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Stirling shortlist verdict: some great projects, but where’s the housing?
The AJ’s Jon Astbury takes a critical look at the six buildings in contention for UK architecture’s top prize
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BUILDING OF THE DAY
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Square Chapel Arts Centre by Evans Vettori Architects
A major extension to a Halifax arts centre based in a Georgian brick chapel. Photography by Mark Hadden
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TODAY'S OPINION
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Stirling shortlist verdict: some great projects, but where’s the housing?
The AJ’s Jon Astbury takes a critical look at the six buildings in contention for UK architecture’s top prize
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AJ100
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LATEST STORY
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In pictures: UK’s biggest practices celebrate at AJ100 awards
The UK’s biggest architecture practices came out in force yesterday evening to celebrate the winners of the annual AJ100 awards at a ceremony held at the Tower of London
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12.07.18: Homes
The latest AJ focuses on homes, with building studies of Tonkin Liu’s RIBA National Award-winning Old Shed New House in North Yorkshire; Mole Architects’ Fijal House in Cambridgeshire; and a house in Hollybrook Grove, Dublin, by David Leech Architects. We also look at why so few Country House Clause projects win planning approval. PLUS a Yorkshire parliament concept wins the top architecture prize at the RA ...
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Final chance to enter AJ Architecture Awards
Don’t miss out – entries to this year’s AJ Architecture Awards close on Friday
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EVIDENCE-BASED DESIGN: THE STORY SO FAR
Environmental evidence-based design research has been gathered in a scientific way only since the 1980s.Roger Ulrich carried out ground-breaking research in the early '80s showing that views of landscape rather than a brick wall had a beneficial effect on surgical patients.He has continued looking into the effects of art on patients, acoustics on communication and so on, and he is working with NHS Estates.Home-grown research by John Welles-Thorpe and Bryan Lawson at Sheffield University ...
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