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OSA REVIEW: Design Engine Architects, OxArch Resilience Lecture

OSA REVIEW: Design Engine Architects, OxArch Resilience Lecture

Design Engine Architects, well known through the School of Architecture as the designers of the JHBB and the Abercrombie Building, offered their interpretation of the resilience theme as part of OxArch’s series. On the 20th February they presented a lecture based around their recently published book, Building Stories. Diagram of the corten steel ribbon in the JHBB, Oxford Brookes Credit: Design Engine Architects The main narrative through the lecture examined the intricate an

OSA REVIEW: Sarah Wigglesworth, OxArch Resilience Lecture

OSA REVIEW: Sarah Wigglesworth, OxArch Resilience Lecture

Sara Wigglesworth has long been acknowledged as an influential figure in British architecture. This semester she was a guest lecturer in the OxArch’s Resilience series and revealed the main guiding principles behind the award-winning work of her practice. Stock Orchard Street Credit: Sarah WIgglesworth Architects Sarah Wigglesworth’s lecture was the first in the Resilience series from a female-led architectural firm – an observation that was brought up during the question ses

Week 08// 19/03 - 25/03

Week 08// 19/03 - 25/03

OSA Magazine is a platform for documenting, sharing and publicising the varied agendas of students at Oxford Brookes School of Architecture. Here on our new weekly update, we will be recommending arts and culture events currently open in London and Oxford. We'll also be sharing articles from our limited edition print publications past, present and future, so you'll still be able to read contributions from the OSA writers, even if the magazines are sold out. Student of the we

Week 07// 12/03 - 18/03

Week 07// 12/03 - 18/03

OSA Magazine is a platform for documenting, sharing and publicising the varied agendas of students at Oxford Brookes School of Architecture. Here on our new weekly update, we will be recommending arts and culture events currently open in London and Oxford. We'll also be sharing articles from our limited edition print publications past, present and future, so you'll still be able to read contributions from the OSA writers, even if the magazines are sold out. Student of the we

OSA REVIEW: Assael, OxArch Resilience Lecture

OSA REVIEW: Assael, OxArch Resilience Lecture

John Assael, director and co-founder of Assael Architecture, took the stage of OxArch’s Resilience lectures to answer the question what resilience means in the context of running your own practice. Assael themselves declare the Great West Quarter in London one of the projects that contribute to their excellent reputation. Credit: Assael John Assael runs an architectural firm that is hugely celebrated not only as a design practice but as an employer. With near thirty years of

Week 06// 05/03 - 11/03

Week 06// 05/03 - 11/03

OSA Magazine is a platform for documenting, sharing and publicising the varied agendas of students at Oxford Brookes School of Architecture. Here on our new weekly update, we will be recommending arts and culture events currently open in London and Oxford. We'll also be sharing articles from our limited edition print publications past, present and future, so you'll still be able to read contributions from the OSA writers, even if the magazines are sold out. Student of the we

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