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RIBA President’s Medals 2020: Eco-projects win students top prizes
A renewable energy scheme in rural Italy and an exploration into timber production, use and waste in Sweden have been named the best student architecture projects
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
National curriculum an obstacle to diversity in architecture, says celebrated teacher
Architecture would be more diverse if the national curriculum placed more emphasis on creative subjects and celebrated design and technology, tutor Neil Pinder has told an AJ100 breakfast event
Apprenticeships can revolutionise architectural education
Architectural apprenticeships might seem a cheap option for an education, but they are the first step to transforming the relationship between employers and educators, argues Timothy Brittain-Catlin
Robert Adam slams ‘appalling’ bias against traditional architecture in universities
Robert Adam has hit out at the ‘shocking and appalling’ bias against traditional architecture taught in UK universities
More than half of students report struggling with mental health
More than half all architecture students are struggling with their mental health, according to a survey carried out by the RIBA in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic
Will apprenticeships become another victim of the coronavirus crisis?
The ‘earn and learn’ programme was heralded as offering an architectural career to those unable to afford the traditional education route. But as practices struggle, will apprenticeships become another coronavirus victim? asks Will Ing
‘Being out of work is heartbreaking’: a TV star struggling to make it in architecture
An architecture graduate who shot to fame when he won a televised race across South America has spoken of his ‘heartbreak’ at being made unemployed during the pandemic
Architectural Association to teach virtually until 2021
The Architectural Association (AA) will deliver all lectures, tutorials and assessments online until at least 2021, the school has said
Will architecture students be ready to confront the climate crisis?
It's not just up to schools of architecture – practitioners and institutions should collaborate to place climate literacy at the core of architectural education, says Mina Hasman
Page\Park faces court action over second Mac fire
Architect PagePark is facing legal action relating to its work on the restoration of the Mackintosh School of Architecture before a second blaze tore through the building in June 2018