AT’s inaugural Business Breakfast explored the challenges and opportunities presented by today’s construction market and what the future might hold. In association with The inaugural AT Business Breakfast, in partnership with Total Synergy, took place on 12th December at Redchurch Street Studio in London. Leading movers and shakers from the architectural profession gathered to discuss the […]
Architect and academic Greg Bailey on Ljubljana, Slovenia, a stage for life’s rich theatre. A statue of Slovenia’s national poet France Prešeren (1800-1849) with a muse takes pride of place in the city’s central square. ‘Gibanica’ and coffee arrive. The waiter smiles, genuinely. Maybe not quite as big a slice of this delicious traditional cake […]
The School of Specification leadership team introduces its new Head of Development Rob Earl and explains why it’s time for a step change in the way the profession gains access to the expertise it needs. Publishing Director Jonathan Stock (left), Editorial Director Isabel Allen and new recruit, School of Specification’s Head of Development Rob Earl. […]
Construction lawyers from Beale & Co, Forsters, Mayer Brown, and the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution at King’s College London have produced a course on legal responsibilities and liabilities for School of Specification. Tamsin Travers from Mayer Brown explains how architects can limit liability and obtain sound advice. Why is professional indemnity insurance […]
Neil Thomas of Atelier One has produced a learning module for School of Specification to share the lessons learnt from more than a decade spent researching and building with bamboo. Here, he explains why it’s a material the construction industry can’t afford to ignore. Do you think the UK construction industry is ready for bamboo? […]
Leading construction lawyers Fenwick Elliott have produced a learning module for School of Specification on the Building Safety Act and its 2023 updates. Lucinda Robinson explains how architects can prepare for the new regime. Can you give a brief summary of the implicationsof the Building Safety Act on the role of the architect?The Building Safety […]
Architecture’s most successful not-for-profit NGO – Article 25 – has announced the launch of More Than a Building, a networking club for senior leaders in the construction industry. Kao La Amani Children’s Village, Boma, Tanzania, currently under construction designed by Article 25 with engineering partners Michael Hadi Associates (structural), Hoare Lea (M&E) and WSP. In […]
A strong sense of social purpose unites the six projects shortlisted for the 2023 RIBA Stirling Prize for the best new building in the UK. Photograph by Jim Stephenson Six projects have made it to this year’s Stirling Prize shortlist, announced today (Wednesday 6 September). The RIBA is keen to underline the fact that this […]
Bywater Properties’ Theo Michell discusses the importance and viability of large-scale, timber-led developments, and why the current focus on retrofit may hamper innovation in the office sector. Theo Michell, co-founder and director of Bywater Properties Can you tell us about Bywater Properties? Myself and Richard Walker started the business in late 2006. We were colleagues […]
The founder and CEO of Valouran discusses the importance of resilience and strength when it comes to developing successful projects, and why retrofit offers the best of both worlds from a design and environmental perspective. Alex Michelin, founder and CEO of Valouran Can you tell us about Valouran? I founded Valouran with my former-CFO at […]
Katy Marks, founder of Citizens Design Bureau, on Sarajevo, the ‘Jerusalem of Europe’ where culture is both a survival tool and the city’s life force. The Bosnian musician Vedran Smailović, known as the ‘Cellist of Sarajevo, played in ruined buildings and often under the threat of snipers during the four-year Siege of Sarajevo on 1992-1996. […]
Zoë Barrett, Wayfinding Director at DNCO, on her emotional connection to Gatwick Airport and how it sparked her love of wayfinding. When most people excitedly book a holiday, they ultimately dream of their final destination; relaxing on sunny beaches, exploring cobbled streets lined with shops and cafes, enjoying late dinners in the warm evening sun. […]
