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A record of over one and a half centuries of architectural history, the RIBA’s Periodicals Collection reveals news from 150 years ago this month about new buildings from across the the British Isles… 150 years ago in
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In 2010, Robert Elwall looked at Fritz Höger’s brick masterpiece on the Elbe… A masterpiece of Expressionist architecture, Hamburg’s Chilehaus was built as part of a programme by the city council to clean up insalubrious
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Kurt Helfrich on the work of architect Rudolph M. Schindler… This coloured presentation sketch by Rudolph M. Schindler (1887-1953) features an unrealised hillside home overlooking San Francisco Bay. Born in Vienna Schindler trained under Otto
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Architectural inspiration is different for everyone – from being captivated by an intriguing patterned ceiling, to finding satisfaction in the rhythmic placement of windows or wonderment at the sheer size and scale of buildings.
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A record of over one and a half centuries of architectural history, the RIBA’s Periodicals Collection holds news from 150 years ago this month about the winner of the competition to build the Albert Memorial… ‘There can,
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What my RIBA Research Award means to me – Alan Short
At the end of last month Chris Halligan of Stephen George and Partners shared his thoughts about what winning an RIBA President’s Award for Research meant to him. Today we’re very pleased to bring you
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What my RIBA Research Award means to me – Chris Halligan
The RIBA President’s Awards for Research is now accepting entries so we thought it would be interesting to check back with some past winners to see what their Award meant to them. First Chris Halligan
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Collaboration, Integration and Innovation
The 18th October saw the 2nd of what has become one of the major events in the UK Building Information Modelling (BIM) Calendar, the ICE BIM 2012 Conference in London. The theme of this year’s
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Home Truths: research on domestic retrofit
With the latest edition of the annual RIBA Research Symposium coming up in just a few weeks’ time, we’re taking the opportunity to focus on some interesting domestic retrofit projects. The Symposium “Home Truths”
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Home Truths: research on domestic retrofit (IFORE project)
With the latest edition of the annual RIBA Research Symposium coming up in just a few weeks’ time, we’re taking the opportunity to focus on some interesting domestic retrofit projects. The Symposium “Home Truths”
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RIBA Plan of Work Review: Member Survey Results Summary
Reviewing the current Plan of Work Since its development first began in 1963, the RIBA Plan of Work has been the definitive UK model for the building design and construction process, and has also exercised
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The UK Research and Development Tax Credit Scheme – A guide for architects
One of the roles of the RIBA Research and Innovation Group (and the RIBA’s research staff) is to support and promote the research that architects undertake in practice. One of the ways we do
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RIBA Stakeholders’ Forum: The Iterative Design Process
On Wednesday 16th May the annual RIBA Stakeholders’ forum was held in the grand surroundings of the Hochhauser Auditorium in the V & A Sackler Centre for Arts Education. Under the theme of “The Iterative Design
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RIBA President’s Awards for Research 2011
Wednesday the 7th December saw 66 Portland Place buzzing with some of the most exciting talent in the field of architecture, as the RIBA celebrated the winners of this year’s President’s Medals. You can find
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Kasabi Hackday: The Semantic Web and Linked Data
The Semantic Web and the ideas behind Linked Data were conceived by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the World Wide Web, and are a group of technologies that extend current web standards allowing
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