Architects' Journal 1999 - Abstracts

Architects' Journal 1999
TitleSubjectAuthors
100 years of steel in architecture.(Steel Design)Business, internationalDan Cruickshank
About turn.(building study)Business, internationalPeter Fawcett
A breath of warm air: Dynamic insulation - insulation that acts as a heat exchanger - is part of the McLaren leisure centre at Callander, Scotland.Business, internationalJonathan Hines
Adventures in space for Asian community.(Concrete Quarterly supplement.)(home design)Business, internationalWendy Shillam
A home-grown design tool.(Architech)(MicroGDS 6, computer-aided design software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, international 
Aj one hundred.(ranking of United Kingdom architectural firms)Business, international 
A landscape for recycling: The temporary scheme which Livingston Eyre Associates has carried out on a university campus makes a virtue of necessity.Business, internationalJudi Loach
Aldo van Eyck, 1918-1999: The Dutch-born architect and intellectual spent his life trying to achieve a 'new reality' away from theoretical orthodoxy.(Obituary)Business, internationalMartin Richardson
Ando's couture concrete: Restrained yet revolutionary.(Concrete Quarterly)Business, internationalPeter Murray
Animated about architecture.(Architect)(Impact Interactive)(Company Profile)Business, international 
A park on the banks of the Elbe.(Magdeburg, Germany)Business, internationalPeter Sheard
ArchiCAD 6.5: taking a design favourite into a new dimension.(Architech)(Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, international 
Art into industry.(L'Ecole de Nancy, various venues, Nancy, France)Business, internationalJudi Loach
A sculptural expression of harmony.(Concrete Quarterly supplement.)(Goetheanum, Switzerland)Business, internationalHans Hasler
A star is born.(includes related articles on structure and services, acoustics and the working details)(design and construction of the theatre and gallery building in Milton Keynes, England)(Cover Story)Business, internationalSusan Dawson, Isabel Allen, Mike Crane, Simon Smith, Raf Orlowski
Autodesk centres put you on course for the right CAD skills.(Architech)Business, internationalAnita Nice
Awards celebrate the best in precast concrete.(Concrete Quarterly)(International Bureau for Precast Concrete Awards 1999)Business, internationalMartin Clarke
Barcelona!(architect Oriol Bohigas)Business, internationalPeter Buchanan
Barrels galore.(Brick Bulletin)(design and construction of Tallaght Hospital, Dublin, Ireland)Business, international 
Beware of the trees.(building damage caused by trees)Business, internationalTim Chapman, Mike Crilly
Bold move from cloth to cuisine.(bar design, Liverpool, England)Business, internationalDeborah Mulhearn
Born-again Bermondsey.(Brick Bulletin)(housing developments at London Docklands, London, England)Business, international 
Bossing the Bartlett.(People)(Bartlett School of Architecture, England)Business, internationalClare Melhuish
Breathing in the city.(improving air quality in buildings)Business, internationalNeil Spiller
British Construction Industry Awards 1999.(The Architects Journal supplement)Business, international 
British Telecom building structure earns its keep.(Concrete Quarterly)Business, internationalJeff Downes
Building a bond.(Brick supplement.)(use of stack bonding in brickwork design)Business, internationalMichael Hammett
Building a theory.(construction industry; Supports system)Business, international 
Building with bottles.(Giorgio Morandi, Estorick Collection, London, England)Business, internationalSarah Jackson
Buying the brochure idea.(planning the design of a marketing brochure)Business, internationalGiulia Landor
CAD that's not Min anymore: MiniCAD has been around for a long time. Renamed, its new incarnation brings high-level object functionality to both MacOS and Windows users.(Architech)Business, international 
Calling for better design.(call centres)Business, internationalZiona Strelitz
Catch a wave.(Brick supplement.)(use of wave design on brick wall)Business, internationalVic Johnson
Categorically speaking: Adopting the new Uniclass system of classification will simplify your practice library, and bring its categories up to date.Business, internationalDor Pontin
Caught in the act: The Scheme for Construction Contracts, part of the Construction Act, provides quick and easy dispute resolution.Business, internationalPeter Gracia, Roger Lough
Celebrating the best in design and practice.(Concrete Quarterly)(awards for the United Kingdom concrete industry)Business, international 
Clarifying some validation issues.Business, internationalOwen Luder
Coming in from the cold.(Russian modern art, various artists, Barbican Art Gallery, London, England)Business, internationalDavid Wild
Commonwealth of knowledge.(Commonwealth Association of Architects)Business, internationalGeorge Henderson
Communicating the message.(new Royal Institute of British Architects Pres Marco Goldschmied)(Transcript)Business, international 
Company profile: 3DD the modelmakers.Business, international 
Company profile: British Gypsum.(Company profile supplement.)Business, international 
Concrete evidence.(Le Beton a Paris, Paris, France)Business, internationalAdrian Forty
Concrete industry takes Japanese lessons.(Concrete Quarterly)Business, internationalDavid JOnes
Controlling the unknown for towering achievement.(Concrete Quarterly)Business, internationalSteve Brown, Bob Shaw
Coping with smoke in atria: It is sometimes felt that saving energy by natural ventilation in atria conflicts with smoke control.Business, internationalCorinne Williams, Howard Morgan, Earle Perera
Court circular.(design and construction of the Great Court, British Museum, London, England)Business, internationalDean Hawkes
Creative casting.(use of computer simulation in casting process by Goodwin Steel Castings)Business, internationalRichard Frost
Credible lightness of being.(role of architects and technology in sustainability)Business, internationalSimon Conolly
Crucible of talent.(Leicester School of Art, England)Business, internationalRichard Weston, George Henderson, Richard Short, Peter Swallow, Grant Pitches
Cultivating a living continuity.(includes related article on restoration of Windsor Castle, United Kingdom)(architectural conservation)Business, internationalDonald Insall
Design for life.(Brick Bulletin)(design and construction of two private houses in Bury St Edmunds, England)Business, international 
Designing for productivity.(increasing business productivity through good building design)Business, internationalSanta Raymond
Discussion in depth about the North Greenwich station.(Concrete Quarterly)(station on the Jubilee Line extension, London, England, Alsop and Stormer Architects Project Architect Will Alsop and Robert Benaim and Associates Engineer Robert Benaim)(Interview)Business, internationalDavid Bennett
Drainage and plumbing.(AJ Focus supplement)(includes list of manufacturers)Business, internationalDavid George
Dublin skyscrapers felled.(planning refusal for skyscrapers in Dublin, Ireland)Business, internationalAnthony Garvey
Dutch courage for the future: As the debate about poor UK housing design standards continues, Maccreanor Lavington shows what can be achieved - at least in the Netherlands.Business, internationalChristoph Grafe
Dyson Appliances HQ and factory.(AJ Focus)Business, international 
Edinburgh tour de force: At Benson and Forsyth's Museum of Scotland, the monumental architecture proves the most powerful exhibit.Business, internationalRichard Murphy
Elemental interiors.(Patrick Caulfield)Business, internationalSimon Morrissey
Exploring 'product architecture'.Business, internationalStephen Fox, Graham Cockerham
Facilities are getting friendlier.(work facilities)Business, internationalSanta Raymond, Roger Cunliffe
Ferguson launches rival to Arup's Bristol proposal.(architecturally designed plan for re-development of Bristol Harbourside scheme)Business, internationalSasha Lubetkin
Finding the art of brick - with a tungsten chisel.(Brick supplement.)(art of brick carving)Business, internationalRichard Kinderley
Following the glass staircase...(design and construction of glass staircase)Business, internationalAllen Isabel
For flexible modelling.Business, international 
Furnishing an answer.(Mies van der Rohe: Architecture and Design in Stuttgart, Barcelona, Brno)Business, internationalJohhny Rodger
Gambling on a new image.(design and construction of The Ladbrooke Piccadilly casino, London, England)Business, internationalPaul Davies
Getting other, not better.(edited excerpts from a paper criticising the Stansfied Smith Review of Architectural Education)Business, internationalAllen Cunningham
Glasgow 1999: Homes for the Future.Business, internationalDavid Page
Ground movement.(the effect of ground movements on newly constructed buildings)Business, internationalTim Chapman, Mike Crilly, Deborah Lazarus
Harnessing the sun and the sea.(Steel Design)(design and construction of the Seawater Greenhouse, Tenerife, Canary Islands)Business, internationalBrian Edwards
Heavyweight trips the light fantastic.(Concrete Quarterly supplement.)(concrete construction)Business, internationalDavid Bennett
Helping disabled people escape.(evacuation plans for disabled people)Business, internationalSu Peace
History in context.(architectural firm John McAslan and Partners)Business, internationalKenneth Powell, Hugh Pearman
How real is visual thinking?(architectural teaching methods)Business, internationalKathryn Moore
Howzat!(Future Systems' Media Centre at Lord's cricket ground in London, England)Business, internationalDavid Taylor, Susan Dawson, David Glover
Improving on Pagemill.(Architech)(Adobe GoLive 4.0, web authoring software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, international 
Insulation and energy conservation.(AJ Focus supplement.)(includes tables of costs and manufacturers' data)(building design)Business, internationalKeith Hall
Learning for a new professionalism.(architects)Business, internationalSimon Pilling, John Worthngton
Let the good times roll.(architects; workloads)Business, international 
Let there be Lightscape.(Architech)(Lightscape 3.2, computer-aided design software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, international 
Libeskindbau leads where other museums should follow.Business, internationalStephen Greenberg
Lifetime homes grow up.Business, internationalCatriona Carroll
Lighting and electrics.(AJ Focus supplement.)Business, internationalMary Rushton Beales
Lighting and electrics.(Focus supplement.)(interior design lighting products)Business, internationalcarl Gardner
Light transports of delight?: New tram and light-rail systems are making a hesitant mark, but are only receiving lukewarm government encouragement.Business, internationalTony Aldous
Living in the city.(Steel Design)(history of urban living, The Architecture Foundation urban design competition 'Living in the City' supported by British Steel)Business, internationalJon Rowland
Look before you leap.(Brick Bulletin)(use of lime mortars)Business, internationalAndrew S. Smith
Making a landscape.(Architech)(Bryce 3D Landscape Generator 4.0, graphics/imaging utility)(Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, international 
Making the most of glass: The winning project in the Shepherd/AJ research award is an examination of the behaviour of brittle materials.Business, internationalPhilip Wilson
Making the most of thermal mass.(building construction)Business, internationalNick Barnard
Making waves.(Building Study)(Beckenham Spa, Bromley, London, England)Business, internationalSusan Dawson, Isobel Allen, David Marshall, Jonathan Apted
Material values.(review of the works of historical architect Edward Prior)Business, internationalDan Cruickshank
Mayhew's London: Judith Mayhew, head of the City Corporation, is promoting quality in building as part of the battle to attract business from other financial centres.Business, internationalDavid Lawson
Merchant adventure.(CZWG Architects design for a building in Merchant City, Glasgow, Scotland)Business, internationalDeyan Sudjic
Metal roofing.(Focus supplement)(building materials)Business, internationalNick Selves
Michael Laird, campaigner and inspired teacher.Business, international 
Mid-range 3D: Choosing the right software can be a major headache, and an expensive one at that.(Architech)Business, internationalTim Danaher
Millennium Bug bomb ticks loudly for construction.Business, international 
Model housing.(design and construction of five new houses in Nottinghamshire, England)Business, internationalBrian Edwards
Modern classic.(Brick Bulletin)(design and construction of Three Brindleyplace Birmingham, England)Business, international 
Multi-storey timber frame.(Brick Bulletin)(innovations in brick-clad timber framed buildings)Business, international 
New body can learn from Arts Council.Business, internationalRichard Burton
New underpinnings for old lady of the Thames.(Concrete Quarterly supplement.)(Somerset House, London, England)Business, internationalMike West
NT on SG is here: Best known for high-end UNIX workstations, SGI is now redefining the role of Windows.(Architech)Business, international 
Old bottles, new wine: interventions in a listed bank in the City and at the Maritime Museum, Greenwich, have given two Classical buildings a new lease of life.(includes related article on design of Neptune Court, National Maritime Museum, London)Business, internationalJan Morris, Isabel Allen, Marcus Robinson, Keith Brownlie
Opening your practice.(open practice promotion in Architecture Week, Nov 1998)Business, internationalEileen Daly
Painting a perfect picture.(Architech)(MetaCreations' Painter 6 program)(Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, international 
Parting without too much pain.(business partnerships; dissolution)Business, international 
Pastoral bliss.(Building Study)(the design and construction of a warehouse conversion in Shoreditch, London, England)(Cover Story)Business, internationalCorinne Dean
People blowing the lid off the dome.(television series on the construction of the Millennium Dome, London, England, British Broadcasting Corporation Ltd., Unit Executive Editor Robert Thirkell and Producer Adam Wishart)Business, internationalLee Mallett
People designing a future.Business, internationalSarah Herbert
People in the footsteps of Pevsner.(interviews with editors of a building guide)Business, internationalTony Aldous
People not searching for words.(Wordsearch Founder Peter Murray)Business, internationalClare Melhuish
People: space invaders.(Buschow Henley, architects)(Company Profile)Business, internationalAlison Golding
People: sweet smell of success.(Architect Robin Snell)Business, internationalDemetrios Matheou
People: teaching practise.(Teacher and Architect C.J. Lim)Business, internationalMark David Thomsa
People three act drama.(Architects Andrzej Blonski, Michael Heard, Kutbuddin Nadiadi)Business, internationalAlison Golding
Permanent formwork gives flexibility and speed.(Concrete Quarterly)(use of Permanent Insulation Formwork Systems by the British construction industry)Business, internationalRobin Miller
Piranesi offers media-rendering as controlled as you want it.(Architech)(Piranesi 2.0 interactive 3D painting software from Informatix)(Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, international 
Placed in context?: Glasgo's traditions of grid and stone deserve respect; city re-invention has by and large proved unsuccessful.Business, internationalIsi Metzstein
Polite presentation of provocative works.Business, internationalDavid Wild
Posing as a lightweight program here's an animation heavy.(Architech)(Poser 4, animation software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, international 
Powerful match.(Brick Bulletin)(design and construction of Cambridge University's library extension, Cambridge, England)Business, international 
Power without responsibility?(United Kingdom government's guidelines for construction procurement)Business, internationalRichard Haut
Practise what you preach.(interior design of HOK International Limited's offices, Oxford Circus, London, England)Business, internationalVictoria Nowell
Precast offers palette of forms, textures and hues.(Concrete Quarterly)(use of precast concrete for the facades of the Trafford Centre, Manchester, England, and the O2 project, North London, England)Business, internationalMike Downing
Primary colours.(includes related case studies)(architectural design of school buildings)Business, international 
Process makes perfect.(architect Niall McLaughlin)Business, internationalSarah Herbert
Product and processes.(prefabrication in United Kingdom construction industry)Business, internationalJames Pickard
Product review.(Focus supplement; sustainable landscape architecture)Business, internationalAlistair Walby
Product review.(Focus supplement; use of climate facades in architecture)Business, internationalGeorge Demitri
Recession or not?: The latest workload survey gives a mixed picture, with opinion divided over whether a downturn is on the way or not.Business, international 
Rendering down the price.(Architech)(Cinema 4D Go, computer-aided design software )(Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, internationalTim Danaher
Review group urges major shake-up of education.(includes summary of aims of review chaired by Sir Colin Stansfield Smith)(changes to architectural education in United Kingdom)Business, international 
Reviewing a new Interbreed.(Architech)(Intergraph's Zx1 workstation)(Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, international 
Revitalising social housing.Business, internationalJeff Kahane
Rising above Riyadh with cool concrete pours.(Concrete Quarterly)(Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, new high-rise building in the centre of the city)Business, internationalDave Parker
Selling the idea of learning.(architectural design of places of learning)Business, internationalSarah Godowski
Sense of identity: John Sorrell has six more months to run as chairman of the Design Council, just one of the bodies where he has helped to bring a recognition of the importance of good design into the political mainstream.Business, internationalJeremy Myerson
Shaping the American landscape.(impact of railroads)Business, internationalAndrew Cross
Sign of the times.(Steel Design)(includes related article on the criteria necessary to meet sustainable design)(new office development in Times Square, New York City)Business, internationalAndre Chaszar, Buro Happold
Signs of growth at Stansted.(Stansted Airport, England)Business, internationalFrank Landa
Sitting pretty in Milan.(Milan Furniture Fair, Italy)Business, internationalCorinna Dean
Soane - master of light and space.(appreciation of architect Sir John Soane)Business, internationalRichard MacCormac
Sounding the design drum.(Evesham Micros; headquarters building)(Cover Story)Business, internationalJeremy Gould
Special brew.(Brick Bulletin)(design and construction of the Malt Building, Warrington, England)Business, international 
Special report - landscape.Business, internationalRobert Holden
Specifiers choice: IMAX Cinema, Waterloo, London.(aj focus supplement)(London, England, Architects Avery Associates choice of products and contractors for the cinema project)Business, internationalSunderland Lyall
Squaring the circle.(St Giles Buildings)Business, internationalDavid Turrent, Lynne Sullivan
Star attraction.(Brick Bulletin)(renovation of Huyton town centre, Merseyside, England)Business, international 
Stepping backwards in time.(cantilevered staircase design)Business, internationalSam Price
Still in Europe's shadow.(The American Century: Art and Culture 1900-1950)Business, internationalWilliam Menking
Stretching the boundaries.(exhibition of British design, ICA, London, England)Business, internationalClaire Price
Structuring a business.(Steel Design)(design and construction of Thames Court, London, England)Business, internationalJane Wernick
Studio vista.(Lakeside Studio, Sacramento, California)(Cover Story)Business, internationalJohn Ellis
Suffering for motor control.(personal transport schemes)Business, internationalClaire Melhuish
Sustaining consultation: Consultation on the design of Great Notley school highlighted the benefits and pitfalls of the process.Business, internationalAlastair Blyth, Gordon Powell
Sweet clarity.(design and construction of British Telecom building in Scotland)Business, internationalHugh Pearman
Theatrical design.(Brick Bulletin)(design and construction of Auden Theatre, Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk)Business, international 
The enchanted forest.(Mindelunden forested park near Copenhagen, Denmark)Business, internationalRichard Weston
The future's bright, the future's green: Three hundred delegates took part in this year's lively BCO/AJ conference 'Greening Commercial Property'.Business, internationalPaul Stansall
The healing arts.(Brick supplement.)(use of brick in construction of hospital building in Leeds, United Kingdom)Business, internationalSue Duncan
The lean office.(business culture and office design)Business, internationalGeoff Strange
The limits of professional liability.(laws governing architect's liability)Business, international 
Theme: ceilings, partitions and raised floors.(AJ Focus supplement)Business, internationalAndrew Brown
Theme: cladding and curtain walling.(aj focus supplement)Business, internationalMary Whittaker
Theme: flooring.(AJ Focus The Product Guide for Designers)(review of flooring products)Business, internationalAndrew Brown
Theme: ironmongery, doors and windows.(aj focus supplement)(new architectural hardware products for the building industry)Business, internationalGeorge Demetri, Norman England
Theme: lighting and electrics.(AJ Focus)Business, internationalMark Hensman
Theme: membrane roofing.(aj focus supplement)(industry review)Business, internationalKeith Roberts
Theme: pitched roofing.(includes list of manufacturers; United Kingdom)(Industry Overview)Business, internationalKeith Roberts
The Modernist temptations of going Dutch.(twentieth-century architecture; the Netherlands)Business, internationalCatherine Croft
The pleasure of ruins.(Robert Smithson, various galleries)Business, internationalTim Martin
The Presidents Medals.(annual awards presented to students studying on courses recognized by the Royal Institute of British Architects)Business, international 
The undersea world of block concrete.(Concrete Quarterly supplement.)(artificial reef construction)Business, internationalMartin Sayer
Update on cladding.(includes related articles)Business, internationalAlan Brookes
Update on concrete.(analysis of concrete in the construction industry)Business, internationalJohn Thornton, Bob Cather
Update on design and build.Business, internationalSteven Andrews
Update on office fit-out.(importance of design on office personnel performance)Business, internationalTerry Trickett
Update on steel.(use of steel in construction)Business, internationalPeter Trebilcock
Urban pioneer.(Cartwright Pickard's Murray Grove housing in Hackney, London, England)Business, internationalSusan Dawson, Richard Partington
Versatility on display at Cologne.Business, internationalLaura Blair
Village people.(Brick supplement.)(modern housing material choices)Business, internationalSue Duncan
Visualisation program offers both evolution and revolution.(Architech)(Autodesk's VIZ R3, computer-aided design software)(Software Review)(Evaluation)Business, internationalEd Goldberg
What's in a name? Plenty, if you call yourself architect.(naming conventions used in architectural practices)Business, internationalSue Lindsay
What the Task Force wants.(United Kingdom Urban Task Force)Business, international 
When the mobs are demagogues.(public involvement in the planning process)Business, internationalArthur Quarmby
Window of opportunity.(hand-made flat glass production)Business, internationalJohn Rawson
Window seat or aisle?(control of personal environment; office workers)Business, internationalAdrian Leaman
Workload hits plateau.(British architects)Business, internationalMirza and Nacey
Zero CO2 housing competition.(ideas competition for development of sustainable housing in Newark, England)Business, internationalPeter Clegg
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