
Icons are sold, not made, so should we buy into building more?

8-Jul-2004
editorial
focus forum

1-Jul-2004
Of course architects believe they should make firefighters' lives easier, but is the attitude of the insurance industry a case of the tail wagging the dog?
focus forum

1-Jun-2004
Spot the difference: while so many manufacturers persist in making their products look like something else, can they persuade architects to embrace them eagerly?
Essex and the city

27-May-2004
TIMBER IN ARCHITECTURE
Fostering invention at a Swiss ski resort

27-May-2004
TIMBER IN ARCHITECTURE
Ruth Slavid - Special projects editor, The Architects' Journal

27-May-2004
TIMBER IN ARCHITECTURE
focus forum

1-May-2004
Lighting manufacturer Philips, which showed the luminaires on the right at the recent Frankfurt Light and Building Fair, is refining its products to take account of the latest research into the effects of daylighting on human behaviour. As more becomes known about this subject, it should have an impact not only on lighting design, but also on the design of buildings in general How are your special ganglion cells doing?
focus forum

1-Apr-2004
The drive towards inclusive design could have a drastic impact on the colours and elements used within our buildings. Already it has caused an upset in one trade organisation. Will solutions such as those shown on the right, both with Hewi handles from Turnquest, soon be the only ones that are acceptable?
focus forum

1-Apr-2004
The drive towards inclusive design could have a drastic impact on the colours and elements used within our buildings. Already it has caused an upset in one trade organisation. Will solutions such as those shown on the right, both with Hewi handles from Turnquest, soon be the only ones that are acceptable?
focus forum

1-Apr-2004
The drive towards inclusive design could have a drastic impact on the colours and elements used within our buildings. Already it has caused an upset in one trade organisation. Will solutions such as those shown on the right, both with Hewi handles from Turnquest, soon be the only ones that are acceptable?
focus forum

1-Apr-2004
The drive towards inclusive design could have a drastic impact on the colours and elements used within our buildings. Already it has caused an upset in one trade organisation. Will solutions such as those shown on the right, both with Hewi handles from Turnquest, soon be the only ones that are acceptable?
Sweet home Alabama

25-Mar-2004
people
Trailer porch wins Small Projects

25-Mar-2004
news -
Playing the team game

4-Mar-2004
building study At its new headquarters, McLaren has used years of sponsorship know-how to produce a sophisticated product paradise with the aid of six supplier 'partners'
Russia's new space race

8-Jan-2004
The pressures of big business and the whim of the mayor are transforming Moscow rapidly. Can these drivers result in the creation of any architecture of value?
On the tiles

1-Dec-2003
Theme: flooring
Forget about the detail, let's celebrate the bigger picture

27-Nov-2003
editorial
From the editor

1-Sep-2003
We all aspire to being healthy, wealthy and wise, and these aspirations are addressed in this issue of Open Door. Health, as the greatest growth sector in the construction industry today, is also one where considerable innovation is taking place in the fields of doors and ironmongery. This is spelt out in the innovative approach of the Build for Health grouping, and also in the case study of Dykebar Hospital. Although everybody will soon be forced to take the requirements of the Disability ...
Health and safety

1-Sep-2003
In addition to the normal considerations of designing a hospital, the doors and ironmongery at Dykebar's mental health unit had to address the safety and security of patients
Discrimination is still alive and well for minorities in architecture

10-Jul-2003
editorial
There needs to be some letting go if airports are really going to take off

29-May-2003
editorial
NOT JUST ANY OLD IRON

27-Mar-2003
The GAI Architectural Ironmongery Specification Awards reward excellence in an important and often difficult field. On the following pages, we outline the best schemes
Count those carbons

13-Mar-2003
round-up
Modern history

13-Mar-2003
round-up
Viewing station

13-Mar-2003
round-up
A point of reference

16-Jan-2003
The latest AJ/Colander Bench Mark Report for Architects provides evidence that all is not well within the profession
Thinking 3D down under

17-Oct-2002
computing
Doing what comes naturally

10-Oct-2002
Far from being a soulless cavern, the Nuova Fiera di Rimini uses warmth and natural materials to make the exhibition centre a welcoming place both to visit and to do business in
Spanning the light fantastic

10-Oct-2002
Cezary Bednarski's Thrapston and District Community Centre is an imaginative structure with a curved roof working as a combination of stress skin and catenary to bring much light into the building
Timber in Architecture

10-Oct-2002
One of the most misjudged exhibits at the summer's Interbuild exhibition was, I thought, a ceramic tile designed to look like a section of timber floor.Materials that seek to imitate each other are rarely successful. How much less so when one respectable material pretends to be another with such different properties.
Smoothe operator

19-Sep-2002
computing
GET YOUR TEETH INTO BLUETOOTH

5-Sep-2002
round-up
One-off teleconferencing

5-Sep-2002
round-up
Taken to another dimension

5-Sep-2002
architech
WHAT'S HAPPENING?

5-Sep-2002
round-up
Works on paper

5-Sep-2002
round-up
Resourceful Germans target export market

1-Aug-2002
The UIA held its 21st congress in Berlin last week, where visitors heard about sustainability, football stadiums that change colour, glazing at Foster's TAG McLaren project, and how the Germans could export their design skills. Ruth Slavid reports
Schröder calls for 'ecological change' at UIA congress

25-Jul-2002
Architecture and policy are good bedfellows, German chancellor Gerhard Schröder told delegates at the opening session of the International Union of Architects' (UIA) World Congress of Architecture in Berlin on Tuesday.
Something old, something new

27-Jun-2002
Urban preservation need not mean stagnation, visitors to the fifth National Conservation Conference were told Northern European cities have always wanted to emulate their southern cousins, so Edinburgh boasted the sobriquet 'Athens of the North' and Amsterdam claimed to compete with Venice. Now Barcelona is the holy grail, with Bilbao claiming to have put itself in the running with Frank Gehry's Guggenheim museum. The latest contender is Birmingham, with RIBA president elect George ...
Fast and furious

20-Jun-2002
round-up
Sound of your own voice

20-Jun-2002
round-up
We love the Internet

20-Jun-2002
round-up
WHAT'S HAPPENING?

20-Jun-2002
round-up
Moulding a future

23-May-2002
Traditional fibrous plasterworks company Butcher Plasterworks is looking to expand into contemporary architectural work
Ruth Slavid

16-May-2002
'It will never work, ' the builder told me sadly. 'The client will have problems within 18 months, and then they will blame me.' He was talking about a new building, beautiful in concept and where the architect had made substantial use of timber. The problem, he said, was that the architect had not understood the material and was treating it in a way that would make it prey to damp - to swelling, distortion and, possibly, even to rot.
mix master

11-Apr-2002
people: American architect and entrepreneur David Hertz loves concrete - in his California home even the furniture is made from it. But with the development of Syndecrete, he has taken his favourite material and made it even better by ruth slavid.
Inside Germany's space capsule

28-Mar-2002
MetalWorks Major Structures - The world's largest free-standing aircraft hangar has been built near Berlin using five steel arches that span 225m
Structural hybrid

28-Mar-2002
MetalWorks Major Structures - Chuck Hoberman is the man behind the world's largest unfolding structure, which was used at last month's Winter Olympics
ORMS plumps for third way

7-Mar-2002
The practice took the plunge and appointed an IT manager, resulting in improved performance and cost savings
Getting the sums right

6-Dec-2001
Round up
In real space

6-Dec-2001
Round up
Keep it steady

6-Dec-2001
Round up
Spend your money wisely

6-Dec-2001
Round up
WHAT'S HAPPENING?

6-Dec-2001
Round up
Editorial

11-Oct-2001
Just over a year ago I stood outside a glulam plant in Finland and looked at the view. The plant was on raised ground and you could see for miles. And almost all that you could see were trees.
Access all areas

13-Sep-2001
In a special survey for the AJ, we find out if architects are really making the most of IT in the workplace and at home
Besk, a desk that converts into a bed

13-Sep-2001
ROUND-UP
CICA's date with convention

13-Sep-2001
ROUND-UP
Designs in every dimension

13-Sep-2001
Architech: Some architects pay only lip service to designing in 3D, but for Llewelyn-Davies it is fundamental to the practice's work
LCD flat-screen monitors

13-Sep-2001
ROUND-UP
The future is now

13-Sep-2001
ROUND-UP
WHAT'S HAPPENING

13-Sep-2001
ROUND-UP
Maintaining a sense of history

5-Jul-2001
Conserving is not just about preserving. It is about keeping buildings alive. But how this is done proves contentious, as last month's National Conservation Conference showed. Ruth Slavid reports
Digital evolution

21-Jun-2001
COMPUTING: Planners need to consider how the natural world has evolved when designing the hi-tech cities and buildings of the future
interactive whiteboard

14-Jun-2001
round-up
Lack of information overload

14-Jun-2001
architech: Three recent publications, which nevertheless have their merits, sum up the laissez-faire attitude that prevails
Maelstrom joins architects' league

14-Jun-2001
round-up
Manufacturers lose faith in e-commerce

14-Jun-2001
round-up
Weave your own web

14-Jun-2001
round-up
WHAT'S NEW

14-Jun-2001
round-up
Zips are sealed

14-Jun-2001
round-up
Glasgow takes a shine to titanium

29-Mar-2001
Borrowing from Bilbao, titanium cladding gives a subtle look to match the organic forms of two steel-framed buildings at Glasgow Science Centre, without breaking the bank
Steelworks with a clever twist

29-Mar-2001
Twisted into a spiral, the water pavilion at Magna science adventure centre tested the ingenuity of its designers
Work smarter, not harder and learn to say no

22-Mar-2001
Gaining the competitive edge means realising the value of non-chargeable time and winning the talent war. Ruth Slavid reports from the 'Making Practice Pay' seminar
Eyes wide open

1-Mar-2001
Boasting a diverse portfolio, Pod Productions revels in designing communications solutions for different audiences
At the cutting edge

21-Dec-2000
Scott Brownrigg & Turner's new headquarters for Computacenter at Hatfield Business Park turns the traditionally uninspiring concept of warehouse design on its head
Engineering for a smooth take-off

21-Dec-2000
British Airways wanted its new component engineering building in Hayes to be easily relettable in the future
Oasys' greatest hits

7-Dec-2000
New technology was the order of the day at this year's Oasys Awards. Here we list the roll of honour
Miller makes play underground

16-Nov-2000
John Miller & Partners has unveiled detailed plans for Edinburgh's Playfair Project, the refurbishment and extension of the National Gallery of Scotland and the Royal Scottish Academy. Both buildings were designed by William Playfair and, since both are listed, all the new work must be underground.
An original stand on design

28-Sep-2000
Architect Chaix & Morel gave a match-winning performance with its strikingly unique design at Amiens, northern France
Architects told to try harder to meet their clients'needs

28-Sep-2000
Architects must get much closer to their clients and understand their businesses properly if they are to prosper.
Leaves the competition standing

28-Sep-2000
The team behind the grandstand at Kuala Lumpur's new Grand Prix circuit took the chequered flag for ingenuity
Mark of success

21-Sep-2000
AJ and management consultancy Colander report on the management performance of architects
It's all systems go

14-Sep-2000
A host of new launches will be on display at next week's AEC Systems Show at Olympia. Here's a taster of what to expect
BCO cooks up improved recipe

8-Jun-2000
The British Council for Offices has revised its specification to help occupiers make choices . . . and has gone online
Getting to grips with IT

25-May-2000
An AJ survey reveals what you think about the information technology available and how you use it BY RUTH SLAVID
Changing places The AJ readers' visit to BSRIA demonstrated that the future is nearer than we think and gave an insight into its technologies

27-Apr-2000
Now that issues such as whole-life costing are so prevalent, a remark made during an aj readers' visit to the Building Services Research and Information Association (bsria) should strike a chord. 'Some people who came to us for quotes said we were too expensive,' said bsria's Mike Smith, 'Now they are involved in litigation.'
Changing places The AJ readers' visit to BSRIA demonstrated that the future is nearer than we think and gave an insight into its technologies

27-Apr-2000
Now that issues such as whole-life costing are so prevalent, a remark made during an aj readers' visit to the Building Services Research and Information Association (bsria) should strike a chord. 'Some people who came to us for quotes said we were too expensive,' said bsria's Mike Smith, 'Now they are involved in litigation.' Smith went on to describe bsria's facility for the physical modelling of proposed ventilation installations. The physical conditions of the designed room are set ...
Something for nothing

24-Feb-2000
A document management system tailored to the needs of the construction industry is up for grabs on the Internet
Taking deep breaths of buildings

24-Feb-2000
The BSRIA uses giant fans towed by Land Rovers, 2000 cigarettes whatever it takes to research building porosity
Can the good times last?

10-Feb-2000
Times are good and the work just keeps coming. But some architects still can't resist a little constructive worrying RESEARCH BY MIRZA & NACEY.
Prima donnas need not apply One architect may be a genius and the other have the ability to work well with contractors. Guess who the future favours?

3-Feb-2000
Architects may like talking, but few of them want to do it in formal forums. And when it comes to talking about the way the entire industry works, too many shrug their shoulders, and treat it as something to do with 'that' construction industry and nothing to do with them.
Sustaining the Finnish forest Finland's alternative system of certification allows myriad owners of small forests to conserve en masse

27-Jan-2000
technical & practice
Headaches worsen at ARB

20-Jan-2000
News
Grimshaw wins £80 million Frankfurt trade fair hall project

16-Dec-1999
news
Architecture Foundation goes back to school in Southwark

2-Dec-1999
News
Consortia unveil hot and cold proposals for Dome re-use

18-Nov-1999
News
In the news: Chris Roche

18-Nov-1999
News
Glasgow boxes clever with new youth theatre

11-Nov-1999
Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects has designed a new home for the Scottish Youth Theatre at Cowcaddens in the north of Glasgow. Sited near to other cultural buildings, including The Theatre Royal, The Piping Centre and the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, the theatre will contribute to the regeneration and expansion of this part of the city.
Bristol rejects Arup's Canon's Marsh scheme

4-Nov-1999
The Bristol public has delivered a stinging condemnation of Crest Nicholson's proposals for the controversial Canon's Marsh site. At a public meeting on Monday evening organised by the Friends of Canon's Marsh, a coalition of amenity groups, those attending passed overwhelmingly a vote of no confidence in the Crest Nicholson scheme.
IN THE NEWS: ROBERT FIRTH

4-Nov-1999
There are busy times ahead for Robert Firth, founder of Austin-Smith: Lord's Cardiff office and president of the rsaw. Next Tuesday, as part of Architecture Week, the office is hosting a debate entitled 'Is There Space for Art in Wales?' And on 12 November, the rsaw is holding its annual conference not, as usual, in Mid-Wales, but in Cardiff.
'Just say no' to underfunded social-housing work

4-Nov-1999
Architects and others involved in social housing must learn to say no to unsatisfactory funding, procurement methods and quality, a new report commissioned by the riba says. Social housing will only improve if all the parties involved become more aware of the problems and define their roles clearly, it has found. And, it concludes, those involved in housing in England and Wales could learn from examples in Scotland, where many of the problems have already been tackled.
Arup Associates tries once again, Bristol fashion

28-Oct-1999
Arup Associates has unveiled further details of its revised scheme for the 6.8ha Canon's Marsh site in the centre of Bristol, now submitted for planning permission.The changes were drawn up with Richard Burton of Ahrends Burton & Koralek in response to the 10 issues identified by the council when it rejected the scheme in March this year.
Benchmarking your practice

28-Oct-1999
Here is a unique opportunity to measure how well your practice is performing in relation to your peers
RIBA money men told: 'pay for quality staff '

28-Oct-1999
The quality of RIBA employees will deteriorate unless they are given significant pay increases, Richard Murphy warned during budget discussions at last week's council.
Education set for radical shake-up

21-Oct-1999
news
Stansfield Smith's education

21-Oct-1999
news
ARB splashes out on a bright new public image

14-Oct-1999
The Architects Registration Board is to move closer to the riba - not by moving but by changing its address. An imaginative refurbishment scheme by Alex de Rijke of de Rijke Marsh Morgan moves the entrance of the building round the corner from the little frequented Hallam Street on to Weymouth Street (below).
Environmental norm

14-Oct-1999
Stride Treglown has designed an office at Temple Quay in its home city of Bristol for the detr which it believes should, by its very anonymity, determine the future of green buildings. Currently under construction , the building will provide 13,000m2 of office space which, the architect claims, 'challenges conventional images of green buildings'. If the new orthodoxy comprises brises-soleil and wind towers, then this is a very quiet, and relatively inexpensive version. The building ...
Germans change tune on Foster's Reichstag

7-Oct-1999
News
Alsop designs Southwark office

14-Sep-1999
news
More Bluewaters to make splashes across Britain

14-Sep-1999
news
Phoenix art to knit city

14-Sep-1999
Coventry is to have one of the most ambitious public art programmes in the country as part of the Coventry Phoenix project, designed to knit the city back together. Richard MacCormac of MacCormac Jamieson Prichard has masterplanned a section of the city, stretching about half a kilometre from the new and old cathedrals up to a park and the Museum of British Motor Transport.
Austrian spa hotel chucks out the chintz

9-Sep-1999
Construction starts this month on a building which should banish the stuffy, over-upholstered and pastel-decorated image of the large international hotel. Pringle Brandon Botschi has designed this 300-bed hotel in the Austrian spa town of Loipersdorf for Intercontinental. With not a seascape or pressed flower in sight, the design has a modern, sleek appearance. Most revolutionary for a large hotel are the bedrooms, which have timber floors and detailing and wooden blinds. Glazed sliding ...
Greenwich spiral will show off the best of British

9-Sep-1999
news
Showdown over Bristol scheme

2-Sep-1999
A mystery group of objectors to Arup Associates' controversial Canons Marsh scheme in Bristol is set to launch an alternative design. The group, believed to include local architects, issued a press release via pr consultants last week, claiming that its proposal is 'the scheme Bristol has asked for and will help to create'.
Staging Open Air's renewal

2-Sep-1999
Haworth Tompkins' sensitive reworking of the Open Air Theatre in London's Regent's Park goes on site in October. The scheme will upgrade the facilities, revitalising worn-out elements while maintaining the ad hoc and unsophisticated nature of the theatre. 'It's like the secret part of the garden,' said Steve Tompkins. The practice was encouraged in its desire for simplicity by the fact that money was in short supply - most of the available £1.9 million being spent on safety, on ...
Bramante wins battle with Croydon planners ...

26-Aug-1999
The Planning Inspectorate has upheld an appeal by Gabriele Bramante against Croydon council, overturning its persistent refusal to grant detailed planning permission for two semi-detached homes for which she already had outline permission. In a case which former riba president David Rock described as 'a very good example of the planning rules being misapplied', Croydon planner Andrew Frost took issue with numerous details of the design and Bramante made three separate planning applications ...
editorial

12-Aug-1999
Why clients must learn the art of making up their minds
Cost benchmarking lifts off baa has worked with Franklin + Andrews to produce a valuable guide to the cost of building terminals BY RUTH SLAVID

22-Jul-1999
If you want to refurbish an airport building, how do the costs break down? What percentage of the cost should you expect to go on the shell and core, and what percentage on the perimeter works? What is the range of sums you should expect to pay per square metre on the structure, and is there a benchmark figure? What should you pay for an escalator? And are the costs the same all over the country?
Movement for Innovation calls for new demo projects

22-Jul-1999
The Movement for Innovation (m4i), the body dedicated to pioneering new ways of working in the construction industry, has issued a call for a third wave of demonstration projects. These aim to address the perceived shortfall in the first two rounds of projects by bringing in more schemes from the North of England and Scotland, and more with a value of less than £500,000. The first two rounds comprise 84 projects, with a total value of £3 billion. This is more than six times ...
Dry-lining fire threat

15-Jul-1999
Fires may sweep rapidly through buildings via their dry-lining systems, a study by drywall specialist Hammerton Associates has found.
Foster gives gla building a radical rethink

8-Jul-1999
Foster and Partners has completed a radical reworking of its design for the Greater London Authority hq, just in time for submission of the planning application yesterday (Wednesday). It has been refining the design since winning the competition with a proposal which was still at a relatively schematic stage. But it is only recently that the design reached a point at which the office felt that it would benefit from a fundamental re-think - something which few offices, not having Foster's ...
RIBA: Erskine should resign too

8-Jul-1999
The riba has put pressure on riba Gold Medallist Ralph Erskine to follow in the footsteps of Hunt Thompson Associates and resign in protest from the Millennium Village project on Greenwich Peninsula.
Beijing: Bright lights, big city

1-Jul-1999
The UIA Congress in Beijing looked to future challenges
Blueprint for city futures

1-Jul-1999
Developer sacks HTA in Millennium Village chaos
Architect stands for election in protest over Balkan war

17-Jun-1999
A north London architect was so incensed by the war in Kosovo that he stood for election to the European parliament on the platform 'Human Rights, Peace in Europe'.
Norman Foster awarded life peerage in Honours list

17-Jun-1999
news
Summer fun comes to Glasgow

17-Jun-1999
Small is certainly beautiful, or at least entertaining, in this array of garden sheds, customised by architects and designers, to form the 'Ideal Hut Show', which opened last weekend in Glasgow's Botanic Gardens, as part of the West End Festival.
Housing chair Hunt finds riba stance 'mind boggling'

3-Jun-1999
Architects in Housing, one of the first of the new 'linked societies' to the riba, has been launched with a stinging condemnation from its chairman Bernard Hunt of the riba's wish not to be directly involved.
Imax transform's Waterloo's Bullring

3-Jun-1999
London's most prominent new landmark, the imax cinema in the Waterloo Bullring, is now near its final form. Although the cinema, designed by Avery Associates for the British Film Institute, opened on 1 May, the 15m-high blow-up of a Howard Hodgkin painting, sited within the building's glazed gallery, is only now in place. Along with an inventive planting scheme, this helps to make the imax an important new element in the landscape of London.
Lincolnshire architect puts his mark on RA gallery

27-May-1999
News
Centred in Tottenham

20-May-1999
News
RIBA chief: one member, no vote?

20-May-1999
News
Seven ways to expand a city

20-May-1999
The University of Cambridge department of architecture has carried out a unique collaboration with businesses and local government to explore the future potential for the city and the surrounding area.
RIAS director bids for place in Scots government

6-May-1999
News
Libraries go retail-style to pull in East End punters

29-Apr-1999
Tower Hamlets council has launched a new concept for libraries and further education to make them more consumer-friendly. Adopting ideas from retail, it plans to create seven new 'ideas stores' within the next five years to replace its existing libraries. They will incorporate cafes and will adopt the relaxed environment of giant bookshops such as Borders in place of the dowdy and somewhat intimidating institutions that exist at the moment.
Clients are happier with their consultants . . .

22-Apr-1999
Performance by consultants in the uk construction industry has improved considerably over the last four years, according to research by the Construction Industry Board for National Construction Week. Overall satisfaction of clients with their consultants increased from a score of 6.61 out of 10 in 1995 to 7.27 in 1999, an increase of nearly 10 per cent. Consultants were rated on five criteria: design creativity; ability to innovate; speed and reliability of service; co-ordination between ...
Insurance 'must be reformed'

22-Apr-1999
Construction practice cannot be improved without a wholesale shake- up of the insurance system, say industry experts. Speakers at a multi- professional debate in London this week said the current system prevented those in the industry from learning from their experiences, and resulted in the bulk of insurance payouts going to lawyers.
New heart for West Bromwich

22-Apr-1999
West Bromwich is to get a new heart with the c/plex arts centre, designed by Alsop & Stormer, unveiled this week. Sandwell Borough Council has decided to put the building on the site of its bus station where it will benefit from not one but two public open spaces - one beneath the building and the other on its roof.
Construction Week on time and to budget

15-Apr-1999
Consulting engineers Ove Arup and Oscar Faber Group, and contractors Galliford, Wates Construction and Westbury, will be among the companies inviting inspection as part of Construction Week, which kicks off next Monday. They are opening their doors as part of the cbi-led 'Fit for the Future' campaign, run in partnership with the Construction Industry Board and Inside uk Enterprise.
Disability Act 'could cost businesses £5 billion'

15-Apr-1999
Implementing the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act (1995) could cost uk businesses up to £5 billion, estimates quantity surveyor and project manager Bucknall Austin. Tim Castle, the firm's regional assistant director, said that, although the Act has a ten-year implementation period, 'the growing awareness of disability issues within our society means it will only be a short time before buildings will have to be disabled friendly'.
Museum of London to get 'fashionable' overhaul

15-Apr-1999
An architectural competition is to be launched in the ec Journal in the next month for a major remodelling of the Museum of London. Director Simon Thurley, who took over the museum last year, said, 'The building will be carefully restored and developed to make it fashionable again.'
Were the 1970s really the decade that style forgot?

15-Apr-1999
The 1970s was a time of a loss of innocence in architecture, heard delegates to a conference last week at the Museum of London (Powell & Moya, opened December 1976). Robert Maxwell defined it as the time when 'architects could no longer convincingly argue that function was their whole concern.' It saw the birth of Post-Modernism and High-Tech, and the discovery that the utopian dreams of post-war housing were not so easily realised.
Rab Bennetts joins 'M4I' Egan implementation gang

25-Mar-1999
Rab Bennetts is to join the board of Movement for Innovation, the body charged with achieving the aims of the Egan report through the selection and monitoring of demonstration projects. The body is representative of the entire construction industry, and already includes cic chairman Robin Nicholson. Two Scottish members will be appointed shortly, one of them likely to be an architect.
Barcelona wins Gold

18-Mar-1999
In a startling break with 150 years of tradition, the Royal Gold Medal for architecture will go not to an individual or to a group of individuals, but to an entire city. This year's jury has decided to award the medal to the city of Barcelona for 'inspired city leadership, pursuing an ambitious yet pragmatic urban strategy and the highest design standards', which have 'transformed the city's public realm, immensely expanded its amenities and regenerated its economy, providing pride ...
13 shortlisted for South Bank masterplan

11-Mar-1999
The South Bank Centre has shortlisted the cream of world talent for its redevelopment masterplan - minus a few big names that had been expected to be in the competition line-up.
ARB takes relaxed attitude to practice name styles . . .

4-Mar-1999
The arb has said it is happy for architectural practices to continue using the names of dead or retired partners in their titles, and does not consider this misrepresentation. 'We see no problem,' said registrar Andrew Finch.
Hayward director wants it replaced, not refurbished

25-Feb-1999
Replacing the Hayward Gallery with a new building on the Hungerford car- park site would be the best solution for the gallery, believes its director Susan Ferleger Brades (see page 18), denting the argument of those pressing for the building's retention under the new masterplan for the South Bank Centre.
IN THE NEWS: SUSAN FERLEGER BRADES

25-Feb-1999
Which client has commissioned work from Carlo Scarpa, Aldo Rossi, Martorell Bohigas Mackay, Neave Brown, Stanton Williams, Claudio Silvestrin, Ian Ritchie, Tony Fretton, Zaha Hadid, and Caruso St John - and has virtually nothing to show for it? London's Hayward Gallery, the director of which, Susan Ferleger Brades, has been there for a large proportion of the exhibitions that these and other architects designed.
In the news

4-Feb-1999
Last Thursday was a good day for David Marks and Julia Barfield. Construction started on their 135m-high millennium wheel (now christened the British Airways London Eye). With Darcey Bussell and Joanna Lumley officiating, it was not surprising that the event made the pages of the Evening Standard. But so, serendipitously, did another proposal by the practice on the same day - a scheme for a Thames pier outside the existing Tate Gallery at Millbank.
Holloway Road to see Hadid's first UK building

28-Jan-1999
news in pictures
in the news

28-Jan-1999
Non-architects may consider it fashionable to claim an interest in architecture, but with Brian Roper, economist and vice-chancellor of the University of North London, the interest is genuine. He is a Frank Lloyd Wright fan, subscribes to the aj, and spent Christmas reading a book about Tadao Ando. Far more importantly, he is presiding over a programme of brave and imaginative building, of which the appointment of Zaha Hadid to design a vital link footbridge is only the latest example.
Lubetkin quits over cash for Bristol architecture centre

21-Jan-1999
News
In the news

17-Dec-1998
Nigel Howard is a busy but happy man. 'I have the best job I could have,' he says, having just taken over as director of the bre's Centre for Sustainable Construction, following the retirement of Roger Baldwin. He is trained as a chemist, not the most obvious discipline perhaps, but a lot of his work is to do with the embodied energy of products and, he says, 'I find it very useful. I can understand industrial processes and thermodynamics, so I can tell if I am having the wool pulled ...
News: Smith urged to intervene in South Bank demolition plans

17-Dec-1998
The Twentieth Century Society has written to culture secretary Chris Smith slamming Elliott Bernerd's proposals for large-scale demolition at London's South Bank. It takes particular exception to proposals to knock down the Hayward Gallery and the building containing the Queen Elizabeth Hall and Purcell Room. Kenneth Powell, consultant director of the Twentieth Century Society, wrote: 'Though still unlisted, these buildings have twice been recommended for listing by English Heritage, ...
In the news

3-Dec-1998
When Zach Pulman and James Engel proved unobtainable for most of the day after they won the Crash competition to design temporary cold- weather shelters, it was tempting to think that the celebratory party had left them too spaced out. But Pulman, the younger of the two partners in the evidently non-eponymous furniture and architectural practice Spaced Out, says that was only because the doorbell to their combined studio and shop on the edge of London's Clerkenwell didn't work. The ...
News: Edinburgh architect becomes Lithuania's man in Scotland

3-Dec-1998
Edinburgh architect Douglas Abrahams has been appointed honorary Lithuanian consul to Scotland - but is having difficulty fulfilling his duties because he is so busy with his architectural work in Vilnius. Appointed in September, Abrahams has had unofficial links with the country since 1993, and has had an office there for the past two years. This employs two Lithuanian architects and an Irish architect, plus an administrator. Abrahams also employs eight architects in his other two ...
Benoit Cornette, partner in Anglophile French practice

26-Nov-1998
obituaries
CIC worried about over-mighty registration board

26-Nov-1998
news
Alsop & Stormer bags c/PLEX arts centre, amid controversy

19-Nov-1998
news
Bennetts' MOMI designs rest on fate of whole South Bank

19-Nov-1998
news
Reebok Stadium hotel offers football viewing in luxury

19-Nov-1998
news
Social housing crisis 'not fault of architects', says Peabody

19-Nov-1998
news
in the news

12-Nov-1998
It's nice to know that somebody still finds architecture glamorous, especially when that person is Marjorie Allthorpe-Guyton, the daunting and stylish director of visual arts at the Arts Council of England. She also says, 'I always find architects extremely agreeable individuals,' and regrets that, because of her wide portfolio, 'my visibility in terms of architecture is not all it could be'.
RIBA revolt could spark mass Council resignations

22-Oct-1998
news
RIBA revolt could spark mass Council resignations

22-Oct-1998
RIBA presidential challenger Marco Goldschmied has launched an assault on the proposed reorganisation of the institute which, he says, contravenes its charter and could lead to the Charities Commission seizing its assets.
RIBA could pull out of arbitration to save money

15-Oct-1998
news
Schlaich reveals sunny outlook at Lubetkin lecture

15-Oct-1998
news
Huge repair bill threatens listed church with demolition

8-Oct-1998
news
Isokon flats set to be sold off to private developers

8-Oct-1998
news
in the news

1-Oct-1998
Hilary French has struck two blows in recent days for the concept of an architect as a generalist. Firstly Simon & Schuster has published a book of hers which, although small, aims to encompass the whole of architectural history. And secondly she has been appointed deputy course director of the industrial design and furniture department at the Royal College of Art, helping Ron Arad set up the newly linked courses.
Norfolk police get back to their roots

1-Oct-1998
news in pictures
Planning lessons from Lisbon

1-Oct-1998
editorial
Rock joins battle to save Ritchie's Crystal Palace design

24-Sep-1998
news
in the news

17-Sep-1998
'Architects don't really understand the concept of profit,' says Chris Andrews, organiser of a series of business-management training courses for architects. 'They tend to think in terms of turnover rather than profit. They don't think about targeting so many chargeable hours a year.'
It's true - architects can learn to be good managers

17-Sep-1998
news
in the news

10-Sep-1998
When explorer and traveller Mike Street first went to Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, in 1995 it was scarcely with the idea of launching a crusade. But he did exactly that, so bowled over was he by the beauty of the city and the need to preserve it from unthinking development. 'I kept raving about it to my friends,' he explains. 'They said: 'Why don't you do something about it'.'
in the news

10-Sep-1998
When explorer and traveller Mike Street first went to Asmara, the capital of Eritrea, in 1995 it was scarcely with the idea of launching a crusade. But he did exactly that, so bowled over was he by the beauty of the city and the need to preserve it from unthinking development. 'I kept raving about it to my friends,' he explains. 'They said: 'Why don't you do something about it'.'
Twentieth Century Society drafted in to Eritrea battle

10-Sep-1998
news
TV star exemplar of green housing nears completion

3-Sep-1998
news
Boom is over for office-to-flat conversions

27-Aug-1998
news
editorial

27-Aug-1998
Housing inches into the future
BDP transforms itself to get in line with Egan

13-Aug-1998
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Bristol slams Arts Council over Behnisch scheme veto

13-Aug-1998
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Driven by design

13-Aug-1998
bdp’s design for Opel’s new hq in Russelsheim, Germany, overcame the tradition of German working hierarchies to create an egalitarian workspace with a twist of individuality
First step towards 'sister trust' for special collections . . .

23-Jul-1998
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V&A and Liverpool museumswin latest HLF awards

23-Jul-1998
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16-Jul-1998
Eighteen months ago Peter Davidson and his partner Donald Bates started getting invitations to compete for £2-3 million Lottery-funded projects in London, but never won them. 'Ironically, we were told we were too inexperienced,' Davidson says - ironically because a year ago the pair went on to win the competition for Federation Square, in Melbourne, Australia, which at a current value of A$220 million puts those London projects in the shade.
The Cambridge team's high-density winning entry

18-Jun-1998
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Space, the final frontier for architect of imagination

4-Jun-1998
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Glass Murray creates new office behind listed facades

28-May-1998
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RIAS offers Rodwell 'derisory' compensation

28-May-1998
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Minister opens UK's firstgreen builders' merchant

21-May-1998
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21-May-1998
Kim Franklin, who starts writing a weekly legal column for the aj this week, has no illusions about the level of legal knowledge within the construction industry. 'Most people are fascinated by the legal aspect but don't begin to understand it,' she said. 'Architects pull down their standard textbooks form university, and don't realise that things have moved on. Contractors copy out standard letters from books; they don't realise the letter is meant for the subcontractor, and send it ...
CIC campaigns for designby quality, not by fee

14-May-1998
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Home for heroines

14-May-1998
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Bennetts transforms MOMI to make it flexible and open

9-Apr-1998
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9-Apr-1998
The Northern Architecture Centre is dead; long live the Northern Architecture Centre. Having failed to get lottery funding for an elegant building in Newcastle designed by Snell Associates, the architecture centre has won support from the Arts Council and Northern Arts and is going ahead - without a building. It has just appointed its first programme director, starting on 5 May, who is, appropriately, delighted not to have a permanent physical home. 'With a building there would be endless ...
'Stigma' biggest obstacle to sustainable housing

9-Apr-1998
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Art for the community hits the road in Barking

2-Apr-1998
The UK's largest ever public-art project has been launched to improve the environment around one of the country's busiest and most unpleasant roads.
aj 100

26-Mar-1998
The fourth of our annual surveys of the UK’s largest architectural practices sees BDP taking the lead as the UK’s largest employer of architects. For the fourth time running, Foster’s is the practice most respected by its peers.
Cambridge trust sells assets to meet rebuilding debt

26-Mar-1998
The Cambridge Arts Trust is selling off its main assets, including the Arts Cinema, in an attempt to stem inancial damage caused by the Lottery-funded redevelopment of the Arts Theatre. Last week the Trust believed itself to be 'days away' from financial collapse, but its immediate problems have been stemmed by a £50,000 handout from the Arts Council, and completion of the sale of the Festival Theatre to become a Buddhist centre.
One exception to the dreary status quo

26-Mar-1998
EXHIBITIONS Ideal Home Exhibition At Earls Court, London SW5 until 13 April
Ritchie's Crystal Palace gets Prescott planning boost

19-Mar-1998
Ian Ritchie's leisure development at Crystal Palace looks set to get planning permission after the DETR declined to call in the project last week. The £60 million project for London & Regional Properties, on the site of Paxton's original Crystal Palace, has still to be approved by Bromley's planning committee, but since Bromley is one of the promoters of the scheme, that should not be a problem.
EDAW masterplan begins the transformation of Croydon

12-Mar-1998
Work has started this week on EDAW’s masterplan to transform Croydon’s new town and, in the words of council leader Valerie Shawcross, ‘abolish all those tacky, dirty corners’. The masterplan, which will cost 150-200,000, will be largely if not entirely funded by local businesses. It will look at opportunities for further development in one of the areas of London which has been earmarked as suitable for tall buildings, and at improvement of the 1960s building stock and the way it engages ...
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12-Mar-1998
When the Foster/ Anthony Caro/Ove Arup team members were produced like rabbits out of a hat, at the announcement just over a year ago that they had won the Millennium Bridge competition, an uninformed visitor might have guessed that out of the tweedy Caro and the immaculately grey-suited Sir Norman, one was the architect and one the engineer. And they would surely have been misled into thinking that the much younger Chris Wise, in his signature striped T-shirt, was the artist.
V&A unveils £31 million British Galleries update

12-Mar-1998
The Victoria and Albert Museum has unveiled the first designs for the £31 million recreation of its British Galleries, to form the subject of a £23 million bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund in May. The galleries, which represent 10 per cent of the space at the museum and are as large as many museums, will, said curator Christopher Wilk, 'still be chronological'. A number of themes will run through the exhibitions and there will be more interpretation. 'At the moment, ' said ...
BPR to design prototype homes for affluent mid-lifers

5-Mar-1998
Birds Portchmouth Russum has been appointed to design innovative housing in sensitive sites across the UK. It was chosen from a list of 17 practices by new housing company Mullion, which aims to produce intelligent homes for the affluent middleaged which can also function as lifetime homes, offering the necessary facilities as they grow older.
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26-Feb-1998
Last week was a good one for Nicholas Thompson. First came the formal launch of Integer - his project to build intelligent, green housing - and then the team of which he is a part won the Greenwich Millennium Village competition. His practice, Cole Thompson Associates, is set to become a major player on the environmental housing scene - surprisingly, perhaps, since his experience, although wide-ranging, includes very little housing.
Clients to be asked to help assess design quality

19-Feb-1998
Objective evaluations of the design quality of built projects are to be promoted by the UK's largest clients. At a closed meeting of top industry representatives last week, the Construction Round Table developed the next stage of its 'Agenda for Change' in three groups, examining design, the trading process, and the delivery process.
Cool, calm and collecting

19-Feb-1998
May Cassar, museums and galleries environmental adviser, balances the needs of buildings, objects and people
Comfortable buildings are bad for the health

12-Feb-1998
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Eden rethought to sit lightly on the earth

12-Feb-1998
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House of the future will 'pick and mix' technologies

12-Feb-1998
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Pier project stimulus for Tower of London scheme

5-Feb-1998
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Visitor centre goes for the natural look

5-Feb-1998
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Four teams picked for Glasgow 1999 housing

29-Jan-1998
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HLF change of heart signals end of big museum projects

22-Jan-1998
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22-Jan-1998
Delhi is a convenient stopover on the way to Australia, and one of which Andre Tammes, founder of Lighting Design Partnership (ldp), has been making ample use recently. His Australian business is booming, with not only the relighting of the Sydney Opera House but also the lighting of lobb Sports Architecture's Olympic stadium and a lighting masterplan for the whole of Sydney.
In-town supermarket wins permission for being green

18-Dec-1997
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