SHOWCASE: A CELEBRATION OF CREATIVITY
Put simply, Showcase is an exhibition of the current work of some of Birmingham’s architectural practices and students from…
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Architecture, Art
BPN News
Brutalism: Post-war British Architecture
Brutalism: Post-war British Architecture Alexander Clement Brutalism has received a lot of bad press over the years with many of…
Architecture
BPN’s blog is on the move
Blogging here on WordPress was never expected to be: 1. so much fun, 2. such a success, 3. so easy,…
Office, Scrapbook
Ever Wondered…
…how the man who drives the snowplough gets to work? …what the Localism Bill really means? …what the new Library of…
Art, Office
Life Drawing – Session 2
Moving on from what we learned using the blind contours technique in session 1, session 2 focused on proportion and…
Architecture, Office, Scrapbook
Scale and Massing
In order to assist in understanding the massing and scale of one of our schemes, Russell has been working his…
Architecture
S106 Protecting Design Quality
As revealed in the latest RIBA Practice Bulletin, this is a very interesting (honestly!) draft Section 106 Agreement for Councils…
Architecture, Art, Community
Birmingham’s People
We’re a practice focussed on people and how communities influence the design of buildings and spaces. We feel it’s important…
Architecture
Darwin Hall – Ground Source Heat Pump
Engineers have started work on the ground source heat pump (GSHP) for Darwin Hall in Lichfield. The first phase of…