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FeaturesNathaniel Kahn
BooksI’ve read so little recently because making a film has been such an overwhelming undertaking and getting into another narrative is distracting. Now I am reading Life of Pi and I am thoroughly enjoying it. During research for the film, I read a lot on Lou (Kahn), but a really ...
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FeaturesJohn Sampson
University of SheffieldAge 24Nationality BritishProfile The political side of architecture — empowerment, power and ecological issues — is the focus for John Sampson’s interests. In 10 years’ time, he imagines he’ll be working on a multidisciplinary team in a politically active practice, perhaps even his own. During his year out, ...
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Simon Hudspith
BooksI’m a reluctant reader, having always found it quite difficult, but Haruki Murakami woke me up with The Elephant Vanishes, a surreal world in the everyday and a psychological stalking that ambushes the reader. I found Longitude by Dava Sobel a complete inspiration — the determination in the face of ...
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FeaturesJohn Holden
Kent Institute of Art & Design, CanterburyAge 26Nationality IrishProfile Holden is from Kilkenny and was attracted to the Canterbury school by its strong art component. “The way I design is down to my Canterbury training,” he says. “I see architecture as an art. First I table an artistic sketch, then ...
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FeaturesLouise Freeman & Oliver Grimshaw
University of BathFreeman and Grimshaw collaborated on their final project.Louise FreemanAge 25Nationality BritishProfile Colours, materials, textures and the way things fit together is how Louise Freeman describes her key concerns. Since studying at Bath she has become increasingly interested in interiors and the domestic scale. Now she plans to find ...
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FeaturesKirsty Dewell
University of NewcastleAge 24Nationality BritishProfile Over the next 10 years, Kirsty Dewell says she intends to establish herself as “a key figure in the Northern architecture scene”.Unlike many of her fellow students who are heading straight for London, she is staying in Newcastle, wooed by an offer she couldn’t refuse ...
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FeaturesDavid Maciver
Robert Gordon University, AberdeenAge 23Nationality BritishProfile Finding an approach to rural architecture is the next challenge David Maciver has set himself. After working mainly on urban projects during his studies at Aberdeen University, he is now heading back to his native Western Isles in Scotland to work for Stuart Bagshaw ...
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FeaturesChristoph Hadrys
University of East LondonAge 32Nationality GermanProfile Christoph Hadrys was one of last year’s Europan winners. His project for Augsburg in Germany has just got the final go-ahead and Hadrys and his co-winner, a German friend and fellow East London student, will be opening their own office in Berlin.It won’t be ...
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FeaturesHow to survive your career
So you haven't graduated with distinction this year? Follow BD’s tongue in cheek graduation-to-grave guide to getting ahead
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FeaturesBright young things
BD’s panel of experts has trawled the UK’s architecture schools for the freshest new talent.
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FeaturesBest of the rest
Other outstanding diploma studentsNicola AntakeRoyal College of Art, LondonAndy BushellUniversity of ManchesterKerrie CunninghamThe Queen’s University, BelfastMichael de WolfUniversity of Greenwich, LondonAlexander Dusterloh University of LiverpoolClaire Finlay University of Westminster, LondonJoy-Anne Fleming University of DundeeIlias GalanisSouth Bank University, LondonAndreas Gerlsbeck University of EdinburghJordan Gill Leeds Metropolitan UniversityCatherine HoustonUniversity of Strathclyde, GlasgowLiz ...
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FeaturesAndy Hilton
University of Central England in BirminghamAge 29Nationality BritishProfile Andy Hilton has followed a circuitous route through education, taking 11 years to reach part II. Over the past few years he has conceived a new design methodology based on a study of site histories. Now that he has completed his diploma, ...
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FeaturesAmanda Nicoll
Mackintosh School of Architecture, GlasgowAge 27Nationality BritishProfile For the next few months, Amanda Nicoll will be getting some real hands-on experience. She is renovating her house in Glasgow so she can sell it and move to London to find a job. Her final year project and her thesis both focused ...
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FeaturesSarah Featherstone
BooksDictionaries and Roget’s Thesaurus: I love crosswords and word games. I am working my way through Chambers Official Scrabble Words in preparation for the forthcoming scrabble championship at my local pub. I like books that have an interest in food, however peripheral. I recently read Midnight in Sicily by Peter ...
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FeaturesOff the shelf and on target
When Nicholas Grimshaw & Partners needed a new knowledge management system, the business systems manager took the pragmatic view — customise an existing system.
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The joys of self-build
Despite the wide range of office-management products available, Broadway Malyan wrote its own.
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Jack Pringle
BooksRecent reads have been Tony Parsons’ Man and Boy, which I found embarrassingly perceptive, and Anthony Bourdain’s Kitchen Confidential, which put me off swordfish for life. But it is Indian writing in English that I find the most fascinating and seductive, particularly Arundhati Roy’s God of Small Things.ExhibitionsLast year’s Weather ...