9th November 2023
RIBA Stirling Prize and Stephen Lawrence Prize 2023 winners’ talk
Author: B@ck_Office
Sumita will be representing the RIBA at 2023 COP28 to be held at Dubai, UAE
Thrive – A field guide for women in architecture
Architecture needs women. How can the built environment be designed without the expert input of half the population? In spite of the significant number of women choosing to study architecture as undergraduates, once qualified women remain in the minority. As professionals their expertise is often overlooked, their work devalued and their contribution to the canon … Read More
Let’s celebrate the South Asian pioneers who blazed a trail for women in architecture
The stories of four pioneering women from South Asia should provide inspiration to all architects, writes Sumita Singha. Click here to read the full article – www.bdonline.co.uk
RIBA China Chapter’s ‘She is an architect’ exhibition
RIBAJ PiP Health, Wellbeing and Building Design webinar
Sumita Singha OBE, director of Ecologic Architects and author of Future Healthcare Design, 2020 and Re-think Design Guide, 2021. In her presentation, Sumita discusses the budget challenges impeding the NHS’ ability to improve existing building stock as well as the importance of wayfinding and patient-centred design for healthcare buildings.
Re-Think Design Guide
The world has changed. How will society emerge post-pandemic? Will we take the opportunity to reset the status quo? And, if so, what possibilities are there for architects to take the initiative in designing this new world? This innovative design guide draws together expert guidance on designing in the immediate aftermath of the pandemic for … Read More
Future Healthcare Design
This book describes how architects can design better healthcare buildings for a rapidly changing context and climate. Innovation in the design of healthcare estates is essential to the sustainability of our health services. Design thinking in this field is being influenced by a range of factors, such as economic constraints, an ageing demographic, complex health … Read More
Findings of the RIBA Ethics and Sustainable Development Commission
Women in Architecture
Including the key articles, documents and reports, and with a comprehensive introduction, newly written by the editor, which places the collected materials in their historical and intellectual context, Women in Architecture is an essential work of reference.The volumes explore four themes – History and Identity; Extraordinary Practice; Wider Influence, and Employment and Education. The collection … Read More
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