Masters Blog
Welcome to the Masters Blog of the Worshipful Company of Chartered Architects. As Master I will be posting updates on Company events, Masters visits and our work in Charity and Education.
I have also produced a Masters newsletter and the current one is available here for download.
Previous newsletters are available via this link. I very much hope you enjoy reading about our work and the life of the Company.
Latest Post
The Architects’ Company’s First Virtual Meeting for Apprentices!
Zoom Call posted to TwitterThe Master introduced the event, setting out the Student offer from the Architects’ Company: Opportunities for sponsorship and support, primarily through the WCCA’s Charity, including Legacy funding for Part II students; Travel prizes;...
Master’s Weekend in Deal
Bob and I are fortunate enough to live in Deal with our three daughters, Anna, Louise and Chantelle and we were delighted to welcome 40 guests from the Architects’ Company to our hometown, for the weekend of 27th to 29th September. Deal is an extraordinarily beautiful...
Livery Halls – Further Reviews
Reviews continue to come in for the Livery Halls of the City of London. Attached is from the current issue of The Architectural Historian. Read more here..... Livery halls_final 2
Visit to Zaha Hadid Architects
Chris Dyson, Junior Warden writes....... We were welcomed by Paulo Flores, Associate Director of Zaha Hadid Architects some 15 years in standing and leading the firms design research team in all aspects of building design right down to the detail of furniture design...
RIP John R G Wheatley – Past Master & Architect
Christopher Boddington retired Architect and also a founding Director of Covell Matthews Wheatley Architects writes: "I am writing to advise that John R G Wheatley, former Director of Covell Matthews Partnership and founding Director of Covell Matthews Wheatley...
Annual Lecture – Ian Ritchie – 29 May 2019
Annual Lecture 6.30 for 7.00pm Wednesday, 29th May Royal Academy of Music, Marylebone Road, London NW1 5HT "Beauty and the Mind" by Liveryman Ian Ritchie CBE RA This is a rare opportunity to hear an eminent architect talk about his work in one of his own...
Congratulations to Chris Williamson for completing London Marathon 2019
Chris Williamson, Liveryman and Partner of Weston Williamson + Partners has completed the London Marathon 2019 in aid if the ABS and WCCA. He writes: "I started the run at 10.20 at Greenwich knowing that I would be running for the next 4-5 hours which is a daunting...
The Livery Halls of the City of London – April Reviews
The Master is pleased to report that the 30th Anniversary book on the Livery Halls of the City of London continues to get positive coverage from the Architectural and Art press and that he is informed a copy is now lodged in the Athenaeum Library. "For DAS members,...
The Livery Halls of the City of London – March Reviews
The Master is pleased to report that the 30th Anniversary book on the Livery Halls of the City of London continues to get positive coverage from the Architectural and Art world.
Charity Dinner – The Painted Hall, Old Royal Naval College, Greenwich Thursday 2 May 2019
Join New London Architecture for dinner in ‘London’s Sistine Chapel’ – the majestic Painted Hall at the Old Royal Naval College to raise funds for The Connection at St-Martin-in-the-Fields and Temple Bar Trust.
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