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Architects' Journal - Architecture News from the Home of British Architecture

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Careers For all speculative applications and recruitment queries please contact us via email at recruitment@purcelluk.com The legal right to work in the location a role is advertised in is required. Due to the high volume of applications we receive, we are unfortunately unable to provide individual feedback or application status updates. We will be in contact should you be shortlisted to interview regarding next steps. All our current vacancies are listed above, so please apply where relevant. ArchitectureWeek - 2009.0603 Brooklyn is a hub of innovative architecture and design, with dozens of young professionals commissioning or undertaking their own eco-sensitive renovations to existing brownstones and low-rise attached buildings throughout the borough. Tighthouse, a Passive House brownstone retrofit, sits at the end of a string of two-story buildings constructed in 1899 that share a tree-lined block with larger brownstones built around the same time, centrally located off Fifth Avenue in the neighborhood of Park Slope. It is the first certified Passive House in New York City and meets the standards for new construction, surpassing the EnerPHit certification. Remodeling Approach The unique retrofit of a 110-year-old house by the Brooklyn-based firm Fabrica 718 could serve as an important model for the many urban and suburban residences that need energy-saving renovations.

Europaconcorsi C+S Architects Published 3 days ago. Photo by Alessandra Bello. All Rights Reserved Besonias Almeida Published 3 days ago. drivers of change Drivers of Change investigates the key global issues and trends driving change in our societies and markets. It is one of the most well-known and comprehensive publication series of its kind. The cards are an effective way of raising awareness about our environment – both man-made and natural. They help initiate conversations, act as workshop materials, provide a foundation for further study and serve as an input for strategy and innovation processes. A compilation of seven of the above card sets was published by Prestel in 2009. Please contact us if you would like to learn more about Drivers of Change or order a set of printed cards. FCBStudios Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has experience in designing for education, housing, masterplanning and urban design as well as places for art and the creative reuse of historic buildings. We started small 40 years ago and have grown to over 200 staff. We continue to be committed to social and humanistic values in our work and are proud to have won the RIBA Stirling Prize for Accordia, a scheme which is widely regarded as setting a new benchmark for housing in the UK.

LeveridgeDesign It has been one of those serendipitous weeks where one product has come at me from all different angles, in this instance the ubiquitous guitar. First I made contact on Facebook with an old college friend and read about his new guitar design and build venture in the UK: Then I was contacted by a young entrepreneur from NYU, Rafael Atijas, with a really unique and very creative idea, His creative web campaign to generate seed funding to strike the first major chord into the chorus of mass producing the idea is brilliant.In the designers own words:

List of architecture magazines List of notable architecture magazines English or multilingual[edit] Other languages[edit] Dutch Architects - best Dutch building of the year '18 The Best Building of the year price is handed by the BNA since 2006. The price is meant for the best architect and client that engineered the best building of the year in the Netherlands. The goal of the price is to add value to society through the work of architecture. By giving the architects a platform to show there projects, they get attention from potential clients and a wider audience. the Nuffield Foundation The Nuffield Foundation funds research, analysis, and student programmes that advance educational opportunity and social well-being across the United Kingdom. We want to improve people’s lives, and their ability to participate in society, by understanding the social and economic factors that affect their chances in life. The research we fund aims to improve the design and operation of social policy, particularly in Education, Welfare, and Justice. Our student programmes - Nuffield Research Placements and Q-Step - provide opportunities for individual students, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, to develop their skills and confidence in quantitative and scientific methods.

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