Contents - RIBA Journal

LEADER

In post-industrial Britain, brownfield sites are the reality and Germany’s B Braun a distant ideal

VIEWFINDER

A brighter future beckons for a fine but decaying post-war French railway engine shed

THE MONTH

Pei picks up his Gold, Kickstart good and bad, Fortress competition, funding news

RIBA BRIEF

Ruth Reed’s column, plus the RIBA’s new register of conservation specialists

OBITUARY

Remembering Gordon Michell

PERSPECTIVE

Flexible joys of terraced housing, Brasilia’s exciting clean state… and Stonehenge

OUT THERE

The view from Oslo on juggling international reach with local solutions

REVIEW

Is Theo van Doesburg more fascinating for his influence on 20th century design, or his life?

REVIEW

Exploration of the relationship between space and architecture, and its visual representation

LISTINGS

What’s on and when

LETTERS

Fawlty fan mail, fire safety, Ipswich’s ancient tower, finding some sea legs

PROFILE

Life after Stirling for Michael Wilford has been mainly spent with Manuel Schupp in Germany, where as Wilford Schupp they design beautiful factories for medical multinational B Braun

CRITIQUE

Daniel Libeskind’s Grand Canal Theatre may have been trimmed by funding shortfalls but it still cuts a dash as the centrepiece of Dublin dockside’s regeneration

RETHINK

High expectations are resting on the combined forces’ Defence Technical College at St Athan in Wales, which is slated to regenerate the area by reviving the former 360ha military base

PROCESS

Hawkins/Brown’s Cube civic centre exemplifies Corby’s determination to throw off its bleak post-industrial image, and with it the former steel town looks like it’s finally turned the corner