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Commendation Winner: Joe Mills, Derby Community Complex (UoD)

Congratulations to Joe Mills for his project Derby Community Complex, a commendation winner at the Annual Student Awards Symposium. It aims to address looming issues such as; loneliness, health and wellbeing deprivation, climate change, post-pandemic design and urban disconnection with nature.

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Learning to Quantify the Unfamiliar

Architectural education has long been a source of debate, and for good reason. It has been slow to respond to our rapidly changing world; curriculums aren’t modified quick enough, sustainability remains an add-on, and building industry failings aren’t confronted, let alone tackled. To its disadvantage, the educational system has become increasingly standardised, governed, and intellectually institutionalised, with schools adhering to a top-down framework that struggles to accommodate open innovation. 

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Dora Farrelly
Beeston Civic Design Awards - 2023

This year marks the third of Beeston’s biennial civic Design Awards, whose aim is to recognise and encourage better building and environmental improvements – making Beeston a better place.

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Behind the scenes of Derby Museums

Member of the Planning & Design Practice team were recently given a behind the scenes tour of one of the Derby Museums storage facilities. Heritage Consultant Ruth Gray reports on our visit.

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