President Donald Trump and his enablers have been cancelling diversity, equality and inclusion programmes in the United States, and Zaha Hadid Architects principal Patrik Schumacher is saying architects have lost their focus on architecture and are instead engaged in "impotent virtue signalling" and with "do-good-themes". So here comes our push back. When they go low, we go high. We’re … Continue reading When They Go Low
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Freehaus is looking for an exceptional candidate who is highly motivated and talented to join our growing team. The ideal candidate will be an experienced or recently qualified Part II, with ambition to play a key role in project design outputs and grow into the role of project architect lead. The ideal candidate will have a … Continue reading Architecture Assistant Part 2
The LPF has raised significant concerns about the recent cancellation of a tender for multidisciplinary design services which was being run by Haringey Council. Having begun a procurement process at the beginning of 2023, participating practices only recently learned that the tender has been scrapped without an appointment being made. While the LPF understands the … Continue reading Cancellation of Bruce Grove Tender: a letter to the London Borough of Haringey
Members of the London Practice Forum have secured six awards across fourteen categories - as well as being Highly Commended in two - at this year's Architect of the Year Awards, with winners being announced at a ceremony held in central London last night. Denizen Works won both Individual House Architect of the Year and … Continue reading LPF Members win at Architect of the Year Awards 2022
We're delighted that the RE―SET―GO programme, which is led by We Made That, IF_DO and Gort Scott, and supported by the London Practice Forum, has won the Diversity in Action category at the first ever Inspire Future Generations Award at the Thornton Educational Trust awards. Backed by funding from Stride, the initiative has provided work … Continue reading RE―SET―GO wins Inspire Future Generations Award
The London Practice Forum is delighted to be supporting a new initiative to fund young people from disadvantaged and under-represented backgrounds in London through University education leading to a career in architecture. Find out more about this initiative by clicking on the link below. www.neighbourhoodscholarship.london
Hosted by the London Society, on 17 June 2021, and as part of this year's London Festival of Architecture, Dinah Bornat (ZCD architects) and Nisha Kurian (We Made That) will discuss the ways in which architects are rethinking forms of practice to promote collaboration and to create a more equitable built environment. Dinah will present … Continue reading LFA2021 – Change and the Public Good
Members of the London Practice Forum are obliged to abide by our Principles and Ethical Charter. One of the requirements of our charter is that signatories do not to apply for public tenders which prioritise price over quality. A recent tender opportunity issued through Waltham Forest's Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) not only scores the cost … Continue reading Letter to London Borough of Waltham Forest
The London Practice Forum has issued a response to the ARB's consultation on proposed guidance for education institutions on fire and life safety design and sustainability. You can read the consultation papers here. The content of our consultation response is shown below. Dear ARB, I am writing on behalf of the London Practice Forum. We … Continue reading ARB Safety and Sustainability Guidelines for Architects: Consultation Response from London Practice Forum
The London Practice Forum and Project Compass - a community interest company that campaigns for better public procurement - have co-authored a formal response to the Government's Green Paper on procurement reform, which was published on 15 December 2020.