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Seven chosen for the Architect Pitch

Seven chosen for the Architect Pitch

Seven architects have been shortlisted to pitch ideas for the next generation of workplace design that reflects the shift to hybrid working post-Covid....

Seven architects have been shortlisted to pitch ideas for the next generation of workplace design that reflects the shift to hybrid working post-Covid....

What should the office look like when we go back to work?

What should the office look like when we go back to work?

The last year has been a chance to rethink the workplace into a vastly better version of what it was before Covid-19, says General Project’s development associate Ben Cross...

The last year has been a chance to rethink the workplace into a vastly better version of what it was before Covid-19, says General Project’s development associate Ben Cross...

Newsletters – keep it short and keep it punchy

Newsletters – keep it short and keep it punchy

This seemingly archaic form of communication in a world dominated by fast-paced social media platforms still has the ability to cut through the noise and help support the development of business relationships...

This seemingly archaic form of communication in a world dominated by fast-paced social media platforms still has the ability to cut through the noise and help support the development of business relationships...

Writing about your ideas – ten rules to keep it simple

Writing about your ideas – ten rules to keep it simple

But then I spotted an article in Property Week that asked eight practices to ‘rethink’ a 80,000 sq ft department store, and gave each around 400 words to explain their ideas...

But then I spotted an article in Property Week that asked eight practices to ‘rethink’ a 80,000 sq ft department store, and gave each around 400 words to explain their ideas...

Creative ways to write about your practice

Creative ways to write about your practice

This is a new series about writing for the web. It’s a vast subject so I’m going to break it down, beginning with how to write that short piece of blurb or slogan that practices usually bury in the About section...

This is a new series about writing for the web. It’s a vast subject so I’m going to break it down, beginning with how to write that short piece of blurb or slogan that practices usually bury in the About section...

Architects embrace power of film

Architects embrace power of film

Last week I wrote about ‘micro videos’. The question I posed is should practices be putting more time and effort into these teaser videos rather than longer, expensively produced ones...

Last week I wrote about ‘micro videos’. The question I posed is should practices be putting more time and effort into these teaser videos rather than longer, expensively produced ones...

Films about architecture tend to be highly produced and expensive. Why not ditch them for a gif?

Films about architecture tend to be highly produced and expensive. Why not ditch them for a gif?

Photographer Edmund Sumner was surprised when his recent LinkedIn post about his micro videos or ‘archygifs’ provoked such an instant reaction.

Photographer Edmund Sumner was surprised when his recent LinkedIn post about his micro videos or ‘archygifs’ provoked such an instant reaction.

February 21, 2021

February 21, 2021

I joined Clubhouse – so should you

I joined Clubhouse – so should you

An app that has no pictures is unlikely to appeal to architects. But such is the hype surrounding Clubhouse I thought I’d check it out...

An app that has no pictures is unlikely to appeal to architects. But such is the hype surrounding Clubhouse I thought I’d check it out...

February 11, 2021

February 11, 2021

Roll up, roll up for the building tour

Roll up, roll up for the building tour

In lockdown, with almost all buildings shut, architects – like everyone else – are struggling to find ways of promoting their work and even recreate the reality of seeing buildings in the flesh.

In lockdown, with almost all buildings shut, architects – like everyone else – are struggling to find ways of promoting their work and even recreate the reality of seeing buildings in the flesh.

February 8, 2021

February 8, 2021

Should you tackle TikTok?

Should you tackle TikTok?

The pandemic has given architects time to think not just about the content they’re creating but which platforms are best to use– and that includes TikTok.Dominating last year’s social landscape was TikTok, the Chinese-owned short video app popular with teenage girls and, because of its algorithmic feed, highly addictive.

The pandemic has given architects time to think not just about the content they’re creating but which platforms are best to use– and that includes TikTok.Dominating last year’s social landscape was TikTok, the Chinese-owned short video app popular with teenage girls and, because of its algorithmic feed, highly addictive.

September 5, 2020

September 5, 2020

O’DonnellBrown wins pitch to design post-pandemic housing

O’DonnellBrown wins pitch to design post-pandemic housing

Glasgow-based practice O’DonnellBrown has won the Architect Pitch held last week in central London...

Glasgow-based practice O’DonnellBrown has won the Architect Pitch held last week in central London...

Developer wants creative ideas but only if they’re commercially viable

Developer wants creative ideas but only if they’re commercially viable

The lockdown has thrown up huge challenges for developers but as the economy starts to reopen thoughts are turning to the opportunities post Covid-19 says HUB’s managing director, Damien Sharkey....

The lockdown has thrown up huge challenges for developers but as the economy starts to reopen thoughts are turning to the opportunities post Covid-19 says HUB’s managing director, Damien Sharkey....

The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, London, W1S 3ET

Can architects make a difference?

A decade ago it was unheard of for a major practice to stake out a position on climate change. Now practices are increasingly finding that younger staff demand expressions of solidarity and meaningful action.

DROO wins the Architect Pitch

Architect chosen by UPP will “challenge the way it thinks” about student housing.

Seven chosen for the Architect Pitch with UPP

Seven architects have been shortlisted to pitch ideas for the next generation of student housing design that is inspiring with high sustainability credentials and reflects a new emphasis on student mental health and wellbeing.

Mark Shaw – timing is crucial

Mark Shaw won the Architect Pitch in 2017 and was invited by developer HB Reavis to work on a new commercial building in Farringdon. It was later appointed to work on all the common areas in the building, including a gym, bar, café and auditorium.

The Architect Pitch will help challenge our way of thinking

Adam Tyson is Managing Director of Asset Management at student accommodation infrastructure provider UPP, leading the delivery of its construction projects and strategic asset management. Here he explains why purpose-built student accommodation is ready for a shakeup

Winning was “an important accolade, a high profile endorsement of our approach.”

Jennifer O’Donnell, director of Glasgow-based practice O'DonnellBrown, won the Architect Pitch in 2020 impressing the panel with a series of self-initiated projects. Here she explains what happened next.

Architect and engineer support 2022 Activism Award

This category was added to the awards in 2021 to recognise the increasing amount of action taking place in the built environment, addressing issues such as diversity, inequality, disability rights and the climate emergency

August 21, 2021

Who are we designing for?

Rachel Sayers is an architect and partner in Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios where she heads their Equality and Diversity Group. She is a judge for the Archiboo Awards inaugural Activism Award What do understand by the term activism? Personally I think strongly held values is at the root of all activism....

August 16, 2021

Be wise to your own priorities

Ewa Effiom is an architect currently working for Gort Scott. He is a judge for the Best Use of Video category...

Every office wants to feel like Soho House

Mike Stiff co-founded London-based practice Stiff + Trevillion in the early 1980s. He is a judge for the Best Consultants category...

You’re looking for eddies in people’s life stories

Grant Gibson is a journalist and a former editor of Blueprint, RIBA Journal and Crafts magazine. He launched his podcast Material Matters in 2018, which won the Best Podcast category in 2020. He is a judge for the category this year...

My method for winning new business was always lunches

Joy Nazzari on the importance of lunch and why the property industry has to rewrite its story...

How social media drives new business

With social media it’s all about creating content and being consistent so there’s content on a weekly basis. The way we use Instagram is as a window into our practice – we concentrate on showing the process behind the projects. Every Thursday people have to upload at least two images...

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The Benjamin West Lecture Theatre, Burlington Gardens, Royal Academy of Arts, London, W1S 3ET

Can architects make a difference?

A decade ago it was unheard of for a major practice to stake out a position on climate change. Now practices are increasingly finding that younger staff demand expressions of solidarity and meaningful action.