Judging panel
The judges for the crits on Friday at Heatherwick Studios include: Alison Brooks, Alison Brooks Architects; Karl Wallasch, Trigon Fire Abi Rose, Project 8 Patrik Schumacher, Zaha Hadid Architects Xi Junjie, University of Liverpool Penny Lewis, Dundee University Stephen Smith, Wright & Wright Bernhard Blauel, Bernhard Blauel Architect Alastair Donald, Academy of Ideas Alan Dunlop, Alan Dunlop Architects Kim Quazi, Arup Richard...
How to submit your entry?
URGENT: To win a place at the Spring Architecture & Design School you need to submit a 2-minute (maximum) video of architectural critique that addresses one of the following provocations: Should we build on the Greenbelt? or Whatever happened to the Space Age? or We need fewer architects; more builders. What we are looking for: Videos must present a cogent, critical, persuasive argument on one of those topics; whatever side...
Who should attend & why?
Critical Subjects is a unique opportunity for 35 or so of the keenest critical & creative students to engage in a series of intellectual architectural design challenges facilitated by leading names in the field. To have qualified to attend the Critical Subjects: Spring Architecture & Design School participants should be an undergrad, post-graduate or recently qualified in architecture, in design, or in similar related...
About the Spring Architecture School
Attendees chosen by Competition. The Future Cities Project hosts Critical Subjects: Spring Architecture & Design School on 8 – 9 February 2024. This experimental event will take place at the offices of AHMM, Heatherwick Studios, Groupwork and BDP. Critical Subjects is a unique opportunity for some of the keenest young creatives to engage in a series of intellectual architectural design challenges facilitated by leading...
Entry Competition page
Deadline for submissions 6th November 2023 Welcome to this FREE 2-day Spring Architecture School 2024 Spaces are limited. If you are keen, critical, and ambitious to learn, then this event is for you. Your entry will be assessed by a renowned jury who will choose the participants. The panel includes: – Paul Finch, director, World Architecture Festival – Will Hunter, senior researcher, MIT; founder, LSA –...
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The Dangers of Safety
The official response to Grenfell ensures that risk-aversion will forever more play a central role in the construction industry.
The Decay of Democracy
The Houses of Parliament needs fixing, but first you need to be clear about its foundations.
Milano. Environment yes.
It’s a remarkable sleight of hand that portrays design magazines, editors and contributors, who are fully embedded on the inside, as radical outsiders.
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