How to become an architect in UK tips

UK living room design by architect

How to become an architect in UK. An architect is a person, who designs a building from start to finish. As an architect, you have to know building laws and be able to help a client get a building permission. 

Lancaster University Library Extension News

Lancaster University Library Extension Building UK

Lancaster University Library Extension on site: £11m four-storey building design by Scott Brownrigg starts construction. The scheme will expand the amount of study space in the Library by 2,562 square metres.

Druim House on Winchelsea Beach, East Sussex

Druim House Winchelsea Beach East Sussex

The site for Druim House, designed by RX Architects, sits within Rye Nature Reserve which is a designated a Site of Special Scientific Interest and is surrounded by a shingle landscape.

Charlesworth Passivhaus Plus Derbyshire home

Charlesworth Passivhaus Plus Derbyshire house England

Charlesworth Passivhaus Plus home by Manchester experts at Studio Tashkeel: the most environmentally-focussed new build ‘Passivhaus’ in region, new four bed home in Derbyshire with strong energy retention.

Plus X Brighton in East Sussex, England

Plus X Brighton East Sussex

Plus X Brighton was designed by Studio Egret, and is part of a £200million development by U+I Plc including 369 new homes, 534 student beds, shops, cafes and workshops.

Reduce CO2 Emissions: curb construction waste

University of Bath Centre for the Arts building design

Bath architects and civil engineers call on construction industry to reduce CO2 emissions by curbing ‘massive’ wastage. Experts say engineers are forced to significantly over-design and over-engineer buildings.

The Box and St Luke’s Church Cultural Centre

The Box Museum Plymouth

Designed by Atkins The Box is the largest multi-disciplinary arts and heritage space opening anywhere in the UK next year and the biggest in the Southwest of England. The £40million project has created a visitor centre for the country of nearly 8,000 sqm.

The Cricket Pavilion in Winchester, Hampshire

Cricket Pavilion Winchester Hampshire

AR Design Studio’s Cricket Pavilion has Further Funding Approved. The grant of additional funding follows the unanimous approval by councillors at the Town Forum in Winchester.

The Long House in Somerton, Somerset

Long House Somerton

Neil Choudhury Architects designed The Long House in Somerset, a 350 square-metre home is built into a sloping site and overlooks a pond, mill stream and beautiful garden designed by James Alexander Sinclair.

Solar Gate Sundial Queens Gardens, Hull

Solar Gate Sundial Queens Gardens Kingston-upon-Hull

Solar Gate is a sundial designed by Tonkin Liu Architects that uses solar alignment to mark significant times and dates in Hull, England. The super-light innovative two-shell structure is place-specific, responding to pivotal historic events.

Hempstead House in Potten End, Hertfordshire

Hempstead House Potten End Hertfordshire

Hempstead House in Potten End, Hertfordshire, England, property design by Unit One Architects, includes a new highly-glazed garden room that looks out onto the mature garden.

Brighton College Sports and Sciences Building, UK

Brighton College Sports Sciences Building East Sussex

Designed by OMA / Ellen Van Loon, the School of Science and Sports at Brighton College combines the two departments to create a vibrant building with lively spaces where activities are not dictated by a school timetable.

Lime Trees House in Berkhamstead, Hertfordshire

Lime Trees House Berkhamstead

Designed by Unit One Architects, Lime Trees House is a one-off, modern house built on a site which formed part of the garden to an older existing Victorian style house in Hertfordshire, England.