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AIA UK Student Charrette 2015
by Frederick Grier and Robert Rhodes on Dec 09, 2015
On Saturday November 7th , 2015, AIA UK held its 21 st annual Student Charrette – a juried, one-day design competition for UK students of architecture.
Taking place at the Zaha Hadid designed Roca London Galley, the Charrette gave students the opportunity to design collaboratively whilst being mentored by an experienced practising AIA UK architect. The one-day event is intended to encourage students to work as a team and to represent their school or university. The competition, which is also open to individual students, took place in conjunction with the Roca London Gallery exhibition, Childhood Re-Collections: Memory in Design, featuring exhibits from Daniel Libeskind, Kengo Kuma, Zaha Hadid and others. [...]
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AIA UK Excellence in Design Awards 2016 - Call For Entries
EXTENDED Submission and entry fee deadline:
By 17:00, Friday 1st April 2016
Design Awards Gala:
Monday, 18 April, 2016
Institute of Contemporary Art
The awards programme recognises and honours excellence in design in three categories:
- Professional
- Young Architect
- Student
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AIA UK Annual General Meeting
by Frederick Grier on Feb 22, 2016
The AIA UK Chapter’s Annual General Meeting was held on 13 January, at Herman Miller’s Showroom. Once again, our members were treated to a generous spread of food and drinks courtesy of Herman Miller. They also introduced us to their on-going research into how to keep employees happy at work. These include the fundamental desires of employees including “Achievement, Security, Purpose, Status, Autonomy and Belonging”. These are true for any type of office, but I personally feel they are particularly true for creative fields, such as our own.
Our 2015 AIA UK President, Brianne Hamilton, recapped the year with a presentation highlighting events, photos and memories from our time together. It was a great year, and we look forward to another ahead. [...]
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Two UK Architectural Companies Win AIA International Design Awards
by Lorraine King on Feb 22, 2016
On 12 Nov 2015, the 2015 AIA International Region Design Awards were announced at the Awards Ceremony held at Island Shangri-La, Hong Kong, with two winners from UK architectural companies – David Chipperfield Architects (DCA) and Allford Hall Monaghan Morris (AHMM).
This is the second year for the IR Design Awards, and the jurors – George H Miller FAIA (chair), Prof Fumihiko Maki Hon FAIA, and Giancarlo Alhadeff FAIA, RIBA – reviewed submissions in four design categories – Architecture, Interior Architecture, Urban Design and Open International. Following AIA awards programme guidelines, all full AIA licensed architects in the International Region were allowed to submit projects in all categories; however, all International Associate AIA members were also invited to submit in the Urban Design and Open International categories. [...]
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*Correction: The headline of this article was incorrectly stated in the previous issue. It should have read 'Two UK Architectural Companies win International Regions Design Awards'.
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The 2016 AIA Grassroots Leadership Conference
by Frederick Grier on Mar 10, 2016
The 2016 AIA Grassroots Leadership Conference was held in Detroit, bringing the annual meeting “closer to the action” and highlighting the important work going on in cities across the United States, and especially in Detroit. The conference took place at the famous Renaissance Center, home of General Motors, over the last week of February.
Grassroots is an opportunity for the executive members from chapters around the world to discuss issues, improve leadership skills and enhance their individual chapter’s development through workshops, presentations and education. Typical there is also a legislative component including meeting with Representatives to Congress in DC, but this year they switched things around. [...]
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Foreign Exchange: Overseas Architects Working in Britain
by Lorraine King on Mar 07, 2016
The Twentieth Century Society – C20 Society for short - is an advocacy group that “exists to safeguard the heritage of architecture and design in Britain from 1914 onwards”. Its website also lists its prime objectives as “conservation, to protect the buildings and design that characterise the Twentieth Century in Britain, and education, to extend our knowledge and appreciation of them”.
As the Society’s objective to promote education closely aligns with the AIA’s Continuing Education commitment, the AIA UK Chapter established a link from our website to C20’s to open up their extensive calendar of events in London and other regions of the UK to our membership and to visiting architects. [...]
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Film Night - The Spirit in Architecture: John Lautner
by Karen Cook, PLP Architecture on Mar 08, 2016
"The Spirit in Architecture: John Lautner," a production of CZ Productions, was screened January 4th at the Royal Institute of British Architects. PLP Architecture hosted the event as an office gathering and extended the invitation to the UK Chapter of the American Institute of Architects.
The documentary film is rich with stunning photography of Lautner's private work, well paced interviews with his contemporary critics, and footage of the Architect recounting his experiences as a young man and then in Los Angeles, from his arrival in 1938 until his death in 1994. [...]
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Film Night - The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces
by Chris Musangi on Feb 15, 2016
The 2016 Movie series started off with the screening of ‘The Small Life of Small Urban Spaces’ documentary. This documentary is about city spaces-- why some work and some do not, and what the practical lessons may be. In 1980, William H. Whyte published the findings from his revolutionary Street Life Project in The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces. Both the book and the accompanying film were instantly labelled classics, and launched a mini-revolution in the planning and study of public spaces. They have since become standard texts, and appear on syllabi and reading lists in urban planning, sociology, environmental design, and architecture departments around the world. Attendance was good, and this first urban planning documentary was very well received. Many thanks to all those who attended!
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Film Night - The Socialist, The Architect & The Twisted Tower
by Chris Musangi on Dec 09, 2015
The Autumn movie series came to a close with the screening of ‘The Socialist, The Architect & The Twisted Tower.’ This is a dramatic, behind-the-scene-story about the building of Santiago Calatrava's 'Turning Torso' in Malmö, a 190 metre high, twisted residential building which was appointed "World’s best residential building project" at Mipim in Cannes, 2005. Filmmaker Fredrik Gertten documents the construction of the visionary Turning Torso public housing structure. In 1999 Johnny Örbäck saw celebrated architect Santiago Calatrava's "Twisting Torso" sculpture and immediately knew what he wanted for the construction of a proposed residential building. Determined to construct a skyscraper based on the same concept, Örbäck contacted Calatrava and convinced him to design the building. This documentary highlights the difficulty in seeing such an ambitious project through to completion. The attendees loved the movie, and we had our longest post-movie discussion to date! Many thanks to all who attended.
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Member News - Two Chapter Members Become Fellows
by Michael Lischer on Feb 15, 2016
Two AIA UK members recently received one of the AIA’s highest distinctions, elevation to Fellowship.
AIA UK past president and current board member, Lester Korzilius, AIA, has been elevated to the College of Fellows for his many years of service to the AIA UK, the International Region, and the Institute. John McAslan, International Assoc. AIA, has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship for his distinguished achievements in design.
The jury noted Lester’s achievements, “Through his international leadership, service to the Institute, mentoring, and education facility practice, Lester Korzilius, AIA, RIBA has led the profession by advancing the influence of the AIA outside the United States, promoting the values of American architectural practice internationally, and helping shape opinions and actions within the United States towards international practice.” [...]
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Member News: Teaching Architecture at the Edges of the World
by Lorraine King on Feb 24, 2016
This article has been written as part of the AIA Newsletter’s commitment to up-to-date member news. If you are aware of UK Chapter member’s involvement in other newsworthy projects or events, please bring them to our attention via a “comment” follow up note at the end of this article and we will endeavour to publish further feature articles.
While the rest of us maintain our careers – however volatile they may be – safely here in London, peripatetic architecture professor Marga Jann, AIA, RIBA, DPUC, continues to teach her particular brand of socio-environmentally aware, ‘live project’ design in places other architectural practitioners rarely venture.
Since participating in the AIA UK chapter as UK Board Correspondent in 2010/11, Prof Jann – or more commonly, “Marga” - has held teaching positions in Uganda (2011-12) and Saudi Arabia (2013-14) as part of a Cambridge Visiting Fellow/Research Associate research project (2011 to date). [...]
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Report - The fire at The Address, Dubai
by Beale&Company on Feb 10, 2016
Addressing burning issues: Renewed fire safety concerns in the UAE following a major fire at The Address hotel on 31 December 2015.
The dramatic fire at The Address hotel in Dubai on New Year’s Eve has renewed concerns for fire safety in the UAE and high-rise developments in general.
Beale & Company consider what it means for those working in the UAE.
To read the full article, please click here.
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Reports from the courts
by Andrew Croft and Simii Sivapalan on Mar 19, 2016
In our regular round up of recent court cases of importance to the construction industry, Andrew Croft (Associate) and Simii Sivapalan (Assistant Solicitor) of Beale & Company consider a case highlighting that a limitation clause does not remove liabilities to all parties on a contract; and another where a court considered the late payment provisions of the ‘Construction Act’ where insolvency was a risk.
This article was first published in Construction Law's February edition.
To read the full article, please click here.
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AIA UK EXCELLENCE IN DESIGN AWARDS 2016 - GALA
Monday, April 18, 6:30pm 9:30pm
Institute of Contemporary Arts, The Mall London, SW1A 2BJ
RVSP by 5pm, Thursday 14th April
Note: Spaces are limited, priority will be given to award entries.
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