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last post was meant to be a comment to almacs but Buzz got in there quick whilst mine was sending...

... made from fictional building components ...

reps

Oh to be a student again (pre-fees).

+1 @ vinylvillain
architectural practices who have ID departments do well, even during recession. interiors has a much quicker turn around, premiums are higher, programmes shorter therefore less resources, risks are lower and more repeat business usually. at the end of the 1990s the fee turnover split at a previous firm (large commercial practice) looked like this:-

25% commercial
20% educational / science
10% healthcare
35% interiors
10% residential

fees totalled 14 million in a good year. interiors making +30% profit.. educational and healthcare just about covering their arses without loss, and commercial 10% if you were lucky.
but when recession hits, cashflow is a killer.. and commercial clients are the worse for payment, even for Interiors
the biggest gripe in the good times was that interiors staff earnt more than architects, despite RIBA bigging up the profession. i would be interested to know how many architects pay for their membership,
as alot of firms no longer pay in this for them in these tough times.. and what quite frankly does and bunch of letters after a name mean anymore..

if you look for a porshe in the client's car park is usually belongs to the project manager or quantity surveyor.. where as the architect's bicycle is chained up to the railings and about to be removed by the facilities manager lol..

if you look for a porshe in the client's car park is usually belongs to the project manager or quantity surveyor.. where as the architect's bicycle is chained up to the railings and about to be removed by the facilities manager lol..

So true!

A fair few of the Architects i use don't bother with RIBA, and it doesn't have any effect on their business.

Hello
Block, a magazine concerned with the built environment which launched last year, is launching issue no.2 tonight at Work, 1a Acton Street, WC1. It may be of some interest to those of you who work in, or teach, architecture. The publication is available in Magma, at the RIBA shop and elsewhere, so have a look at issue one now if you haven't already.

I'll be there so say hi if you come along tonight, I'll be the one with the SLR trying to film and snap things.

thanks
Ben

Hi everyone, I'm not an Architect (yet) but currently studying Architecture at Liverpool University.
Doing a degree in Architecture has got to be one of the most stressful going!

Here's Block's pretty minmal 'web presence'...

Yeah I've got the first issue of that. It's nice.

The bumping of this thread reminded me about London Open House
http://www.londonopenhouse.org/index.html

which this year is on the 17th & 18th of September.
Think it would be good to organise some smaller groups to ride round to buildings/homes/offices we want to see like.

Now I've remembered it, will try to get a hard copy of the guide, rather than downloading the pdf the night before...

anyone else up for this..

Hi everyone, I'm not an Architect (yet) but currently studying Architecture at Liverpool University.
Doing a degree in Architecture has got to be one of the most stressful going!

I did my undergrad there, how is it? Yeah it can be pretty stressful, and at Liverpool you'll get marked down if you think too much... just think up a good concept and run with it, like maybe a building in the shape of a leaf or a wave or something. Good luck!

Yeah I've got the first issue of that. It's nice.

+1, really good.

@corny if im in london deffo, nice idea

@skully what time does the party start?

any southies fancy going up? im going to be in blackfriars

also this thread should be called architects anonymous...

one more thing, im doing my part 1 in Glasgow atm, who can recommend a good part 2 course? I might stay on but would like to think about different options...

The bumping of this thread reminded me about London Open House
http://www.londonopenhouse.org/index.html

which this year is on the 17th & 18th of September.
Think it would be good to organise some smaller groups to ride round to buildings/homes/offices we want to see like.

Now I've remembered it, will try to get a hard copy of the guide, rather than downloading the pdf the night before...

anyone else up for this..

Corny, I've seen you post this request for the last couple of years or so, and I've never got round to joiming - so this year, I'm in!

can recommend a good part 2 course?

London Met

I did my undergrad there, how is it? Yeah it can be pretty stressful, and at Liverpool you'll get marked down if you think too much... just think up a good concept and run with it, like maybe a building in the shape of a leaf or a wave or something. Good luck!

It's pretty sweet, but I'm resitting one of the modules before going into second year, I found first year tough. I've gone straight from 6th form into Uni with little experience of the subject so I don't have as much of an understanding of it as some of the other people on the course. Still enjoyed it though.

I bet no one knows shit, just lots of blagging and one upmanship.

Haha, that does sound familiar, especially with some of the tutors, did you come across David Stokes in any of your crits?

late reply to Alekski: pv hours baby... 6-9 I reckon...

one more thing, im doing my part 1 in Glasgow atm, who can recommend a good part 2 course? I might stay on but would like to think about different options...

Well it depends where you want to live.

I went to Manchester to do my part 2, great city if you do things apart from work 25 hours a day and cheap to live. The facilities are decent on account of sharing resources between UoM and MMU and there are three really good units there too.

London-wise I'd highly recommend London Met. Every year their students produce some btilliant, pragmatic work. The majority of the tutors there are well respected practicing architects so you will also get good links with other London practices.

Sheffield is also well respected and so is Oxford Brooks.

Maybe try and get to some of the summer shows next summer or go to some open days?

went to see the met show this year and was really impressed, i think its quite similar to glasgow in many ways...

wasn't so sure about the bartlett show...

but its difficult to understand the work when its put up as a selection of images if you will...

not being architectural enough is a load of bollocks, ur prob gona spend the rest of your life drawing details, so wats wrong with a lit fun and concept while ur at school.

I didnt say it wasnt architectural enough, just said I didnt understand the work as they don't show any context within the show, its a collection of beautiful pieces....

re: fun and concepts, it depends what you want to do after your degree and bartlett certainly gives you a wider scope in 'design and visual arts' however this isn't for everyone, and although there is a lot of cadmonkeying to be had for arch grads, I'd like to think that theres also quite a lot of mobility within the profession and 'the future of architecture' is quite an exciting and scary area which I think its wise to prepare for....