This paper provides the background to the design of two current projects by Foster and
Partners. The British Museum Great Court in London and the Music Centre at Gateshead have a …

Drawing on the experience of Circle Hospital in Bath and Maggie's Centre in Manchester,
as well as projects for the University of Iowa and Cleveland Clinic in the USA, we explain a …

I think that energy and sustainability is a crucial issue today for all of us. But it would be a great
mistake thinking that it was an end in itself. It can only be part of a total picture which links …

Architect, author and teacher, Michael Brawne was also an arq contributor and referee. His
article ‘Research, design and Popper’ published in our second issue (1/2, pp 10–15) was an …

By 2050, three-quarters of the world’s 9.6-billion-strong population will be living in cities –
inhabiting vibrant historic cores, commuting from new hinterlands via high-speed transit, or …

By 2050, three-quarters of the world’s 9.6-billion-strong population will be living in cities –
inhabiting vibrant historic cores, commuting from new hinterlands via high-speed transit, or …

THE problem of why some things are beautiful and others are not has been the subject of
much speculation. Plato said,'" Measure and proportion always pass into beauty and excel-…

SUMMARY A spectrographic, routine testing laboratory method of steel analysis involving a
flat surface sparking technique is presented.

IN connection with a theoretical study of the lighting of rooms, we found it necessary to compare
visual data obtained by various investigators. Some of the researches had been made …

… DE Spencer, “A tensor interpretation of Study’s Geometrie der Dynamen,” Ph.D. thesis, MIT
(1942); “Geometric figures in affine space,” “The tensor representation of Study’s Geometrie …