Archisource invites students, graduates and alumni to submit their drawings into our free to enter, Drawing of the Year 2022 competition. The competition has £30,000 worth of prizes to be won, significant international publication and all entries will receive Affinity V2 Universal Licence for free which includes all of Affinity’s creative apps! In 2021, School […]
On Monday, December 6, Professor Kester Rattenbury received the biannual 2022 RIBA Annie Spink Award at the RIBA President’s Medals Awards ceremony. “The prestigious biennial prize is awarded to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the advancement of architectural education, in a school of architecture anywhere in the world that offers courses […]
The 2023 Energy Workshop will take place in Madrid, Spain, from 20-24 February 2023 and will gather a team of ten granted scholars drawn from diverse backgrounds to explore new opportunities that combine natural processes with emerging technologies. Each grant will cover all transportation, accommodation and incurred costs related to the Workshop in Madrid. Students will be invited to […]
The 2022 Sustainability Workshop organised by Norman Foster Foundation took place in Madrid, Spain, between 10th and 14th of October. Georgios spoke about his experience to University of Westminster’s News: “The Workshop aimed to explore the concept of sustainability at the intersection of natural and artificial. During the week-long programme, we aimed to generate projects […]
When: Thursday, 8th of December, 6pm (GMT) Where: M416, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS + Online (see tumblr page below for link) Michael Jones is a deputy head of studio at Foster + Partners. Alongside Senior Executive Partner Stefan Behling, he oversees almost 100 architects working on a wide range of international projects. He […]
When: Thursday, 2nd of December, 6pm (GMT) Where: M416, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS + Online (see tumblr page below for link) “A derivative of the Northern Togolese language, Lamb-Kabyè, Oxara means, ‘Gathering and Community’, bringing the actors of the construction ecosystem together to collectively create an innovative and sustainable industry is a key […]
When: Monday, 28th of November, 13:00-14:00 (GMT) Where: M416, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS The next Architecture + Cities Research Seminar will be on Monday 28 November, by Andrew Smith, Professor of Urban Experiences and Director of the Sustainable Cities and the Urban Environment Research Community (SCUE). Andrew’s presentation, ‘Beyond the Pale’ will critically […]
When: Tuesday, 22nd of November, 6pm (GMT) Where: M416, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS + Online (see tumblr page below for link) “bamboo … the green steel of the 21st Century” Vo Trong Nghia Bamboo is not a new building material, but given changing environmental design imperatives, this aggressive fast-growing plant species provides a strong […]
When: Friday, 25th of November at 10:45am Where: M416 + MG28, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS The Association for Tourism in Higher Education’s (ATHE) seminar Resilience, Recovery, and Rejuvenation will take place on Friday, 25th of November from 10.45am to 3pm. The morning session will be held in M416, and the afternoon […]
Research Workshop Convened by: Gordana Fontana-Giusti (University of Kent) Jonathan Hale (University of Nottingham) Albena Yaneva (University of Manchester) When: Monday, 24th of April —Thursday, 27th of April 2023 Where: Manchester, UK The thought of Michel Foucault, Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Bruno Latour has greatly contributed to the advance of research scholarship in the field of […]
When: Thursday, 17th of November, 6pm (GMT) Where: M416, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS + Online (see tumblr page below for link) “Earth blocks have one tenth of the embodied carbon of other commonly specified materials such as blockwork, which is a cement-based product. Aside from the high energy demand during production, blockwork […]
When: Wednesday, 16th of November, 13:00-14:00 (GMT) Where: Online The next Architecture + Cities Research Seminar will be by Mengqui Cao, titled “The Sharing Economy: Car sharing in Greater London.” It will be an online event, and you can access the link here. All staff and students are welcome to attend.
When: Thursday, 10th of November, 6pm (GMT) Where: ONLINE (Due to the London Underground strike action) Dr. Pooja Basnett is a lecturer in Biological Sciences. She received a Cavendish scholarship from the University of Westminster to complete a PhD in Applied Biotechnology titled ‘Biosynthesis of Polyhydroxyalkanoates (PHAs) and their application in medical device development’. Following her PhD, […]
When: Thursday, 3rd of November, 6pm (GMT) Where: M416, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS + Livestream (see Tumblr Site below) Steve Webb founded Webb Yates Engineers with Andy Yates in 2005. Steve started his career as a site engineer for the Jubilee Line Extension, gaining first-hand experience of site issues and subterranean construction in […]
When: Thursday, 27th of October, 6pm (BST) Where: M416, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS + Online Emma Hilton Grange is an Associate Architect at Bryden Wood who has worked at the practice since 2019. Emma has been involved in several projects at the practice including developing a modular housing scheme for L&G Modular Homes, expanding […]
When: Monday, 31st of October, 13:00-14:00 (GMT) Where: M416, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS + Online The next Architecture + Cities Research Seminar will be by Enrica Papa, Emilia Smeds and Tom Cohen, on their work within the EXTRA project, Experimenting with City Streets to Transform Urban Mobility. It will be a hybrid event […]
When: Tuesday, 8th of November, 16.00 – 18.00 Where: M309, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Rd, NW1 5LS ArCCAT will be screening the recording of How to Save the Planet: Degrowth v Green Growth, a debate between Jason Hickle and Samuel Fankhauser moderated by Kate Raworth. The screening will be followed by a short discussion. All are […]
Ann-Melody Akanji from Year 2, BA Architecture took part in RA Young People’s Programme: We Built This City as part of ‘John Hejduk: London Masque’. The works produced as a part of this programme are currently on display at the Royal Academy of Arts, London. In Ann-Melody’s own words the display is: “a selection of […]
Deadline for expression of interest: Monday, October 31, 2022 We invite interdisciplinary participants from, but not limited to, the field of arts, architecture, landscape, environmental studies/ecology and anthropology to take part in a 6 Day Workshop which will explore more-than-human entanglements and environmental relationships drawing on the waterways in Kochi, Kerala. With a thorough interdisciplinary […]
When: Thursday, 20th of October at 7pm Where: Fabrication Lab, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Rd, NW1 5LS Join us for the launch of Experiments with Body Agent Architecture, with a reading by the author, Dr Alessandro Ayuso. This event is a part of ‘The Knowledge Exchange’ initiated by Fabrication Lab. Please RSVP through the […]
When: Thursday, 20th of October, 6pm (BST) Where: M416, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS + Online Dr László Tálas is a Lecturer in Animal Sensing and Biometrics at the Bristol Veterinary School, whose research interests concern computational approaches to applied vision and questions lying at the intersection of sensory biology, psychology, history and art. […]
When: Thursday, 13th of October, 6pm (BST) Where: M416, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS + Online Steven Johnson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended Kansas State University to study architecture and followed this with a short period of working in Kansas City. In 1986 he moved to London to take a Masters in […]
This year’s entries for the AJ Student Prize from the School of Architecture + Cities, University of Westminster were brilliant projects by Reece Murray from Year 3, BA Architecture, Design Studio 3.4 and Rebecca Kelly from MA Architecture, Design Studio 11. “The AJ Student Prize celebrates the brilliant emerging talent of students graduating from undergraduate […]
Key dates Dates: 01-03 December 2022 Abstracts: 20 October 2022 (Round 2) Place: Virtual (UK, Singapore, South Africa) For more details please go here. Call: One century ago the City Symphony was at the cutting edge of visual representation. It was the site of some of the most challenging concepts and ideas the art world […]
When: Friday, 7th of October at 6.30pm Where: Cavendish Campus, University of Westminster, 115 New Cavendish St, London W1B 2HW To book tickets please go here. Please join us for an event organised jointly with Docomomo UK: We are celebrating the University’s finest building: 115 New Cavendish Street, and the work of its architects Lyons, […]
When: Thursday, 6th of October, 6pm (BST) Where: M416, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS + Online Deborah is one of the founding directors of DSDHA. Her recent and ongoing projects include the refurbishment of London’s iconic Economist Plaza in St James and a new building on Piccadilly for The Crown Estate. Large […]
When: Tuesday, 25th of October at 6pm (BST) Where: Robin Evans Room, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS + Online About the Speaker Born in 1947 in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, Andrew Holmes moved to London in 1966, and attended the Architectural Association. He is best known for a series of 150 photo realistic colour […]
Congratulations to Reece Murray from DS3.4 BA (Hons) Architecture and Rebecca Kelly from DS11 MArch on being nominated for this year’s AJ Student Prize. To read more about their projects visit here.
Congratulations to Giorgios Malliaropoulos, MArch DS18 student, on being selected from hundreds of applicants to be one of ten to participate in the 2022 Sustainability Workshop and represent the University of Westminster. His interest in sustainability has been proved through his University project last year – ‘’Institute of Ground Tectonics’’ developed while at DS18, under the tutelage […]
When: Friday, 23rd of September 2022 from 6.30pm (BST) Where: Room M416, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS + Online Join us on Friday 23 September for the launch of MORE 2022, an exhibition of the University of Westminster’s School of Architecture + Cities Master’s students’ thesis projects. The exhibition will launch in […]
When: 23rd and 24th of March 2023 Where: Arup, 8-13 Fitzroy St, London W1T 4BQ, UK Whilst 20th century was mostly about starchitects, 21st century is about synergies and the relevant complex dynamics that these allow to grow. This shift happens in parallel to others; reusing, retrofitting, and giving a new life to the existing […]
On June 9, 2022 a group of staff and students from the School of Architecture + Cities, University of Westminster attended a pilot day hosted by the Fire Service Training College. The experience and information gathered was particularly useful with regard to the new Building Safety Bill and also the incoming RIBA/ARB criteria on Fire […]
Dezeen magazine has featured a selection of 10 students’ projects from the School of Architecture + Cities, University of Westminster. The featured students are: Asena Koksal (MArch DS25), Edoardo Ripamonti (BSc Architecture and Environmental Design), Jan Macbean (BA Architecture, DS3.3), Joshua Dalsan (BA Architecture, DS3.6), Lilla Porkolab (MArch DS10), Malgorzata Socha (MArch DS15), Nikol Kaso […]
When: June 17 – July 11, daily from 9am-5pm Where: School of Architecture + Cities, University of Westminster, 35 Marylebone Rd, NW1 5LS London OPEN 2022 is a hybrid exhibition of projects that reflect the varied design approaches of the University of Westminster’s School of Architecture + Cities, its diverse students, and their place at […]
When: Thursday, 30th of June 2022 at 6.30pm (BST) Where: Hayes Davidson Studio, Studio A, 21 Conduit Place, London W2 1HS In Tanzania, roughly 8% of children under the age of 18 are orphaned with an estimated 90,000 orphans in the northern region of Kilimanjaro alone. Over fifteen years of humanitarian architectural experience have shown […]
In 2017 and 2019 the School of Architecture + Cities built two pavilions in Finland in collaboration with the Finnish Institute, the architect Sami Rintala. This year, our students are building a pavilion here in London: a working Finnish sauna in Victoria Embankment Gardens – just next to Embankment tube station. Student helpers from the Fabrication Laboratory, […]
When: From Friday, 24th of June (5pm) to 14th of July 2022 (available for viewing Monday – Saturday, 9am-6pm) Where: Silver Building in the Royal Docks, 60 Dock Road, E16 1YZ BSc Architecture and Environmental Design will be hosting a public exhibition at the Silver Building in the Royal Docks, where local people can explore the […]
When: Monday, 20th of June 2022, 5pm-7pm Where: Online Event The talk will disseminate the results of the African Off-grid Housing [AOH] research project developed at the School of Architecture & Cities of the University of Westminster thanks to the support of the Global Challenge Research Fund / UKRI. The talk is curated by the [AOH] […]
Where: M321, Marylebone Campus, 35 Marylebone Rd, NW1 5LS When: Tuesday, 21st June 2022 at 2pm To join online please go here: https://eu.bbcollab.com/guest/a8b04a2558aa464a8d91ad23c4e4189d
When: Friday, 24th of June 2022 from 2pm to 5pm Where: University of Westminster, Marylebone Campus, 35 Marylebone Road, NW1 5LS Architecture Acts asks participants to think beyond carbon calculations as architecture’s response to climate change. It is predicated on the understanding that architecture acts on and with the environment and that acts of protest […]
When: Thursday, 9th of June from 6pm to 10pm (BST) Where: Fabrication Lab, University of Westminster, Marylebone Campus, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5SL Make your own ceramic patisseries in the UoW’s Fabrication Lab. Assemble your cake with clay 3D printed by robots, decorate using digitally fabricated cutters & stamps, & paint it with a […]
This academic year, several of the BSc Architecture and Environmental Design students [who are part of the Westminster Environmental Society] and academics have been collaborating with Square Mile Farms in the creation of a hydroponic green wall for the production of food. This project is the result of the successful application to the Westminster Green Fund. […]
ZAV Architects presents the Habitat for Orphans Girls, Thursday 26 May from 13:00- 14:00 BST during Article 25’s Make Design Matter free virtual talk. Please find additional information about the talk and how to register on our website: Make Design Matter, May Virtual Talk, Habitat for Orphan Girls, Khansar — Article 25 – Humanitarian Architecture (article-25.org) […]
Registration for your college’s Summer Party is now open! As a final year or postgraduate student at the College of Design, Creative and Digital Industries, your Summer Party will take place at Harrow Campus on Wednesday 15 June, 12–4pm. If you’d like to attend this free event, please sign up here. Please bear in mind […]
Course dates: 2nd, 3rd, 9th and 10th of July Deadline for applications: 22nd of June 2022 Free webinar: 18th of June 2022 at 10am Performance Architecture Online Summer School is an exciting learning journey designed to inspire, broaden, and challenge the possibilities of spatial representation and design. Participants are invited to work on ways of designing […]
Conference dates: 28th to 30th of June 2023 Deadline for submission of abstracts: 10th of July 2022 Organisers: Czech Technical University, with Amps, Intellect Books, and UCL Press 2023 marks the twentieth anniversary of the UNESCO Convention on Cultural Heritage. It established culture as a concept to be safeguarded. That event came three decades after […]
The RIBA Scott Brownrigg Award for Sustainable Development provides £5000 funding for research to address environmental and ethical issues and enhance the quality of life of communities across the globe. The award is open to individuals or teams of architecture graduates and practitioners for projects lasting between three and 12 months. At least one candidate […]
Congratulations to Dr Nasser Golzari on his contribution to “HABITAT: Embracing Change in the Post-2030 Future” SDG 16: “URBAN INCLUSION IN MIDDLE EASTERN CITIES” Credits to all authors, The Global Sustainable Technology & Innovation Community G-STIC, Thames & Hudson and HABITAT Coalition. The exhibition in the press: urbanNext the Photographic Atlas of Cities Series: https://urbannext.net/habitat/. urbanNext is digital multi-format platform by @actar.publishers expanding architecture to […]
The University of Westminster’s School of Architecture and Cities invites you to OPEN2022 When: Thursday, 16th of June 2022 from 5.30pm to 8.30pm Where: Marylebone Studios, Marylebone Campus, 35 Marylebone Road, London NW1 5LS Head of School Harry Charrington cordially invites you to attend the opening of the graduating students’ degree show, OPEN 2022, featuring work […]
Monsoon Assemblages will launch Monsoon as Method: Assembling Monsoonal Multiplicities (Actar 2022) online on 8 June, 13.00 – 14.30 (BST). Do join us to celebrate the publication of the book. At the launch, Lindsay Bremner, Christina Geros, Harshavardhan Bhat, Anthony Powis and John Cook will be joined by Edd Wall, Alfredo Ramirez, Karen Coelho, Pamila […]