Lab Architecture Studio: A Selective Bibliography Compiled by Aileen Smith, March 2006, revised December 2008 This bibliography consists of a selective list of books and articles relating to Lab Architecture Studio. Those books held within the AA Library are indicated with a shelfmark. Books (Alphabetically by title) Next: 8 th International Architecture Exhibition 2002: la Biennale di Venezia Padova: Marsilio, 2002 ISBN 0847825213 (includes Lab Architecture Studio) AA SHELFMARK: 725.91.036(45V):72.036 INT (2 vols) Journal Articles (Chronologically by year and month) 2008 SOHO Shangdu (Lab Architecture Studio) [gallery, office and residential space] in A+U: Architecture and Urbanism no.7 (454) July 2008 / p.34-37 (text in Japanese+English) 2007 Soho China; Architects: LAB Architecture Studio / article by Donald Bates and Peter Davidson in Architectural Review Australia no.102 2007 / p.66-73 2006 Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia (Lab Architecture Studio with Bates Smart) in Industria delle Costruzioni no.390 July/August 2006 / p.32-41 (text in Italian+English) 2005 Melbourne s E(i)xample: new water s edge in common: includes Federation Square / Lab Architecture and Bates Smart in A+T no.26 Autumn 2005 / p.146-149 (text in Spanish+English)
Compenetrazione e segmentazione: SOHO Shang Du, Beijing, China; Architects: Lab Architecture Studio / article by Decio Guardigli in Arca (205) July/August 2005 / p.54-59 (text in Italian+English) First look: Paris s late bid for design credibility; Architects: Lab Architecture Studio in Building Design no.1680 July 1, 2005 / p.4 SOHO Shang Du [Beijing]; Architect: Lab Architecture Studio in Space (450) May 2005 / p.110-115 (text in Korean+English) Lab Architecture Studio in association with Bates Smart: Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia 1997-2003 in A+U: Architecture and Urbanism (412) January 2005 / p.38-51 (text in Japanese+English) 2004 Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia / Lab Architecture Studio and Bates Smart in Moniteur Architecture AMC no.146 October 2004 / p.124-126 (text in French) Lab Architecture to design one-billion-dollar Beijing project / article by Daniel Elsea (Three towers comprising offices, apartments and retail on the western edge of the Central Business District) in Architectural Record vol.192 no.10 October 2004 / p.40 Surface strategies / article by Donald Bates of Lab Architecture Studio (on the digital design of facades, surfaces, external skins) in Architectural Review Australia no.90 September 2004 / p.106-110 At Federation Square; Architects: Lab Architecture Studio with Bates Smart / article by Charles Rice in Journal of Architecture vol.9 no.1 Spring 2004 / p.105-120 Il mutamento come fenomeno [Federation Square, Melbourne]; Architects: Lab Architecture Studio / article by Mario Antonio Arnaboldi in Arca no.188 January 2004 / p.30-39 (text in Italian+English) Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Architects: Lab Architecture Studio / article by Haig Beck and Jackie Cooper in UME no.17 2004 / p.32-43
2003 The undulating Federation Square, designed by Lab Architecture, mirrors the city and country through dissonance and harmony / article by Charles Jencks in Architectural Record, 191 (6) June 2003 / p.108-119 Federation Square, Melbourne (Lab Architecture Studio with Bates Smart) / article by Peter Davey In Architectural Review vol.213 no.1275 May 2003 / p.55-63 Federation Square, Melbourne (Lab Architecture Studio with Bates Smart) / article by Anne Laure Egg In Architecture Interieure Cree no.308 April/May 2003 / p.84-91 (text in French+English summaries) Federation Square, Melbourne; Architects: Lab Architecture Studio with Bates Smart / article by John MacArthur and others In Architecture Australia vol.92 no.2 March/April 2003 / p.46-69 Federation Square, Melbourne; Architects: Lab Architecture Studio / article by Jeremy Melvin in Architectural Design vol.73 no.2 March/April 2003 / p.103-109 A new heart for Melbourne [Federation Square]; Architects: Lab Architecture Studio with Bates Smart / article by Charles Jencks in Domus (856) February 2003 / p.60-75 (text in Italian+English) Funky square [Federation Square, Melbourne]; Architects: Lab Architecture Studio / article by John Walsh in Architecture New Zealand (1) January-February 2003 / p.81-84 2002 Brave new world; Architects: Lab Architecture Studio / article by Stephen Varady (on the Federation Square scheme and other projects by the fastemerging London-based architects) in Monument no.48 June/July 2002 / p.62-68 2001 Un sistema autosufficiente: Federation Square, Melbourne / article by Alessandro Gubitosi (plaza and cultural center by Lab Architecture Studio) in Arca (165) December 2001 / p.74-79 (text in Italian+English)
Rigenerazione urbana per Melbourne [Urban regeneration for Melbourne]; Architects: Lab Architecture Studio / article by Deyan Sudjic in Domus no.837 May 2001 / p.34-35 (text in Italian+English) In at the deep end [Lab Architecture Studio] / article by Isabel Allen (Lab Architecture Studio came from obscurity to land a multi-million-pound project down under. Partner Peter Davidson explains how the firm coped with being suddenly thrust into the spotlight in the international arena) in Architects Journal vol.213 no.20 May 24, 2001 / p.30-31 Chaos theory: canopy for Federation Square, Melbourne ( Lab Architecture Studio and engineer Atelier One) / article by Tom Lane in Building vol.266 no.8169 (7) February 16, 2001 / p. 52-54 2000 Een plein voor de nate: Federation Square in Melbourne [A square for the nation: Federation Square in Melbourne]; Architects: Lab Architecture Studio / article by Deborah Saunt in Archis no.9 September 2000 / p.32-39 (text in Dutch) How can we understand the decision to remove the Shard at Federation Square?; Architects: Lab Architecture Studio with Bates Smart / article by Dean Boothroyd and others in Architect Victoria July/August 2000 / p.9-21 Radar urbanity / article by Philip Goad (on the Victorian Labor government s decision to abandon the western shard of Lab Architecture Studio s scheme for Melbourne s Federation Square) in Architecture Australia vol.89 no.3 May/June 2000 / p.20-21 La maison du mois. Hymne a la lumiere [House of the month. A hymn to light]; Architects: Lab Architecture Studio / article by Flavia Nasio in D Architectures no.100 March 2000 / p.52-53 (text in French) 1999 Lab Architecture Studio: Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia / article by Donald L Bates, Peter Davidson, Stanley Allen in Assemblage no.40 December 1999 / p.56-67
Embracing new graphic space / article by Clare Melhuish (Don Bates and Peter Davidson of Lab discussed their work and their competition-winning project for Federation Square, Melbourne, in their Top Floor talk at the RIBA) in Architects Journal vol.210 no.14 October 14, 1999 / p.12 A civic solution from the Lab; Architects of winning design: Lab Architecture Studio with Bates Smart / article by Kester Rattenbury in Building Design no.1412 October 1, 1999 / p.22-23 1998 Federation Square, Melbourne; Winning architects: Lab Architecture Studio with Bates Smart / article by Norman Day in Architecture Australia vol.87 no.6 November/December 1998 / p.18-19 In the news Peter Davidson [of Lab Architecture Studio] / article by Ruth Slavid in Architects Journal vol.208 no.3 July 16, 1998 / p.28-29 1997 Federation Square competition; Winning architects: Lab Architecture Studio / article by Doug Evans, and Kim Halik in Transition no.57/58 1997 / p.6-97 Editorial, by Peter Davidson and Donald L Bates in AD Profile 127 (Architecture after geometry) Architectural Design vol.67 no.5/6 May/June 1997 / p.7-11 Future Generations University, Central Coast, NSW, Australia (Peter Davidson and Donald L Bates of Lab, with Jeff Kipnis) in AD Profile 127 (Architecture after geometry) Architectural Design vol.67 no.5/6 May/June 1997 / p.32-39 Bucuresti 2000 master plan, Bucharest, Romania (Peter Davidson and Donald L Bates of Lab) in AD Profile 127 (Architecture after geometry) Architectural Design vol.67 no.5/6 May/June 1997 / p.40-41
1996 Architecture after geometry (Lab), article by Bates & Davidson in AD Profile 123 (Integrating architecture) Architectural Design vol.66 no.9/10 September/October 1996 / p.66-71 Textural order: two recent projects by Lab / article by Donald L Bates, and Peter Davidson (Wagga Wagga Civic Centre, New South Wales; Arabianranta and Toukolanranta, Helsinki) in Assemblage no.29 April 1996 / p.102-115 Website www.labarchitecture.com Compiled by Aileen Smith, Deputy Librarian March 2006, revised December 2008