The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects

Newsletter
From the Master

Issue 25 - September 2011

My thank to all who came to my Installation luncheon and for welcoming me so enthusiastically to the Mastership of your Livery Company. I am honoured to have been elected by the Court and I will do my best to not only serve the membership but also to promote the Company and our profession in the City of London and beyond. I am fortunate in being elected in a year when we will be celebrating two major events, The Queen's Jubilee and the London Olympics - I hope you all will join me at one or other of the events of the Company in the year. I particularly look forward to seeing you at my first event - the Masters reception on 1 November. My membership of this Company started in 1987 and was promoted by my erstwhile mentor and sometime partner in practice Norman Royce. He, and many of the other founding members of the Company are sadly no longer with us, and which makes it more poignant that we all should ensure the Companys well being and growth. Times are changing and it is evermore important to continue to support the values and traditions of the City of London and maintain the the charitable principles of the Livery movement and especially our profession.

breaking news
Members of the Company successful in National House Design Competition see Pages 6 and 7
I wish to promote our own charity during my year. This has started by the creation of a Greetings card which I have had printed and which should raise in the region of 2,000. Francis Farmer kindly agreed to our using one of his paintings which I hope you will agree provides a very attractive card. Please support this initiative. In these difficult financial times and a continuing recession in both this Country and our own profession it is even more important for those who can afford, to give to those who cannot. Our continuing support of the Student Hardship fund is important in the support of our future. I am mindful of the importance of our relationship with our Institute and associated professions. I was pleased to have as our guest at the Installation lunch the newly inaugurated President of the RIBA, Angela Brady. Her message was to start to begin "The Big Conversation with the Big Society", and dealing with issues pertaining to procurement of good design, a better built environment and, the bane of many architects, the Town & Country Planning policy. The Court has agreed to adopt a Sea Cadet Unit in support of the youth of this county. We are currently investigating adopting a unit within the M25 area and I hope some of the younger members will get involved in this initiative which has been promoted by successive Lord Mayors.

May I finish by thanking my predecessor, Edward King, for having directed and promoted the Company so well over the past year He will be a difficult act to follow with his successful trips to architectural gems in London, Valencia and Chichester. I wish you all a very prosperous autumn and run up to Christmas.
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The New Master

Michael D J Wilkey DipArch RIBA FCIArb

chartered architects. MIchael has practiced as an abitrator for over 25 years in both the construction and motor engineering fields He set up the Conciliation Service at London Region of the RIBA in 1990 - this has developed into a service well used by architects, contractors and building owners and users. His professional appointments have included Past Chairman of the Camden Branch of the RIBA, Chairman of the RIBA Disciplinary Panel, founder of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators Apprentice Scheme and a member of the City Committee, London Branch, of the RNLI. Yachting is a favoured pastime. He is a recent Past Commodore of the City Livery Yacht Club, sails regularly in UK and French waters and has completed, over the past few years, a circumnavigation of the UK and traversed the west coast of France down to the Bay of Biscay. Other interests include walking and skiing, drawing, pottery, painting, furniture design and joinery.. If you want a job done, give it to a busy man!

News from the Court

Michael, the twenty-seventh Master of the Company, has previous form.He served as Master of the Worshipful Company of Arbitrators in 2002-03 having, as he says above, been introduced to both Companies by Past Master (of both and of three other Companies) Norman Royce. Michael spent his early years in what was then British North Borneo where his father was in the Colonial Service. His family was from North Devon where he was educated until coming to London in the late 60s to study architecture at the then Regent Street Polytechnic. He qualified as an architect in 1974 and after short periods with the London Borough of Barnet and Waterhouse and Ripley (architects to Girdlers Hall) he set up his own practice in 1977. This led to his developing a (perhaps) unhealthy interest in contract law which in turn led to his taking on arbitration training and pupilage and his Fellowship of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators in 1987. His architectural practice has been mainly in London and the south east and has ranged from one-off houses to multi-million pound projects. He now practices under the banner of Royce Butterfield and Wilkey in Highgate, North London - as construction advisors and This newsletter is something of a double-header as it covers two meetings of the Court. . The Election Court in July saw the election of the office bearers for the coming year. Christopher Johnson was admitted as a Liveryman and Peter Hopkins, Grant Brooker and Stella Ioannou were elected to the Freedom of the Company and installed as Freemen.Jennifer White was bound as a Student of the Company to Mentor, Peter Murray. It was reported that various members of the Company had schemes short listed in the Daily Telegraph British Homes Awards for 2011. That inveterate award winner, The Master and his son Alex King had been short listed in the sustainable development competition while Justin Bere had been listed for his Camden Passivhaus in the small house category (up to 2000 sq feet) and James Burrells Bronze House had been included in the Large house category (over 2,000 q feet). Congratulations and good wishes were offered to all. The meeting of the Court held on Monday 12 Sep2

tember also saw the installation of Dr Mervyn Miller as Upper Warden, Mrs Jaki Howes as Renter Warden and Canon Dr Geoffrey Purves as Junior Warden. Roger France takes over as Deputy Warden for the year. Under the new rules, David Falla and James Walker retire to become Assistants Emeritus with Barry Munday and Anne Markey joining the Court as Assistants. Nigel Thomson, having served his allotted span following his Mastership retired from the Court but joins Michael Welbank, John Penton, Michael West and Alan Downing as an Honorary Assistant. The Outgoing Master was pleased to install Ann Skippers and Philip Cooper - both of whom had become Freemen in his year as Master - as Liverymen. The Court agreed in principle to the proposal that the Company should form a link with a Sea Cadet Uniit provided one could be found in reasonably close proximity - the Master will follow this up to establish what the Company would be involving itself in. Various matters relating to the Charitable Trust were reported. Stephen Wagstaffe has become a Trustee, a leaflet which explains the workings of the trust and the need to boost the funds has been produced and a Company greeting card has been produced for sale to members - a notice concerning this accompanies the newsletter. The Clerk to the Trustees was pleased to report that a very generous donation has been received from the outgoing Master which would be used to provide an annual award -the WCCA Lawrence King Award -to a pupil at Ardingly College in Sussex for achievement in adversity or one going on

London from inception to completion and worked on numerous projects and competitions in Europe, including the Muse de Prehistoire des Gorges du Verdon at Quinson, masterplans for Kings Cross and Lyon Gerland, and projects for railway stations in Bilbao and Helsinki. He has been responsible for many built projects in Europe and South East Asia ranging from airports and headquarters to masterplans and museums. In 1992, as director of Foster + Partners Hong Kong, he established the office there and led the design team for the new airport terminal at Chek Lap Kok - at the time the world's largest public building. He was based in Hong Kong for six years where his responsibilities included the redevelopment of the Kowloon-Canton Railway Station along with office and headquarters projects in Malaysia, Singapore and China. Since returning to London in 1997 he has been responsible for a range of projects including headquarters buildings for Bloomberg, masterplans for Granton and the new Quartermile district in Edinburgh, The Zenith concert hall in St Etienne, the Smithsonian Museum in Washington, office buildings in Paris and the City of London, airport expansion projects at Stansted and Heathrow, and the awardwinning first City Academy project at Bexley in South London. He became Senior Partner in 2004 and leads a group of some 100 architects involved in a wide range of projects including cultural, office, airport and residential projects. He became Executive Director in 2007. STELLA IOANNOU

New Members
from the school to study architecture. GRANT BROOKER BA(Hons) Dip Arch RIBA AHKIA Grant studied at the Canterbury School of Architecture and joined Foster + Partners in 1987. He was the project architect responsible for ITN Headquarters in Stellas introduction to the Company came from her involvement through Peter Murray in the promotion of the Aldgate Arch project on which she worked tirelessly in a sadly difficult market to raise the funding for the construction of the monument. construction. Sadly, it was not to be.
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Stella studied and worked in architecture, and has a background in public relations in the architecture and design industry. She is Founder of Lacuna Projects, an agency which develops and produces cultural projects. These include a recently launched New Public Art Space in the heart of the City of London with works by internationally acclaimed artists Anish Kapoor, Julian Opie, Franz West and Kenneth Armitage. The project, a rotating outdoor gallery, was delivered by bringing together galleries, artists, local business partners and the City of London. Another recent project engaged a diverse group of Central London businesses and organisations in the impact the 2012 Games will have on Central London. Stella has produced a variety of events and is executive producer of the Dark Side Club in Venice since 2008. Stella was Founding Deputy Director of the London Festival of Architecture, and has sat on various Advisory Boards and Judging Panels. PETER HOPKINS BA Dup Arch RIBA Peter Hopkins was born in Kent in 1967. He completed his first degree, full time at Huddersfield Polytechnic before doing his year out working on private houses and hotels for a small London practice. After completing his year out he joined Clifford Tee + Gale architects who supported him through the remainder of his architectural education, whilst he studied part time at Greenwich University. He qualified in 1993 and became a Partner with the same practice in 1999, where he has remained ever since. He has worked on a wide variety of interesting projects including Drax Power station, Tower of London, Flight Simulator Buildings but has specialised in Custodial projects for prison and police authorities both in the UK and overseas.

He has lived in Beckenham for the past 20 years with his wife Helen. Hobbies include tennis and cycling. JENNIFER WHITE Jennifer White has just completed the MPhil Environmental Design in Architecture (RIBA Part 2) course at Cambridge University. Whilst studying she built up expertise in primary school design with particular emphasis on resilience to climate change. Her Design Thesis explored the demand for multi-storey primary schools in inner cities, addressing the environmental aspects of increasing temperature and the effects on thermal comfort, whilst also analysing the pedagogical, social and economical implications. During the course Jennifer was fortunate to have several pieces of work published. Before embarking upon the new MPhil course she carried out her placement at Nicholas Ray & Plastik Architects (NRAP) in Cambridge where she gained valuable experience on all of the RIBA stages of work. Jennifer studied for her undergraduate Architecture degree at Liverpool University. With a strong passion for ballet, Jennifer has danced ever since the age of two years. After taking a well deserved holiday she plans to look for work in a strong design-led practice in London

Recent Events
The Election Court Dinner at Salters Hall followed the annual Service which was led by the Honorary Chaplain - the Rev Canon David Parrott and held in Hawksmoor's only City Church - St Mary Woolnoth. We had been driven from our customary home - St Lawrence Jewry - by a Jazz concert carelessly scheduled for the same time in Guildhall Yard. The dinner is the occasion on which the Company seems to give things away. Among our guests were 4

four crew members from the RNLI Tower Lifeboat Station one of whom accepted a donation on behalf of the Institute from the Master . The Company's award to the person or organization which does most to raise the profile of the Architects Benevolent Society was presented to Dawson Stelfox MBE who is one of those people for whom exercise and adventures are a way of life. He has climbed Mt Everest and, in order to raise funds for the ABS, has climbed practically all there is to climb in Northern Ireland where his practice - Consarc is based. Dawson is pictured here receiving the award from the Master Edward King. This splendid trophy was painted by eminent architect (and ABS President) Dr Ken Shuttleworth.

The principal guest was the Richard Summers - the current President of the Royal Town Planning Institute. In responding to the toast to the guests, Richard spoke about the issues facing both his own institute and the RIBA in connection with the forthcoming Localism Bill. The Masters final event was his carefullty organized visit to Chichester over the Bank Holiday weekend at the end of August. Visits included a meeting in the Council House with the Mayor - Cllr Tony French and local historian Alan Green; the Pallant House Gallery - which houses the legacy of Walter Hussey - Dean of Chichester who left a superb collection of modern British art to Chichester on the condition that it would be housed in the early 18th century Grade 1 listed house. The Collection has has been added to by other benefactors including architect Sir Colin St John Wilson. The building was extended in 2006 by Kentish and Long in association with Colin St John Wilson whose widow MJ Long gave a talk on the work. Those willing to forego lunch took in the current exhibition of the works of Frida Khalo and Diego Rivera. A tour of the Cathedral and grounds (including those of the Bishop's Palace) was led by the chief guide to the Cathedral. Further visits were made to the historic St Mary's Hospital Almshouses in St Martin's Square led by architect Richard Meynal and to West Dean College with its gardens and Singleton to look at Ted Cullinan's Gridshell Building and the other buildings which make up the Weald and Downland Museum. The August Committee meetings were followed by a reception for the Companys students & mentors at the offices of Sir Frederick Gibberd and Partners was attended by a baker's dozen - others were deterred from attending by the vagaries of the weather and London Underground. Dr Mervyn Miller gave a very informative presentation on the work of Oscar Niemeyer - born 1907 and still working! It was fascinating to see the innovative forms that Niemeyer created in concrete, particularly in Brazilia. Most of the illustrations were from photos taken by Mervyn during the Company's visit to Brazil in 2007, and included WCCA members in company with Niemeyer himself. Our host at Gibberd, Richard Biggins, gave a slide
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The Master also presented the Companys donation to the ABS to its Secretary - Keith Robinson (below)- to assist the organization in the invaluable work they do for those in need on behalf of the profession.

The final presentation of the evening was made to Richard Brindley who accepted, on behalf of the RIBA, a contribution from the Company to the Institute's Student Hardship Fund.

presentation on the work of the practice's founding partner, Frederick Gibberd (1908 -1984). It was enlightening to see the similarities and complete contrasts of almost exactly contemporary designers. The Installation Court Lunch at Armourers Hall gave the new Master - enthusiasticly welcomed when he rose to speak - the chance to set out his stall for the coming year. Details of events currently arranged are set out below. The Companys guests included the Master of the Engineers Company and the newly installed President of the RIBA - Angela Brady who responded to the toast to the Guests.

date in your diaries and book up your guests so that you will be ready to respond when the calling notice reaches you. Arrangements are now well in hand for the keenly awaited visit to the Queens College, Oxford on 14-15 April. This has been arranged through the good offices of Alex Scott-Whitby and will take the form of a dinner on the Friday night, a tour on the Saturday of St Catherines College led by Dr Barry Juniper - Fellow Emeritus of the College - and a banquet in the Senior Common Room hosted by the Provost. The costs, to include two nights accommodation in the College and the dinners look like being of the order of 230.00 per head. Details to follow shortly. And, on the subject of travels, the Master is currently putting together plans for a couple of other excursions. A visit to Highgrove House and / or Gardens is being planned - possible for late May / early June and the Masters weekend Visit may well take in the wonderful city of Prague. It is hoped that this can be organized for a weekend in June. Watch this space. Another in the series of popular Ardwina Lunches is to be organized for June. The Master is currently sourcing a speaker and arranging a date. The Annual Service and Election Court Dinner are to be held on Tuesday 10 July. The service will be held in St Lawrence Jewry and be followed by Dinner in Pewterers Hall - a venue which the Company has not used in recent years.

Coming Events
The Master is to kick off his year with a Masters Reception to be held on Tuesday 1 November. This event, sub titled Jail House Rock will take the form of a visit to the Wood Street Police Station in the City. This highly regarded modernist complex was designed by McMorran and Whitby and built between 1963 and 66. The reception will follow at the nearby Davys Wine Bar where food and wine will be served. A modest ticket price has been set to encourage as many members as possible to attend. The Company Carol Service and Supper will again be held at St Lawrence Jewry on Tuesday 13 December. Catering will be as last year with food and wine served at the back of the Church following the service which will be led by Rev Canon David Parrott. A calling notice accompanies the newsletter. There is to be a further gathering for Students and Mentors following the next round of Committee meetings scheduled for Tuesday 10 January. Details will be circulated as soon as possible. The New Year Court Meeting on Tuesday 24 January will be followed by either an informal Court lunch or dinner at which some places will be available for members of the Livery. A couple of venues are currently being considered and details of this will be also be circulated as soon as possible. The date for the annual Livery Banquet has been set for Wednesday 14 March. The venue will be the Haberdashers Hall in West Smithfield. Please note the

News of Members
The recent announcement of results in the Daily Telegraph British Homes Awards brought glad tidings for at least three members of the Company. In the design competition for Tomorrows Town House Immediate Past Master Edward King and his Liveryman son Alex were the winners for their entry entitled Santiago presumably in tribute to the great man from Valencia or in memory of the Company weekend spent admiring his work. The winning entry was conceived as a community focused design and inspired by a Georgian square layout, the building is designed to be constructed using the Future Form modular construction method not only ensuring energy efficiency but also limiting site time,
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reducing the cost of construction and so the cost of the home. Linked to the flexible yet functional living spaces, this could help first-time buyers.

Undeterred by his unwelcome interaction with a Belgian pavement during his charity ride for the ABS last year, Peter Murray is set for a further and more ambitious challenge as he sets out to cycle across the width of the United States to raise money for the same Charity. To raise additional funds he is also offering a number of lectures on the subject of the marketing architectural practices. His fees for these will go to the cause. Peter deserves our admiration and, most importantly, our tangible support in this venture.

The Charitable Trust

The Chairman of the Charitable Trust - Michael West writes: As reported to the Court, Immediate Past Master Edward King and his wife Valerie have made a most generous donation to the Trust Fund which will enable an annual WCCA Lawrence King Award at Ardingly College in memory of their son. The Award (200 in the first year) would be for Achievement in Adversity or for a student going on to study architecture.Edward and Valerie's generosity was acknowledged by the Court. The Fund has further benefited this month through a bequest of 10.000 from the will of Gerald West (Liveryman 190). Many members of our Company in the early days will recall Gerald's support of our activities while busy in his own distinguished career in the Fitzroy Robinson practice. The Clerk to the Trustees - Alan Downing further reports that: The Master Michael Wilkey and Renter Warden Jaki Howes completed the Livery Walk recently of some 8.25 miles. They visited all the Livery Halls in the City where they were well feed and watered - with wine. So far over 1,200 has been raised for the Charitable Fund. It is still not to late to donate and the vast majority of members have yet to do so. They visited 40 Halls and a suggested donation of 1 per hall would be appreciated. Your cheque should be made payable to the Company of Chartered Architects Charitable Trust Fund and sent to Alan Downing, Clerk to the Charitable Trust Fund, 8 Home Wood, Harleyford, Henley Road, Marlow , Bucks SL7 2SW. Please confirm that the donation can be Gift Aided. The Company now has its own charity cards. The card depicts a painting of St Paul's by Francis Farmar and is either blank inside or has seasons greetings. They come in
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With its large solar roof as a signal of intent the design stressed the need for future buildings to be as energy efficient as possible in terms of both the wider environment and in reducing householders' dependency on unsustainable fuels. The Santiago Townhouse is designed to reach at least Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes. It is planned that the Santiago Townhouse will now be built as a show house exhibit at the Ideal Home Exhibition, London in 2012. It is also hoped that the design will be rolled out on various sites around the country and, perhaps elsewhere. Further details can be found from the press release which has been posted on the Company blog. The second winner on the night was James Burrell whose practice won the award for the Best Large House Category with their Bronze House in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire .

packs of five at 7.50. All the profit goes to the Trust Fund. Please contact the Master to place your order. The cards will also be available at Company events. At the end of the financial year the Charitable Fund stood at 325k. This showed an increase over the previous year of 13.5%. Only about 40% of Members of the Company contribute on a regular basis. Other members are asked to help the fund so that our charitable causes can benefit. Please contact David Cole Adams for a direct debit form or other payment method so that you can help us to make a difference.

I have just won the Universitys Andre Fu China Award that will allow me to travel to China for a month in February for my research. I am a previous winner of the RIBA Boyd Auger Award 2009. My Cambridge profile can be found at: http://www.arct.cam.ac.uk/Arct/ResearchStudentMember. aspx?p=23&ix=49&pid=1244&prcid=4&ppid=1244. And finally )for this edition), Alex Scott-Whitby Alex achieved a distinction for Part 2 at London Metropolitan despite two months absence through illness. He has set up a design consultancy, Studio AR in the tower of St Mary Woolnoth and is busy. He is a member of RIBA Council and participates actively in the work of the Companys Charity and Education Committee. The First Student Drawing Prizes - funded substantially out of a generous donation last year by Jonathan and Victoria Ball - were awarded just before the Election Court in July. The winners were as follows:
Part 1 Winner Adam Shapland, Greenwich University Part 1 Runners Up Ryan Roberts, London Met & Shapur Keshvari, Kingston Part 2 Winner Robert Ware, RCA Part 2 Runners Up Henrietta Griffiths, Westminster and Robert Grover, London Met

And what of our students?

In what will be one of a number of such articles, it is intended to give an update on what the Companys students have been or are doing since they joined us. Kate Ashley - after a struggle to find the funding to go to Jeddah Kate reports well, I did get to go in the end as Michael (the architect I'm based with) covered my flight and our hosts in Saudi covered my hotel and other expenses. It was actually just like being treated as a guest of honour for the week and I had a wonderful time, apart from boiling in my black abaaya/burqa thing. It was only for a week, spent mostly in Jeddah and then also Yanbu-Al (The Mecca and Jeddah albums). This next year is panning out to be very busy with me being away for much of it. I'll unfortunately miss all of the Christmas stuff again as I'm going to be living in a tent in Fayum in Egypt from early November until 3 January to oversee the restoration of a mud building as a museum and skills centre. It forms part of a larger archeological project that's been going on for years through the UCLA. I'm a bit daunted but I guess I'll learn as I go along...!

The winners both received 250 with the runners-up receiving 100.

Eleanor Brooke writes: I graduated with my Part 1 this summer from Edinburgh University with a first. Im taking another year out (we have one as part of the course) and am off to Berlin again to do an internship with a small architecture office until Christmas. I think thats all sadly no prizes! James Patterson-Waterston - I am currently working at Happold Consulting, part of Buro Happold and I am in the final year of my Part II at Cambridge (which is also an MPhil research degree).
David Cole-Adams The Clerk The Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects 82A Muswell Hill Road London N10 3JR www.architects-livery-company.org www.architects-livery-company.blogspot.com

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