The spirit of Balliol

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A competition has been held to design additional buildings for Balliol College, Oxford, England. Balliol is to develop part of its site for student accommodation and special purpose rooms with a nine million pound sterling budget. A detailed brief was produced and 40 architects' practices invited to submit material. A short-list of four was selected to produce detailed schemes. The competition was won by MacCormac-Jamieson Prichard. The others shortlisted were Edward Cullinan Architects, Nicholas Ray Associates and Van Heyningen and Haward.

Universities and colleges, University of Oxford. Balliol College

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Giving architects their own platform

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London Underground appointed Roland Paoletti as chief architect for its proposed Jubilee Line Extension. The extended line will serve Londonn Docklands and the south eastern suburbs which have no underground connections due to technological problems. Paoletti is in charge of producing the designs for the 11 stations and a depot. He has constructed teams of professionals led by architects. Each station will be different but linked by basic preinciples such as visible structural elements, platform screens and the use of natural light.

Management, London, England, Transportation, Subways, London Underground Ltd., Paoletti, Roland

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How a secular society houses its gods

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The Academia Italiana is holding an exhibition of designs for sacred buildings. A wide diversity of style is represented although few internationally famous architects are included. The designs fail to live up to the claims of the organisers that they are among the most exciting architectural works of the late 20th Century but Tadao Ando's Church of Light and Paolo Zermani's design for Berlin, Germany are striking.

Exhibitions, Architecture, Sacred space, Sacred places

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