Rory Olcayto

Last year, cartoonist Ralph Steadman launched the AJ-backed competition to design an entrance to London. Here, we reveal the winning entries…

Exclusive: The AJ meets Catalyst Education, preferred bidder for Birmingham City Council’s £2.4 billion BSF programme

Hampshire County Council on how they’ve stayed at the forefront of school design since architect Colin Stansfield Smith joined in the 70s

In the shadow of St Michael’s Cathedral, Pringle Richards Sharratt’s extension to the Herbert Museum re-imagines Coventry as complex and ambiguous, writes Rory Olcayto

At first sight the Royal Albert Dock seems defined by mega-structures and vast, open spaces in which a community would struggle to develop. Alicia Pivaro has other ideas

Istanbul and Beyond: Selected Projects of Tabanlioglu ArchitectsUntil 22 December 2008 66, Portland Place, London, W1B 1ADT-Projects T-Projects edited by Pamela Johnston, AA.

Turkey has more to offer than domes and amphitheatres, as this exhibition shows, says Rory Olcayto

Softroom’s interior for the Victoria & Albert Museum reconciles virtual models with the art of making things, writes Rory Olcayto. Photography by Dennis Gilbert

Three AJ readers are working on an urban design project of their choice with the London Mayor’s urban design agency

Rory Olcayto meets cartoonist Ralph Steadman, whose monstrous vision for an arch on the Thames Gateway launches the GEZE in partnership with The Architects Journal competition to design an entrance to London.For competition details click here or go to www.gezecompetition.co.uk