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AJ and Allgood announce door handle competition winner
25-Sep-2008
Stuart Martin of London-based Walker and Martin has won the AJ/Allgood competition to design a door handle. -
Irish pavilion at the Venice architecture biennale: see a slideshow
16-Sep-2008
AJ columnist Patrick Lynch has sent these photos of the Irish Pavilion at the Venice architecture biennale, in which he is an exhibitor. -
Kids' toys pick up prize at Venice Architecture Biennale
15-Sep-2008
Furniture made from squashed children's toys has helped its creator win one of the top prizes at the Venice Architecture Biennale. -
Will Alsop and Charles Holland of FAT battle it out on go-kart track
12-Sep-2008
Will Alsop and Charles Holland of FAT launched an event by newly launched RIBA London group 'The Social' with a five-lap race against each other at Mile End go-karting track. -
Stirling Prize judges visit London projects - video
9-Sep-2008
The AJ joined the Stirling Prize judges yesterday for an exclusive insight into the judging process. -
RIBA president and Jarvis Cocker to set sail for Arctic
5-Sep-2008
RIBA president Sunand Prasad is to sail to the Arctic with Jarvis Cocker and a host of other artists. -
Latest Olympic triumph is in playing cards - video
29-Aug-2008
Just when you thought there were no more superlatives connected to the Beijing Olympics, here comes a video of Bryan Berg, the Guinness World Record holder in card stacking. -
Works by Zaha Hadid and Ron Arad go to auction
19-Aug-2008
Works in Corian by an impressive range of architects and designers will be auctioned in Brussels, Belgium, on 18 December. -
See into the world of Paris' guerilla preservationists
11-Aug-2008
A German television company has filmed one of the former projects of La Mexicaine de Perforation which, like the Untergunther, are part of the shadowy Parisian group UX, dedicated to infiltrating and inhabiting the city’s hidden and neglected places. -
Get a sneak preview of the City of the future - video
8-Aug-2008
See advance footage from the new series of Britain from Above on BBC1 and 2, starting on Sunday 10 August. -
Totalitarian architecture is strictly for the birds
8-Aug-2008
If you go down to the woods this autumn, be sure of a big surprise. Architect Ed Holloway of Consarc has worked with artists Bruce Gilchrist and Jo Joelson on the creation of 'show homes' for animals based on dictators' palaces, that will open in King's Wood, Kent on 21 September. -
Antarctic architect completes job in the City
5-Aug-2008
For Hugh Broughton Architects, a firm more used to dealing with the logistics of icy wastes, completing a project in the City of London poses different challenges. -
Ruth Reed guards neutrality over Stirling Prize
1-Aug-2008
The new president-elect of the RIBA, Ruth Reed, is determinedly sitting on the fence over the outcome of this year's Stirling Prize. -
Paddy Power makes Manchester Civil Justice Centre favourite for Stirling Prize
23-Jul-2008
Bookmaker Paddy Power has picked Denton Corker Marshall's Manchester Civil Justice Centre as the favourite to win the Stirling Prize, consigning the Westminster Academy, William Hill's favourite, to bottom position. -
AJ Small Projects show goes to Wakefield
23-Jul-2008
The AJ Small Projects exhibition is to open at Wakefield's Beam Gallery, on 28 July, and run until 5 September. -
Former AJ editor wins lifetime achievement award
22-Jul-2008
Leslie Fairweather, a former editor of The Architects' Journal, has received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the RIBA South East. -
Bookies favour Westminster Academy as it streaks ahead in AJ Stirling Prize poll
22-Jul-2008
Bookmaker William Hill has chosen Allford Hall Monaghan Morris' Westminster Academy as the favourite to win the 2008 Stirling Prize. -
Read reactions to the Stirling Prize shortlist
18-Jul-2008
Manchester Civil Justice Centre and the Accordia housing project are neck and neck in the race for the Stirling Prize – at least as far as voters in the AJ’s poll are concerned. -
See parking bays turn green overnight
7-Jul-2008
London's Store Street was transformed on Friday morning (4 July), when the 14 finalists in Rambøll WhitbyBird's Greening Bays competition completed their overnight work, turning their chosen parking bays into gardens, allotments, play areas, sculptures and car dumps.Three of the entrants received sustainable prizes – bicycles and a tree planted in St James' Park. -
See car park bays transformed
7-Jul-2008
The transformation of London's Store Street on Friday morning was near total, as 14 parking bays received a mix of grass, wrecked cars, flowers, vegetables, games and sculpture.Judges selected three winners of the Greening Bays competition, who received bicyles and a tree planted in St James' Park. -
Parking bays go green
3-Jul-2008
Tonight (Thursday 3 July) 14 parking bays in Store Street, London will be transformed using an upended Routemaster bus, windmills and reused tyres. -
Foster designs a fleet of yachts - down to the teaspoons
25-Jun-2008
Norman Foster has extended his brand still further by designing yachts for a new timeshare venture...and The AJ reports back, chequebook in hand, from the boat's unveiling... -
Lubetkin Prize shortlist revealed
5-Jun-2008
The RIBA has unveiled the five winners of its international awards, three of which have also been shortlisted for the Lubetkin Prize – the award for the best building outside the EU designed by an RIBA member. -
The East Beach Cafe by Heatherwick Studio
30-May-2008
Littlehampton -
See all the RIBA Award winners
29-May-2008
The RIBA has announced the 92 winners of this year's RIBA Awards. See the list below or click here for more detail. -
Guest Street Housing by De Metz Forbes Knight Architects
29-May-2008
Guest Street, New Islington, Manchester -
John Rylands University Library by Austin-Smith; Lord
29-May-2008
University of Manchester, 150 Deansgate, Manchester -
Hilton Tower by Ian Simpson Architects
29-May-2008
301 Deansgate, Manchester -
The Small Animal Teaching Hospital by Sheppard Robson
28-May-2008
University of Liverpool, Leahurst, Chester High Road, Neston, Cheshire -
Manchester Civil Justice Centre by Denton Corker Marshall
28-May-2008
1 Bridle Street West, Manchester M3 -
Lancaster University Postgraduate Statistics Centre by John McAslan & Partners
28-May-2008
Lancaster -
Chimney Pot Park by Shed KM
28-May-2008
Langworthy, Salford -
The Bluecoat by Biq with Austin:Smith-Lord and Donald Insall Associates
28-May-2008
School Lane, Liverpool L1 -
Arena and Convention Centre Liverpool by Wilkinson Eyre
28-May-2008
Monarchs Quay, Liverpool L3 -
Abito Apartments by Building Design Partnership
28-May-2008
Greengate, Salford, Manchester -
Lifestyle Academy, Newcastle College by RMJM Scotland
28-May-2008
Rye Hill Campus, Scotswood Road, Newcastle upon Tyne -
Bamburgh Clinic, St Nicholas Hospital by MAAP Architects
28-May-2008
Jubilee Road, Gosforth, Newcastle Upon Tyne -
Alnwick Garden Pavilion and Visitor Centre by Hopkins Architects
28-May-2008
Denwick Lane, Alnwick, Northumbria -
Oundle School Science & Technology Centre by Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
28-May-2008
Church Street, Oundle, Peterbrough -
Old Market Square, Nottingham by Gustafson Porter
28-May-2008
Smithy Row, Nottingham -
The Long House by Keith Williams Architects
28-May-2008
North London -
The Johnson Building by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
28-May-2008
77 Hatton Garden, London -
Sunshine House by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
28-May-2008
27 Peckham Road, Southwark, London -
Vicco's Tower by 51% Studios
28-May-2008
184 Queensbridge Road, London -
Glass and timber houses by Hampson Williams
28-May-2008
Dulwich, London -
Classroom of the Future by Gollifer Langston
28-May-2008
24 Haverstock Hill, Camden, London NW3 -
Cremorne Riverside Centre by Sarah Wigglesworth Architects
28-May-2008
Cremorne Gardens, World's End, north bank of the River Thames, London SW10 -
Garden apartment by Gianni Botsford Architects
28-May-2008
Pembridge Villas, London W11 -
Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre by Haworth Tompkins
28-May-2008
108 Stamford Street, London SE1 -
Bourbon Lane housing by Cartwright Pickard Architects
28-May-2008
West London -
Adelaide Wharf by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
28-May-2008
Hackney, London -
Rivington Place by Adjaye Associates
28-May-2008
Shoreditch, London -
Lawn Tennis Association's National Tennis Centre by Hopkins Architects
28-May-2008
Roehampton, London -
Contest launched for overnight 'greening' of parking spaces
27-May-2008
Engineering practice Rambøll Whitbybird has launched a competition to 'green' 14 parking bays in London's Store Street overnight, as part of the London Festival of Architecture. -
Frome wakes up with artists' interventions
21-May-2008
Images have been unveiled of the Intervention/Decoration exhibition in the Somerset town of Frome. Taking place in various sites throughout the town, the interventions by a range of artists impose new structures on a range of different spaces. The exhibition, the first curated by new South West arts organisation Foreground, runs until 21 June. -
Hugh Broughton heads south again
8-May-2008
The team of Hugh Broughton Architects and engineer Faber Maunsell, which designed the Halley VI station currently under construction, has won its second project in the Antarctic. -
Broughton back in the Antarctic
8-May-2008
London-based Hugh Broughton Architects and engineer Faber Maunsell have won their second Antarctic project – this time for the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation. -
Images unveiled for Ebbsfleet landmark
7-May-2008
Images by the five artists commissioned to design a landmark for Ebbsfleet Valley have been unveiled. -
Full of sound and fury signifying nothing
6-May-2008
Richard Meier's perfectly composed models seemed to draw up their skirts in horror as chaos reigned around them at the Louise T Blouin Institute in west London last week. -
Six-day Kevin McCloud house-building marathon is under way
6-May-2008
Construction has started of the house designed by BBM Sustainable Design for Grand Designs presenter Kevin McCloud to build himself. -
Humphrey Lyttleton – the untrumpeted hero of architecture
2-May-2008
Among the manifold talents of jazz trumpeter and radio comedy host Humphrey Lyttelton, none of the obituarists have mentioned his role as the champion of architects. -
Mackintosh school honours Gillespie Kidd & Coia architects
9-Apr-2008
The University of Glasgow has given honorary degrees to Andy MacMillan and Isi Metzstein on behalf of Glasgow School of Art (the Mackintosh). -
Turbines turn on Atkins' Bahrain World Trade Center
9-Apr-2008
One of the most audacious attempts at on-site generation has come a step nearer reality in Bahrain, with the three 29m-diameter turbine blades all turning successfully for the first time on the Atkins-designed World Trade Center. -
Tomorrow's sustainable workplaces
28-Mar-2008
The Architects' Journal and the British Council for Offices brought together key figures from the property industry at a lunch at MIPIM to discuss the form that offices would take in the future. BDP sponsored the event. -
Ecobuild set to raise the living roof
31-Jan-2008
London’s widespread adoption of living roofs will come a step closer at this year’s Ecobuild.Design for London (DfL) will launch a document at the conference, which runs from 26-28 February at Earls Court, which could lead to the ‘expectation’ that all major developments in the capital will include living roofs or living walls ‘where feasible’.DfL’s Living Roofs: Technical Report in Support of the Further Alterations to the London Plan underlines the proposals outlined above, ... -
In the papers today: 28.01.07
28-Jan-2008
If, after one of the best years for architecture, you are still feeling a bit hard pressed for money, the answer is simple – you aren't earning enough. The Independent reports that in Britain in 2008 you need an annual pay packet of at least £150,000 to feel 'comfortably off'. And you need a third, or at least a second, home. Not too unusual, as the Daily ... -
In the papers today: 23.01.08
23-Jan-2008
This may be your only chance to find out what is going on in the papers, if a survey reported in the Financial Times is correct. Newspaper readership is in sharp decline, with only 42 per cent of 18 to 27 year olds reading a national newspaper three times a week. -
AP with Aude Franjou: Dining Pavilion, Malta
23-Jan-2008
AP with Aude Franjou: Dining Pavilion, Malta -
In the papers today: 17.01.08
17-Jan-2008
Tumbling house prices, rising floodwaters – it may all feel rather apocalyptic, but at least the Telegraph offers some levity. -
West Architecture: Pembridge House, Notting Hill, London
16-Jan-2008
West Architecture: Pembridge House, Notting Hill, London -
Waghorne Gwynne Architects: Calabria Road, London
16-Jan-2008
Waghorne Gwynne Architects: Calabria Road, London -
Sanei Hopkins Architects: Mobile Eco Homes
16-Jan-2008
Sanei Hopkins Architects: Mobile Eco Homes -
Mole Architects: Wabi Tea House, Prickwillow
16-Jan-2008
Mole Architects: Wabi Tea House, Prickwillow£7,000 -
Mole Architects: Ramblers, Pulborough, Sussex
16-Jan-2008
Mole Architects: Ramblers, Pulborough, Sussex -
HEO Studio: Cranks Castle, Bacton, Norfolk
16-Jan-2008
HEO Studio: Cranks Castle, Bacton, Norfolk -
Greg Blee: Hillside Guesthouse, Languedoc, France
16-Jan-2008
Greg Blee: Hillside Guesthouse, Languedoc, France -
Burd Haward Architects: Green Room, Ealing, London
16-Jan-2008
Burd Haward Architects: Green Room, Ealing, London -
ASD Projects: Kingsmead Primary School, Hackney, London
16-Jan-2008
ASD Projects: Kingsmead Primary School, Hackney, London -
AP with Aude Franjou: Dining Pavilion, Malta
16-Jan-2008
AP with Aude Franjou: Dining Pavilion, Malta -
In the papers today: 02.01.08
2-Jan-2008
Death may seem a rather grim way to start the year’s news, but the death of Memphis Group founder Ettore Sottsass is the dominating story on the first day back at work. -
President's Medals winners announced
29-Nov-2007
London architecture schools scored a triple whammy at the 2007 RIBA President’s Medals ceremony last night (28 November). -
No proper flood plan, warns Thames Gateway chief
22-Nov-2007
Only a catastrophe will make the UK gets its flood defences right, the man in charge of redeveloping the Thames Gateway has warned. -
Hugh Broughton's research station made ready for voyage to Antarctica
1-Nov-2007
Hugh Broughton's Halley IV research station is prepared for shipping to the Antarctic -
A breath of fresh air
16-May-2002
The new library in March is the first in Cambridgeshire to be naturally ventilated. Bernard Stilwell Architects has used the financial savings to create a contemporary design that uses timber with deceptive simplicity My first thought when looking at images of the new library in March, Cambridgeshire, was how refreshing it was to see such uncompromisingly contemporary design executed in timber. But for the architect, Bernard Stilwell, the material also acts as something of a Trojan ... -
Hitting the right timbre
16-May-2002
With the plentiful use of timber, Pringle Richards Sharratt, architect of the new music school and auditorium at Shrewsbury School, has been able to overcome the problem of acoustics, and at the same time design a building appropriate to its country surroundings Acoustics is a tricky subject. Look at most well-designed buildings and you can immediately grasp the main points of the architect's thinking and, unless any tricks have been played deliberately, of the structure. Glance at ... -
Making a splash in Walsall
11-Oct-2001
Hodder Associates' new swimming pool in Darlaston in the West Midlands brings quality and flair to an area better known for deprivation and neglect. Local people helped to select its design The new swimming pool at Darlaston, a suburb of Walsall in the Black Country, is the last of a triumvirate of projects aimed at giving the area a new and higher architectural profile. In general, the area is held in such low regard, and is so poorly maintained, that there is a large and sophisticated ... -
Timbering up for Austrian weather
11-Oct-2001
Architect Bruce Nichol's house in Austria is an elegant and fundamentally simple structure which was economical to build and will be thermally efficient to run.His use of softwood in a harsh climate is an inspiring example which deserves to be copied in the UK Austria may conjure up picture postcard images in people's minds, but it does not exactly have a gentle climate. Summers are hot, winters are cold and snowy, autumn can be very foggy. So the fact that a British architect has built ...
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