Architectural Association School of Architecture

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Monday 13 May, 6.30

34–36 Bedford Square, Rear Presentation Space  

Christina Smith will be appointed as Trustee of the AA Foundation.

The AA attracts the interest of academic visitors from all over the world because of its innovative teaching tradition. As a response to this interest we offer a three-week programme that develops a comparative debate on aims, strategies and methods of teaching architecture, as well as giving teachers with very diverse experience and backgrounds an opportunity to participate in discussions about the teaching and research of the AA.

There will be meetings organised with teachers and students throughout the school, and the visiting teachers will also attend juries, reviews and other events during the three weeks. Please make them welcome during their visit.

This year the programme runs from 20 May to 7 June with the following participants:

T Jason Anderson, Adjunct Professor, California College of the Arts, USA

Kim Nam Chow, Course Leader, Diploma in Architecture, Singapore Polytechnic

Beatrice De Carli, Lecturer, School of Architecture, Polytechnic of Milano, Italy

Chris Doray, Lecturer, Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Vancouver, Canada

Asim Hameed, Lecturer, Department of Architecture, Comsats IIT, Pakistan

Konstantinos Ioannidis, Associate Professor, University of Stavanger, Norway

Asif R Khan, Associate Professor, Al Salama Institute of Architecture, Kerala, India.

Emanuele Naboni, Associate Professor, Royal Danish Academy, Copenhagen, Denmark

Otitoola Olufikayo, Lecturer, Federal Polytechnic, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria

Anastasios Tellios, Lecturer, Post graduate studies, Hellenic Open University, Greece

Lavanya Jothi Venkatachalam, Assistant Professor, Sathyabama University, India

Ewelina Wozniak-Szpakiewicz, Lecturer, International Centre of Education, Cracow, Poland.

For information about the programme please contact Hugo Hinsley or Priji Balakrishnan.

Applications for the RIBA Wren Insurance Association Scholarships must be submitted by 5.00 on Monday 20 May in order to be considered for one of five scholarships worth £5,000 each. At the time of application, students must be enrolled in an RIBA-validated Part 2 professional qualification course in the UK, and starting their final year in September 2013. The scholarships aim to support outstanding Part 2 students who have the potential to make a significant contribution to the field of architecture.

Please refer to the eligibility criteria, guidance notes and application form on the RIBA website.


Contact hayley.russell@riba.org with further questions about the scholarship and/or your eligibility.

Foundation Thursday 16 May, 10.00 Rear Second Presentation Space

First Year Friday 17 May, 10.00 33 First Floor Back and Front, and Lecture Hall

Intermediate Unit 2 Friday 17 May, 10.00 Rear Second Presentation Space

Intermediate Unit 6 Thursday 16 May, 10.00 Lecture Hall

Intermediate Unit 9 Tuesday 14 May, 10.00 Rear Second Presentation Space

Intermediate Unit 11 Tuesday 14 May, 10.00 33 First Floor Back and Front 

Diploma Unit 2 Tuesday 14 May, 10.00 Lecture Hall

Diploma Unit 16 Wednesday 15 May, 10.00 Lecture Hall

Diploma Unit 17 Thursday 16 May, 10.00 33 First Floor Back and Front

Diploma Unit 18 Thursday 16 May, 10.00 New Soft Room

Forthcoming:

Intermediate Unit 1 Friday 24 May, 10.00 Rear Second Presentation Space

Intermediate Unit 3 Wednesday 22 May, 10.00 33 First Floor Back and Front

Intermediate Unit 4 Wednesday 22 May, 10.00 Lecture Hall

Intermediate Unit 5 Friday 24 May, 10.00 Lecture Hall

Intermediate Unit 7 Thursday 23 May, 10.00 Lecture Hall

Intermediate Unit 8 Friday 24 May, 10.00 33 First Floor Back and Front

Intermediate Unit 10 Monday 20 May, 10.00 Rear Second Presentation Space

Intermediate Unit 13 Tuesday 21 May, 10.00 Rear Second Presentation Space

Diploma Unit 1 Thursday 23 May, 10.00 33 First Floor Back and Front

Diploma Unit 4 Monday 20 May, 10.00 Lecture Hall

Diploma Unit 5 Friday 24 May, 10.00 32 Second Floor Back

Diploma Unit 6 Wednesday 22 May, 10.00 Rear Second Presentation Space

Diploma Unit 8 Wednesday 22 May, 10.00 32 Second Floor Back

Diploma Unit 9 Tuesday 21 May, 10.00 New Soft Room

Diploma Unit 11 Tuesday 21 May, 10.00 Lecture Hall

Diploma Unit 14 Thursday 23 May, 10.00 Rear Second Presentation Space

1st Year Writing Prize

Sandra Kolacz – "Perpetual Proportion"
Seminar tutor: Zaynab Dena Ziari
Course lecturers: Christopher Pierce and Brett Steele

2nd Year Writing Prize

Radu R. Macovei – "Between Surge and Paralysis: A Story of Two Towers"
Seminar tutor: Ryan Dillon
Course lecturer: Mark Cousins

Honourable Mention
Rory Sherlock – "The Phidian Fallacy: Dispelling Vanity in the Architect’s Self- Portrait"
Seminar tutor: Ryan Dillon
Course lecturer: Mark Cousins

3rd Year Writing Prize

Lili Carr – "Zumthor’s Door"
Seminar tutor: Sylvie Taher
Course lecturers: Mollie Claypool and Ryan Dillon

Dennis Sharp Writing Prize

Chris C. Bisset – "Otsuka Museum of Art and the Tradition of Copying in Japan"
Course lecturer: Mark Cousins

Honourable Mention
Hessa Albader – "Stone Faces and Transparent Veils"
Thesis supervisor: Mark Campbell

Thursday 9 May, 7.00

Rear Presentation Space

With a jury comprising Martyn Evans (Cathedral), Nick Johnson (Former Deputy CEO Urban Splash) and others, Crit Club turns the school jury format into a dialogue between architecture offices, developers and local authorities to address pressing urban concerns. With the theme: The Post Retail Town Centre, the first Crit Club will explore possible ways of reinventing high streets and town centres in a post retail world.

Presenting work: Gort Scott Architects / We Made That / 5th Studio / David Kohn Architects

Media partner: Building Design

Supported by Cathedral Group / Ing Media

For booking details, visit the Night School.

The library is offering some free books which have been withdrawn from stock, following guidelines in the De-Acquisition Policy.

Available on a first come basis.

From 22 June 2013, all Undergraduate Student Oyster cards will be cancelled. Under the terms and conditions with TFL, Oyster card discounts will be given to students attending a full-time course (applicable to the academic year ending on 21 June). Students can apply for a new Student Oyster card on the re-registration date in September.

Graduate School Student Oyster cards are valid through September.

The workshop is open Monday to Friday, 10.00–1.00 and 2.00–5.50, and Saturday (term-time only) 10.00–2.30.

Those interested in using the area should first enquire about availability and discuss the nature of any work that will be undertaken with Workshop staff before use.

Premises will also be closed Monday 27 May (Week 6) for the Spring Bank Holiday.

Jeanne Gang: To Work in America

Tuesday 28 May, 6.00

Lecture Hall

This lecture by Jeanne Gang will conclude the AA’s Public Programme for 2012/13. Jeanne Gang is Founder and Principal of Studio Gang Architects, a Chicago-based collective of architects, designers and thinkers whose work engages pressing contemporary issues. Honoured and widely exhibited, her projects include the 82-storey Aqua Tower, the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership, Northerly Island Park and the Nature Boardwalk at Lincoln Park Zoo. In 2011 she was named a MacArthur Fellow.

Explore & Draw: Glittering glass towers

Practical drawing workshop

Saturday 11 May, 1.00-4.30

Meet: RIBA, 66 Portland Place

Develop your drawing skills and experiment with new techniques inspired by architecture and RIBA’s world class collections. Beginning with a workshop looking at items from RIBA’s extensive collections, the session concludes with practical drawing on-site looking at the architecture around Liverpool Street. Led by a professional artist; all materials provided.

£20/£15 concessions. Find out more and book a place. 

Night School - Term 1

Book Club 'Sex, Satire, Psychosis and the City'

Session 1, Satire and the City: April 30

Session 2, Satire and the City Continued: May 7

Session 3: The Production of Space: May 14

Session 4: The Production of Space Continued:May 21

Session 5: Sex and the Psyche May 28

Session 6: Sex and the Psyche Continued: June 4

Curated by Jack Self

All Book Clubs are £5 and begin at 7.00, in the AA Bookshop

Learn more about Night School and book a space.

The AA Digital Photo Studio is now open from 10.00–9.30 every weekday, and Saturday 10.00–5.00.

For reservations please call 0207 887 4080.

Each year the AA gives out a number of prizes for writing. This year's nominations are available below. Winners will be announced Wednesday 1st May.

1st Year Writing Prize Nominations

1. Susie Kinston – "The Journey of the Modernist Line"
2. Sandra Kolacz – "Perpetual Proportion"
3. Nicolas Zembashi – "The Legacy of Expositions"

2nd Year Writing Prize Nominations

1. Stefan Jovanovic – "Curzio, Bardot, and the Runaway Amnesiac"
2. Radu R. Macovei – "Between Surge and Paralysis: A Story of Two Towers"
3. James C. Mak – "In Search for an Urban Dystopia: Gotham City"
4. Rory Sherlock – "The Phidian Fallacy: Dispelling Vanity in the Architect’s Self- Portrait"

3rd Year Writing Prize Nominations

1. Lili Carr – "Zumthor’s Door"
2. Yasser Dahhan – "Wall, Space & Violence"
3. Andrew Hum – "Summit Everest: An Architectural Essay"
4. Kai Ching Richard Leung – "Faux-Collectivism"

Dennis Sharp Writing Prize Nominations

1. Hessa Albader – "Stone Faces and Transparent Veils"
2. Chris C. Bisset – "Otsuka Museum of Art and the Tradition of Copying in Japan"
3. Summer Islam – "Orientalism, Nationalism and Architecture"
4. Costantino di Sambuy – "Both ways is the way she like it: Los Angeles and L.A."
5. Rob Taylor – " Architectural Paradoxies"
6. Philip Turner – "The Measured Life: Domesticity and the Monitor"
7. Antoine Vaxelaire – "Two Atlases: Or the Art of Knowledgeably Grounding History"
8. Zifend Wei – "Magical Architecture Photography Manipulation"
9. Matthew Critchley – "Continuity or Crisis? A brief history between the polemics of Aldo Rossi and Reyner Banham"