Survival of the fittest

Article Abstract:

UK architects Allford Hall Monaghan Morris have survived the lean years of the 1990s partly through their willingness to tackle any opportunity. The four partners have a closely integrated interest in Modernism, and they have applied their style to buildings as diverse as a university arts complex, a primary school in Essex and a bus station in Walsall. The bus station will have an elliptical concrete canopy. A block of two-bedroomed cost-rent housing units in London, designed by the practice, will have south-facing living rooms with mesh balconies overlooking a planted parking area.

Product information, Architects, Allford Hall Monaghan Morris

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Images of Welshness inspire PTP's cheaper Wales centre

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The 70 million pounds sterling Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, Wales, will have seven arts occupants, including the Urdd Movement, a youth movement. The building, which has been extensively redesigned by Percy Thomas Partnership, is anticipated to attract 1.5 million visitors a year. Costs have been reduced by using slate reclaimed for no charge from Welsh mines. The slate is not structural, but will play a significant role in cooling the inner environment, as it is between 200 mm and 400 mm thick.

Design and construction, Buildings and facilities, Public buildings, Cardiff, Wales

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