Exhibition of RIBA Competition Projects
Venue: CUBE Gallery, 113 – 115 Portland Street, Manchester
Dates: 2nd May to 17th May 2008
A new spring exhibition organised by the RIBA Competitions Office opens in May showing a selection of recent competition results and a built project, all of which originated through RIBA competition.
This exciting and varied selection of projects has been chosen to show the range of solutions generated through architectural competitions and will include:
- Egremont Castle Performance Structure, Cumbria
- The winning design by Decosterd-Cotting Architects with Guscetti-Tournier Engineers from Geneva, Swizterland and the shortlisted schemes.
- Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve, Preston
- The winning design by Adam Khan Architects and the shortlisted schemes for the competition to design a new visitor facility for Brockholes.
- Sheffield Parkway Footbridge
- The winning design by Tim Norlund, a 23 year old architect from Denmark who had beaten over 100 entries to gain first prize in this competition. Plus the shortlisted entries.
- Avenham Park Pavillion, Preston
- This project was won through an invited design competition in February 2005 by Ian McChesney Architects. A series of boards will show the development of the design from the original competition entry through to completion.
The exhibition celebrates some of the most successful projects so far in 2008 and demonstrates how the competitions process can laud emerging practices as well as established ones.
Tags: RIBA, Exhibition, Architecture, Manchester, Competition
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I think we all know the feeling when e-mail goes down or the internet stops working for a few hours. It’s incredible how many of the day-to-day processes are web related. Even if you can’t work you think you can still do some offline research, make some phone calls, catch up with people etc. But having no access to the Net really does disable you when you don’t have the right contact number and can’t access a client’s site.
Last incoming e-mail was received at 6am on Saturday which wasn’t discovered until very early on Monday morning when I was immediately on the case with technical support.
Various tests were made with the ISP, Webhost and e-mail provider which dragged on through the day which included 20 or so ‘test messages’ to and from ever single e-mail account.
Nothing was sent or received and the test messages just stayed put in their respective out-boxes.
At 4pm approached I was dreading defeat at the loss of a complete day when the ISP somehow discovered that the domain name had, in fact, expired.
So yes, it was my fault entirely for not staying on top of it and the e-mail address I had used to register said domain was no longer active.
Moral ? Lesson Learned ? Absolutely !
Make sure these things are logged, dates entered and that a technical error isn’t down to something so silly.
Tags: Technical, internet down, frustration
My client, a very well respected company have, in the last half century, completed a number of outstanding and very distinctive buildings in the UK and abroad.
They have key openings for:
- A Post Part 3 Qualified Architect
- A Senior Architect
- and a Senior Architectural Technician
to join their modern offices in South West London.
We are looking for talented individuals who can come in and take the helm on a number of major projects in the UK, within the sporting, leisure, commercial and residential sectors.
Tool of choice is Bentley’s Microstation which would be considered a strong advantage but we will welcome applicants with expertise on any CAD platform.
Tags: London, Architect, Senior Architect, Architectural Technician, Microstation
Architects
Our client, one of the top Architectural firms are seeking ambitious and talented Russian speaking Architects with relevant UK, European and overseas experience to work on a variety of exciting new projects in and around Russia.
The positions would be based permanently in London and would suit someone with knowledge of the Russian construction market and fluent in business Russian.
Fluency in another European language such as Turkish would be desirable. All applicants should be CAD proficient and ideally have a working knowledge of Microstation.
Tags: Russia, Russian, Architect
14 April 2008
St Leger Homes
Bungalow Design Competition
Winner Announced
The Crawford Partnership has won the RIBA competition for the design of a suitable and innovative solution for the extension and adaptation of a number of one bedroom bungalows scattered throughout the Doncaster area.
The existing bungalows are managed by St Leger Homes which is the Arms Length Management Organisation (ALMO) that manages council housing for Doncaster Metropolitan Borough. Currently these bungalows offer limited accommodation with the kitchens and bathrooms being particularly small and are increasingly failing to meet the aspirations of customers. Consequently a competition was launched on behalf of St Leger Homes seeking innovative design proposals to alter and extend these bungalows.
Fourteen practices initially submitted expressions of interest to the competition and four were shortlisted and invited to present their initial design proposals to the jury panel. The other shortlisted teams were: AIR Architects from London; Bauman Lyons from Leeds and Cottrell and Vermeulen from Hebden Bridge and London.
The Crawford Partnership was judged the winning entry because of the modest scale of the extension; alterations to both sides of the bungalow; a range of green features including the possibility of a sedum roof and an option for car parking if it was required.
Gill Robinson, RIBA Adviser commented: “This scheme provides a simple yet elegant solution to remodelling the one bedroom bungalow, which is flexible and economical to build. I particularly like the ingenious use of a small lightwell to link the extension to the bungalow. Overall a practical and imaginative design.”
Alan Crawford from The Crawford Partnership said: “We are looking forward to working with St Leger Homes. The essence of our proposal centers on providing a simple, flexible and economic solution to extend each home and is based on a collective of cost effective, sustainable ideas that the practice is currently exploring and implementing on other projects.”
The design will be used in the future for a pilot project when funding becomes available for the work to take place.
Interiors Technician
Our client is a fast growing multi-disciplinary Interior Design and Architecture Practice based in York in modern, custom built offices.
In order to accommodate further growth we are now looking to appoint the following staff:
Interiors Technician
- Good Shopfitting detail skills
- Conversant with AutoCAD
- Sound knowledge of detailing and materials
- Ability to produce plans, sections, elevations and joinery detailing
- Experience of Retail or Leisure markets would be an advantage
- Self motivated and enthusiastic
Current projects include Spa’s, Hotels, Water Parks, Leisure Complexes, Restaurants, Cafe Bars and Swimming Pools.
Tags: Interior, Technician, York, Yorkshire
Architectural Technician/Technologist & Interiors Technician
Our client is a fast growing multi-disciplinary Interior Design and Architecture Practice based in York in modern, custom built offices.
In order to accommodate further growth we are now looking to appoint the following staff:
Architectural Technician/Technologist
- Understanding of Building Regulation & Planning Approval processes and applications
- Good construction detail knowledge
- Fully conversant with AutoCAD
- Experience of Retail or Leisure markets would be an advantage
- Must be able to achieve high standards under pressure
- Site experience preferred
- Self motivated and enthusiastic
Current projects include Spa’s, Hotels, Water Parks, Leisure Complexes, Restaurants, Cafe Bars and Swimming Pools.
Tags: ArchitecturalTechnician, York, Yorkshire
Senior Architect, Oxfordshire
To deliver all aspects of Architectural services (RIBA Work Stages A-L) including the supervision of the work of others undertaken in the office.
Please contact us for additional information.
Tags: SeniorArchitect, Oxfordshire
Architectural Technician / Architectural Assistant
My client has an opening for an Architectural Technician / Assistant to work on a variety of interesting projects throughout the Highland region.
We are ideally looking for someone with a solid understanding of UK Building Regulations and CAD experience (AutoCAD or other)
For any additional information on this role, please contact us.
Tags: ArchitecturalTechnician, Inverness, Scotland
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