This free event is for 16 to 18 year olds who would like to know more about what it is like to train and work as an architect. Architects from three different practices will share their academic and career pathways and take questions on what it is like to train and work as an architect.
This event is being delivered as part of the national discover creative careers week. Discover Creative Careers is an industry-led programme that is working to ensure there is a larger and more diverse intake of talent via a broader range of routes into the creative industries.
Agenda
- 11am Welcome and introductions
- 11.15am to midday: Presentations by Jestico + Whiles architects
- Midday to 12.30pm: Presentation by Mariola Viegas
- 12.30pm to 1.15pm: Lunch
- 1.15pm to 2pm: Tour of RIBA and ‘Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds’ exhibition
- 2pm to 3pm: Presentation by Make architects
- 3pm to 3.30pm: Presentation by Allies and Morrison
Booking information
To book your free space please email Sophie.draper@riba.org by the 17 November 2024.
Students can book to attend the day independently or teachers can book their students as a group.
About the speakers
Jestico + Whiles is an award-winning international architecture and interior design practice with offices in London and Prague. At the forefront of innovation and design excellence, the practice has won over 150 national and international awards.
Mariola Viegas is a passionate architect and design manager with focus on housing and education sector. With over 15 years post part 3 experience.
Founded in 2004 by Ken Shuttleworth, Make architects have teams in London, Hong Kong, Sydney and Shanghai providing architecture, interior, and urban design services from concept to completion with a commitment to resilient placemaking that creates social value for all.
Allies and Morrison is made up of a team of architects and urbanists. The practice strives to design beautiful buildings that have long life and can adapt over the generations. They also shape enduring places whether new pieces of city or settlements at any scale. All of the practice's projects are concerned with the crafting of every detail and an appreciation for the uniqueness of each context.
