Astragal

The chips are down

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The residents of Will Alsop’s ‘Chips’ building in Manchester are not frying. In fact, for most of last week (13 February) they were freezing

Olympocrat U-turn

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Remember all the fuss about Olympic bosses refusing to allow architects to advertise their role in the London 2012 Olympic Games construction?

Grandstanding at Battersea

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If Battersea Power Station needs a big idea then it’s hard to think bigger than squeezing a 60,000-seat football stadium next to – or maybe into – the iconic and decaying Grade II*-listed structure

The Invisible man

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It’s heartening to hear of high-profile exits motivated more by yearning for a lightness of soul than alarm at the sound of a sinking ship. In a move not beaten since Will Alsop threw it all in to concentrate on his painting, Piers Taylor announced his departure from Mitchell Taylor…

De Botton’s Livid Architecture

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He may seem gentle (big, sad eyes) and kind (the numerous trendy holiday homes he pays trendy architects to design for his Living Architecture programme) …

Reaping the rewards

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The life of an RIBA president is not an easy one: long hours tending to presidential business, less time to give to your practice’s projects, the rubbish lift at Portland Place…

Canterbury tales

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Two months after its opening, Keith Williams Architects’ Marlowe Theatre in Canterbury is back in the news, but for the wrong reasons