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By Elizabeth Hopkirk2021-01-25T07:00:00+00:00 If we learnt anything from 2020 it is that we are capable of embracing great change – and that is a strength we are going to need Rarely has a year been so keenly awaited and so freighted with expectation. We made it to 2021 – but will it deliver on our hopes? There will be difficult days ahead, but there are reasons for optimism, including a Brexit deal between the UK and EU and a new US administration. Best of all, we began the year with something that a few months before seemed even more improbable: the rollout of vaccines to contain covi...

2021-01-22T13:00:00+00:00 Homeschool challenge: Children draw a fun or favourite home and stand the chance of winning £100 in art supplies The deadline for Building Design’s next Junior Wonders art competition has been extended to Wednesday January 27. This week we’re inviting children to draw or paint a fun or favourite home, real or imagined, and explain why they like it. We have created two categories, the first for children aged 5-8 and the second category for those aged 8-11, which will be judged by Simon Allford, co-founder of architecture practice AHMM and the RIBA president-el...

The Gherkin by Niamh, 10 years old, I like the Gherkin because it looks fun and it catches your eye from far away. I also like to eat gherkins! - WINNER 8-11 CATEGORY Empire State Building by Amy Ashton, age 11, 'I chose to draw The Empire State Building because I was amazed the first time I saw the it when I went to New York in 2019. As I looked out of the window of our apartment it was the building that stood out the most (that’s why I haven’t put any detail on the other buildings in my picture). I day dream about seeing sky scrapers again soon, we live in a beautiful place but I love c...

2021-01-12T06:00:00+00:00 Calling all children aged 5-11: Draw your favourite building and be in with a chance of winning a £100 voucher for art supplies Building Design is excited to announce the launch of a drawing competition for primary school-aged children during lockdown, with prizes worth £100. The Junior Wonders Drawing Competition, which is for 5- to 11-year-olds, aims to inspire budding young designers by inviting them to submit sketches of their favourite buildings. Families all over the country have started this term with the challenge of home-schooling and Building Design has...

Can the RIBA pull out of its spiral of decline in 2021? Fortunes have been fading at Portland Place for decades but scandal, leaks and resignations left it rudderless in 2020. Let’s hope the new chair and president can pull the institute out of its tailspin, says Ben Derbyshire During my time as president of the RIBA we were (and, of course, still are) in the thick of a climate emergency, with a deplorable record on equality, diversity and inclusion. ‘Change Is Necessary’ was my campaign slogan, and I argued that, if architecture had nothing relevant to offer to the challenges of fairn...