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AJ100 New Talent: showcasing exceptional architectural assistants – part 1
Fran Williams introduces the first instalment of our celebration of 14 exceptional Part 2 architectural assistants drawn from across the AJ100 firms
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Information for practising architects on Building Regulations, AI, careers, fees, planning and business updates. You can also find information about AJ100 – architecture’s power list – as well as student education and wider architectural culture
London School of Architecture to launch Stephen Lawrence-inspired programme
The London School of Architecture (LSA) is launching a programme to combat the profession’s ‘systemic barriers to diversity’ after partnering with the Stephen Lawrence Day Foundation
The Coach: Is it normal to feel dissatisfied by my work?
Are you getting into a rut? Could you be working in a place that was more fulfilling and better for your overall wellbeing? Matthew Turner advises
Hawkins\Brown hands over ownership to its employees
HawkinsBrown, a contender for this year’s AJ100 practice of the year award, has handed over ownership to its 260 staff
AJ 40 under 40 practice founder departs as closure looms
Chloë Phelps has left AJ 40 under 40 practice Common Ground Architecture, the studio she helped found and lead, ahead of its planned closure
Alison Killing: The British architect who won a Pulitzer
Alison Killing won journalism’s most prestigious prize by helping uncover a network of Chinese camps used to detain Muslims in Xinjiang province
The Secret Architect: The post-lockdown office can be a lonely place
After months of working from home, the Secret Architect is back in the office and having to deal with a whole new wave of weird behaviour
Architect who got loft conversion sums wrong fined £1,000
An architect whose loft-conversion plans were 14m² too big to fit into the roof of the bungalow they were designed for has admitted two counts of unacceptable professional conduct and been ordered to pay a £1,000 penalty
The Coach: How can I convince staff to do what I want them to?
Matthew Turner gives advice on one of life’s most useful tools: harnessing the psychology of persuasion
ARB: New CPD regime can’t be ‘designed in ivory tower’
The Architects Registration Board (ARB) has launched a major public engagement exercise asking architects for their thoughts on how its new CPD regime should work