The event is arranged by the Worldwide Network of Port Cities AIVP with prominent speakers on board: Alistair Gale, CEO London Port Authority – communicating their recent strategies Professor Carola Hein, Professor & Head, History of Architecture & Urban Planning Chair, Delft University of Technology, Netherlands Jamil Ouazzani, SAPT Tangier […]
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ArCCAT Climate Action Week: Practicing Sustainability – from Portfolio to Practitioner | Tuesday, October 26 at 18:00 (BST), Robin Evans Room (M416) + online
When: Tuesday, 26th of October 6pm – 8pm Where: Robin Evans Room (M416) and online | to book tickets please go to Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/practicing-sustainability-from-portfolio-to-practitioner-tickets-191649176847 Organiser and Moderator: Harry Charrington Speakers: Chris Morgan, John Gilbert Architects, Glasgow. Gordon O’Connor-Read, Rural Urban Synthesis Society and Laing O’Rourke. […]

ArCCAT Climate Action Week: Opening of the ArCCAT Climate Action Exhibition + Launch of the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Campaign | Monday, October 25 from 17:30 (BST), Marylebone Learning Platform
When: Monday, 25th of October at 5.30pm – 6.30pm Where: Marylebone Learning Platform Speaker: Peter Bonfield Curators: Lindsay Bremner, Grace Lancto, Francois Girardin and David Scott, with the assistance of Chris Meloy and John Whitmore. An exhibition of staff and student work from the school […]

ArCCAT Climate Action Week: The King’s Cross journey to carbon neutrality | Monday, October 25 at 16:00, Robin Evans Room (M416) + Online
When: Monday, 25th of October, 4pm (BST) Where: Robin Evans Room (M416) and online; book at Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-kings-cross-journey-to-carbon-neutrality-tickets-183433162527 Organiser and Moderator: Johannes Novy Speaker: Stephen Kellett, Sustainability Manager, Ardent Services LLP Discussant: Roudaina Alkhani The King’s Cross Estate is one of Europe’s most significant regeneration […]

ArCCAT Climate Action Week: Launch of Design Competition for a material reuse station for the studios | Monday, October 25 at 13:00 in Studio, Marylebone Campus
When: Monday, 25th of October 13:00-14:00 Where: Studio, Marylebone Campus Who: Diony Kypraiou, Stefania Boccaletti, Paolo Zaide and Tabatha Mills. For both students and architectural designers, the physical model is a manifestation of ideas. The act of physical model-making is central to architectural education and […]

ArCCAT Climate Action Week: What about ‘the other half’ of the ‘UN sustainability goals’? | Monday, October 25 at 13:00, M523
When: Monday, 25th of October 2021 at 1pm Where: M523, Marylebone Campus UoW students-as-co-creators project team 2021: Dana Al Khammach, Elantha Evans, Rebecca Kelly, James Mason and Lavinia Peninno. Join us for a curated, interactive and enjoyable 15-20 min session at 13:00 on Monday 25th […]

SA+C student Jan MacBean awarded a runner up prize in WW+P’s Future of Transport Student Prize competition
Congratulations to Jan MacBean who was presented with the runner up prize for his proposal: A Paddington Pollution Solution and the Westway Garden Path. Jan’s proposal compromises two phases. Phase one looks to manage the dangerously high level of air pollution around the Paddington Basin […]

Join the Architecture and Cities Climate Action Taskforce (ArCCAT)
The Architecture and Cities Climate Action Taskforce (ArCCAT) was formed in May 2021. It comprises staff and students from the School of Architecture + Cities, the Westminster Business School and members of the University Estates team committed to meeting climate, biodiversity and planetarysystem challenges. Over […]

RIBA: The Wren Insurance Association Scholarship | Deadline: Friday, June 18, 2021, 5pm
Five scholarships of £6,000 each are now available to support architecture students starting the final year of their Part 2 course in September 2021. The winners will also have the opportunity to be mentored by an architect from of one of the 67 leading UK […]

Drawing Matter – Call for Entries: Writing Prize 2021 | Deadline: Midnight (BST) on Tuesday, June 1, 2021
The Drawing Matter Trust is pleased to announce the return of the Drawing Matter Writing Prize. The competition invites participants to carefully look at drawings and to consider what they reveal about the process of design, and the buildings or objects they represent. We take […]