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AJ 12.03.20: Council housing

AJ 12.03.20: Council housing

The AJ looks at recent housing schemes with studies of two HTA Design infill projects for the Croydon Smaller Sites Programme; two schemes for downsizers in Barking & Dagenham by Peter Barber Architects; and the latest fruits of Doncaster Council’s housing programme, designed by its in-house team. We also examine the resurgence of council house-building.

PLUS designs from the Liverpool’s Forgotten Spaces charrette; the latest from the Grenfell Tower Inquiry as refurbishment architect Studio E takes the stand; and Maria Smith calls for a boycott of the Ministry of Housing’s House of 2030 design competition.

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AJ 27.02.20 RetroFirst and the Circular Economy

AJ 27.02.20 RetroFirst and the Circular Economy

The AJ focuses on its RetroFirst campaign to prioritise reuse of existing buildings. We meet Maarten Gielen of Belgian circular economy-focused design practice Rotor; and visit Civic Architects’ LocHal library – a converted train depot in the Netherlands. As Historic England backs the campaign’s call to slash VAT on retrofit, we look at the barriers the heritage sector faces to reusing buildings; we talk to four developers about a retrofit project each has been behind; and we have a campaign poster to cut out and display to show your backing for RetroFirst. PLUS Brickfields workspace in east London by Witherford Watson Mann.

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AJ 13.02.20: Bristol

AJ 13.02.20: Bristol

The AJ goes west, featuring interviews with five Bristol practices – Cryer & Coe, Emmett Russell, Smith Maloney, Connolly Wellingham and 3|10 Studio – focusing on a key infill or retrofit scheme each is working on; as well as a building study of Barefoot Architects’ Cor-ten Courtyard House in the city.

PLUS Pitman Tozer Architects completes the first new homes for Peabody’s regeneration of Thamesmead; the second phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry gets underway; and the case for circular public sector procurement – one of the AJ RetroFirst campaign’s key demands.

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AJ 30.01.20 Higher education

AJ 30.01.20 Higher education

The AJ looks at three university schemes: Grafton’s Town House and Haworth Tompkins’ refurbished school of art, both for Kingston University, and Grimshaw’s retrofit of its own 1970s furniture factory into a new home for Bath Schools of Art and Design; and we investigate whether it’s time for a new approach to designing student housing.

PLUS Walters & Cohen Architects looks back on 25 years in practice; we meet the four women shortlisted for the MJ Long Prize for Excellence in Practice; and we pinpoint the policy reforms needed to encourage more retrofits.

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AJ 16.01.20: In practice

AJ 16.01.20: In practice

The AJ features three architecture firms that have recently designed their own studios: HAT Projects in Colchester; Gort Scott in south London; and Moxon in the Cairngorms. We also look at Feilden Clegg Bradley’s transformation of an 18th-century cotton mill at Ancoats in Manchester. PLUS We meet architecture’s poet in residence LionHeart; the growing calls to slash VAT on building refurbishment to encourage retrofits; the circular economy’s role in reducing the construction industry’s carbon emissions; and the David Kohn-led winning scheme for Birmingham Smithfield market.

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AJ 19.12.19 Community

AJ 19.12.19 Community

The AJ looks at community architecture with a building study on Croydon Youth Zone by John Puttick Associates; five case studies of community-led schemes – from cooking and teaching facilities in London to affordable homes on micro-sites in Bristol; a small architectural intervention to create a social space in Glasgow; and filmmaker-turned-architect Clare Richards talks about her mission to reset the profession’s social agenda.

PLUS Should the UK adopt the Australian NABERS method of assessing building energy efficiency? The events in the world of architecture to look out for in 2020; and our Christmas Quiz tests your recall of another momentous year in architecture. 

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AJ 05.12.19: Birmingham

AJ 05.12.19: Birmingham

The AJ focuses on the UK’s second-largest city with a study of Graeme Massie Architects’ reworking of Centenary Square; Joe Holyoak evaluates 10 years of Birmingham’s Big City Plan; we examine the impending regeneration of the Ladywood estate; West Midlands mayor Andy Street explains how HS2 could have a transformational effect on the city; and we hear the views of five Birmingham practices: APEC, BPN, Glenn Howells, Intervention Architecture and Sjölander da Cruz. PLUS A building study of the Brunel Building in Paddington by Fletcher Priest Architects; and should signatories to Architects Declare be designing new airports?

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AJ 21.11.19: AJ Architecture Awards

AJ 21.11.19: AJ Architecture Awards

The issue features the winners of the 2019 AJ Architecture Awards with 70 pages of winning schemes covering 18 building categories, including the Manser Medal – AJ House of the Year, as well as the overall Design of the Year, Architect of the Year and Editor’s Choice prizes. 

PLUS Building studies of Hoskins Architects’ Aberdeen City Art Gallery extension and Architype’s Passivhaus-standard secondary school, Harris Academy Sutton; Jonathan Glancey’s obituary of Ted Cullinan; and we meet developer Lendlease’s sustainability head Paul King.

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AJ 07.11.19 Houses and Housing

AJ 07.11.19 Houses and Housing

The issue features four residential building studies: Bell Phillips’ three housing schemes for Sutton Council; Collective Architecture’s refurbishment of Glasgow’s Cedar Court high rise blocks; Alma-nac’s House Within a House extension in south-east London; and Nithurst Farm on the South Downs by Adam Richards Architects. 

PLUS The findings of the first phase of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry; the launch of an architectural trade union to tackle low pay, long hours and discrimination; and Los Angeles practice wHY’s rejigged designs for the Ross Pavilion in Edinburgh.

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    AJ 24.10.19: Old and New

    AJ 24.10.19: Old and New

    The issue features building studies of Dow Jones Architects’ restoration and extension of St Mary Magdalene Church in Paddington; David Chipperfield Architects’ James Simon Galerie on Berlin’s Museum Island; and the refurbishment of Goldfinger’s Balfron Tower in east London by Studio Egret West and Ab Rogers Design.

    PLUS High-rise housing – should we spruce it up or tear it down? A new salary survey shows architects’ pay is in the doldrums; and we meet Shevaughn Rieck, the 32-year-old partner at Farrells.

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    AJ 10.10.19: Leisure and retail

    AJ 10.10.19: Leisure and retail

    The latest AJ features building studies of Peter Zumthor’s Secular Retreat holiday home in Devon; Invisible Studio’s glazed gym at Hadspen House in Somerset; and Wright & Wright’s Library and Study Centre for St John’s College, Oxford. 

    PLUS The human cost of building Istanbul Airport – we report from the construction site where at least 55 workers have died; we talk to Yvonne Farrell, co-founder of Grafton Architects, awarded the 2020 RIBA Royal Gold Medal; and the winners of this year’s AJ Student Prize 2019; RIBA Stirling Prize, Doolan award, Stephen Lawrence Prize and inaugural Neave Brown Award for Housing.

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    AJ 26.09.19: RIBA Stirling Prize

    AJ 26.09.19: RIBA Stirling Prize

    The AJ celebrates this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist with building studies of the six finalists: Cork House by Matthew Barnett Howland with Dido Milne and Oliver Wilton; Goldsmith Street by Mikhail Riches with Cathy Hawley; London Bridge Station by Grimshaw; Nevill Holt Opera by Witherford Watson Mann; the Macallan Distillery and Visitor Experience by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners; and The Weston at Yorkshire Sculpture Park by Feilden Fowles. Each features a critical appraisal, an architect’s account of how they made the building; a working detail and a materials board.

    PLUS We meet the RIBA’s new president Alan Jones; report on why there aren’t more architects on TV; and Paul Finch looks at what went wrong at Old Oak Common.

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    AJ 12.09.19: RetroFirst

    AJ 12.09.19: RetroFirst

    In this retrofit-themed issue we launch our new RetroFirst campaign championing reuse in the built environment. We also announce the winners of the AJ Retrofit Awards 2019 covering 18 different categories; as well as building studies of two retrofit projects: Orms’ conversion of council offices into a hotel in Camden, north London; and Flower Michelin Architects’ Shingle House renovation and extension of a seaside home on Scotland’s west coast. PLUS We chart the tumultuous progress of the David Adjaye and Ron Arad’s Holocaust Memorial; and reveal the winning designs for Croydon’s Fair Fields public space.

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    AJ 22.08.19: Schools

    AJ 22.08.19: Schools

    The latest AJ features building studies of three schools projects: Allies and Morrison’s van Hasselt Centre at Cranleigh School in Surrey; Northampton International Academy by Architecture Initiative; and a new building for Kingswood School in Bath by Stonewood Design. PLUS One year on, is the architecture apprenticeship scheme failing to open up the profession; and as PLP’s 22 Bishopsgate tower nears completion, founding partner Karen Cook talks about the scheme’s two-decade evolution.

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    AJ 08.08.19: Recycle, Reuse, Revisit

    AJ 08.08.19: Recycle, Reuse, Revisit

    We profile three sustainable projects in this special issue. Two are in Europe: Resource Rows in Copenhagen by Lendager Group, and Lacaton & Vassal’s Grand-Parc refurb, Bordeaux. We also revisit Hopkins Architects’ Living Planet Centre six years after completion to see how it’s performing. PLUS a news feature looks at how material passports – literally finding value among rubble – may be a gamechanger for construction; we reveal the winners of a contest to design affordable housing in the rural North; and summarise the discussion from a recent masterclass on fire safety.

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    AJ 25.07.19: Student special

    AJ 25.07.19: Student special

    This 120-page issue presents the work of students nominated for this year’s AJ Student Prize, with entries from all 51 RIBA-accredited architecture schools, including both undergraduate and postgraduate projects as well as a new sustainability category. We also review 10 of this year’s student shows; and analyse the results of our annual student survey, which this year focuses on architecture students’ experiences in the workplace. PLUS This year’s RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist; and O’Donnell + Tuomey’s winning design in the competition for an extension to the Liverpool School of Architecture.

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    AJ 11.07.19: Housing

    AJ 11.07.19: Housing

    The AJ homes edition looks at east London’s Fish Island Village featuring housing by Haworth Tompkins, Pitman Tozer and Lyndon Goode; as well as Graeme Nicholls Architects’ twin-block development of flats in Ashtree Road, Glasgow; and we ask whether a slew of factory-built schemes means the modular housing future has finally arrived. PLUS a building study of Marks Barfield’s Cambridge Mosque; architect Chris Hildrey explains how his Proxy Address scheme helps homeless people access services; the finalists in the MK:U competition to design a new university in Milton Keynes; and the shortlisted schemes in this year’s AJ Retrofit Awards. 

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    AJ 27.06.19: RIBA National Awards

    AJ 27.06.19: RIBA National Awards

    The latest AJ features all 54 winners of this year’s RIBA National Awards, ordered into 10 sector categories with housing and infrastructure projects particularly plentiful; and we speculate as to which schemes could feature in this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist. PLUS We meet the cofounders of the Black Females in Architecture network; examine the PR car crash that marked the launch of this year’s Serpentine Pavilion; and look at the prize-winning architectural exhibits at the sustainability-themed Royal Academy summer show.

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    AJ 20.06.19: AJ100

    AJ 20.06.19: AJ100

    The AJ100 edition is the biggest of the year, listing the largest practices in the UK with in-depth profiles of the top 25. We also announce the winners of the AJ100 awards, including Building of the Year, Practice of the Year and Contribution to the Profession. And we analyse the data from the AJ100 survey, examining areas such as fees, salary levels, international activity and practice diversity. The 144-page issue forms an invaluable almanac for the profession. 

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    AJ 30.05.19: Workplace

    AJ 30.05.19: Workplace

    The AJ workplace edition examines three very different places of employment: Sheppard Robson’s civic centre for the London Borough of Hounslow, which combines offices with a public library and café; Glyndebourne opera house’s production hub by Nicholas Hare Architects; and the Institute of Physics in London by TateHindle. PLUS The boom in co-working and flexible office spaces; the full shortlists for the 2019 AJ100 Awards; and Ellis Woodman on why the UK planning system is woefully ill-equipped to tackle climate change.

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    AJ 16.05.19: Manchester

    AJ 16.05.19: Manchester

    The latest AJ features three Manchester projects: SimpsonHaugh Architects’ No 1 Spinningfields office building; Roof Gardens low-rise, high-density housing by Ollier Smurthwaite; and BDP’s extension and refurbishment of the Alliance Manchester Business School. And we investigate whether Manchester City Region can meet its ambitious carbon target while continuing to grow upwards and outwards. PLUS The architects who quit the profession to become full-time climate-change activists; and Public Practice – the first year of the pioneering initiative to place architects at local authorities.

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    AJ 25.04.19: Health and wellbeing

    AJ 25.04.19: Health and wellbeing

    The latest AJ looks at two healthcare projects – an interim Cardiff Maggie’s Centre by Dow Jones Architects; and the Institute in the Park research centre by Hopkins Architects for Liverpool’s Alder Hey Hospital – as well as Mole Architects’ Marmalade Lane co-housing, which focuses on its residents’ wellbeing. PLUS The winning schemes in the AJ Small Projects 2019 awards; on site at the transformation of Smithfield Market into the new home for the Museum of London; and Heatherwick Studio’s tower of hanging gardens nears completion in Singapore.

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    AJ 11.04.19: Cultural buildings

    AJ 11.04.19: Cultural buildings

    Four building studies are packed into our cultural special issue: 6a architects’ MK Gallery; Carmody Groarke’s Windermere Jetty Museum; Foster + Partners’ Norton Museum of Art in Florida; and Feilden Fowles’ Yorkshire Sculpture Park visitor centre. PLUS Sergison Bates’ Pompidou Brussels goes in for planning; is the Tulip the most controversial planning approval this century?; and the latest gender pay gap data shows the profession has a long way to go.

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    AJ 28.03.19: AJ Small Projects

    AJ 28.03.19: AJ Small Projects

    The latest AJ features the 20 low-budget schemes shortlisted for this year’s AJ Small Projects awards, including a boathouse, a museum café, a library extension, an artist’s studio, a hospital chapel and a holiday hide‑out. PLUS Igloo Regeneration brings six Glasgow practices together rethink terraced house design; and issues and insights from this year’s MIPIM property fair in Cannes.

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    AJ 14.03.19: Homes

    AJ 14.03.19: Homes

    The latest AJ examines three rural homes: Hampshire House by Níall McLaughlin Architects and ‘country-house clause’ schemes Black Barn in Suffolk by Studio Bark and Barrow House on the Lincolnshire Wolds by id architecture PLUS The first in a series on new ways of working looks at community land trusts; and five sustainability leaders each highlight one thing architects could do tomorrow to limit climate change.

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    AJ 28.02.19: Climate change special

    AJ 28.02.19: Climate change special

    The AJ’s Climate Change special issue features building studies of three highly sustainable developments: Goldsmith Street housing in Norwich by Mikhail Riches; the 800-home Climate Innovation District in Leeds by Citu with White Arkitekter; and the Virido development in Cambridge by Pollard Thomas Edwards PLUS We investigate what architects can do to mitigate the huge impact of construction on global warming; Paul Finch stresses the importance of designing with longevity in mind; and Hattie Hartman applauds workshops educating schoolchildren about the built environment’s effect on carbon emissions.

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    AJ 14.02.19: Women in Architecture

    AJ 14.02.19: Women in Architecture

    The AJ’s Women in Architecture issue features interviews with Elizabeth Diller, co-founder of Diller Scofidio + Renfro and winner of this year’s Jane Drew Prize; and architectural photographer Hélène Binet, who has won the Ada Louise Huxtable Prize for women working in the wider industry. PLUS We revisit O’Donnell + Tuomey’s Saw Swee Hock LSE student centre to see how it is faring five years on; the AJ’s Working in Architecture survey shows men are paid more than women to do the same work; and we look at the increased appetite for modular housing.

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    AJ 31.01.19: Higher education

    AJ 31.01.19: Higher education

    The AJ looks at new university buildings with studies of Walters & Cohen’s Dorothy Garrod building for Newnham College, Cambridge; the Bayes Centre at the University of Edinburgh by Bennetts Associates; and University College Dublin’s Confucius Institute by Robin Lee Architecture. But do these mark the tail end of the higher education gold rush? We investigate whether work on university estates is drying up. PLUS The Hoxton Press, a twin-tower housing scheme by Karakusevic Carson and David Chipperfield Architects; avant-garde 60s collective Archigram sells its archive to a Hong Kong Museum; and winners and shortlists for the 2019 Women in Architecture awards.

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    AJ 17.01.19: Amin Taha

    AJ 17.01.19: Amin Taha

    The latest AJ focuses on the work of Groupwork + Amin Taha including an interview with its founder, a full timeline of the practice’s work, and building studies of two mixed-use projects in Islington: the controversially stone-fronted 15 Clerkenwell Close and a residential/retail block at 168 Upper Street. PLUS Will architects cut down on concrete after a  report says it is responsible for 8 per cent of global CO2 emissions; and the government wants to increase office-to-resi conversions despite warnings it is creating ‘slums of the future’. 

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    AJ 13.12.18: Looking back / looking forward

    AJ 13.12.18: Looking back / looking forward

    The final AJ of the year looks back at the past 12 months and forward to the year ahead. We review 2018’s key architectural events and trends and preview the stories set to dominate the new year. We also pick out the people to watch in 2019 and highlight eight key buildings set to complete. And to make sure you’ve been paying attention, there’s a Christmas quiz on the events that shook the architectural world in 2018 and a chance to play spot the building. PLUS a building study of Karakusevic Carson and Henley Halebrown’s revamped Kings Crescent Estate, which won the AJ Architecture Awards Editor’s Choice prize.

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    AJ 06.12.18: AJ Architecture Awards

    AJ 06.12.18: AJ Architecture Awards

    The latest issue features this year’s AJ Architecture Awards with 73 pages of winning and shortlisted schemes. There are also building studies of Witherford Watson Mann’s opera house at Nevill Holt in Leicestershire; and a partially subterranean north London house by Takero Shimazaki Architects. PLUS The era of the super low fee bid is back in a new wave of aggressive fee-cutting; and we meet Emma Dent Coad, the architectural historian elected MP for Kensington just days before the Grenfell Tower fire.

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    AJ 22.11.18: Heritage

    AJ 22.11.18: Heritage

    The latest AJ features three cultural projects within existing buildings: Haworth Tompkins’ restoration of Battersea Arts Centre; the V&A Photography Centre by David Kohn Architects; and DRDH’s Site Gallery in Sheffield. PLUS In conversation with Amin Taha; how practices are facing higher insurance premiums post-Grenfell fire; reaction to Roger Scruton’s appointment as ‘housing tsar’; and Paul Finch praises Archigram’s place in our cultural heritage.

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    AJ 08.11.18: Homes

    AJ 08.11.18: Homes

    The latest AJ features building studies of four housing projects: Ordnance Road in Enfield by Peter Barber Architects; Hortsley retirement housing in East Sussex by RCKa; Barbauld Road in Stoke Newington by Stephen Taylor Architects; and Anderston Regeneration Phases 4 and 5 in Glasgow by Collective Architecture. PLUS The AJ’s Parenting Survey shows architecture is struggling to adapt to a flexible work culture; the FaulknerBrown-led revised design for Bishopsgate Goodsyard; and the government’s newly launched ‘beauty’ watchdog sparks alarm.

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    AJ 25.10.18: The money issue

    AJ 25.10.18: The money issue

    The latest AJ focuses on money with the results of the latest salary survey showing architects’ pay has stagnated and women are still paid less than men for doing the same work. There are building studies of Heatherwick Studios’ Coal Drops Yard retail project in King’s Cross, MICA Architects’ Centre Point redevelopment in central London and Foster + Partners’ Principal Tower luxury housing scheme PLUS the RIBA Stirling Prize 2018 – did the money win it for Fosters’ Bloomberg HQ? and architect Jo Cowen talks about the investment company she has set up alongside her practice.

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    AJ 11.10.18: V&A Dundee

    AJ 11.10.18: V&A Dundee

    The latest AJ features building studies of Kengo Kuma’s long-awaited V&A Dundee; David Chipperfield Architects’ redevelopment of Selfridges in London; and Park House, a hotel and housing scheme in London’s Stratford by East Architecture. PLUS Unpicking the row over Amin Taha’s Clerkenwell Close building; the AJ talks to 2019 RIBA Gold Medal winner Nicholas Grimshaw; we examine how will the combustible cladding ban affect architects; the implications of Theresa May’s pledge to end the cap on council borrowing to fund housing; and the shortlisted projects for this year’s AJ Architecture Awards.

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    AJ 27.09.18: Stirling Prize

    AJ 27.09.18: Stirling Prize

    The AJ celebrates this year’s RIBA Stirling Prize shortlist with building studies of the six finalists: Foster + Partners’ Bloomberg London, Waugh Thistleton’s Bushey Cemetery, Henley Halebrown’s Chadwick Hall, Tate St Ives by Jamie Fobert Architects, MUMA’s Storey’s Field Centre and Eddington Nursery, and The Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre by Níall McLaughlin Architects, as well as an overview of the shortlist and its common themes. PLUS Robert Venturi obituary and tributes; how Broadgate’s brilliance was gradually destroyed; and the winners of this year’s AJ Student Prize.

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    AJ 13.09.18: Retrofit

    AJ 13.09.18: Retrofit

    The latest AJ features the winners of our 2018 Retrofit Awards, a celebration of creative repurposing covering 13 different building categories; as well as a full building study of the overall winner, Ian Ritchie Architects’ Susie Sainsbury Theatre and Angela Burgess Recital Hall for the Royal Academy of Music in London; and a study of a possible future contender, Featherstone Young’s Tŷ Pawb arts building in Wrexham. PLUS Obituaries of British Library architect MJ Long and innovative architectural educator Florian Beigel; and the AJ reveals just how much the RIBA pays its president – a role many believed was unsalaried.

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    AJ 30.08.18: Schools

    AJ 30.08.18: Schools

    The latest AJ focuses on schools, with building studies of Edinburgh’s Boroughmuir High School by Allan Murray Architects; and two schools in the London Borough of Southwark: Haverstock’s Belham Primary School and Cottrell & Vermeulen’s Bellenden Primary School. PLUS We meet Patricia Brown, the behind-the-scenes fixer with big ideas for London’s future; and we look back at a controversial RIBA presidential election campaign and consider the challenges for president-elect Alan Jones.

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    AJ 09.08.18: Preston Bus Station

    AJ 09.08.18: Preston Bus Station

    The latest AJ focuses on landscape and public realm with studies of John Puttick Associates’ Preston Bus Station refurb, new buildings for Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre by Reed Watts and the mighty reworking of London Bridge station by Grimshaw to a masterplan by tp bennett. In News, Will Hurst asks whether the Garden Bridge trustees could be personally liable for the losses accrued by the scrapped Thames crossing; Ella Jessel visits two south London estates to learn what residents think of the London Mayor’s regeneration ballots; and Colin Marrs looks at Margate’s revival.

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    AJ 26.07.18: Student special

    AJ 26.07.18: Student special

    We are proud to present the work of the students nominated for the first ever AJ Student Prize, which comprises both undergraduate and postgraduate projects. You can also find in our 116-page student special 10 student show reviews; the results of our annual student survey, which shine a light on the cost of qualifying; and a feature on the new architect apprenticeships. PLUS Who’s the favourite for Stirling this year?, Stephen Lawrence Prize contenders, and a report on our roundtable discussion about the Hackitt Review.

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    AJ 12.07.18: Homes

    AJ 12.07.18: Homes

    The latest AJ focuses on homes, with building studies of Tonkin Liu’s RIBA National Award-winning Old Shed New House in North Yorkshire; Mole Architects’ Fijal House in Cambridgeshire; and a house in Hollybrook Grove, Dublin, by David Leech Architects. We also look at why so few Country House Clause projects win planning approval. PLUS a Yorkshire parliament concept wins the top architecture prize at the RA Summer Exhibition; How could fire have broken out at the Mac for the second time?; The full list of projects shortlisted for this year’s AJ Retrofit Awards; and the AJ/Crown Estate Future Retail Destinations charrette.

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    AJ 21.06.18: RIBA National Awards

    AJ 21.06.18: RIBA National Awards

    The latest AJ features all 49 winners of this year’s RIBA National Awards, ordered into nine sector categories with cultural and higher-education projects particularly plentiful; and we speculate as to which schemes could feature in this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist. PLUS A year after the Grenfell Tower fire, architects discuss why the profession has struggled to find its voice on the disaster; Lendlease chief Jonathan Emery talks about the developer’s roles on controversial estate regeneration projects; and Ellis Woodman on the Sh***y Architecture Men list. 

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    AJ 14.06.18: AJ100

    AJ 14.06.18: AJ100

    The latest AJ is the biggest of the year, listing the largest practices in the UK with in-depth profiles of the top 25. We also announce the winners of the AJ100 awards, including Building of the Year, Practice of the Year and Contribution to the Profession. And we analyse the data from the AJ100 survey, examining areas such as fees, salary levels, international activity and practice diversity. The 136-page issue forms an invaluable almanac for the profession. 

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    AJ 24.05.18: Workplace

    AJ 24.05.18: Workplace

    The latest AJ focuses on workplaces, with studies of Rogers Stirk Harbour’s whisky distillery and visitor centre for Macallan; a series of buildings for German steelworks Stahlwerk Augustfehn by Finkernagel Ross; and London’s De Beauvoir Block scheme for small businesses and startups by Henley Halebrown. PLUS The life and work of ‘maverick and genius’ Will Alsop; seven top attractions at this year’s Venice Biennale; and we ask industry experts about the future of office design.

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    AJ 10.05.18: Regions + Race diversity survey

    AJ 10.05.18: Regions + Race diversity survey

    The latest AJ gets out of London with building studies of Richard Murphy Architects' Perth Theatre makeover in Scotland; Canoe Lake Leisure tennis pavilion in Southsea, Hampshire, by PAD studio; and Eric Parry Architects’ Cedars Hall music facility at Wells Cathedral Music School, Somerset. PLUS The results of the AJ’s Race Diversity in Architecture survey, run in collaboration with the Stephen Lawrence Charitable Trust; a profile of Eyal Weizman, founder of Turner Prize-nominated collective Forensic Architecture; and Catherine Slessor on High Tech.  

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    AJ 26.04.18: Health and wellbeing

    AJ 26.04.18: Health and wellbeing

    The latest AJ travels far and wide to bring you the best new healthcare buildings: Sergison Bates’s care home in Wingene, Belgium; a domestic violence refuge in Tel Aviv by Amos Goldreich; the Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary by NBBJ with Ryder Architecture; and Glenn Howells’ TouchBase Pears building for deafblind charity Sense. PLUS We analyse architecture practices’ gender pay gap data and ask what it really means; David Chipperfield accuses the RIBA of letting the profession down over Brexit; and we meet up-and-coming practice Matheson Whiteley, winner of this year’s AJ Small Projects prize.

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    AJ 12.04.18: Technology in practice

    AJ 12.04.18: Technology in practice

    The latest AJ features building studies of Hawkins\Brown’s new facility for University College London on the former Olympics media centre in east London; factory-built housing for Urban Splash designed by George Clarke and TDO Architecture; and Jamie Fobert’s remodelling of Kettle’s Yard art gallery in Cambridge.

    PLUS We investigate the procurement process that led to Foster + Partners winning the Upper Orwell Crossings bridge project in Ipswich; and a design charrette proposes alternative futures for Durham University’s demolition-threatened Dunelm House.

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    AJ 22.03.18: Small Projects

    AJ 22.03.18: Small Projects

    The latest issue features the shortlist for AJ Small Projects 2018 – 20 schemes built for less than £250,000, ranging from pavilions and school classrooms to rope seating and even a few house extensions. PLUS Can rooftop extensions help solve the housing crisis? Ellis Woodman on the crisis facing architectural book publishing; and a round-up of this year’s MIPIM property fair.

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    AJ 08.03.18: Homes

    AJ 08.03.18: Homes

    The AJ homes issue features studies of two Bristol schemes on former garage sites by Emmett Russell Architects; New Mildmay in east London by Feilden Clegg Bradley and Matthew Lloyd Architects; and Weston Street mansion block in Bermondsey by AHMM. We also look at the growing popularity of co-housing schemes, while Owen Hatherley despairs at the redevelopment of Battersea Power Station.

    PLUS Kieran Timberlake Associates’ US Embassy in Nine Elms; the winners of this year’s Women in Architecture Awards; and Jane Drew Prize winner Amanda Levete talks about her career and approach to design.

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    AJ 22.02.18: New town

    AJ 22.02.18: New town

    The latest AJ focuses on the North West Cambridge development, a £1 billion city extension backed by the university. We look at AECOM’s masterplan and have building studies on MUMA’s community centre and nursery school; Lot 8 housing by Maccreanor Lavington and Witherford Watson Mann; and WilkinsonEyre and Mole Architects’ Lot 1, which includes housing, a supermarket, doctors surgery and energy centre.

    PLUS Custom-build housing in Cornwall meets with buyer caution; how people power marks a shift for estate regeneration; and the 39 longlisted entries in the Old Street Roundabout competition.

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