RIBA North West

Do your small projects make a big impact? We’re looking for creative homes, sensitive restorations, community hubs that showcase exemplary client collaboration and more to showcase the UK’s best architecture. Winning projects highlight your commitment to innovation, sustainability, and improving lives through thoughtful design – no matter the scale. ➡️ Final call – enter our UK Awards by 12 December: https://ow.ly/rWjX50Umo8v

Last Thursday evening, the Conservation, Heritage and Sustainability group teamed up with Seven Architecture for an exclusive tour of the historic Withington Baths, rounded off with drinks for their end of year social. If you are interested in getting involved with the Conservation, Heritage and Sustainability group please get in touch via our email- riba.northwest@riba.org.

The deadline for submitting your entries for our RIBA 2025 Awards is fast approaching. You have less than two weeks left, please make sure to submit your entry by 12 December 2024. Don't miss out on this opportunity to showcase your work and be recognised for your contributions to architecture in the North. https://ow.ly/yZEZ50UieMZ

🎅Join Cheshire Society of Architects for their architectural Christmas pub crawl on the 6 December 2024🎅 17:30 That Beer Place 18:30 Spookten Brew co. 19:30 Rooftop Social Club (food included) 21:00 Black Bush 22:00 King's head This event is free to attend and open to all. If you would like to attend please email to register your place: riba.northwest@riba.org Attendees are welcome to join the group at any point along the route.

A huge thank you to all who attended last Thursdays event- Designing inclusive spaces for the LGBTQ+ Community. There was lots of interesting and thought-provoking discussions highlighting the importance of designing spaces which are inclusive and reflective of the diverse needs of the LGBTQ+ community. As a next step we will be using the key takeaways and feedback from the event to inform and develop a practical toolkit. Image credit: Pete Carr

Join Lancaster and Westmorland Society of Architects (LAWSA) and Lancaster School of Architecture on 5 December for the third lecture in their Autumn series with Mary Arnold-Forster- MAFA. MAFA are a small architectural practice based in rural Scotland. They were formed by Mary in 2016 to create quiet, humane, restrained and beautifully crafted places and spaces based on a rigorous study of site, context, landscape and brief to try to create a backdrop for people’s work, their art and lives. MAFA's work spans from the Lake District in the south to Orkney in the North. Currently, they have 22 projects in the office with 7 on site. They design based on studies of the specifics of site and the materials used. They aim to use as many natural and local materials in their builds as is practical. To register, head to https://lnkd.in/epXWdWxf

We're holding a special design charette recreating Liverpool Architecture Foundation CIC's successful Drafts & Draughts format this Thursday, bringing together architects with the LGBTQ+ community in Liverpool for a conversation around inclusive design. Attendees will be placed into teams at random, they will be designed a development site on which they will design architectural interventions. The result will produce a cross pollination of ideas with attendees working together to come up with ideas for inclusive spaces, through sketches and plasticine models. 📍 Liverpool Central Library 📅 1.30pm - 6pm, Thursday 21 November 🎟️ Free tickets available via Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/e583iYuK 📸 Drafts & Draughts Liverpool Architecture Festival 2024 Organised by the RIBA North West EDI Group in partnership with LCR Pride and funded by the RIBA Local Initiative fund

Last night we held our annual MSA Dinner and were delighted to be joined by over 200 guests at the Science and Industry Museum, Manchester. An evening full of fantastic food, entertainment and networking, all whilst supporting this year’s charity partner Ronald McDonald House Charities UK Manchester House. We hope everyone enjoyed the evening as much as we did! Planning for next year will be commencing imminently! If anyone would like to contribute to the fundraiser, the page will be open for another week via the link here: https://lnkd.in/ehU9uViy As ever, a huge thank you to our sponsors, who without, we would not be able to hold such exciting events like these. Have a good weekend everyone and keep your eyes peeled for more upcoming events! Jenny Etheridge | Paul Iddon | RIBA North West | Simina Ionescu | Charlotte Fuller | Janet Pennington

Join Lancaster and Westmorland Society of Architects (LAWSA) and Lancaster School of Architecture for a lecture from Will Burges of award winning 31/44 Architects next Thursday 21 November. 31/44 believe in an architecture of continuity; moving forwards whilst working with the diverse, established characters and qualities of the places we find. As a profession we must participate in an urgent response to the climate emergency. In this rapidly evolving context is an architecture of continuity still possible? Can we achieve buildings with a mass and dignified presence within this alternative framework of evaluation? Register your free place via Eventbrite: https://lnkd.in/eUQkRfXx