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[email protected] www.arup.com Arup is a global organisation of designers. It has a constantly evolving skills base, and works for local and international clients throughout the world. We shape a better world Front cover: the Acton Peninsula redevelopment, Canberra (pp3-11) Photo: John Gollings Photography Back cover: The Imperial War Museum, London: Stage 3 (pp 42-47) Photo: Andrew Putler 3 12 18 NMA and Druk White Hang Tuah ACE AIATSIS: Lotus School, Platform: The Acton Ladakh, Delivering a Peninsula Northern India new offshore redevelopment, Jim Fleming product Canberra Rory McGowan Gordon Jackson Pippa Connolly Dorothea Richter Brian Raine Jonathan Rose The virtuosic architectural concept for the New Since 1997 a voluntary team of architects and To improve the economics of platform installation Museum of Australia and the Aboriginal and Torres engineers from Arup Associates and Arup has and the practicalities of supporting topsides Islander Institute of Studies in Canberra required worked on this school, which will eventually cater process facilities, Arup developed the ACE range both an innovative structural approach by Arup, for 750 pupils, in a remote corner of Northern of self-installing, moveable platforms for extracting and the use of the alliancing concept between India.