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UCL accuses Bartlett discrimination whistleblower of causing “undue distress to staff”

August 5, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0
The Bartlett

The Bartlett School of Architecture has refused to respond to a barrage of freedom of information requests by a former student investigating alleged racial and sexual discrimination, claiming the requests were “vexatious” and had “little obvious value”. Emails seen by Dezeen show that University College London (UCL), which the school is part of, denied a

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Bartlett ex-students hire lawyer to pursue “breaches of a serious nature” at architecture school

July 27, 2021 Tom Ravenscroft 0
Bartlett School of Architecture

A group of former students and staff members from the Bartlett School of Architecture in London have hired a solicitor to examine claims of sexual and racial discrimination at the school. The group, under the banner Bartlett United, was established to follow up on numerous claims of discrimination at the prestigious school, which is part of

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Bartlett launches investigation after racism and sexism allegations

June 1, 2021 India Block 0
Bartlett in London

University College London has launched a review into the Bartlett School of Architecture after ex-students came forward with allegations of sexist and racist treatment. The prestigious London school said it was “aware of the issues” raised by former student Eleni Kyriacou, who compiled a dossier containing testimonials from 21 people. These drew a picture of

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Register for our Architecture Project Talk about the Stirling Prize-shortlisted Cork House

May 28, 2021 Siufan Adey 0
The Cork House

The Cork House, designed by CSK Architects in collaboration with the Bartlett, will be the subject of the next Dezeen x Knauf Architecture Project Talk on Friday 11 June. Register now to watch the webinar. Matthew Barnett Howland and Dido Milne from the Berkshire architecture studio will present the talk about their carbon-negative house, which was

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Bartlett School of Architecture spotlights 10 standout student projects

July 22, 2020 Lizzie Crook 0
Carlisle Alzheimer's Foundation by Philip Springall

Architecture dedicated to people affected by Alzheimer’s disease features alongside and a conceptual home for “Disney’s unloved” in this VDF school show by the Bartlett School of Architecture. A total of 10 student projects are included in the digital exhibition, completed by both undergraduate and postgraduate students at the school that forms a part of

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Vilius Vizgaudis reimagines Texan city as “capital of sustainable living”

July 24, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
The Gift masterplan for Paris, Texas, by Bartlett graduate Vilius Vizgaudis

Bartlett graduate Vilius Vizgaudis has reimagined Paris, Texas, as a sustainable city in a bid to entice president Donald Trump to rejoin the Paris Agreement. Named The Gift, the conceptual masterplan proposes transforming the city of Paris in Texas into an eco-friendly metropolis based on the “symbolic value of Paris as a world capital in climate

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George Bradford-Smith proposes astronaut training facility on face of Mount Blanc

July 3, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Manipulating Mont Blanc by George Bradford Smith

Bartlett graduate George Bradford-Smith has designed an astronaut training facility that clings to the face of Mont Blanc to imitate Mars’ extreme environmental conditions. Named Manipulating Mount Blanc, Bradford-Smith’s proposal imagines a future where humans will inhabit the red planet. It is intended to push astronauts “close to the limit of survival” to help them prepare

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Lianjie Wu designs affordable homes that are deliberately left unfinished

June 3, 2019 Siufan Adey 0
Beyond the Shell by Lianjie Wu

The final instalment of our Dezeen x Mini Living video series features a proposal by Bartlett graduate Lianjie Wu for affordable homes that are left unfinished, for residents to complete themselves. Wu’s project, called Beyond the Shell, reimagines the traditional high-rise tower as a modular, multi-storey estate, with public and private spaces of different sizes

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Michelle Ho proposes retrofitting housing estates to densify cities

April 5, 2019 Siufan Adey 0
Retrofitting the Community Estate by Michelle Ho

The latest video in our Dezeen x MINI Living series explores a vision from Bartlett School of Architecture student Michelle Ho, to replace demolished sections of a London housing estate with adaptable co-living units. Ho’s experimental proposal, called Retrofitting the Community Estate, sees segments of the 1960s-built Central Hill Estate knocked down, leaving a basic concrete shell comprising only a

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VR film offers preview of Amateur Architecture Studio’s Lin’an History Museum

March 11, 2019 Lizzie Crook 0
Lin'an History Museum by Amateur Architecture Studio in a VR film by Bartlett School of Architecture

The Bartlett School of Architecture has created a virtual reality tour of the Lin’an History Museum, designed by Wang Shu and Lu Wenyu’s studio, which is yet to open to the public. The Bartlett’s virtual reality (VR) film allows viewers to explore the museum under construction at the foot of Gongchen Mountain in Lin’an, China. It gives hints

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