Architects' Journal 1996 - Abstracts

Architects' Journal 1996
TitleSubjectAuthors
Accessibility and refurbishment.(disabled access)Business, internationalJohn Penton
A contemporary sense of history in the Louvre.(Concrete Quarterly.)Business, international 
A house of books. (new library for Jesus College, Cambridge, England)Business, internationalSusan Dawson, Eldred Evans, David Shalev, David Littler, Patrick Hodgkinson, Robin McCombie
Air and grace for vintage American planes: the new American Air Musuem in Duxford will be big enough to house a B-52 bomber comfortably.Business, internationalViv Jones, Nigel Warnes
All set for take-off.(Steel in Construction supplement; British company Severfield-Reeve economic forecast)(Column)Business, international 
a missed opportunity?: failure to examine fully all the design professions means the new legislation affecting architects is less effective than it might have been.Business, internationalJohn L.M. Bolton
An architecture to remember the dead. (architect Sir John Soane; Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, England)Business, internationalDana Arnold
An artificial form that need not be limited to mimicry. (Concrete Quarterly).Business, international 
A place of discovery. (extension and refurbishment of the Royal College of Art library, London, England)Business, international 
A place to enjoy, not to endure. (new visitors' centre at Belmarsh prison)Business, internationalSusan Dawson, Colin Davies, Christopher Graves, Gareth Hoskins, Nirupa Perera, Lee Fox, Gary Ashton
Art and industry in conflict over construction.Business, internationalStephen Greenberg
Automating the Japanese site.(Obayashi)Business, internationalBarry Evans
Bibliotheque Nationale acts as monument to Mitterand.Business, international 
Birmingham seeks new role in Millennium celebrations.Business, international 
Bravo Oscar: the master at work. (Oscar Niemeyer)(includes related article)(Concrete Quarterly.)(Interview)Business, internationalMartin Clarke
British Board of Agrement - the first 30 years. (related articles)(Supplement)Business, international 
Building in Barcelona Part 1. (recent property developments in Barcelona, Spain)Business, internationalHugh Broughton
Building in Barcelona part 2.(Barcelona UIA Congress)Business, internationalDavid Howel-Evans
Catering for offices. (catering facilities)Business, internationalRodney Cooper
Celebrating seventy-five years of the Building Research Establishment.Business, internationalHarry Harrison, William (English cardinal) Allen, George Atkinson
Celebrating with vigour and verve.(James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates, Michael Wilford and Partners, RIBA Architecture Centre, London, UK)Business, internationalNeil Parkyn
Challenge for the universities.(university buildings, United Kingdom)Business, internationalRichard MacCormac
Changes to structural timber codes. (Architectural Technology supplement; British standards)Business, internationalAndrew Abbott
Changing contract. (Housing Grants, Construction and Regeneration Act, 1996)Business, internationalJudith Bird
Choosing and using a database.(marketing databases)Business, internationalElliott Chase
Cities of the future: The Habitit II conference in Istanbul tackled the issue of sustainable cities, but Britain and its architects showed little interest.Business, internationalYasmin Shariff
Community values: the design of Popley Fields Community Centre reflects Feilden Clegg Architects' close consultation with local residents, resulting in a space geared to their needs which avoids the pitfalls of 'design-by-committee.Business, international 
Complementing the past with a modern identity. (Concrete Quarterly)Business, international 
Computer Aided Design.(Architectural Technology supplement; data management)(Evaluation)Business, internationalAndrew Coombes
Concrete measures to save energy: Barclaycard's new headquarters in Northampton can thank its hybrid concrete construction for its energy efficiency and user-friendly facilities.Business, internationalEvelyn Murray
Connecting the team.(architectural services and information technology; includes related articles)Business, internationalPaul Nicholson
Cordless IT communications.(implications of cordless information technology for new and old buildings)Business, internationalRichard Oades
Costs.(Focus supplement; Nov. 1996 cladding and curtain walling costs)Business, internationalDavis Langdon
Covering all angles.(professional indemnity insurance)Business, internationalSteve Collins
Creative contrasts of two rivals in design.(Robert Adam, Sir John Soane's Museum, London, England; William Chambers, Courtauld Gallery, London, England)Business, internationalDana Arnold
D&B and its alternatives.(design and build; includes several case studies)Business, internationalJulian Stock
Delights of the global garden. (global projects for the year 2000)Business, internationalRichard Weston
Design for the cultural sector. (cooperation between architects and artists)Business, internationalSimon Morrissey
Design for the environment.(environmentally friendly building projects)Business, international 
Designing an identity. (graphic design in corporate identity)Business, internationalIan Styles
Designing for pupils can pay dividends.Business, internationalJames Hyett
Designs on design control.(Quality and urban design, United Kingdom)Business, international 
Designs on the past. (how to avoid problems when designing a project near or on an archaeological site)Business, internationalGreg McGill
Desktop videoconferencing.Business, internationalPaul Nicholson
Developing the infrastructure. (precast concrete)(British Precast)Business, international 
Distinguished pavilions; appraisal(Trinity College, Cambridge)(Cover Story)Business, internationalDean Hawkes
Distinguished pavilions; architect's account.(Trinity College, Cambridge; contains related articles)(Cover Story)Business, internationalMacCormac Jamieson Prichard
Distinguished pavilions; client's account.(Trinity College, Cambridge.)(Cover Story)Business, internationalA.P. Simm
Dulwich phoenix. (St. Barnabas, Dulwich, London, England) (includes related article)(Building Study.)Business, internationalSusan Dawson, Isabel Allen, Mark Whitby, Lawrence Malcic, Paul Hammond, Luke Hughes
Earliest concrete building to be saved.(Architectural Technology supplement; renovation project of Kiln Warehouse, Newark in Nottinghamshire, England)Business, international 
EH looks into preserving buildings on computer. (English Heritage urges architects to record buildings)Business, international 
Encouraging the creative. (new art, design and technology departments at Uppingham School)Business, internationalSusan Dawson, David Jones, Andrew Wilson, Michael J. Burke, Piers Gough, Glenn Brown, Nigel Purdy, Samantha Hardingham
Energy from the land. (possible benefits of linking crop farming with building development)Business, internationalRobert Webb
European timber standards: Harmonisation of European timber standards is affecting strength grading, structural design service classes, joint design and load testing.Business, internationalAndrew Abbott
Fabric conditioner. (Surveyor of Ely Cathedral, United Kingdom, Jane Kennedy)(Interview)Business, internationalJohn Thomas
Faith in the community.(David Chipperfield Architects, United Kingdom)Business, internationalRichard Davies
Feelgood factor remains elusive. (UK construction industry continues to face problems)Business, internationalBrian Rowntree
Festival spirit. (architect Ralph Tubbs)(Interview)Business, internationalCharles Knevitt
Flexibility, quality and speed the main reasons for optimism. (precast concrete)(British Precast)Business, international 
Freedom of ideas under fire. (architect Renzo Piano accused of plagiarism)Business, internationalPeter Buchanan
French blooming of poetical correctness. (international garden festival, Chateau Chaumont, France)Business, internationalPat Heery
Get out there and talk straight: architects need to demystify the design process. The RIBA Architecture Centre's 'How Did They Do That?' series is showing the way.Business, internationalSunand Prasad
Going for the burn. (Burn Hall, Garston).Business, international 
Go with the flow. (drainage industry)(British Precast)Business, international 
Guide to good practice.(Architectural Technology supplement; British Institute of Architectural Technologists' report)Business, international 
Higher hopes not yet fulfilled.(quarter two, 1996 British construction industry forecast)Business, international 
Hospital check-ups: two children's facilities put under scrutiny.Business, international 
How Cambridge chooses.(architectural appointments)Business, international 
Hungarian rhapsodist. (Imre Makovecz to speak shortly in London, England)Business, internationalCharles Knevitt
Hybrid concrete gives a fair exchange in Edinburgh.(Concrete Quarterly.)Business, internationalCharles H.B. Cutting, Joseph E.R. Arndt
Industry developments.(Steel in Construction supplement; history of the British steel industry and the BCSA)(Industry Overview)Business, international 
Industry slams Greenpeace call to replace use of PVC.Business, international 
Internet.(Architech supplement; professional applications on the worldwide communications network)Business, international 
Japan's architect of geometry and tranquillity.Business, internationalIan Phillips
Johnson's Trump card: Philip Johnson thinks skyscrapers are 'awfully silly'. But he's doing one for billionaire developer Donald Trump.Business, internationalJonathan Webster
Journey through history on a Tuscan hillside.(British landscape architect Jamie Buchanan)Business, internationalJamie Buchanan
Just what the doctor ordered.(Hodder Associates' design of a doctor's surgery in Manchester, UK)Business, internationalSusan Dawson, Peter Fawcett, Stephen Hodder, Mary Gibbs, Thomas Sands
Keeping fit in London's hidden underground.(construction of gymnasium at Covent Garden, London)(Illustration)Business, internationalDeborah Singmaster, Dennis Gilbert
Landscaping the future. (Landscape Institute conference looks at 'quality for tomorrow')Business, internationalMatthew Davies
Learning curve.(architectural study of Learning Resource Centre, Slough, England)Business, international 
Learning from experience: the addition of a nursery to St Mary's RC School in Kilburn, London by Allford Hall Monaghan Morriss is based on the idea of a 'secret garden' and provides a child's eye view on a harsh world.Business, international 
Learning to walk in Las Vegas.(facilities for pedestrians in Las Vegas, US)Business, internationalBrian Richards
Lessons in altered landscapes: Dutch, German and American designs presented at an Arnhem symposium should be studied by our landscape professions.Business, internationalPeter Sheard
Lessons in listening: facilities managers have a lot they'd like to teach architects about what is actually needed of a building, and how it should adapt to the future.Business, internationalSanta Raymond
Lessons in space. (school design or refurbishment)Business, internationalJonathan Greig
Lowend.(Architech supplement; inexpensive computer aided design software)Business, international 
Maintaining the industry's lead. (precast concrete manufacturers)(British Precast)Business, international 
Making a real event of it. (organising a seminar or workshop can bring advantages for architects)Business, internationalSue Churchill
Making learning about contracts less of a bore.(Masters degree course in construction management, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland)Business, internationalMike Anderson, Daniel Cahill
Making London sustainable.(England)Business, internationalHerbert Girardet
Making parks for the future from the industrial past.(Burgerpark design, Saabruken in Germany)Business, internationalPeter Latz, Anne-Liese Latz
Making sustainable homes.(self-build or 'self-help' housing sector)Business, internationalJon Broome
Managing landscape for leisure: landscape architects and artists must find an imaginative response to public use ad expectation of the countryside.Business, internationalMatthew Davies
Manufacturers' data.(Focus supplement; available cladding and curtain walling materials)Business, international 
Marine magic spirits away seaside sewage works: the new sewage-treatment plant at Eastbourne, built as part of Operation Seaclean cannot be seen - or smelled! (Concrete Quarterly).Business, international 
Mastering the art of clay.(Focus supplement; clay designs at Red Bank brickworks, Measham in UK)(Company Profile)Business, internationalSutherland Lyall
Medium-rise timber framing: timber-frame construction has the potential to frame a range of four-to-eight-storey buildings. Design methods are being developed.Business, internationalGeoffrey C. Pitts
Millennium Bridge. (six designs shortlisted for Millennium Bridge in London, England)Business, international 
Millennium programme deserves our support.Business, internationalJennifer Page
Model passengers: pedestrian simulation packages developed by Halcrow Fox with LUL and BAA are helping the design of major transport interchanges. (includes related article)Business, internationalEmily Bulman, Paul Clifford
Mosque unites East and West in the concrete city. (Rome)(Concrete Quarterly.)Business, internationalJohn Melvin
Nervi and the art of 'correct construction'.Business, internationalErnst Mateovics
Nervi's mastery of art in reinforced concrete. (Concrete Quarterly).Business, international 
Network.(Architech supplement; networked computer aided design)Business, international 
New focus for Docklands youth: Michael Squire Associates' landmark youth club in London's Docklands is an asset for the local community.Business, international 
News: London planning. (Strategic guidance encourages tourism and regeneration).Business, internationalDAvid Taylor
New towns grow up. (50th anniversary of the UK's New Towns)Business, internationalColin Ward
New Year prospects. (United Kingdom construction industry in 1997)Business, internationalBrian Rowntree
Night cooling a 1950s office.Business, internationalBrian Webb, Maria Kolokotroni
On-screen help for structural headaches: a new software package promises to take the effort and guess-work out of structural concrete design.Business, internationalMartin Southcott
Our kind of architecture.(exhibition of Wilford Stirling Wilford, architect, at UK Royal Institute of British Architects)Business, internationalMichael Wilford
Paternoster Square revisited. (plans for St Paul's Cathedral)Business, internationalStamp Gavin
Peripheral visionary.(Royal Institute of B)Business, internationalCedric Price
PowerGen in the light of day.(Powergen, United Kingdom)Business, internationalAdam Jackaway, David Greene
Prague's tribute to a great Slovenian architect. (News)Business, internationalGavin Stamp
Precast versatility on display in Cardiff. (Concrete Quarterly)Business, internationalBrian Alcock, Chris Billington
Prefab technique breaks out from prison project. (Concrete Quarterly)Business, internationalRoy Neild-Dumper
Product review. (bricks and blocks) (AJ focus)(Buyers Guide)Business, internationalAndrew Brown
Product review (lighting) (Focus Products in Practice)Business, internationalJohn Bullock
Product review. (United Kingdom flooring products)(Architects' Journal Focus supplement)Business, internationalMary Whittaker
quality crescents reflect Bath in Dublin. (Concrete Quarterly)Business, internationalJames Pike
Quality for citizens.(Citizens Advice Bureau architectural design, Chessington, England)Business, internationalTimothy Soar
Reassessment at Paternoster: the Prince of Wales's intervention in the Paternoster Square competition has been partly overturned - and its final likely effects are far from clear.Business, internationalBrian Hanson
Recognising the potential of the London riverside.(environmental design proposals)Business, internationalKim Wilkie
Refining passive design.Business, internationalPaul Ruyssevelt
Reflections on structural glass: in some senses glass is a perverse choice for a structural material.Business, internationalMatthew Wells, Helen Gribbon
Refurbishment: a factory for art rises from Liverpool ashes.(art conservation centre)Business, internationalDeborah Mulhearn
Refurbishment. (PolyGram move into refitted office)Business, internationalJeremy Myerson, John Peck, Jo Reid
Repairing the city fabric: inserting appropriate new housing into urban areas is a complex and sensitive process which requires painstaking research.Business, internationalWilliam M. Thomas
Restoring a building and a reputation. (Dudok Festival, Town Hall, Hilversum, Netherlands)Business, internationalMartin Richardson
Roots of Goldfinger's design. (use of proportional systems by Erno Goldfinger)Business, internationalJames Dunnett
Safe as houses.(British Precast)Business, international 
Scaled-down solution.(building design project in London, England)Business, internationalCany Ash, Robert Sakula
Scarborough takes the stage. (cinema converted into stage theater)Business, internationalMartine Hamilton Knight
Seeking new ways to present architecture.(Diller and Scofidio exhibition, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, United Kingdom)Business, internationalSimon Morrissey
Seeking quality in Sweden. (Swedish architecture in crisis)Business, internationalTim Anstey
Shedding light on Ionica. (new building for Ionica makes extensive use of natural daylight)Business, internationalAdam Jackaway, David Greene
Shedding the old school tie. (existing school building is remodeled into a campus for Southampton University, UK)Business, international 
Sight and sound in offices. (audio-visual technology)Business, internationalDavid Skeels
Sleeping tight: the Brunswick Hotel in Glasgow, by elder & Cannon Architects and Graven Images, escapes the traditional mould of hotel design through the priority given to visual impact.Business, international 
Sorting out certificates. (problems with architects' final certificates and the use of disclaimer stickers)Business, internationalDavid Chappell
Sounding out the soffit: passive designs which us a building's thermal mass, typically exposing the slab soffit in open-plant offices, change acoustic design.Business, internationalIain Clarke
Sources sought speedily.(Architectural Periodicals Index; Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals)Business, internationalCatherine Tranmer
Sowing architectural seeds: Bristol Architecture Centre opens this week as Virginia Bottomley consults on the possible future of a national centre.Business, internationalLouise Scriven
Space for giving. (new office building for Charities Aid Foundation)Business, internationalSusan Dawson, Richard Partington, Jim Grace, David Easson, Sandy Wright
Spaceship earth makes weekend landing at AA.(sustainability)Business, internationalDavid Turrent
Specifying for greener buildings.Business, internationalStephen Curwell
Spence's personal works: two contrasting churches completed 30 years ago, both highly sculptural, may prove to be Sir Basis Spence's finest buildings.Business, internationalJames Dunnett
Squaring the circle. (Kaetsu College, Cambridge, England)Business, internationalSusan Dawson, Brian Edwards, Peter Smith, Frank Woods, Christopher Stevenson, Laurence Dewhurst
Strong case for steel.(Steel in Construction supplement; the British steel industry)(Industry Overview)Business, international 
Subject: object.(Architech supplement; object orientation and computer aided design)Business, international 
Subtleties lost amid too much reverence. (Charles Rennie Mackintosh, McClellan Galleries, Glasgow, Scotland)Business, internationalGavin Stamp
Sweetening the pill: the new Derbyshire Children's Hospital provides medical facilities with a soft touch.Business, international 
Taking stock of Pevsner's city: we take the Buildings of England series for granted but how does it shape the appreciation of our towns and cities?Business, internationalDaina Arnold
Taking the sting out of taxes. (architects can use knowledge of VAT legislation to benefit clients; second of two articles on VAT)Business, internationalMarie Stein
Taxing times for architects: architects can enhance their services with a knowledge of how much VAT some projects may incur, and how much can be saved or recouped.Business, internationalMarie Stein
Teaching through shopping: the RIBA South East Region has developed 'Go Shopping', a simple programme to interest children in the role of design in their community.Business, internationalJenny Peterson
Technical.(Merchant Taylors company Hall, case study)Business, internationalJohn Penton
The aj 100 practices: in the second year of the AJ's survey of the country's largest architectural practices, RMJM has overtaken Building Design Partnership.Business, internationalRuth Slavid, Camargue Communications
The art of promotion.(brochures)Business, internationalSue Churchill
The challenge of rescuing a romantic Welsh ruin.(Ruperra Castle Conservation Trust society's appeal to renovate of Ruperra Castle, Wales)Business, internationalDean Hawkes
The cost and value of design: clients and architects are failing to communicate properly, with potentially serious results, in-depth research has shown.Business, internationalSimon Pilling, Bryan Lawson
The enthusiastic eclectic. (architect Peter Hodgkinson)(Interview)Business, internationalHugh Broughton
The image engineers. (profile of Pringle Brandon architects)Business, internationalDemitrios Matheou
The importance of being honest: it is vital for architects to keep an accurate record of a project, but even more vital to keep communication honest and straightforward throughout.Business, internationalMark Klimt
The inter-war heyday of cinema design.(cinema architecture, United Kingdom)Business, internationalJulian Holder
The landscape obligation.(attitudes to landscape architecture)Business, internationalPeter Aldington
The real value of the year out.(work experience for architecture students)Business, internationalBrian Edwards, Robert Blacoe
The station now arriving at Canning Town.... (Concrete Quarterly).Business, internationalAdrian Kilburn
The vulnerability of an architect. (new threats to the role and status of architects)Business, internationalGennaro Picardi
The way forward for urban concrete - a personal view.Business, internationalCharles McKean
The work aesthetic: the new head office of publishers Addison Wesley Longman was designed to foster communication between staff, provide an airy, attractive environment, and be cheap to run.Business, international 
Through the letterbox. (architectural firms can benefit from using promotional material)Business, internationalElliott Chase
Treating ground movement.(subsidence)Business, internationalClive Richardson
UK Housing - the next millennium.(Architectural Technology supplement; energy savings in the home)Business, international 
University challenge: in designing the new University of Lincoln, RMJM had to deal with major site constraints, a fast-track programme and an overriding need for flexibiltiy.Business, international 
Using the building fabric to balance energy demand. (Concrete Quarterly).Business, internationalAlastair Blyth
Vision of a sustainable London. (future prospects for the capital).Business, internationalHerbert Girardet
Visualisation.(Architech supplement; rendering software for architects)Business, international 
What happened at Cardiff Bay. (controversy over Cardiff Bay Opera House project)Business, internationalAdrian Ellis
When is a park a work of art?: when it's the Parc Andre Citroen in Paris an imaginative and stylish public space that deserves to stand alongside the other grands projets.Business, internationalPat Heery
When the earth moves: following 1995's drought, cracking of buildings is increasingly being reported.Business, internationalClive Richardson
Where there's a Will.(Will Alsop)Business, international 
With a little help from its friend. (Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts; includes related articles)(Illustration)Business, internationalDavid Watkins, David Dunster, Ian Booth, Ian Lawson, Michael Cosser, Richard Spencer
Wither contracting? (UK contracting sector sees rationalisation)Business, internationalAlastair McLellan
Women's group calls for revolution in working practice. (RIBA's Women Architects Group)Business, internationalMarina Adams
Your flexible friend. (using arbitration effectively)Business, internationalTony Sampson
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