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Interesting article by Maggie Fergusson in Intelligent Life magazine: When Colin Eliot, four years into a 15-year sentence, stuck a bird’s-eye diagram of HMP Wandsworth , London, to the wall of his cell on the high-security wing, the screws were straight on to him. Escapes do happen: it was from Wandsworth, in 1965, that Ronnie Biggs gave the authorities the slip, scaling a 30ft wall during afternoon exercise. And Colin, who was a successful architect on the outside, is crafty. As the dia

This was supposed to be the day when the Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, flung open its doors to an adoring public. But like a lot of things about the Post-Crash era, the future isn't turning out the way people thought it would. The Burj may open in December. Or it may not. We'll just have to wait and see.Instead of jetting to Dubai, you might be interested in what's going on at the Chicago Architecture Foundation: Chicago-area architect and developer David Hovey will discuss two of hi

Sorry for the lack of posts yesterday. Sam and I went to the Island to catch the Throne Speech, look in on Dockside Green, and see what was happening in Victoria. Dockside Green is coming along beautifully. Five of the buildings are now up, and it's absolutely gorgeous. Charlie Fox and I had visited with its architect, Joe Van Bellegham , a couple of years ago before construction started. The development will be LEED platinum, and is already treating its own sewage on site and creating i

Click to enlarge The Architecture Billings Index is out for June, a barometer of how the folks who design construction projects are doing. News is, well …. Overall index is back at the lowest (37.7) since February’s low after three months of holding steady., It’s 18 months since the index was above the key 50 level. This math turns a survey of architect execs into a score: Above 50 indicate growth; below, a decline.) Western conditions rated a 39.9 — highest since September (See accomp

Tomorrow, Willamette Transit Bridge Architect Donald MacDonald will address Portland's design community at a sold out (i.e. capacity) crowd at AiA's Portland Office. A few weeks ago PORT broke the story on the new"A" bridge and it was further expanded on by Bike Portland and Portland Architecture ... given the massive traffic we got I suspect there will be more media types at the meeting tomorrow. Very preliminary view of option "A" transit bridge design Mark Rot