Night School’s Meneesha Kellay reviews their third series of clubs, How to Build an Office, from the perspective of one of its organisers as well as a member of the audience.
The second event in the symposium series, ‘On the verge of criticism,’ looks at the significance of manifestos, or lack thereof, in the development of architecture, during a round table discussion in Madrid.
A fifth Year student from Diploma 14, Graham Baldwin, reviews ‘11 Projects’- a retrospective of Dogma’s work, held in the AA Gallery from 23 February to the 22 March.
A review of Night School’s first Crit Club – bringing together four professional practices to present in the academic setting of a jury with developers, journalists, architects and urban planners on the panel.
The organisers of the symposium, ‘On the verge of criticism,’ at the Universidad Europea de Madrid, Francisco J Casas, Beatriz Villaneuva (both Summer School Tutors 2012) and Ramiro Losado, discuss the impact of new media on architecture
Chloe Riviere, AA 3rd Year, reviews the first two sessions of the Night School Book Club and its discussion of the major dystopian novels from the 19th and 20th centuries.
A few weeks after the event, Antoine Vaxelaire reviews the Tschumi lecture and book launch of Red is Not a Colour by asking the provocateur (and himself) some provocative questions…
Sylvie Taher, a former winner of the Dennis Sharp Writing Prize and this year’s organiser of the writing prizes, describes the process of selecting, shortlisting and awarding essays for the different prizes in Diploma, Intermediate and First Year.
AA Director Brett Steele gives us his thoughts on Term 2’s Open Jury – ranging from a morning of Agendas to an afternoon of Geographies to how the presented projects indicated a shift in architecture itself.
In a letter to the Editor, Javier Castanon explains the newest development within technical studies – the availability of a selection of previous 1st, 3rd and 5th year submissions through an online archive on the AA homepage
Eleanor Dodman (AA 4th Year) reviews Jim Eyre’s lecture on the project Gardens by the Bay. Having worked at Wilkinson Eyre during her year-out, Eleanor describes the buildings’ innovative design and how they sit within the firm’s oeuvre.
AA Intermediate 9 Unit Master, Christopher Pierce critiques the recently completed Ceramica Cumella and explains what changes will be made as the exhibition moves to Madrid’s Fundación Metrópoli.
Launched on Thursday, 1 November, Mark Campbell explains the focus of his research cluster Paradise Lost that explores architectural obsolescence in the United States.
AA First Year Brandon Whitwell-Mak reviews the Open Jury in Term 1 from the perspective of a newcomer to the school. He explains how it revealed the role of the portfolio in communicating a project through its presentation and format.
Hugo Hinsley reviews the Olympic Legacy Symposium where a panel of AA tutors, students, external architects and planners debated the long-term implications of the Olympic site alongside student proposals relating to the Olympic process.
