North WestAnnual Review 2015

What we’ve done

We have continued to implement both a member-facing and member-led approach to our work.

Front cover image: SEED Competition at Manchester Craft & Design Centre. © Chris Payne

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Regional Chair’s comment

I would like to use this review to look forward to the next two years, and the privilege it will be as Chair to work alongside our Members and the team at RIBA NW. We need to seize every opportunity to strengthen our position and role within the design and construction communities. This is a period that will see the concept of Northern Powerhouse start to turn to reality, as schemes to bring the investment into the sectors of manufacturing, science, technology, infrastructure and services begin to be developed.

mentoring arrangements between students and practice in place. The associated meetings and office visits now happening will offer valuable support and insights into work-based experiences, with huge benefits for all involved.

There is a very real will to make sure we are best placed to be both included and involved in the important conversations with the politicians and decision makers who form and implement policies that then shape our built environment.

Our already vibrant and active Regional and Branch Committee structure will be bolstered by the addition of an RIBA NW Student Committee, this with representation on our Council to give a direct voice and forge even greater links between students studying, or on placement. We have further chances to build on established links with the excellent Schools of Architecture in the Region. It is no surprise that other regions are inspired by the inaugural programme of the RIBA NW Student Mentoring Scheme which already sees over 180

And finally, there is a very real will to make sure we are best placed to be both included and involved in the important conversations with the politicians and decision makers who form and implement policies that then shape our built environment.Mick Goode, RIBA North West Regional Chair

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Regional Director’s comment

The five-strong RIBA North West team has once again delivered a wide range of quality projects, events and activities during the period 2014/15. We have continued to implement both a member-facing and member-led approach to our work, with newly developed projects like the Northern Soul design charrette and student mentoring sitting neatly alongside the regular Awards, CPD and design review programmes. Increasing the number of chartered practice visits undertaken has not only seen team members in as geographically diverse locations as Carlisle and Chester,

projects which have a direct impact on the profession in the region – whether this be improving communications, or by engaging key stakeholders in policy activity around areas such as housing, procurement and the Northern Powerhouse. I am therefore delighted to see the numbers of members (chartered and otherwise) interested in participating in these committees grow, and a new student committee formed. This document provides some of the highlights and statistics from the last year

We have sought to involve branches, societies and members from right across the region.

but also improved the communication of the kind of work that we are doing and encouraged involvement in the various projects. Whilst the majority of our work naturally sits within the two main regional cities of Manchester and Liverpool, we have sought to involve branches, societies and members from right across the region and stimulate local activities through the use of the Local Initiative Fund (LIF). The NW Committee structure and Regional Council has not only provided a sounding-board, but also pro-actively sought to develop its own range of

from right across the region, and makes fantastic reading. Going forward we will be seeking to evolve our offering further, taking into consideration all feedback received, whilst developing a diverse student and member engagement strategy which encompasses existing projects and identifies ways in which we can ensure we are broadening our reach and maintaining our relevance. Andrew Ruffler, Regional Director RIBA North West

1What we’ve doneKey Regional Projects

RIBA Awards 7CPD 8Places Matter! 9Northern Soul 10Student Mentoring 11Chartered Practice visits 12Member events 13Liverpool City Tours 14

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Cheshire Society of Architects 16Liverpool Architectural Society 16Lancaster and Westmorland 16 Society of Architects Manchester Architects 17North Lancashire 18 Society of Architects

3What we’ve doneCommittees

Practice Committee 20Communications Committee 20Education Committee 21Student Committee 21

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Northern Powerhouse 23 and Devolution Northern Soul 23RIBA North @ Mann Island 24Forgotten Spaces 24

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Regional National Stirling shortlisted

Number of Award entries7

Number of Award winners

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2015 was again a strong year for the North West, with yet another building (The Whitworth by MUMA) making the shortlist for the Stirling Prize. In all there were 40 entries giving nine regional awards, four of which were National Award winners. The ongoing challenge for the region is to try to ensure that the process is recognising local talent as well as buildings, so it was encouraging to see a number of regionally-based Award winners. The 2016 Award process officially opened on Tuesday 8 December 2015, and we hope to see an increased number of entries in the region. The profile and publicity that the shortlist and winners receive is phenomenal, and is enhanced now thanks to the tie-in with Channel 4 on the ‘House of the Year’.

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Core CPD events

Number of Core CPD Ticket holders

Numbers of attendees up to and including November 2015

CPD Roadshows hosted in NW region

The core CPD programme has seen an overall increase in attendees, partly due to the CDM 2015 event, which was sold-out across all regions. In Manchester the numbers have exceeded expectations and resulted in a much-needed venue change in 2016. In Liverpool, numbers have remained fairly static and some work needs to be done to further promote and encourage ongoing attendance from the local practices. Local branches and societies, including MA and LAWSA, have seen benefit in putting on their own CPD’s using providers/sponsors and ensures a good coverage for members right across the region.

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Number of Places Matter! design review panels

Number of schemes seen by Places Matter! design review

Number of NW local authorities worked withAn increase in building activity coupled with a strong existing network of contacts in local authorities and planning teams has meant that the Places Matter! design review service has seen increased demand over the last 18 months. Each month there has been at least two panels sitting, reviewing three schemes each time, meaning that resources within the team have been stretched. The majority of activity has been in and around Manchester, so the challenge going forward is to ensure that other parts of the region are both aware of the excellent service provided by Places Matter! and the potential advantages of using the independent panel.

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The annual design workshop gathered architecture students from Sheffield, Liverpool, Preston, Manchester, Huddersfield and Northumbria, who were presented, on the day, with a brief constructed around the vernacular context of the city of Preston. Students were made to work in small teams to produce sensible, creative proposals in response to the site and design requirements. From suggestions to connect unused streets with the main circulation routes, to proposals for a centralised community amphitheatre to empower and bring locals together, the charrette promoted a collection of colourful, vibrant projects that turned Preston into a city with the potential to be reborn from its industrial ashes. The winning team produced a landscape intervention to recreate a communal identity and give a definitive answer to the town’s most urgent question – “Why stay?”.

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Northern Soul: Preston 2015

Number of schools of architecture

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This project was launched in Autumn 2015, following a process that had been applied successfully in other regions. Working with the four RIBA validated schools in the region, the project seeks to link second and third year students with local practices. Close to 200 students have been matched with practices to date, ensuring the development of an early link between students and potential employers, and at the very least giving students a glimpse of life in a practice.

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RIBA Student Mentoring

Number of mentors

Number of mentees

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Essentially a relationship management tool, Chartered Practice visits have proven to be the most effective way of communicating the work of the RIBA and its members across the region. Over 30 practices have been directly visited by members of the RIBA North West team, whilst many more have spoken to staff at events, on committees and working on specific projects. There is a clear link between the Practices visited and those engaged with the regional team, and attendance at CPD, events and participation in projects like the Awards.

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Chartered Practice visits

Number of NW members (Chartered, Associate, Affiliate, Student)

Number of Chartered Practices

Number of practice visits

Number of members on committees(Regional Council, Practice Committee, Communications Committee,

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A series of free member-only events throughout the year ensure that peer-to-peer networking opportunities exist, as well as ensuring that local member involvement and engagement is recognised by the Institute. A regular ‘Summer Social’, this year in Liverpool, saw over 100 members and students attend, whilst sponsorship has also allowed the development of a similar ‘Christmas Social’ in Manchester. It is important that RIBA continues to demonstrate that it sits at the heart of the activity in the region, and encourages new people of all ages to get involved with the development of a vibrant local and regional professional community.

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Member events

Regional Client Roundtable

RIBA NW Socials

RIBA Member Strategy workshops

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2015 has seen a marked increase in the number of bespoke tours booked and the income generated from these indicates that there is still a strong demand for architecture tours from visitors to the city. The proposed opening of a new centre in Liverpool will give the RIBA Liverpool City Tours an increased profile and allow further development of the product.

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Number of visitors on scheduled tours

Number of bespoke tours

Number of visitors on bespoke tours

Number of volunteer guides

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Cheshire Society of Architects (CSA) In 2015 the Cheshire Society of Architects (CSA) has been working to develop their public outreach projects: Working together with the Chester Civic Trust we helped to deliver the inaugural Chester Heritage Week in early September 2015. The week-long event included various events promoting Chester’s architectural heritage to the general public and visitors to the city. The Society held a just-for-fun design competition to invite members of the public to suggest ideas for replacing one of Chester’s least loved buildings, which was well attended and generated interesting discussions amongst visitors as well as architects. The week was considered a success and plans are afoot to develop the programme into a more prominent festival in 2016.  Following this event the CSA President also spent an hour in a local

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primary school to talk to pupils about what architects do. Using simple tools such as pencil, paper and ‘Duplo’ he managed to engage the children well and hopes to continue the initiative with older year groups in the future.   2015 also sees the return of the Cheshire Civic Awards, an awards program that runs every five years. This year the society has been calling for submissions to the awards program and is also supporting the Awards dinner on the 20th of November.Randal Turner, President Cheshire Society of Architects

Liverpool Architectural Society (LAS) Over the last 12 months we have organised a range of events for our local members, professionals and the public and children. Three successful Quiz Nights have been hosted, one in partnership with

Liverpool Construction Best Practice Club. All have been well attended, attracting over 50 people, with the winning teams awarded great prizes through sponsorship. With the assistance of FACT Liverpool we have commenced a series of Film Nights. Our first two films, Contempt and Wings of Desire, drew a full house of 50 people on both occasions. Through our Honan fund a travel prize was awarded to a student from Liverpool School of Architecture (LSA) who made a trip to Scotland and the Isle of Skye. Jasmin Eastwood gave us a fantastic talk following her trip titled ‘An exploration into the contemporary vernacular of the Isle of Skye’. Our traditional dinners have continued, with three held over the year at The Artist’s Club, and remain well attended by practices and their guests. The LAS joined Merseyside Civic

Society on National Civic Day this year in The Bluecoat, and hosted a children’s Lego building day. An RIBA LIF grant was used to purchase the Lego, which allowed children (and some grown up children) to build a massive city of Lego throughout the day. We hope to run the same event next year. Over the year we have also arranged a number of Architect Pub Socials, in different pubs around Liverpool, and these have attracted a good mix of people from within the profession. These evenings have also been attended by several students and young professionals from related professions. Further Socials are planned throughout the coming year. Maria Killick, immediate past-President Liverpool Architectural Society.

Lancaster and Westmorland Society of Architects (LAWSA) Our aim at LAWSA is to raise the

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profile of our local architects and to raise the quality of the built environment in our area... and to assist our members socially and intellectually in the pursuit of excellent architecture. Our programme ‘Imagine:Inspire: Involve’ with the Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) tunes in to all these aims. In March it was ‘Good design: Good for business’ and more than 60 local businesses in the tourist industry, hoteliers, surveyors, members of planning committees, architects and planners met to network, inspect the LAWSA exhibition ‘Building in the Country’ and then hear three LAWSA architects describing their approach to design. Following this, LAWSA architects were invited to talk about architecture at a LDNPA Training Day for lay committee members.

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In July LAWSA invited the LDNPA planners and Lancaster Civic Society for a tour of Lancaster University new buildings by their Director of Facilities, attended by about 65 people. Building an Eco-House was the title of the October ‘Imagine:Inspire:Involve’ event; tea and cake, as above and a great talk for 40-plus building professionals. Our plans for next year include talks on Conservation and domestic architecture by LAWSA architects. Another local authority is keen to liaise with LAWSA on a similar project.Sue Dawson, President Lancaster and Westmorland Society of Architects

Manchester Architects The Manchester Architects have this year seen record levels of engagement and in particular has successfully started to interact more closely with the under 35’s within the

profession. In a year where we celebrate 150 years, we have worked tirelessly to organise events that celebrate the past, present and future of the society through the events programme. Along with a series of CPD’s, Socials and a lecture by Richard Murphy, the year was structured around a number of large scale events. In May we welcomed Jacob Kureck from Henning Larson for the 2015 Manchester Architects Awards. Jacob opened the Awards with an inspirational lecture at the Anthony Burgess Foundation. Entries this year demonstrated growth across all sectors with a greater proportion of built work. We saw 96 practice entries and 35 student entries (compared to 101 in total last year). The activity culminated with a fantastic Awards evening held at the Peoples History Museum. With around 250 people in attendance including architects, students, clients and

contractors the evening was a great success and provided an opportunity to showcase and celebrate the work of Manchester Architects. In October, ‘Manchester Curious’ was launched by RIBA President Jane Duncan at the Old Granada Studios. The weekend of events provided access to some of Manchester hidden spaces with over 500 people attending the weekend of events including tours by Urban Splash and Capital & Centric. In early November over 300 people attended the 150 year dinner celebration at the majestic Whitworth Hall. The year will culminate in an exhibition of the Manchester Architects drawing collection, part of the RIBA collection, and will feature work by many of our past presidents including Waterhouse and Edgar Wood. The exhibition will run from 1st December 2015 – April 2016 and will include a

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number of events hosted at the MMU Special Collections including the Rossant Awards and lectures for the Victorian Society. The Awards, Manchester Curious event, and the 150 year exhibition have all been financially supported through a combination of accessing the RIBA Local Initiative Fund (LIF) and commercial sponsorship. We are really excited about what is in store next year and we hope to build on the success of 2015 with more new and exciting events designed to educate, inspire and celebrate. Lisa McFarlane, President Manchester Architects

North Lancashire Society of Architects (NLSA) Hugh Broughton of Hugh Broughton Architects, designer of the Halley VI Antarctic Research Station for the British

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Antarctic Survey, was our guest speaker during the Grenfell-Baines memorial lecture. The event was held in partnership with University of Central Lancashire (UCLan), bringing together architectural students, local industry practitioners and RIBA members in a celebration of the life and work of Sir George Grenfell-Baines OBE DL. During recent months the North Lancashire Society of Architects (NLSA) held elections for new roles. At the Annual General Meeting Matthew Hill of Blackpool Council was elected as President, Paul McCullough of IWA Architects as Treasurer, John Bridge of Frank Whittle Partnership as Councillor, as were Duncan Hammond and James Kelly, both of Croft Goode Architects, and Oliver Hamilton, architecture student at UCLan, as student representative. Peter Boyd of Mellor Architects continues as Secretary.

Looking forward, the NLSA will be supporting the RIBA’s validation of UCLan, with the president acting as the regional representative member of the validation board, will be working in partnership withUK Trade & Investment to hold a regional event in 2016, and organising the 2016 Design & Wine lecture series, whilst continuing to support local members.Matthew Hill, President North Lancashire Society of Architects

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Practice CommitteeAnother busy year for the Practice Committee, supporting the members in the Region. Reviewing and giving feedback on the Core CPD programme; completing a programme of “BIM-Bites” to raise the level of understanding and adoption of BIM; issuing a member survey to begin to explore issues raised in the RIBA’s Action Plan; working in partnership with GM Chamber of Commerce to plan the North West Construction Summit; planning contact with all regional local authorities to promote the profession in supporting economic development; welcomed Andrew Forth (RIBA Public and Policy Affairs Manager) to discuss post-election issues with us; regional campaigning based on ‘Ten Principles for Procuring Better Outcomes’; considering the opportunities for the

profession in the emergence of the Northern Powerhouse. Roger Burton, immediate past-Chair RIBA NW Practice Committee

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Communications CommitteeIn late 2014 we undertook a short questionnaire to look at how our members prefer to receive and digest information from the RIBA and its regional network. The results made interesting reading, with members being fairly evenly split; between those preferring printed information that landed on their desk and doorsteps to those happy with engaging with social media and reading emails. This information allowed us to start work on the development of a member-led quarterly newsletter called DRAW. It is available in multiple formats: printed, Twitter/Facebook, ISSUU (digital) and PDF within emails. It aims to provide relevant, interesting, regional news in bite-size portions. Articles such as ‘On the Skyline’ and ‘New Faces’ highlight new buildings and new or

recently located practices in the NW. Also contained within DRAW is an Artificial Intelligence based interview with a high-profile building in the region, and an all-important quarterly calendar of events in the NW. The Committee has also supported events such as a design competition and exhibition at Manchester Craft and Design Centre, as well as a drawing-led event for Love Architecture 2015 in Preston. Going forward, we are hoping that DRAW evolves in response to member feedback and involvement in its content, layout and format. We are also aiming to increase the number of NW based RIBA members on the Committee and editorial board.John Bridge, RIBA NW Communications Committee Chair

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Education CommitteeThe Education Committee consists of representatives from each RIBA validated school in the North West, and meets infrequently to discuss opportunities for collaboration between staff and students. Primarily the Committee is events-led, meaning that it meets as and when it is deemed appropriate to discuss and deliver a particular project The “Northern Soul” student design day is one such project, and was developed by the Committee in 2013 as a way of showcasing the talent that exists in the Schools across the region. The Committee continues to coordinate and facilitate its successful delivery. The current Chair, Mushtaq Saleri, has moved back into practice with Ellis Williams Architects during the last year so a new Chair will be appointed in early 2016 to take the Committee forward.

Student CommitteeFollowing agreement at North West Regional Council in September 2015, a Student Committee was formed to represent the voice of the large student population in the region, and to ensure that the RIBA develops stronger bonds with the with the next generation of architects. Following the model of the Education Committee, student representatives from each existing validated School, plus the University of Salford (validation process underway), were invited to take a place on the Committee, chaired by Rebecca Meadowcroft – a fifth year student from the University of Liverpool. Rebecca will take a seat on Regional Council and provide the immediate link between the profession and the student community. Plans for 2016 include the development of a shared lecture series, student awards and social activities

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Northern Powerhouse and DevolutionLed by the NW Practice Committee, we will be seeking to increase our activity around the Northern Powerhouse and Devolution agendas, and will be undertaking analysis and harnessing the expertise of our members to help understand the impact and value of architects and architecture on the debate. Working with the policy think-tank IPPR, RIBA will be looking at Housing, Planning and Devolution in particular, and in the North West workshops will be held to collect the opinions of RIBA members and other interested stakeholders in this field.

The output of the IPPR work will be a report, case studies and an executive summary/toolkit for use by RIBA members and stakeholders. Ultimately we wish to use this work to help establish stronger relationships with key political and public policy influencers across the NW.

Northern SoulThe project was conceived in 2013 by the NW Education Committee as a way of bringing together the eleven Northern schools of architecture, and students from those schools for a one-day design event. A host location is chosen each year, a brief set and teams of students invited to participate in the production of ideas, concepts, models and drawings to meet that brief. RIBA Chartered Practices within the host location are invited to join the day as mentors for the teams, whilst the brief itself is set in coordination between the host School, local partners and sponsors. In 2013 the event was held in Manchester, in 2014 in Newcastle, and this year in Preston.

In 2016, the intention is to hold the event in Liverpool, hosted jointly by the University of Liverpool and Liverpool John Moores University. Over 70 students participate each year, and are joined by at least ten local members, as well as academic staff, RIBA staff and the sponsors. The 2014 event in Newcastle was captured on a short film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hkmFVf0d3UI

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RIBA North @ Mann IslandA project which has been a long time in the making is the proposed move of the RIBA NW team to a new base at Mann Island in Liverpool. This project is due to come to fruition in Spring/Summer 2016, with work now underway on-site to create offices, meeting rooms, and gallery/conference space. This facility will become not only the home for the RIBA NW team, but also a destination for members and public and professional audiences to better understand and appreciate architecture and the built environment. It is expected that RIBA North will deliver a public and professional programme of activity that includes exhibitions and CPD’s, as well as acting as a focal point for engagement with partners and key stakeholders across the region and beyond. Exploratory talks have already

been held in relation to the role the centre could play with Hull Capital of Culture in 2017, and the wider Northern Powerhouse debate.

Forgotten SpacesLast run in the North West in 2013 in Preston, the high-profile design competition will be reinvigorated in the second half of 2016, working in collaboration with the Landscape Institute, RTPI and IStructE. The aims of the project will be to promote the work of members, engage with clients, support collaboration across the built environment, and facilitate debate and the exchange of ideas about good design, architecture and its practice. A steering group, including members of NW Practice and Communications Committees, has already been established and is working on writing a brief which seeks to meet the identified aims, and also ensure that the project dovetails neatly with key agendas including devolution, housing and the home, infrastructure,

and connecting the rest of the region (outside of Manchester and Liverpool) to the ‘Northern Powerhouse’ debate.

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Regional Council

Geoff Alsop – RIBA Board member and past Regional Chair John Bridge – FWP Group – Communications Committee ChairMatt Brook – Broadway Malyan – immediate past ChairSusan Dawson – President Lancaster & Westmorland Society of ArchitectsRon Gonshaw – Gonshaw Associates – Sole Principles GroupMick Goode – Croft Goode Architects – ChairMatt Hill – Blackpool Council – President North Lancs. Society of ArchitectsRod Hughes – 2030 Architects – President Cumberland Society of ArchitectsRichard King – AFL Architects – Practice Committee ChairLisa McFarlane – Seven Architecture – President Manchester ArchitectsRebecca Meadowcroft – University of Liverpool – Student Committee ChairEwen Miller – Calderpeel Architects - National Council memberMushtaq Saleri – Ellis Williams Architects – Education Committee ChairRandal Turner – Andy Foster Architects – President Cheshire Society of ArchitectsRichard Wooldridge – Harrison Pitt Architects – National Council memberIan Wroot – Liverpool John Moores University – President Liverpool Architectural Society

Committee Members

Student Committee:Jake AlfredAsher BourneAbby GilmourShamal Adnan MaghdourSharon Sarpong

Communications Committee:Gemma BirchallLowell ClarkeMark David FlynnZoe Hooton Darren JonesMaryam OsmanMichael SwiszczowskiStuart Wheeler

Staff Members

Marc Heuston – Architectural Communities CoordinatorAnna Johnson – Public Programmes Coordinator Tom Mills – Events and Professional Development CoordinatorCharlotte Myhrum – Places Matter! Design Review ManagerAndrew Ruffler – Regional Director

Practice Committee: Andy AveryChris BoyceRoger BurtonDuncan HammondJohn HickeyRob HydeChithra MarshMark PercivalDavid Wood

Education Committee: Sandy BrittonBen DevereauDes FaganTom JefferiesLaura SandersonDominic Wilkinson

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Web links

Website: RIBA North West @RIBANorthWest https://www.facebook.com/RIBA-North-West-271344395837/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/riba-north-west

With thanks to

All of our Members across the region

BDP

Chester Civic Trust

Darkhorse Design

Deloitte

DWF

Ecophon

GF Smith

Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce

Grenfell-Baines Institute of Architecture at UCLan

Halle St Peters

Herman Miller

Hill Dickinson

Hobs Reprographics

Heritage Lottery Fund

Historic England

Ibstock

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LITE

Liverpool City Tours volunteer guides

Liverpool Everyman Theatre

Liverpool School of Architecture

Liverpool School of Art and Design at LJMU

Manchester Craft & Design Centre

Manchester School of Architecture

Map Out

Merseytravel

Place North West

Places Matter! panel members

RIBA NW Awards jury and shortlisters

Remote AV

Search Consultancy

The Essential Journal

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