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Collaboration in the City. RIAS & UDG Event
/ Nov 30, 2009This seminar, organised by the Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland and the Urban Design Group, aimed to show the complexities of the stakeholders dealing with the creation of our cities. Cities need cohesive thinking to avoid fragmentation and that is why a collaborative approach between architects and urban designers is required to create successful cities.
The event was chaired by Jo White (UDG Scotland) and featured Oliver Chapman, Director of Oliver Chapman Architects, Edinburgh. Gill Henry, Project Manager at Glasgow School of Art and Robert Huxford, Urban Design Group, Director. The speakers explored the built environment process from three different angles; the architect/urban designer, the client and the theorist, focusing on ways of working between architects/urban designers within a Scottish context.
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'Making Architecture'
/ Oct 29, 2009The first group of students attended the first of a series of six evening classes that offer an introduction to architecture. The course attempts to step into the gap between people's passing interest in architecture, acccessible in the media, and the serious committment of study in higher education.
We think this is an exciting new opportunity to use our shop/offices premises and our experience as architects and teachers of architecture, to meet people and enjoy passing on the creative thrill of designing architecture.