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WEBArchitectural mentors: the initiatives offering training to young people. Against criticism that the profession fails to reflect the wider population it serves, Fran Williams and Rob Wilson highlight initiatives offering training and mentoring in architecture to young people from underrepresented backgrounds
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Dance moves: Glenn Howells’ new home for English National Ballet
WEBApr 9, 2020 · The phrase was coined by the ENB’s artistic director Tamara Rojo, although in reference more to the content than the container. It signals her intention to commission and originate new, experimental work in the company’s repertoire, showing the same innovative attitude to culture the Bauhaus did in the 1920s.
RetroFirst stories: RSHP on its ‘ruthlessly inclusive’ Hammersmith …
WEBMay 13, 2021 · Tell us about the project? We were commissioned in 2017 to design the redevelopment of the Hammersmith and Fulham Town Hall and Civic Campus. Our scheme is a mixed-use development including a contemporary vertical extension and the complete refurbishment of the existing Grade II-listed town hall building.
In practice: Sergison Bates’ Hampstead mansion block for older …
WEBJul 7, 2022 · Responding to the context The development of the façade at Hampstead is unique in our work so far. In the context of Fitzjohn’s Avenue, the issue was to mediate between the mid to late 19th-century third-generation Arts and Crafts villas and the density of scale of the mansion block typology.
ACME completes gold-coloured arena in Swansea - The Architects’ …
WEBMar 25, 2022 · Project data. Start on site November 2019 Completion date March 2022 Gross internal floor area 9,800m² Form of contract Design and Build Construction cost £48 million Client City and County of Swansea Architect ACME Development manager RivingtonHark Project manager Padstone Main contractor Buckingham Group Contracting Planning consultant Savills Landscape consultant Capita/GL Hearn
The Regs: How to protect against fire spread in commercial kitchens
WEBApr 27, 2021 · 1) Locate kitchens in rooms with fire-resisting construction, wherever possible to provide at least 30 minutes’ fire-resistance. Any opening between the kitchen and the restaurant should be protected by a shutter with a fire resistance of the same standard as that of the kitchen enclosure.
Full AJ100 rankings: Foster + Partners tops league of UK’s largest ...
WEBJun 18, 2021 · Norman Foster’s practice now employers 383 qualified architects, up two from last year, extending its lead to 30 over second-placed BDP (353), which year-on-year had slowly been narrowing the gap.. Foster + Partners first topped the AJ100 league table in 2012 – then with a roster of 304 qualified architects – taking over from perennial chart-topper BDP in the definitive list of Britain ...