AJ 16.12.21: Liverpool

AJ 16.12.21: LiverpoolAt the end of 2021 which AJ Editor Emily Booth writes 'hasnt been an easy year, but the creativity and resilience of the profession continue to shine through' we devote a special issue ot focus on Liverpool, featuring building studies on The Lexington by Falconer Chester Hall and The Alder Centre by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris. Our news features ask if Liverpool can bounce back from a scandal hit year and investigate housing in Liverpool: Weve had no

PLUS A feature on our post-war university buildings under threat of demolition

Backwater on the Norfolk Broads

Joe Holyoak evaluates 10 years of Birmingham’s Big City Plan

and we meet Shevaughn Rieck

PLUS High-rise housing – should we spruce it up or tear it down

We present four projects: CitizenM Hotel by Sheppard Robson with Concrete

Jon Astbury looks at the entirely rebuilt Stonegrove Estate in Barnet by Sprunt Architects and Tim Abrahams visits Elephant Park

Overcast House by Office S&M and Hansler House by Alexander Owen Architecture

The AJ goes on holiday in this issue

and the AJ/Crown Estate Future Retail Destinations charrette

RIBA Stirling Prize

both for Kingston University