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ARB plans major registration overhaul for international architects
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has launched a public consultation on a ‘simpler’ approach to UK registration for internationally qualified architects
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
Architectural mentor 3: Urban Learners
Against criticism that the profession fails to reflect the wider population it serves, Fran Williams and Rob Wilson speak to eight initiatives offering training and mentoring in architecture to young people from underrepresented backgrounds. Today it's Urban Learners
‘I was asked if I had come to architecture school to find a husband’: Tutors reflect on how education has changed
Anna Highfield speaks to four leading architecture academics about how education has changed since the turn of the millennium, including the impact of tuition fees and the aftershocks of the Bartlett ‘bullying’ scandal
Architectural mentor 2: Build The Way
Against criticism that the profession fails to reflect the wider population it serves, Fran Williams and Rob Wilson speak to eight initiatives offering training and mentoring in architecture to young people from underrepresented backgrounds. Today it’s Build The Way
Architectural 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
Architectural mentor 1: Accelerate
Against criticism that the profession fails to reflect the wider population it serves, Fran Williams and Rob Wilson speak to eight initiatives offering training and mentoring in architecture to young people from underrepresented backgrounds. Today it’s Accelerate
Schools are preparing students for climate conditions that no longer exist
To prepare students to handle the practicalities of construction and to tackle sustainability challenges, schools must fundamentally change how architecture is taught, writes Scott McAulay
Gort Scott wins contest for major Cambridge college expansion
Gort Scott has won a competition to design a major addition to Girton College at the University of Cambridge
Education and procurement both require fundamental reform: Grenfell demands it
Architectural education has shortcomings, and it feeds into a construction and procurement system which seems set up to fail, writes Emily Booth
Archigram co-founder Colin Fournier dies aged 79
Archigram co-founder Peter Cook has paid tribute to his former colleague and Kunsthaus Graz co-architect Colin Fournier, who has died at the age of 79 following a long illness