Archinect - Features

Studio Visits: Hawkins\Brown, Manchester

2018-01-30T11:46:00-05:00

For our most recent Studio Visit, we went to visit Hawkins\Brown in their Manchester office. Set up by Katie Tonkinson who previously worked in the London office for 13 years, 'Studio North', has been incredibly successful growingly rapidly to 28 staff members after only two years in the city.

We spoke to Sam Beddingfield, a Part II Architectural Assistant, to find out more about their favourite parts of the studio, what they're currently working on and buildings they most admire in Manchester.

Iconic Buildings: I work at the Victoria Baths in Manchester

2017-06-27T06:43:00-04:00

For this installment of Iconic Buildings we go to Manchester to visit the historic Victoria Baths, originally opened in 1906 but closed by the council in 1993. We talk to Georgina Child, the Administrative Assistant, who alongside the rest of the team, is working hard to raise funds to restore the baths to their original glory at the heart of the community in Manchester.

RIP to the EU 1973-2016: Five monumental buildings in the UK by European architects

2016-09-09T14:29:00-04:00

The UK joined the European Community, later to become the European Union on the 1st of January 1973 with Denmark and Ireland. If the UK had never joined the EU, how different would the architectural landscape be? Lets take a look at five buildings designed by European architects working in the UK from 1973 until 2016; the lifespan of the UK’s membership of the European Union.