As part of the RIBA host practice scheme www.architecture.com we are pleased to welcome Andrew Thomson into our team. Andrew is a part 1 student from Sheffield Hallam University. Andrew will be based in our practice three days a week devising his own projects and competitions to work on supported and tutored by Redmak. Andrew is also able to shadow any Redmak projects he is interested in that will be benefit his year out experience.
OPUN The architecture Centre for the East Midlands
Farida is really pleased to announce her appointment as a board member to OPUN – see www.opun.org.uk for more information on how schools, community projects and students can benefit and take part.
Examining at the Architects Registration Board
Farida has recently been appointed as an ARB Examiner and has just returned from her first session in London. See www.arb.org.uk for more information.
Arts + Heritage
Degree shows at Nottingham University
2010 Exhibition of degree and diploma students starts on the 19th June at NU.
Degree shows at Nottingham Trent University
Yesterday we took an office trip out to the degree shows at Nottingham Trent university – Really great fashion, theatre and fine art on show with the second cohort of Architecture Degree students presenting some fine work, the show ended on the 9th June
RIBA Awards 2010
Farida was recently asked by RIBA EM to be one of the shortlist judges for the RIBA EM Awards 2010. See the results at http://www.architecture.com
images by popular demand
Two community projects: Revive offers dance + artists studios, community cafe, holistic therapy, local library, outdoor courtyards, crèche and local PCT clinic space
Stepping stones is a layered building with nursery, out of school space, crèche, adult training, play balconies, special needs clubs and good home cooking!
50 I 50 I 50
Redmak have been invited by the RIBA go take part in An Architectural Adventure for the East Midlands
We have been selected to work with a primary school in Nottingham on a project to enable students of all ages to gain awareness of design and architecture in particular
The project will straddle many areas of the curriculum using architecture as a springboard to explore architecture in the East Midlands from 1960-2010 + to look 50 years into the future with the aim of producing works of art to contribute the 50 50 travelling exhibition
Sessions in school will start in September 2010
Matt’s concept story
We are currently exploring how to look at space using a visual brief as a democratic collage of ideas that many people can contribute to – this image developed by Matt at Redmak uses ideas produced by Asri our Part II student to take a journey with input that may be from the past or stretch into the future.![]()