Recently added articles from The Architects' Journal:
'IT'S A BLOODBATH': ARCHITECTS SAVAGED BY THE RECESSION
Feb 19, 2009; ... The architecture profession has been savaged by the recession and there is widespread fear of worse to come, the AJs State of the Profession survey has revealed. The results came in as fears of deflation mounted this week and Bank of England governor Mervyn King predicted the worst ...
NEW STONEHENGE CENTRE, NEW WORRIES
Feb 19, 2009; ... Denton Corker Marshall (DCM) has beaten Edward Cullinan Architects and Bennetts Associates to land the new Stonehenge visitor centre, according to leaked reports. The news marks a return to the site for Stirling Prizeshortlisted DCM, which had its £65 million proposal for Stonehenge ...
WHITEHALL JOB BAGGED BY ALLIES AND MORRISON
Feb 19, 2009; ... Allies and Morrison has beaten HOK, Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios, and Feilden + Mawson to win the contest to remodel the Old Home Office Courtyard of the ...
MOST POPULAR STORIES ON ARCHITECTSJOURNAL.CO.UK THIS WEEK
Feb 19, 2009; ... * WILKINSON EYRES MARY ROSE MOVES AHEAD Wilkinson Eyre's designs for a £35-million museum (below) to house the Tudor warship Mary Rose in Portsmouth have been approved by planners. The dockside building will be built around the remains of Henry VIIPs flagship. * LE CORBBUDGET ...
'THINGS ARE PRETTY SHAKY'
Feb 19, 2009; ... The AJ's State of the Profession survey, the largest of its kind, uncovers the greatest fears of architects as the recession takes hold. By Richard Waite One good thing about the slowdown,' admits Teva Hesse of CF Moller Architects, 'is that I've had time to fill out this ...
DALLASPIERCE +QUINTERO TASTES VICTORY
Feb 19, 2009; ... Up-and-coming practice dallaspierce+quintero has wonn the competition to trarisform Amelia Streei, a public space in Southwark, South London. The practice (formerly dallaspierce) landed first prize in the contest run by developer First Base and the Architecture Foundation (AJ 29.01.09) ...
Astragal
Feb 19, 2009; ... SEEING DOUBLE If imitation is a form of flattery, Denton Corker Marshall (DCM) should feel honoured by Murphy/Jahn Architects' design (above left) for the Doha Convention Centre. The building resembles DCM's 560m Grollo Tower (above centre) for London's Docklands ...
Leader & Comment
Feb 19, 2009; ... Leader The results of the AJ State of the Profession survey may be gloomy, but at least our readers still have a healthy sense of humour, says Christine Murray At the opening of the AJ Small Projects exhibition, as he examined the 24 projects on show, a rather dour architect muttered to ...
Column
Feb 19, 2009; ... Joseph Rykwert - Ten groups of architect-planners have been asked to 'design the future' of Paris - Paris doesn't work much better than other cities - Its housing projects are tinderboxes for violence Recent French presidents expected monuments in their honour ....
Letters
Feb 19, 2009; ... HOODWINKED In view of your article on Robin Hood Gardens (AJ 05.02.09), we would like to set the record straight on future plans for this regeneration project, which is designed to deliver new homes, improved education and community facilities and a park. The project is certainly ...
ADVANCED IDEAS
Feb 19, 2009; ... Introducing the 10 finalists for the greatest advance in construction, nominated by industry leaders VOTE ONLINE NOW Now is your chance to choose which of these is the greatest advance in construction. Visit www.architectsjournal.co.uk to vote for your favourite. Voting ends on 4 ...
HOW TO GET PAID
Feb 19, 2009; ... Extracting money from clients can be challenging. When is calling in the heavies the only solution? Robert Stevenson reports There are a number of precautions architects can take to secure trouble-free payment for a job, before resorting to legal action. It's not simply a matter of ...
INNOVATIVE LIGHTING
Feb 19, 2009; ... Nine products at the forefront of lighting design. By Kaye Alexander Product Planate Manufacturer Havells Sylvania Launch date October 2008 Size Recessed model 600 x 600mm, 300 x 300mm and 300 x 1,200mm; suspended version 300 x 1,200mm Life 70,000 ...
Run away with Le Corbusier
Feb 19, 2009; ... EXHIBITION Need a tonic for your recession woes? James Pallister suggests three months with the master Le Corbusier: The Art of Architecture. Until 24 May, Barbican Centre, Silk Street, London EC2. See our guide overleaf for the associated events programme This week, a ...
Products
Feb 19, 2009; ... Respond to these panels at WWW.ARCHITECTSJOURNAL.CO.UK/AJDIRECT Readers may also obtain information about these products by filling in the enquiry numbers on an AJ enquiry card. Advertisers wishing to promote their products on these pages should contact Ashley Powell on 020 7728 ...
Back Page
Feb 19, 2009; ... Ian Martin. Pictures of matchstick men appear in my alternative survey STATUS UPDATE. I recently conducted my own Status of the Profession survey. There has been a massive response from architects of all statuses. Thank you. You know who you are. Data were sampled, quantised, adjusted to ...
LOCAL AUTHORITY HOUSING PROJECTS COULD SAVE JOBS
Feb 05, 2009; ... Plans to give local authorities the power to develop hundreds of thousands of council houses over the next few years were hailed this week as a lifeline for the UK's struggling architecture profession. Under the plans, ordered by Prime Minister Gordon Brown last week, councils will be ...
BOLLES + WILSON DITCHED IN CHELSEA
Feb 05, 2009; ... German practice Bolles + Wilson is the latest design team to be sidelined in the long-running saga surrounding the redevelopment of West Cromwell Road near Earls Court, West London. Landowner Tesco and development partner Brookfield Multiplex have turned to London-based Benson + Forsyth ...
AEDAS DESIGNS FOR CHINESE CAMPUS
Feb 05, 2009; ... AEDAS DESIGNS FOR CHINESE CAMPUS Aedas has unveiled its design for a 51,000m^sub 2^ building at the University of Suzhou campus, west of ...
MOST POPULAR STORIES ON ARCHITECTSJOURNAL.CO.UK THIS WEEK
Feb 05, 2009; ... * ZAHA HADID MAKES BEETHOVEN SHORTLIST Zaha Hadid, whose design is pictured below, has been named alongside Richard Meier, Japanese star Arata Isozaki and Austrian firm Hermann & Valentiny und Partner on the shortlist to design the new Beethoven Festival Hall in Bonn, ...