AJ 14.12.17: The year in review, the year ahead

AJ 14.12.17: The year in review, the year aheadAs we near the close of another year, the final AJ of 2017 looks both back and forward. We review the biggest news stories of the last 12 months, while leading figures in the profession make their predictions for the year ahead. We preview five standout projects set to complete in 2018 and ask you to identify five that were built this year in our Spot the Building quiz. We also put the spotlight on five people set to make their mark in the

PLUS we analyse a new salary survey that shows architects’ pay is stagnating

Henley Halebrown's Taylor

David Grandorge reports from COP26

PLUS Brick By Brick ramps up Croydon’s infill housing programme

Invisible Studio’s glazed gym at Hadspen House in Somerset

There are also interviews and building studies featuring candidates shortlisted for the Women in Architecture Awards

The latest AJ focuses on the work of Groupwork + Amin Taha including an interview with its founder

Greater Manchester’s new mayor Andy Burnham looks to rewrite the city region’s development strategy

and we investigate whether it’s time for a new approach to designing student housing

and Newground’s redevelopment of former BBC rehearsal studios in west London

RIBA Stirling Prize

both for Kingston University