Architects' Journal 1995 |
Title | Subject | Authors |
A beacon for shoppers: Lifschutz Davidson's design for a Sainsbury's supermarket and petrol station puts to good use a blighted edge-of-town site in Watford. | Business, international | |
Above par for the course: Architect O'Donnell and Tuomey's striking new golf centre on an estate in County Down, Northern Ireland, meets the needs of local golfers as well as enhanching the landscape through its thoughtful use of materials and detailing. | Business, international | |
A building tuned int to its users: Richard Rogers' headquarters for Channel 4 is in keeping with the station's 'not really establishment, a bit anarchic' image, but also reflects the financial caution required for a young organisation. | Business, international | Kenneth Powerll |
Access control systems: new technology in security systems has a broad range of applications including the remote management of buildings. | Business, international | Sonia Aarons |
A centre by women, for women. (building study of Blackburne House Centre for Women,Liverpool, England) | Business, international | Marcus Field, Martine Hamilton Knight, Claire Dove, Maggie Pickles, Gladys Martinez, Darryl Blackwood, Roger Prescott, Susan Dawson |
A diplomatic solution: the new British Embassy in Dublin, designed by Allies & Morrison, makes references to the city's architectural traditions. | Business, international | |
Advanced construction materials: composites, smart materials and advanced castings are increasingly making the transition to construction, with promising results. | Business, international | Tony Sheehan |
A Gothic revival. (restoration of Tonbridge School Chapel) | Business, international | Kenneth Powell, David Walker, Ian Martin, J.M. Hammond, Christopher Norris |
A hymn to Byzantium. (review of the work of architect J.F. Bentley, designer of Westminster Cathedral) | Business, international | Kenneth Powell, Chris Gascoigne |
A landmark for Leith.(new Scottish Office building in Leith, UK) | Business, international | Susan Dawson, Michael Duncan, Marcus Field, Howard Day, James Patterson, Andrew Elliot, Richard J. Avey |
A meeting of minds. (urban design) | Business, international | Walter Bor |
An air of tranquility. (Swanwick Centre air traffic control centre in Southampton) | Business, international | |
A new vision for London. (proceedings of the ICA's Spaced Out symposium) | Business, international | Paul Hyett |
A pilot airport for the 1990s: the transformation of the outdated Eastleigh Airport into the stylish, modern and flexible Southampton International provides a successful prototype for the low-cost regional airport of the future. | Business, international | |
A pioneer partially restored to its former glory. (restoration of Finsbury Health Centre,London, England) | Business, international | Peter Cook, Marcus Field |
Arts and crafts setting: Associated Architects' redevelopment of the University of Central England School of Jewellery enables new technologies to enhance the traditional craft and buildings of Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter. | Business, international | |
A safe haven for fire-fighters: HLM Architects' therapy centre for fire-fighters recovering from injury, sickness or stress reflects the local Cumbrian architecture externally, while internally it achieves a balance between a crisp, clean modernity and a domestic, caring feel. | Business, international | |
A sense of the organic: Caruso St John's house for a private client in Lincolnshire is a contemporary reinterpretation of a common domestic form, with attention placed on the rigorously unadorned structure and materials. | Business, international | |
Avoiding office air-conditioning: recent monitoring of lower-energy offices in use shows ways to avoid or reduce the energy use and cost of air-conditioning. | Business, international | Bill Bordass |
Barcelona architects have urban designs on Cardiff. (architect MBM of Barcelona, Spain,submits urban design plans for Cardiff, Wales) | Business, international | Paul Finch |
Breaking out of the mould: the architectural profession has changed dramatically in a relatively short time, but from a client's point of view the changes are not enough. | Business, international | Eirc Schneider, Haydn Davies |
Breathing walls: breathing walls are claimed to help reduce pollution and save energy. | Business, international | Jonathan Hines |
Building awareness. (women in the construction industry) | Business, international | Marcus Field |
Business strategy for architects: there is no single business strategy suitable for the whole architectural profession, so every practice must develop its own. | Business, international | Jonathan Lucas |
Business takes off at the airport, but not for all: increased commercialisation, competition and demand means deisgners face a challenge to keep airports comfortable for all. | Business, international | Andrew Laing |
Cambridge precedent: Sir Norman Foster and Partners' Faculty of law building, for the University of Cambridge, is a bold, powerful and technically sophisticated design which is a striking addition to its famous architectural neighbours. | Business, international | |
Care in the community. (design of the Lodge nursing home in Hackney, England) | Business, international | Charlotte Wood, Liz Roche, Kit Allsopp, Peter R. Deer, Peter Scher, John Wallace |
CDM implementation. (impact on architects of forthcoming CDM regulations; includesrelated articles) | Business, international | John Loring |
CDM regulations and insurance: designers and planning supervisors need to look to increase their insurance cover when CDM Regulations come into force on 31 March. | Business, international | Michael Earp |
CDM regulations. (CDM Toolkit launched to help architects conduct CDMaudits) | Business, international | |
Celebrating the art of building. (restoration of Birmingham College of Art) | Business, international | |
Chance to explore the Graz phenomenon. (architecture of Michael Szyszkowitz and Karla Kowalski; Matthew Architecture Gallery, Edinburgh) | Business, international | Richard Murphy |
Choosing low-cost CAD. (choosing CAD programmes) | Business, international | Terry L. Nichols |
Class distinction. (design of primary school extension) | Business, international | |
Concrete quarterly. (concrete in construction) | Business, international | Susan Dawson, Dennis Sharp, Mike Brown, John Gibbons, Simon Reed, Bjorn Watson |
Conference inaugurates new Jacqueline du Pre building. | Business, international | Bruce Marsden |
Conservation must be useful. | Business, international | Tony Aldous |
Constraints as opportunities. (Studio BAAD's purpose-built warehouse for Hanah UK) | Business, international | |
Construction: what's going on? (possibility of growing tension between the construction industry and the government) | Business, international | Alastair McLennan |
Co-ordination on a giant scale. (designing the 500 million pounds sterling Glaxo research centre) | Business, international | Michael Forster |
Cost awareness can secure architect's role.(Column) | Business, international | Stephen Hodder |
Court case over architect's duties exonerates Saunders. (case against architectural firm W.H. Saunders dropped) | Business, international | Robert Hogarth, Diane Donnelly |
Curtis' Lubetkin talk pays tribute to Modern Movement. (William Curtis delivers 1995 Lubetkin lecture) | Business, international | Richard Murphy |
Daylighting in perspective. (daylight control in architectural design) | Business, international | Ann McNicholl |
Designed to turn heads. (Snezana Jackson Architects desigs Schreiber Woodall hair salon) | Business, international | Amanda Birch |
Design is the prime stimulus of building. | Business, international | Alan Brookes |
Design method for daylighting. | Business, international | Paul Littlefair, Joe Lynes |
Desperately seeking 'head-up' architects. (architects must consider a project's context)(Column) | Business, international | David Rock |
Drawing on computing skill: confusion can easily surround the implementation of a CAD system. | Business, international | Paul Nicholson |
Drawings for world's tallest building found in London flat. | Business, international | Alastair McLellan |
Easy-to-read design gives art Maas appeal. (design of Bonnefanten Museum in Maastrict,Netherlands) | Business, international | Deborah Singmaster, Kim Zwarts |
Edinburgh bangs the drum: Terry Farrell's Edinburgh International Conference Centre represents the city's civic ambition to provide world-class facilities within a building which responds to the particular architectural character of Scotland's capital. | Business, international | Keith Hunter |
Educational addition with a sense of purpose. (building design of Cheney School in Oxford, England) | Business, international | Andrew Mead, Harold Metcalf |
Embracing the elements: on the site of a Victorian hotel on a spectacular part of the North Devon coast, Anthony Hudson Architects has created a holiday home with many references but with one focus - the sea. | Business, international | |
Energy efficiency beyond Part L: the Standard Assessment Procedure introduced in changes to Part L of the Building Regulations can identify domestic energy design priorities. | Business, international | Tadj Oreszczyn, Mark Gillott |
Engineering a relationship. (architects and engineers) | Business, international | Bill Addiss |
Environmental comparisons: an environmental audit of two headquarters offices focused on embodied and transport energy as well as energy in use. | Business, international | Nigel Howard, Phil Roberts |
Fighting for promotion. (Chris Palmer) | Business, international | Ian Martin |
Focus on sunshading: one manufacturer involved in the rise of passive low-energy design is the sunshading manufacturer Technical Blinds. | Business, international | John Rawson |
Fortress outside, friendly inside: Hallett and Pollard used their local experience to design Hartcliffe mini-town hall for Bristol City Council. It had to resolve the conflict of providing both open, welcoming public accessibility and a secure, vandal-proof environment. | Business, international | |
Future perfect air-conditioning: speculative buildings pose extra problems for low-energy design. Arup Associates' offices at Stockley Park suggest ideas for 2010 and beyond. | Business, international | Richard Partridge |
Getting to grips with steel. (use of steel by architects) | Business, international | John Rawson |
Glass as skin and structure: design Antenna's Pavilion at Broadfield House Glass Museum has glass beams and columns which required a new approach to glass technology. | Business, international | susan Dawson |
God's urban developer. (Derrick Walters, head of the Project Rosemary development concern)(Interview) | Business, international | Deborah Mulhearn |
Grant aid and funding. (grants for refurbishment of general buildings) | Business, international | |
Green building materials. | Business, international | David Turrent |
Guilding the lily in Liverpool. (Guild of Students building at University of Liverpool) | Business, international | |
Hadid can bridge two cultures. (Zaha Hadid's architectural design for opera house in Cardiff,Wales) | Business, international | Richard Silverman |
Hampshire's coastal vote. (Hampshire Outdoor Activities Centre, Portsmouth, England) | Business, international | |
Health and comfort in offices. (sick building syndrome; includes bibliography) | Business, international | Phil Jones |
How the Swiss swung Bankside. (Herzog & de Meuron win Bankside Power Station conversion) | Business, international | Demerios Matheou |
How to attract the press: by following a few simple rules, and diligently sustaining contacts, it is possible to gain the press coverage your company deserves. | Business, international | Sue Churchill |
How to succeed for 130 years. (Abbey Hanson Rowe)(Company Profile) | Business, international | Brian Edwards |
Information technology 2005. | Business, international | Barry Evans |
Island of calm in Docklands: the Island Health Medical Centre, on the Isle of Dogs in London's Docklands, has been designed by John Duane Architects as an elegant counterpoint to the muddle of its surroundings, and as an aid to creating a sense of well-being in patients. | Business, international | |
IT in historic buildings. (information technology)(Abstract) | Business, international | |
Laboratory conditons: pathology buildings, and the processes which take place within them, can too easily prompt designs lacking warmth and human detail. | Business, international | |
Land of opportunities. (opportunities for architects in Spain; includes related article) | Business, international | Hugh Broughton |
Landscape's first lady. (profile of Gillian Darley, director of the Landscape Foundation) | Business, international | Marion Hancock |
Law in the landscape: the new residential accommodation at Bramshill Police Staff College, designed by Haverstock Associates, brings order and coherance to the motley collection of buildings which make up the existing campus. | Business, international | |
Lean and fit, not lean and mean. (new work environments) | Business, international | Stephen Bradley |
Legislating to reduce noise: 2. | Business, international | Nick Charlton Smith |
Legislating to reduce noise: in the first of a two-part series, we look at the implications for architects of noise-related regulations, standards and procedures. | Business, international | Nick Charlton Smith |
Leisure pool that makes a splash. (Water Palace in Hamilton, Strathclyde) | Business, international | |
Lessons from FutureWorld: a study of the passive solar energy performance of houses at the 1994 FutureWorld exhibition has found only a few rays of sunshine. | Business, international | George Oldham |
Liverpool School of Architecture: centenary review. (School of Architecture and Building Engineering, Liverpool University)(Cover Story) | Business, international | John Tarn, David Thistlewood |
Making professional futures: architects are at a turning point, but without a sense of role or direction. Continuous learning may put them on course. | Business, international | John Worthington |
Making waves in Marseille: Will Alsop's Hotel du Departement, nicknamed 'Le Grand Bleu', is a landmark building in a run-down area of Marseille, designed to proclaim a modern, dynamic image as well as house one of France's biggest local government operations. | Business, international | Lesley Hussell |
Managing briefing and design: the role of the project manager must be fully and properly understood by architects if they are not to be marginalised in the building process. | Business, international | John Brandenburger |
Meeting the Challenge. (current progress of two City Challenge schemes) (includes related articles) | Business, international | Frederick Stafford |
Merging new into old. (ABK designs Techniquest's science discovery centre in the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation area) | Business, international | Patrick Hannay, Robert Hall, Paul Koralek, Hugh Wildy, Peter J. Moseley |
Mixed message for construction.(UK construction industry)(Industry Overview) | Business, international | Brian Rowntree |
Modernism in an Irish town earns plaudits for sensitivity: The Irish Linen Centre, designed by Chaplin Hall Black Douglas, introduces modernist principles to a County Antrim town. | Business, international | Brian Mairs |
Modernism pays homage to health. (Instruments of Modernity: Frey, Armstrong, Neutra exhibition, Building Centre, London, England) | Business, international | Neil Jackson |
New lease of life for listed church. (St George's church, London, England) | Business, international | |
New light on ivory towers. (design of new students' residence block at St Catherine's College, Oxford, England) | Business, international | Susan Dawson, Peter Cook |
No need to gamble on risks. (risk identification; second of two articles on project risk analysis and management) | Business, international | Rob Chapman |
No way to treat an energy rating. (new Building Regulations) | Business, international | Peter Brown, Richard Parnaby |
NVQs are too narrow for architects' training.(Column) | Business, international | Stefanie Fischer |
Opportunities in Vietnam. | Business, international | |
Out-of-town store with a difference. (design of Co-operative Retail Services store in Cardiff) | Business, international | |
Ove Arup recalled. (Ove Nyquist Arup) | Business, international | Ruth Slavid, Deborah Singmaster, Demetrios Matheou, Marcus Field |
Painting the past. (the importance of colour in ancient architecture) | Business, international | Eddie Sinclair |
Palumbo looks to a bright future for architecture. (Lord Palumbo)(Transcript) | Business, international | |
Passive cooling put to the test. (Ove Arup monitors passive cooling at Inland Revenue building on Nottingham, England) | Business, international | John Berry |
Past, present and future of the Royal Festival Hall.(Abstract) | Business, international | Alan Powers |
Planning: current topics. | Business, international | Brian Walters |
Populism doesn't mean vulgarity. (architectural design) (Column) | Business, international | Ben Derbyshire |
Positioning for profit: the first step in marketing is to establish a position in the marketplace so potential clients know the quality of service they can expect. | Business, international | Ed Sloper |
Powerful input from the political refugees. (work of emigre architects in the UK; RIBA Heinz Gallery, London, England) | Business, international | Murray Fraser |
Preparing for CDM regulations: with seven weeks to go before the CDM regulations come into force, here are some pointers to how they will affect you and your practice. | Business, international | Gillian Birkby |
Private finance on the rack: the Private Finance Initiative has great theoretical potential for construction projects. But reaction for contractors and civil servants has been wary. | Business, international | Neil Doyle |
Procuring airport work: airports make good, if demanding, clients, and their predicted rapid expansion promises to provide a rich source of work for architects. | Business, international | Marion Hancock |
Product review. (an overview of door and shutter products) (Focus) | Business, international | Brian Keyworth |
Product review. (intelligent lighting; includes related article on lighting and electrical distributors; Focus) | Business, international | John Bullock |
Product review. (landscaping; includes related article on manufacturers; Focus) | Business, international | George Demetri |
Progress in eco-labelling: the best eco-labelling systems provide both clear labels and depth of background information, as a recent conference showed. | Business, international | Jonathan Hines |
Putting people into planning: many urban developments look good but lack substance. A focus on the process of participation with communities can raise civic pride. | Business, international | John Thompson |
Quality produced through close partnership. (design and build) | Business, international | |
Quick-fit canopy to raise the profile of historic project. (design of shelter for ship reconstruction project) | Business, international | Marcus Field, Simon Doling |
Realising the autonomous house. (house with no reliance on mains services) | Business, international | Dean Hawkes |
Revenue with low outgoings: Scotland's cool climate and low sun angles make designing for sustainability a different proposition compared with further south. BDP Glasgow's Inland Revenue building at East Kilbride shows how. | Business, international | |
Royal intervention prompted Belfast design initiative. (Prince of Wales recommendscommunity architecture in Belfast, Northern Ireland) | Business, international | Amanda Baillieu |
Sensitive additin to a campus: John Miller + Partners' Elizabeth Fry Building at the University of East Anglia, which includes 37 different kinds of accommodation, is energy efficient enough to need no central heating. | Business, international | Timothy Soar |
Shining a light on Part L: house much flexibility does the recently amended Part L of the Building Regulations offer in the choice of light sources? | Business, international | |
South Bank Tunnel - the final piece in a jigsaw. (moves to link London's Embankment underground station to the South Bank with a pedestrian tunnel) | Business, international | Paul Hyett |
Space and magical light in a Venetian restoration: Brooks/Murray Architects describes its restoration of the British Pavilion, Venice, as the Biennale celebrates its centenary. | Business, international | Alberto Favoretto |
Specialising in risks: project risk analysis and management is, like project management, a growing discipline and one in which architects should shine. | Business, international | Robert J. Chapman |
Taking up the challenge. (City Challenge scheme) | Business, international | Frederick Stafford |
Tales from the riverbanks: the differing fortunes of Emscher Park and the Thames Gateway reflect political attitudes towards landscape planning. | Business, international | Robert Holden |
Taxing environmental controls. (comparing office building designs) | Business, international | Peter Clegg |
Technical knowledge needs to be shared. (architectural students)(Column) | Business, international | Alan Brookes |
The architecture of structure: familiarise yourself with structural design by following this guide to the wide range of literature on the subject. | Business, international | Bill Addis |
The case of the final certificate. (legal implications of wrongful certification of a building byarchitects) | Business, international | Mark Klimt |
The client's interests must come first. (architects' practice) | Business, international | Ben Derbyshire |
Theory meets practice in organic order. (The Architecture of Organic Order Symposium) | Business, international | Aidan Williams |
The rising cost of cover: a diminished role for the architect and pressure on limited resources could lead to more building failures and increased insurance premiums. | Business, international | Mario Asciak |
Thermal and structural mass. (thermally heavyweight building may be lightweight structurally) | Business, international | Keith Eaton, Ray Ogden |
The value of time. (setting architectural fees) | Business, international | Ken Allinson |
Thumbs down from City for Prince's dream of Paternoster. (developers of Paternoster Square admit that the present scheme is unviable) | Business, international | |
Time to end blacklisting. (of construction materials deemed potentially harmful) | Business, international | Tony Sheehan |
Tonbridge school chapel. (refurbishment) | Business, international | David Walker |
Towards the digital janitor: AT&T and Honeywell's new building management system points to a new generation of flexible and responsive control. | Business, international | Paul Nicholson |
Toward the transparent envelope: the dream of the perfect transparent envelope, which is also environmentally responsive, is coming closer to realisation. | Business, international | Simon Conolly |
Tuning in to clients. (architects) | Business, international | Carole Driver |
UK opportunities for tilt-up. (research project looking at potential of tilt-up construction for the UK) | Business, international | Jacqueline Glass |
Unorthodox housing for university students. | Business, international | Deborah Singmaster, Brian Edwards |
Upgrading the speculative. (Leeds City Office Park) | Business, international | |
Using hazardous materials: legal responsibilities for health and safety in construction mean designers have a need to obtain information on toxic products. | Business, international | Steve Curwell |
Variations on an Arts & Crafts theme. (Lucy Cavendish college, new hall of residence). | Business, international | |
Waterproofing. (overview of developments in remedial damproofing products) | Business, international | George Demetri |
What is Architecture Tomorrow? (exhibition at Business Design Centre, London, England) | Business, international | |
Wholesale achievement. (Bennetts Associates designs headquarters building for John Menzies in Edinburgh) | Business, international | Rab Bennetts, Michael Johnston, David Morton, Rob Melling, Graham Baxter, Stuart Renton |
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