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  • JANUARY 2008

    LIVERPOOL: WORK IN PROGRESS


    VIEW

    17 Asplund library extension competition-winning entry; Tile of Spain Awards

    COMMENT

    22 Brian Hatton asks, why Liverpool, and why now?

    LIVERPOOL: WORK IN PROGRESS

    24 Sean Griffiths reflects on how Liverpool marks its inhabitants
    26 Mapping Liverpool: how the city’s turbulent evolution can be read in its cartography
    35 Future Visions: we take a look at the shape of things to come
    39 Shifted Tideways: Brian Hatton considers the history of Liverpool’s changing fortunes
    52 The Bluecoat: Joseph Sharples looks at the evolution of the building
    54 Bluecoat arts centre BIQ ARCHITECTEN
    58 Arena and convention centre, King’s Waterfront WILKINSON EYRE
    62 Art and Design Academy, John Moores University RICK MATHER ARCHITECTS
    64 Paradise Project mixed development BUILDING DESIGN PARTNERSHIP
    71 David Dunster examines Liverpool’s powerful urban mythography and civic pride
    75 Waters World: ambitious plans for Liverpool’s redundant docks
    76 Birkenhead: 10 steps to a renaissance, envisaged by Trevor Skempton
    80 Doug Clelland suggests Liverpool needs to raise its game in architecture and urban design
    82 Art City: Liverpool’s Biennial, now in its fifth cycle

    DESIGN FAIR
    84 Design Miami

    REVIEWS
    86 Details in contemporary architecture; Siena; Jencks on Frampton’s evolution; Peter Hübner
    88 Baumschlager-Eberle at Munich’s Pinakothek; Browser; Liverpool diary

    DELIGHT
    90 Turning the Place Over installation, Cross Keys House, Liverpool RICHARD WILSON

    COVER
    Liverpool’s changing skyline Photograph by Paul McMullin