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ARB rethinks ‘shock’ £9k-a-year fee to architecture schools
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) is to slash the £9,200 a year it was planning to charge each of the UK’s 60 architecture schools to accredit courses
Students
News about and degree show reviews of the UK’s schools of architecture, including the Bartlett and the Architectural Association. We also celebrate students’ work with the AJ Student Prize
Could a phoenix yet emerge from the smouldering ruins of the Mack?
Johnny Rodger’s book Glasgow Cool of Art is the only serious, intellectual examination of the blazes that wrecked this world-famous building, writes Rory Olcayto
Is specialisation the way to succeed in architecture?
Does focusing on one sector impose an unwelcome straitjacket or is it the key to architects being treated more like other professions, asks Toko Andrews
Bartlett chief to kick off Parliamentary high streets inquiry
University College London professor John Tomaney is to give evidence in Parliament tomorrow as an inquiry begins into the health of Britain’s high streets
Bartlett students protest over role change for ‘beloved’ security guard
Hundreds of students at the Bartlett School of Architecture have staged a protest after a ‘well-known and loved’ security guard was moved away from the position he has worked in for many years
Gen Z are coming for your job – and that’s a good thing
Architecture seems to be breaking – or broken entirely. Why not let the profession’s youngest generation do their thing? asks Toko Andrews
London School of Architecture Part 2 student wins RIBA President’s Silver Medal
A London School of Architecture student has won the RIBA Silver Medal 2023, the annual international award for the best Architecture design project at Part 2
University of Westminster completes community space at London’s Cody Dock
The Growing Space, designed by master’s students at the University of Westminster’s Live Design Studio, provides space for community horticultural activities in Newham, east London
ARB’s £9k charge to architecture schools an ‘unwelcome shock’, says RIBA
The RIBA has reacted angrily to the Architects Registration Board’s (ARB) decision to charge each of the UK’s 60 architecture schools £9,200 a year to accredit their courses
PRIMA International 2024
An international student contest is being held for a series of three landmark new architectural installations at the Carrières du Boulonnais quarry in northern France [Deadline: 15 March 2024]