Architects Journal
Simon Hogg

Digital editor of the Architects' Journal

Post-riot report: Skilled architects key to Tottenham’s revival

11-Dec-2012
High quality architecture is among the key recommendations of an independent report into the regeneration of Tottenham in north London
Top 10: World's most spectacular modern churches

10-Dec-2012
A Christmas list of avant garde places to worship, from Germany to Japan and America to the Ivory Coast
Levitt Bernstein scoops planning for Acton affordable housing

3-Dec-2012
Levitt Bernstein has won planning permission for 31 flats for key workers on Du Cane Road in Acton, west London
Planning minister: We must build on 1,500 square miles of open countryside

28-Nov-2012
An area twice the size of Greater London should be developed to fight the housing crisis, says Nick Boles, describing many modern housing estates as ‘pig ugly’
George Ferguson elected new Bristol mayor

16-Nov-2012
Former RIBA President George Ferguson has become Bristol’s first elected mayor
Henley Halebrown Rorrison bags Victoria affordable housing consent

15-Nov-2012
[First look] Westminster City Council has granted planning permission for this 63-home scheme by Henley Halebrown Rorrison
A million clicks later: Top 10 British projects from the AJ Buildings Library

7-Nov-2012
Schemes by Foster + Partners and Zaha Hadid are joined by a Gingerbread House and a sustainable student pavilion on the list of top projects from AJBuildingsLibrary.co.uk
Video: Arup, Grimshaw and Sanitov on urban development

25-Oct-2012
Crane.tv talks to a trio of urban development experts about why modern architecture must re-focus on the needs of inhabitants
Broadway Malyan completes Merseyside community centre

22-Oct-2012
Former Olympic cyclist Chris Boardman has officially opened Broadway Malyan’s £21 million Knowsley Leisure and Culture Park
Make submits Hanover Square office scheme

22-Oct-2012
[First look] Make has submitted a planning application for this 5,400m² Portland stone-clad office scheme at 7-10 Hanover Square in London
Stirling Prize 2012: The profession reacts

14-Oct-2012
What architects are saying about this year’s winner - Stanton Williams’ Sainsbury Laboratory
Stirling Prize 2012: Architects back O'Donnell + Tuomey, the public wants Populous

9-Oct-2012
The public and the profession disagree over who they want to win this year’s Stirling Prize, according to polls by the AJ and the Guardian
Top 10 tallest: Why Moscow is the new European capital of skyscrapers

24-Sep-2012
Five out of the ten tallest skyscrapers in Europe are now in Moscow, according to new research
AJ presents Architects' Question Time at 100% Design

18-Sep-2012
Join AJ editor Christine Murray for Architects’ Question Time at 100% Design this Saturday – guests include The Apprentice’s Gabrielle Omar, Joe Morris of Duggan Morris and David Howarth of DRDH
Video: Zaha Hadid - ‘The guys used to say, you are OK for a girl’

22-Aug-2012
This Saturday Zaha Hadid will feature on CNN International’s ‘Leading Women’ - see the exclusive interview here first
Video: How we created Canada Water Library

31-Jul-2012
CZWG Architects has released a new mini-documentary about its recently opened Canada Water Library
Video exclusive: Olympic Park from the air

25-Jul-2012
A dusk flight over the Olympic Park shows a mini replica of the Thames inside Populous’ Olympic Stadium
Student Shows 2012: Royal College of Art

24-Jul-2012
Simon Hogg finds a good deal of space and a good dose of wit and at this year’s RCA show
RIBA announces President's Awards for Research shortlist

10-Jul-2012
Regular AJ contributor Steve Parnell has been named among the 16 finalists
Bristol Royal Infirmary, by Charles Holden (1912)

10-Jul-2012
[From the AJ Buildings Library archives] See images, drawings and data for a hospital extension finished 100 years ago and still in use today
Castle Drogo: images, drawings and details

5-Jul-2012
[Featured AJ Buildings Library project] By 1930 Edwin Lutyens had created Britain’s last castle entirely from granite, in 2007 Inskip and Jenkins had the task of restoring parts of the Grade-I listed landmark
Video: Heneghan Peng's Greenwich School of Architecture takes shape

4-Jul-2012
Timelapse footage of five months of construction condensed into two minutes
Stirling Prize jury announced

3-Jul-2012
The jury for the 2012 RIBA Stirling Prize for architecture has today been revealed by the RIBA
KONE sustainability diary: People Flow days

30-May-2012
[Sponsored post] Michael Williams, managing director of KONE Great Britain explains why the firm’s People Flow ethos plays such a critical role in its continued delivery of sustainable, cutting edge technology to the 21st-century urban marketplace
Jestico + Whiles wins funding for Grade-I Pitzhanger Manor overhaul

15-May-2012
A team led by Jestico + Whiles and including conservation architects Julian Harrap Architects, has secured Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) support to remodel Pitzhanger Manor House - a Grade-I listed building designed by Sir John Soane
David Miller scoops planning for 23-storey Aldgate Hotel

24-Apr-2012
David Miller Architects has won planning permission for this 251-room tower hotel at Aldgate, east London
Female Power in Architecture: RIBA event this evening

24-Apr-2012
AJ editor Christine Murray chairs a panel to discuss female power in Architecture at the RIBA, following last week’s inaugural AJ Women in Architecture awards
Video: Doreen Lawrence on Women in Architecture

17-Apr-2012
Doreen Lawrence welcomes the AJ’s focus on women in the profession
Video: Peter Rees on Women in Architecture

17-Apr-2012
Peter Rees discusses gender and sexuality in architecture
Video: Laura Lee on Women in Architecture

17-Apr-2012
Laura Lee, chief executive of Maggie’s Centres, says women architects could promote themselves more effectively
Video: Colette O'Shea on Women in Architecture

17-Apr-2012
Colette O’Shea, Development Director, Land Securities, explains why promoting women architects is an issue close to her heart
Video: Christine Murray on Women in Architecture

16-Apr-2012
Christine Murray explains why the AJ has created an awards scheme to celebrate the achievements of female architects
Video: Christine Murray, Colette O'Shea and Victoria Thornton on Women in Architecture

16-Apr-2012
Judges discuss the inaugural AJ Women in Architecture Awards
Video: Richard Rogers on Women in Architecture

16-Apr-2012
Richard Rogers discusses the glass ceiling, maternity leave and what has changed over the past 40 years
Video: Victoria Thornton on Women in Architecture

16-Apr-2012
Victoria Thornton, director of Open-City, explains why architecture needs to promote successful women
Free AJ digital edition: Women in Practice

12-Mar-2012
The acclaimed Women in Practice issue (AJ12.01.12), which features profiles of more than 60 female practice directors and partners, is now free to read
The new iPad: What architects need to know

8-Mar-2012
Apple announced yesterday that their new iPad will be available on 16 March. It will feature a new processor, a five-mega-pixel camera and an improved screen. The device will cost from £399 to £659 and will be slightly bulkier than the iPad 2, which is to fall in price. Read the expert reaction:
Successful Photomontages by Foundation CGI

2-Mar-2012
A successful photomontage needs careful consideration from the start: Q & A. Is the photomontage for planning and marketing? Planning images should help the scheme blend in with the context while marketing images should make the scheme stand out and feel optimistic. Would the scheme benefit from an elevated photomontage? Elevated photomontages help illustrate how a schemeworks as a whole and the relationship ...
Green light for Assael's office-to-home scheme in Clapham

7-Feb-2012
Assael Architecture has won planning consent for this £6 million scheme in Clapham, South London
Roundtable: Professional indemnity

2-Feb-2012
The AJ and insurance broker Griffiths & Armour gathered a selection of industry experts to debate contracts that cut risk and support innovation
BDP's Royal Sussex County Hospital plan given all-clear

1-Feb-2012
Brighton and Hove City Council is ‘minded to grant planning permission’ for the redevelopment of Sussex County Hospital – the largest ever application from BDP’s planning team
AJ Women in Architecture awards

11-Jan-2012
[CALL FOR ENTRIES] The AJ is seeking entrants to three new honours in support of women in architecture, including the prestigious Jane Drew Prize
Faces of British Architecture to go on show at the Building Centre

10-Jan-2012
London’s Building Centre is to host an exhibition of portraits of more than 40 of the UK’s leading architects
Penrose lists Pasmore's Apollo Pavilion

16-Dec-2011
Architecture minister John Penorse has handed Victor Pasmore’s 1969 Apollo Pavilion sculpture in County Durham a Grade II* listing
Wilkinson Eyre's Sea City Museum nears completion

8-Dec-2011
These are the latest shots of Wilkinson Eyre’s £28million Sea City Museum in Southampton
Richard Murphy reveals 'hidden' underground home

23-Nov-2011
[First look + plans] Richard Murphy Architects has submitted plans for this subterranean home in the Scottish borders
Moira Gemmill confirmed as AJ Small Projects 2012 judge

15-Nov-2011
V&A project and design director Moira Gemmill has joined the panel for the 2012 AJ Small Projects Awards, run in association with Marley Eternit
WAF 2011: Day two winners announced

4-Nov-2011
Four completed buildings and ten future projects have scooped awards on the second day of the World Architectural Festival
WAF 2011: First 12 awards winners announced

3-Nov-2011
These twelve buildings were the first winners announced at this year’s World Architectural Festival (WAF) Awards
Record-breaking numbers gather for WAF 2011

2-Nov-2011
The fourth World Architectural Festival (WAF) opened today (2 November) with more than 1,300 delegates expected to attend during the course of the week
AJ supplements downloads: Exclusive to subscribers

11-Oct-2011
AJ subscribers can now download supplements including Small Projects 2011, AJ100 2010, Stirling Prize 2009, Greening Your Office and Designing for Healthcare
Video: RIBA Stirling Prize 2011

5-Oct-2011
Stirling sponsors Benchmark present exclusive footage from the RIBA Stirling Prize 2011
Bath Abbey to host conference on the transformation of historic buildings

4-Oct-2011
Buro Happold and Fielden Clegg Bradley Studios are hosting an international conference, Power in Space, at Bath Abbey on Thursday 20 October 2011
Architectural Review seeks new Editorial Assistant

3-Oct-2011
The AJ’s sister publication, The Architectural Review, is looking for a full-time Editorial Assistant to join its small editorial team at its global headquarters in central London
Stirling Prize: What the judges think

30-Sep-2011
Exclusive insights from Angela Brady, Peter Cook, Hanif Kara, Dan Pearson and Alison Brooks
Open Practice: Visit the architects driving sustainable building and retrofit

13-Sep-2011
As part of Green Sky Thinking, some of the UK’s leading practitioners in sustainable design will be sharing their expertise through a range of events hosted in their own offices and in locations around London
Open House London: Win BT Tower tickets

13-Sep-2011
Join the discussion about Open House and win a pair of tickets to the BT Tower this weekend
AJ Open House London photography competition launches

6-Sep-2011
Capture an Open House London architectural moment and win photographic prizes courtesy of Lomo
KPF's Canary Wharf tower revealed

8-Aug-2011
25 Churchill Place, a 20-storey, 45,000m² office development, will start on site later this year
Video: The future of architectural education

19-Jul-2011
Deans from the world’s top schools of architecture met last month at IE University to debate innovation in the teaching and learning experience
Video: Steilneset Witch Trial Memorial by Peter Zumthor and Louise Bourgeois

3-Jun-2011
The project in Vardo, Norway is a memorial to the 91 victims of the 17th-century witch trials
Video: Kengo Kuma's Dundee V&A outpost on film

27-May-2011
The first footage of the Victoria & Albert (V&A) Dundee project and its place on the waterfront has been released
Win Farnsworth House in Lego

24-May-2011
Two lucky AJ readers will win models of Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House by commenting on the AJ website or LinkedIn group
AJ Readers' Editor

12-May-2011
Your direct line to the AJ team
Type3 Studio's zero-carbon Green Belt homes gain approval

10-May-2011
[First look] Type3 Studio has won planning permission for four large, zero-carbon, family homes in woodland in the Green Belt
New London Awards: Last chance to enter

10-May-2011
The awards recognise projects - both completed and on the drawing board - that make an outstanding contribution to their locality across twelve sectors; deadline for submissions is Friday 13 May
Architectural clues to Bin Laden's hideout

3-May-2011
An architect’s eye for detail helped locate al-Qaida chief Osama bin Laden in his Pakistan hideaway, US officials have revealed
Councils selected to pilot neighbourhood planning powers

5-Apr-2011
Seventeen local authorities across Britain have been selected to trial the coalition’s new neighbourhood planning powers
Olympics 'to give district heating' to Stratford developments

5-Apr-2011
Pipes will be laid to bring low carbon heat, produced on the Olympic site, to homes and businesses in Stratford High Street, it has been revealed
Stonehenge plans get funding boost

5-Apr-2011
Denton Corker Marshall’s plans to transform the surroundings of Stonehenge have moved another ‘crucial’ step closer, English Heritage says as new funding is unveiled
Architects' sketchbooks: The winning sketches

4-Apr-2011
The AJ challenged readers to submit sketches of their own to win copies of Architects’ Sketchbooks
Drawing with Dunlop – the forgotten art of sketching?

24-Mar-2011
[Video] Watch Alan Dunlop pen an accurate hand-drawn view of the Clyde Waterfront, from memory, in just over three minutes
Highlights from Ecobuild: Video of the Multi-Comfort House competition finale

25-Feb-2011
The awards ceremony took place at the Isover Multi-Comfort House exhibition stand on Wednesday 2 March
Win an iPod touch: Have your say on the Isover Architectural Design Competition shortlist

23-Feb-2011
Eight student teams have been shortlisted for the 2011 Isover Architectural Design Competition - pick your favourite and win an iPod touch
Sign up for AJ Buildings Library email updates

18-Feb-2011
Receive regular news about the AJ’s new searchable archive of images, drawings and data
Olympics 2012: Official fears over Athletes' Village and Zaha's Aquatics Centre

16-Feb-2011
The final cost of the 2012 Olympics remains unknown, with Zaha Hadid’s Aquatics Centre one of the main uncertainties, the National Audit Office reports
Fly-through: Library of Birmingham, by Mecanoo

4-Feb-2011
[VIDEO + IMAGES] Birmingham City Council has revealed a fly-through and construction photography of Mecanoo £188 million central library for Birmingham
Localism law 'will create more houses'

18-Jan-2011
Government changes to planning law will lead to more houses being built and people having more say over building projects taking place in their area, according to Communities Minister Greg Clark
AJ Buildings Library free trial for every architect

2-Dec-2010
The AJ Buildings Library is now fully functional - and architects can get their free trial login today
Apply now for the role of Launch Editor, AJ Buildings Library

29-Nov-2010
The AJ is recruiting an editor for the AJ Buildings Library, a new digital product that provides technical data, drawings and photographs of exemplar projects in British architecture
Populous’ Leeds Arena wins approval

18-Nov-2010
Construction of Populous’ £60 million Leeds Arena project will start next Spring after final planning approval was given by the council’s city centre plans panel
Formroom's Everton FC development approved

17-Nov-2010
Everton Football Club has won planning permission for a £9 million retail and administration development at Goodison Park.
AJ exclusive: 600 under threat at Arup

7-Sep-2010
Engineering giant Arup has announced a redundancy consultation programme that ‘may affect up to 600 employees’ from a UK workforce of just under 4,000
RIBA predicts double-dip recession

10-Aug-2010
A double-dip recession is ‘almost certain’, according to the RIBA Future Trends Survey.
Villages gain right to build homes

23-Jul-2010
Rural communities in England will be able to build homes without planning permission under plans announced by the government
The Stirling shortlist: it's a matter of taste

22-Jul-2010
Interpret the Stirling shortlist any way you like, but it’s all down to whose style you prefer, says Rory Olcayto
Pipers Building, Folkestone, by Guy Hollaway Architects

20-Jul-2010
[FIRST LOOK] Shepway District Council recently approved proposals for the transformation of the old Pipers building on Tontine Street, Folkestone, and the neighbouring Istanbul Kebab shop
Penfold Review: Non-planning consents must be simplified

7-Jul-2010
The Penfold Review - set up to tackle problems facing businesses - has made a series of recommendations for encouraging development and growth, simplifying the planning and consents environment and cutting red tape
BSF cuts: First reaction and analysis

6-Jul-2010
Politicians, architects and industry experts respond to the cancellation of the BSF school-building programme
BSF cuts: Full list of affected schools

6-Jul-2010
All Building Schools for the Future projects that had not reached ‘financial close’ will be scrapped and a further 123 academy schemes would be ‘reviewed’. Check out the impact on schools within each local authority with this comprehensive list
Planning news: Fast-food outlet near school banned

15-Jun-2010
A High Court judge has overturned plans to build a fast-food takeaway near a school that employs a healthy-eating policy
Video: BCO conference interviews

4-Jun-2010
Watch interviews with Chris Grigg, British Land chief executive, and Stuart Fraser, chairman of the City of London Corporation’s policy and resources committee
Prince Charles imparts community planning wisdom

2-Jun-2010
Royal tells seminar of Scottish council planners, executives and elected members that ‘few people’ are creating ‘fully sustainable’ places, except his own Prince’s Foundation for the Built Environment
Landmark Manchester tower-blocks refurbished

18-May-2010
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] Work has begun on a £7 million refurbishment of four residential blocks on the edge of Manchester City Centre
Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Canada, by OMA

6-Apr-2010
[FIRST LOOK] The Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA), has won the competition for a 12,000m² expansion to the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ)
Two new eco-town sites announced

10-Mar-2010
Government adds areas in Hampshire and Devon to the list for a ‘second wave’ of eco-towns
Kickstart Round 2: Full details

9-Mar-2010
Around 5,700 partially-built, affordable homes stalled by the recession are to be put back on track with an £83 million government programme
KieranTimberlake wins US Embassy project

23-Feb-2010
[EXCLUSIVE IMAGES + PLANS] KieranTimberlake has won the prestigious project to design the new US Embassy in London
Capita Symonds reveals 'Living Building' for Ecobuild

23-Feb-2010
Capita Symonds has unveiled plans for a ‘living building’ at Ecobuild, the world’s biggest event for sustainable design, construction and the built environment, which takes place at Earl’s Court from 2-4 March 2010
Tories promise 'presumption in favour of planning'

22-Feb-2010
Conservative policy paper ‘Open Source Planning’ pledges to abolish Community Infrastructure Levy, the IPC and regional tier of planning
'People power' underpins Tory planning reforms

15-Feb-2010
The Tories have said they would give local communities greater influence in how their neighbourhoods are developed if they are successful at the general election
Earls Court centre 'facing demolition for housing'

25-Jan-2010
Competition from the O2 Arena and Excel centre has left Earls Court Exhibition Centre, one of London’s most iconic music and exhibition venues, facing demolition
The AJ online: now exclusive to subscribers

20-Jan-2010
The AJ is changing - activate your online subscription now to access new services for you and your business
Call for entries: UK's biggest student prize

12-Jan-2010
3DReid has announced the launch of the biggest practice-run student prize, now in its fifth successive year. Nominations are sought from all UK schools of architecture for their best Part II student, who will fight it out for the £1,500 first prize
Boris set to review Southall Gas Works decision

6-Jan-2010
Mayor of London Boris Johnson is to review a decision to refuse a development on the site of a former West London gas works
World's tallest building opens – under a new name

5-Jan-2010
The 828m-tall Burj Khalifa in Dubai was officially opened yesterday
Manor Point – Manchester, by Carey Jones

4-Jan-2010
[FIRST LOOK] The Eight-story development will house 672 student apartments as part of the planned new ‘community campus’ in Birley Fields, Hulme
PPS4: Minister announces new town centre development guidance

4-Jan-2010
Housing and planning minister John Healey has announced an overhaul of the planning system to prioritise town centre shops over out-of-town developments
Olympics update: Make's handball arena takes shape

23-Dec-2009
The foundations of the London 2012 Olympic Games handball arena have been laid
Strata project lights up Barnsley office block

23-Dec-2009
Artist Patrick Murphy has used an empty office building in Barnsley as a canvas for a large-scale public artwork
Yorkshire Forward prepares Tower Works decision

22-Dec-2009
Work on a collection of listed Leeds-based landmarks is set to get moving next year when regional development agency Yorkshire Forward announces the winning contractor to transform the site
HCA admits half of Kickstart projects are 'poorly designed'

22-Dec-2009
Almost half of the schemes chosen to receive funding from a government scheme to maintain the housing supply were previously rated as ‘poorly designed’
Rogers beats Foster to £3bn Barangaroo development for Sydney

22-Dec-2009
Head-to-head contest for the 22ha Barangaroo development in Sydney ends amid complaints from local architects
Faculty of Business and Law, Liverpool John Moores University by ADP

14-Dec-2009
[FIRST LOOK] This £37m building by ADP for Liverpool John Moores University will provide a home for the Faculty of Business and Law, Liverpool Screen School and the University’s new Professional Centre
Tree-cycling: Sarah Wigglesworth Architects' sustainable Christmas tree

14-Dec-2009
What do you get if you cross Christmas with a bicycle? A ‘Tree-Cycle’ sustainable Christmas tree made out of recycled bicycle parts
Child's play: Wilkinson, Conway + Akram win school design contest

10-Dec-2009
The winners of a school design project for children have been announced by architecture education organisation Open House
Swiss vote to ban minaret construction

30-Nov-2009
Swiss voters have overwhelmingly approved a constitutional ban on minarets, barring construction of the iconic mosque towers in a surprise vote
Recession hits Make's almost-built Cube as developer goes under

26-Nov-2009
The team behind Make’s landmark 23-storey Cube tower in Birmingham has today plunged into administration
Greengate public spaces, Salford by Whitelaw Turkington and Arup

24-Nov-2009
Whitelaw Turkington and Arup have had designs approved for two new public spaces at Greengate in Central Salford
Councils get 1-2-3 Core Strategy guide from CABE

24-Nov-2009
Local councils have been urged to prioritise good design when planning out their vision for their areas over the next two decades by CABE
Tories will rethink 'flawed' PFIs

16-Nov-2009
The Conservatives have said they will abolish the private finance initiative (PFI) method of funding major infrastructure builds if they are elected
Downturn will mean fewer social homes

10-Nov-2009
The government’s social housing programme looks set for serious cuts as ministers seek to rein-in public spending in light of the recession and a slump in house building
New heritage guidelines condemned

4-Nov-2009
Planning and conservation organisations are lining up to attack the government’s proposed new national heritage planning guidelines
INTO University of Exeter development by Lacey Hickie Caley

2-Nov-2009
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] This £40 million development has been commissioned for international students studying at the INTO University of Exeter on the University’s Streatham campus
National Trust chair savages government on planning

2-Nov-2009
Simon Jenkins accuses the government of endlessly ‘messing about’ with the UK’s planning system
Richard Murphy's Edinburgh hotel blocked

29-Oct-2009
Scottish ministers have rejected plans to build a luxury hotel designed by Richard Murphy Architects as part of a £250m project in Edinburgh
NHS website for architects launched

28-Oct-2009
Guidance on the design, planning and building of healthcare facilities is included in a new Space for Health website being launched by the Department of Health
Wedge-shaped Cardiff office awarded top green rating

28-Oct-2009
Stride Treglown has won Britain’s highest Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM)-Outstanding rating of 89.12% for the design of its wedge-shaped Cardiff office.
Extra £800,000 for East London Green Grid

21-Oct-2009
A further £800,000 investment from the London Development Agency has been secured by the award-winning East London Green Grid
AJ launches new design inspiration site NOTEBOOK

20-Oct-2009
The Architects’ Journal can reveal NOTEBOOK, a new site to bring together the ideas of AJ readers
Bookies clean up after Maggie's Centre Stirling victory

20-Oct-2009
Bookmaker William Hill is laughing all the way to the bank following Richard Rogers’ Stirling Prize win with his Maggie’s Centre in London
In pictures: Stirling Prize 2009

18-Oct-2009
Hundreds of architects gathered in London to see Richard Rogers’ Maggie’s Centre win the Stirling Prize 2009
Richard Rogers wins Stirling Prize for Maggie's Centre

18-Oct-2009
British architecture gives its top award to Richard Rogers in the year of his bruising public row with Prince Charles
In Pictures: London Bridge 800 competition winners

14-Oct-2009
All of the designs for the recent London Bridge ideas competition will be exhibited in the CUBE Gallery in Manchester
Five things to do today: 1 October

1-Oct-2009
Inhaleable Chocolate - La Vie En Rose under the stars - Human Radio Tuner - Old ads - Digital Bird Cages
Midsomer Norton School and Weston All Saints School, Bath by Boyes Rees Architects

25-Sep-2009
[IMAGES + PROJECT DATA + PLANS] Cardiff-based Boyes Rees Architects has secured three key contracts worth over £5 million for the improvement of three schools for Bath and North East Somerset Council
Bomonti apartments, Istanbul by Swanke Hayden Connell

22-Sep-2009
[FIRST LOOK] SHCA’s offices in London and Istanbul are collaborating on the design for this 92-unit apartment building in Bomonti, a residential suburb of central Istanbul
Loncin Petal Valley, Chongqing, China by PCKO

18-Sep-2009
[IMAGES + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] PCKO has been commissioned by a Chinese developer to prepare the masterplan for a holiday village and design of a 5-star spa and a 6-star hotel
Herzog & de Meuron Tate Modern extension 'to start next year'

18-Sep-2009
Construction of the £215 million Tate Modern extension will start next year despite a £141 million funding shortfall, according to trustees chairman Lord Browne of Madingley
Darlington Campus Building, Teesside University by Napper Architects

15-Sep-2009
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] Napper Architects’ five-storey higher education teaching facility has received planning permission
RIBA unveils its manifesto for architecture

14-Sep-2009
The RIBA launches its manifesto for architecture with demands for four million homes to be retrofitted, smart energy meters in every building and more support for local authorities
Rosewarne Village, Camborne, Cornwall by John Thompson and Partners

10-Sep-2009
The scheme will deliver the central portion of Rosewarne Village, a new sustainable neighbourhood of 520 units located at the northern edge of the town, on a key regeneration site next to the A30
Stephen Lawrence lecture: RMJM boss backs city-centre sports

10-Sep-2009
Peter Morrison calls for more investment in sports facilities in Britain’s deprived inner cities at the Stephen Lawrence Memorial Lecture in London
Archbishop McGrath Catholic School in Bridgend, Wales by HLM Architects

8-Sep-2009
[IMAGES + PLANS + PROJECT DATA] Designs for the new Archbishop McGrath Catholic School - the result of consultations with both teachers and pupils - have been granted planning consent
Centre of the Cell opens inside Alsop's Blizard Building

3-Sep-2009
A children’s science education centre has opened inside a working research laboratory in London
Cedars Hall, Wells Cathedral School by Eric Parry Architects

2-Sep-2009
[IMAGES + PLANS] Eric Parry Architects’ £4.5 million new music facility for Wells Cathedral School has been granted planning permission from Mendip District Council
Biggin Hill Airport Hotel by EPR Architects

19-Aug-2009
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] This new 4-star bespoke airport hotel designed by EPR Architects has been granted Planning Permission by Bromley Council
Paul Finch appointed as new CABE Chair

17-Aug-2009
Paul Finch will be the new Chair of the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE), Culture Secretary Ben Bradshaw has announced
Harrogate Grammar School sixth from pavilion by Bowman Riley Architects

17-Aug-2009
[FIRST LOOK] This new sixth form pavilion at Harrogate Grammar School designed by Bowman Riley Architects has been granted planning permission
Arriving soon: New Leeds railway station entrance

17-Aug-2009
[VIDEO] Plans to build a new £15 million entrance at Leeds City Railway Station have been unveiled.
Prince Charles 'tried to have Jean Nouvel sacked'

17-Aug-2009
The Prince lobbied for Pritzker Prize winner to be dropped from the £500 million One New Change complex beside St Paul’s Cathedral
Back to the past: DeLorean factory plans up for sale

14-Aug-2009
Architectural plans for the DeLorean car plant in Belfast are to go up for sale at auction after being found almost 30 years to the day after they were drawn-up
Concert Hall, University of Birmingham by Glenn Howells Architects

12-Aug-2009
[FIRST LOOK] This 450-seat concert hall - plus space for teaching and research - is to be built on the University of Birmingham’s redbrick campus
Foster's 'left his job' in San Francisco

12-Aug-2009
Norman Foster has reportedly been removed from a $121million San Francisco project after a political row over the use of US stimulus package funds
Aston Villa's Olympic penalty

11-Aug-2009
Planned construction work at Villa Park has ended hopes to include the stadium on the Olympic list for London 2012
Public sector keeps housing market from ruin

11-Aug-2009
Public housing and housing association orders leapt by 20 per cent in the three months to June, according to the Office for National Statistics
Eric Parry's £50m West End production to go ahead

10-Aug-2009
Planning approval granted for scheme to redevelop area around Piccadilly and Jermyn Street, despite objections from the Victorian Society
Chelsea Barracks: Rogers and Terry 'not on shortlist'

10-Aug-2009
Prince Charles’ favourite and least favourite architects will not be on the shortlist for the controversial scheme when it is revealed later this week
Unmade in Taiwan: Hotel collapses into river

10-Aug-2009
This six-storey hotel in southern Taiwan collapsed into a river after flood waters from Typhoon Morakot eroded its foundations
'Virtual' planning application changes backed

10-Aug-2009
Planning chiefs have thrown their weight behind plans to remove the need for councils to advertise planning applications in local newspapers
St Anne’s Home for the Little Sisters of the Poor, London by Daniel Hurd

6-Aug-2009
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] The new St Anne’s Home in Manor Road, Stoke Newington, London for the Little Sisters of the Poor, an international Hospitaller Order of nuns who care for the elderly poor, was completed earlier this year at a cost of £25 million
In pictures: David Chipperfield at the Design Museum

6-Aug-2009
A major new exhibition will feature works including River and Rowing Museum in Henley-on-Thames, The Hepworth Wakefield gallery and the Neues Museum in Berlin
Allies & Morrison to open Qatar office

5-Aug-2009
The practice’s first overseas office will open in Doha this autumn
Boris promises to plug social housing funding gap

5-Aug-2009
The Mayor of London has said he will be calling on the Homes and Communities Agency to channel funding back to social housing projects after the Government ‘short-changed’ the capital by redirecting funds
Lancashire colliery regeneration gets green light

4-Aug-2009
A former colliery site in Lancashire is to be regenerated as part of the Homes and Communities Agency’s (HCA) National Coalfields Programme
It's official: Middlesbrough is grim

4-Aug-2009
Kirsty and Phil’s claims that ‘Boro is the worst place to live in the UK have been upheld by media watchdog Ofcom
Burj Dubai: World's tallest building opens 2 December

4-Aug-2009
The Burj Dubai will officially open to the public on UAE National Day later this year
Walbrook Square: Foster and Nouvel feel the force of the recession

4-Aug-2009
The Walbrook Square project in central London designed by Norman Foster and Jean Nouvel - nicknamed ‘Darth Vader’s helmet’ - is set to be scrapped after the Spanish property company Metrovacesa left the project
Oglander Road housing, Peckham, London by Alan Camp

3-Aug-2009
[FIRST LOOK + PLANS] These eight new mews houses in Peckham, designed by Southwark-based Alan Camp Architects, have just been completed
Chetham’s School of Music, Manchester by Stephenson Bell

3-Aug-2009
First Look: Stephenson Bell has received full planning approval for their new £30m school and masterplan for Chetham’s School of Music in the heart of Manchester
Cambridge college 'to buy Millenium Dome'

3-Aug-2009
Trinity college, Cambridge is reportedly in negotiations to buy London’s O2 entertainment complex, formerly Richard Rogers’ Millenium Dome
Video: How not to demolish a building

3-Aug-2009
Engineers badly miscalculated this demolition in Cankiri, central Turkey
Darlington set for 1,200 home eco-scheme

31-Jul-2009
Aukett Fitzroy Robinson and FAT to help create £100m carbon- and water-neutral urban renewal project
Jewish Community Centre, London by Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands

31-Jul-2009
Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ plans for a 3,250m² Jewish Community Centre for Finchley Road, London has received planning permission
£1bn pledged for home-building

27-Jul-2009
One billion pounds of public money is to be used to kick-start social-housing projects that have been put on hold because of the recession, housing minister John Healey has announced
In pictures: Battersea Power Station as a '20th-century ruined castle'

23-Jul-2009
RIBA will showcase a series of photographs by artist Michael Collins that give ‘a fascinating and faithful account of this British landmark as it exists today’
Five things to do today: 22 July

22-Jul-2009
Towering achievement - Kaplicky print - Uniqlo calendar - Joypad - economic outlook
New Cross Gate development, London by Feilden Clegg Bradley

22-Jul-2009
FIRST LOOK: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios’ £35 million east London healthcare-led regeneration
Phoenix High School, Shepherds Bush by Bond Bryan Architects

22-Jul-2009
FIRST LOOK: Striking designs for Europe’s largest cantilevered building, a ‘liquorice allsorts’ school
Bushe creates 'living monument' on Fourth Plinth

21-Jul-2009
Architect Tim Bushe created a ‘living monument’ on behalf of Hft, national charity for people with learning disabilities and their families, during his hour on the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square last Thursday
Five things to do today: 21 July

21-Jul-2009
Rollerbabies -Melbourne Recital Centre - jet bike - high tech Brad Pitt - Nasa album
Five things to do today: 20 July

20-Jul-2009
Tape head - Wicklow house - Casal de Berri - Twitter secrets - under the sea
Feltham Skills Centre, West Thames College by Mackenzie Wheeler

20-Jul-2009
FIRST LOOK: Mackenzie Wheeler Architects’ Feltham Skills Centre has been given planning permission by the London Borough of Hounslow’s Sustainable Development Committee
Administrative Centre, Deinze, Belgium by Tony Fretton Architects

17-Jul-2009
FIRST LOOK: Tony Fretton Architects has won an international competition for a new five-story €11.75m Administrative Centre in Deinze, Belgium
Julius Shulman (1910 - 2009)

16-Jul-2009
The American architectural photographer who popularised California modernism has died at the age of 98
Video: Sheppard Robson's Waingels College

16-Jul-2009
A virtual guided tour of the UK’s first timber structure school, in Wokingham
Deadline nears for MP's accommodation competition

10-Jul-2009
Last chance to enter the AJ’s ‘Common of Houses’ competition - and first chance to see entries so far
Lakanal House: new evidence reveals how fatal fire spread

8-Jul-2009
These exclusive images show the extraordinary way that fire tore through Lakanal House in Camberwell
Poor design ‘contributed to six deaths’ in Camberwell flats fire

6-Jul-2009
Block of flats where six people, including three children, were killed is described as a ‘maze’ and a ‘death trap’
First look: RMJM's China Beach resort, Vietnam

10-Jun-2009
The new Hyatt Regency Danang Resort will be built on China Beach in Danang, which was voted one of the top 10 most beautiful beaches in the world in Forbes magazine
Architects to solve political crisis: AJ Common of Houses competition

4-Jun-2009
The Architects’ Journal launches a new design contest - judged by Ken Livingstone and Ruth Reed - in a bid to solve the controversy over MPs’ second homes
Grade II listing for Edinburgh Sport Dome, Malvern

2-Jun-2009
‘Incredibly special’ Edinburgh Sports Dome in Malvern listed at Grade II on the advice of English Heritage
First look: Allies and Morrison's cliff-top Felixstowe apartments

2-Jun-2009
Two new apartment buildings and the restoration of an Edwardian hotel will provide 55 new apartments in the Felixstowe Conservation area
'Volcanic' Chelsea garden for Canary Islands

20-May-2009
The Canary Islands Spa Garden brings black volcanic rock and lush exotic plants to the Chelsea Flower Show
Key Garden, created by the homeless, wins silver at Chelsea Flower Show

20-May-2009
The garden is a collaboration between the Eden Project, the Homes and Communities Agency, Communities and Local Government (CLG), Homeless Link, Architecture Sans Frontières-UK and the London Employer Accord
Totally amazing Frank Lloyd Wright Lego

20-May-2009
Great news: the Guggenheim Museum and ‘Fallingwater’ will soon be available for architects of all ages
Laurie Chetwood bases Chelsea garden on perfume made by Elizabeth I

19-May-2009
Architect Laurie Chetwood and landscape designer Patrick Collins have chosen a rosewater infused fragrance created by Elizabeth I as their inspiration for the Perfume Garden
Ray Lonsdale brings Seven Pounds of Hope and Five Ounces of Fear to Chelsea

15-May-2009
This years Chelsea Flower shows will see sculptor Ray Lonsdale unveil Seven Pounds of Hope and Five Ounces of Fear - an attempt to relay the male side of becoming a parent for the first time
Zaha Hadid's Guangzhou Opera House goes up in flames

12-May-2009
Dramatic scenes in China as construction site for high-profile theatre burns
Five things to do today: 6 May

6-May-2009
Real-life Twitter - Lincoln’s lines - Rocking horse - House of Vision - Communist war memorials
Video: Rem Koolhaas on the Prada Transformer

24-Apr-2009
On the eve of its opening, Rem Koolhaas explains the concepts behind his flexible exhibition space for Seoul, South Korea
Five things to do today: 24 April

24-Apr-2009
Vader re-mixed - American excess - glowing, inflatable - global warming: the shelf
Rolf.fr takes his chainsaw to the streets of Milan

23-Apr-2009
Architect Rolf.fr will give a live demonstration of ‘furniture transformation’ in Milan today
Five things to do today: 23 April

23-Apr-2009
Milan Furniture Fair - Alberto van Stokkum - alcoholic architecture - about time - Design is the problem
Five things to do today: 22 April

22-Apr-2009
Megadrive rebooted - shower hug - Sultan Lounge - cutaway vehicles - monolith church
Frank Gehry bench to be unveiled in Milan

21-Apr-2009
A one-off aluminium bench, Tuyomyo (Spanish for ‘yours and mine’), designed by Frank Gehry for Emeco will be shown at the Salone del Mobile this week
Five things to do today: 21 April

21-Apr-2009
Less is more - Gehry’s feud - Vatican sunshine - noteworthy building - Golden Mean rules!
Design world prepares for 'minimalist' Milan Furniture Fair

20-Apr-2009
Global recession sets the tone for 48th Salone Internazionale del Mobile
Hadid runs late on Burnham pavilion in Chicago

9-Apr-2009
Zaha Hadid’s temporary pavilion for the centenary of Chicago’s Burnham Plan will not be ready for its scheduled opening on Friday (19 June)
Five things to do today: 1 April

1-Apr-2009
Recession preservation - otters, bats, falcons - Mexican Tiger - Ron Arad - build! build!
First look: SANAA's Serpentine Pavilion

31-Mar-2009
This is the first image of the 2009 Serpentine Pavilion, designed by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa of SANAA
Five things to do today: 31 March

31-Mar-2009
The women of Kibera - Big Art Map - owls of Linda Solovic - calendar 2.0 - Adrian Kenyon
Five things to do today: 27 March

27-Mar-2009
Academic Earth - the colour of the internet - Ben Tour - a long aquaduct - bear love
Five things to do today: 25 March

25-Mar-2009
Handimals - Le Corbusier - Creme eggs - iPhone calendar - Zaha sketches
Knight Architects captures German bridges

24-Mar-2009
The Anglo-German team of Knight Architects and Knippers Helbig has won a competition to design two new bridges in Leverkusen, Germany
First look: Hogarth Architects in Kenya

24-Mar-2009
Hogarth Architects has designed this holiday home - due for completion in 2010 - in Kilifi, Kenya
First look: HKR’s Prendergast-Vale College

24-Mar-2009
HKR Architects has submitted these proposals for Prendergast-Vale College in Lewisham, London
Five things to do today: 23 March

23-Mar-2009
Lost USSR - web illustration - goal-orientation - iPhone 3.0 - Twitmatic
Five things to do today: 20 March

20-Mar-2009
Make poetry, not war - Batman’s branding - quick weaving - the Mansion - You Can Live Forever in a Paradise on Earth
Five things to do today: 19 March

19-Mar-2009
My Life With Cables - school’s out - school safety - Frank conversation - 100 minutes of Havana
Five things to do today: 18 March

18-Mar-2009
Architectural Review - G Hotel - Rayment & son - Electrochef - design happy
Five things to Twitter today: March 17

17-Mar-2009
AJ on Twitter - in defence of Twitter - follow me - Twitter poetry - will Twitter survive?
Five things to do today: March 16

16-Mar-2009
Periodic table of typefaces - the new concrete - Little Mr Conservative - Wallpaper - annoying habits
Five things to watch today: March 13

13-Mar-2009
Liz Diller - demolition don’ts - bioengineered crabs - building schools - limp Bizkit
Five things to do today: 12 March

12-Mar-2009
Dollar art - Jan Svankmajer - Yakisugi House - Slovenian Lighting Guerrilla - Saint-Chapelle
Five things to do today: 11 March

11-Mar-2009
New Paris - Rubik’s dodecahedron - Beijing burn-out – Video magic – Sex, lies and Photoshop
In pictures: £125m skyscraper for Birmingham

10-Mar-2009
This is Aedas’ £125 million tower for the centre of Birmingham, which the developer says will ‘alter the city’s skyline’
Five things to do today: 10 March

10-Mar-2009
Eco-rigs - iPhone OS - neon lampshades - Borja Bonaque - Stephen Burks
Five things to do today: 9 March

9-Mar-2009
Corb on holiday - Russian dolls - Frank Lloyd Wright - bird watching - Kelly Thompson
Five things to do today: 6 March

6-Mar-2009
Budapest doors - glo-shelves - Beside the sea-side - Zaha Hadid - dancing apartment
Five things to do today: 5 March

5-Mar-2009
Best font ever - graphic violence - Ken Yeang - Giant Paper Robot Fight - Ghostbusters vs Jesus
Five things to do today: 4 March

4-Mar-2009
Californian facade - oldest words - leaf silhouette - minute history - heady hoodies
The new AJ site

3-Mar-2009
It has a new look, more news, more building studies and more expert advice - but is it any good?
Five things to do today: 3 March

3-Mar-2009
Ben O’Brien - Hollywood home - Luca ‘Bean One’ Barcellona - apartamento - internettiquette
Poet laureate pens tribute to architects

27-Feb-2009
The poet laureate, Andrew Motion, has written a poem to celebrate the RIBA’s 175th Anniversary
Report: AJ Small Projects 2009

5-Feb-2009
Mitchell Taylor Workshop wins the top prize. Plus: pictures from the awards and party
Five things to do: 5 February

5-Feb-2009
iEducation - Faster Firefox - Future housing - augmented reality - Matt Lee
Five things to do: 3 February

3-Feb-2009
Cool fireplaces - voice drawing - iCat - Superbowl XS - game over
Five things to do today: 2 February

2-Feb-2009
Momentum stool - neoclassical Obama - Mies van der Rohe's Esso - Stockholm Design Week - mobile easel
Five things to do today: 30 January

30-Jan-2009
Spanish Death Star - The Rest is Noise - small projects - dirty Norway - $7bn project
Five things to do today: 29 January

29-Jan-2009
Keyboard madness - Black Heart Gang - public enemy - Sharky - Golden knuckle dusters
Five things to do today - 26 January

26-Jan-2009
Cardboard shoes - Zaha's a boy - Benjamin Button's house - cocaine design - Saucier + Perrotte Architectes
Five things to do today - 23 January

23-Jan-2009
BOX PIG - building bail-out - Khadambi Asalache - Footprint - Foster’s chair
Five things to do today - 21 January

21-Jan-2009
Ana Bagayan - Berlin panorama - digital cities - Palladio - 100 chairs
Five things to do today - 19 January

19-Jan-2009
Embassies of the world - top 10 everything - man v woman - Seinfeld architecture - redesign required
Five things to do today - 15 February

15-Jan-2009
Money as debt - Star Wars musical - designer stamps - grid chair - El Banksy
Five things to do today - 14 January

14-Jan-2009
Special effects - Barack the builder - 44 places - two helpings of French architecture
Five things to do today - 13 January

13-Jan-2009
City madness - Matthew Doubek - Enter Kazoo Man - Spa International - pretty data
Five things to do today: 23 December

23-Dec-2008
Star cats - 100 sites - LiveJournal feed - meta-aggregation - best of 2008
Five things to do today: 19 December

19-Dec-2008
Monumental restoration - city solution - book shopping - Obama the architect - walking
Five things to do today: 15 December

15-Dec-2008
Unusual deaths - scanner camera - inspiring speeches - gross gourmet - Onion news
Five things to do today: 12 December

12-Dec-2008
Maltese democracy - Modernist interiors - Cadge Mahal - Icelandic infrastructure - Christmas Cow Boy
Five things to do today: 10 December

10-Dec-2008
Art jumping - London bus - Peter Wylie - CO2 in pictures - Barcelona biomedicine
Five things to do today: 9 December

9-Dec-2008
Yesterday’s future - found furniture - Mexican wrestlers - mosaic Mario - wakeboard Venice
Five things to do today: 8 December

8-Dec-2008
Paper art - RIBA medals - Swarovski sparkle shady - Ray Mortenson - obnoxious Le Corbusier
Five things to do today: 5 December

4-Dec-2008
Teeny Tiles - Fitzwilliam Museum - book covers - Chandigarh at 60 - America's railways
Five things to do today: 4 December

4-Dec-2008
Floating islands - Capitol punishment - extending bookcase - Lawrence Speck - play to create
Five things to do today: 3 December

3-Dec-2008
Cat playhouses - Japanese watches - Mark Leckey - New York blues - autoportraits
Five things to do today: 2 December

2-Dec-2008
Decalcomania - Westminster Cathedral - Jorn Utzon - Sydney Opera House - cardboard shop
Five things to do today: 1 December

1-Dec-2008
Iwan Baan - Advent calendar - George Barnett Johnston - Victorian Symbolism - inspiring Plymouth
Five things to do today: 28 November

28-Nov-2008
Feed the birds - Norman Foster's toilet - donate rice - Mafia tunnels - architect jokes
Five things to do today: 27 November

27-Nov-2008
Visual data - San Fran travel - inspired talks - Ning - self-publishing
Five things to do today: 20 November

20-Nov-2008
Beautiful computers - Terry Farrell - Irena Bauman - infrastructure as architecture - mega-malls
Five things to do today: 19 November

19-Nov-2008
Hotel of the future - colourful roof - iPhone faxes - age of abundance - death of cement
Five things to do today: 18 November

18-Nov-2008
Strangest buildings - Revisiting Postmodernism - cycle gadget - 3-D camera - bonfire footage
Five things to do today: 14 November

13-Nov-2008
Prince Charles - ice skating - treasure map - Bad Boris - future cities
Five things to do today: 12 November

12-Nov-2008
Tower of Babel - Eden Project - Illustrator 88 - light-emitting textiles - shadow memorial
Five things to do today: 11 November

11-Nov-2008
War memorials - ultra-fast building - Brazilian art - wonderful widgets - David Kelley
Five things to do today: 10 November

10-Nov-2008
Twitter in space - Liverpool suburbia - search engines - Langland and Bell - Kohn's restaurant
10 war memorials

7-Nov-2008
To mark Remembrance Sunday, here is the AJ's selection of war memorials from around the world
Five things to do today: 7 November

7-Nov-2008
Andrew Doolan - Karlheinz Stockhausen - Discover Dogs - Pritzker Prize - posh squatting
Five things to do today: 6 November

6-Nov-2008
3D sketching - pixelated skyscraper - political ads - magic wand art - scissors, paper, stone
Five things to do today: 5 November

5-Nov-2008
Barack Obama - blinded birds - Raphael Pennekamp - James Bond - George Ferguson
Video: Mark Whitby on bridge design

4-Nov-2008
Mark Whitby of Ramboll Whitbybird talks about the challenges of bridge design
Five things to do today: 4 November

4-Nov-2008
Mega mall - handmade gifts - fun and games - David Shrigley - US election
Five things to do today: 3 November

3-Nov-2008
Andy Warhol – your death – secret bases – Mills & Boon – money making
The 10 scariest buildings in Britain

31-Oct-2008
The AJ has browsed hundreds of properties - haunted, unsafe, ugly and just plain creepy - to bring you this Halloween list of 10 buildings to see (shortly) before you die
Five things to do today: 30 October

30-Oct-2008
Wildlife snaps - Black Panther design - free Photoshoppery - woody chair - British sports car
Make and Maccreanor Lavington vie for Norwich housing scheme

29-Oct-2008
Five practices shortlisted for Greyhound Opening affordable-housing project in Norwich
Five things to do today: 29 October

29-Oct-2008
Free cameras - 1,000 artworks - write like an architect - iPhone Google Earth - Infinity Bridge

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