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The Coach: I’ve completed my Part 2. Now what?
Matthew Turner advises a recently graduated Part 2
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The Secret Architect: The school takes action on a 70% student drop-out rate
We’re eavesdropping with The Secret Architect on an architecture school’s virtual EGM about alarming deferral rates on the Part 3 course
ARB slammed after ‘wonky’ home cinema architect suspended
The advocate for the architect ordered to pay £500,000 in damages over a ‘wonky’ home cinema has hit out at the ARB for suspending him from the register
Covid crisis leads ZHA to quit ‘inflexible’ Bowling Green Lane HQ
Zaha Hadid Architects is to leave its Clerkenwell HQ after nearly four decades because the listed Victorian school building is not adaptable to post-Covid work requirements
Why do we pursue innovation for innovation’s sake?
Innovation is a key goal in much modern architecture but sometimes no change or slow change can be better, argues Robert Adam
We need to get back to the office to avoid a lost cohort of architectural talent
Just because we have discovered the joys of home-working, we mustn’t overlook the significant benefits of being face-to-face in an office, says Kunle Barker
The Secret Architect: When the undercutting stops, the finger pointing begins
The second in a new series of AJ columns by the Secret Architect, taking a wry look at practice and education
Architect reprimanded after fellow director botched drawings
A Sussex-based architect has been reprimanded by the ARB after not properly supervising an architectural technologist and fellow company director who produced inaccurate drawings for a house extension
The Coach: Is architecture the right career choice at my time of life?
Matthew Turner counsels someone in their mid-30s considering architectural training
Yoga won’t improve your staff’s mental wellbeing if they can’t pay the rent
Practices must first get the fundamentals right, before expending time and money on progressive mental health strategies, says Kunle Barker