Build Studios

What makes companies successful?
2017-06-29 18:30 - 20:30 (Europe/London) | Build Studios, 203 Westminster Bridge Road,, London, SE1 7FR, United Kingdom
Starting and surviving in today’s world is tough, but the companies that figure it out have something in common: the pursuit of purpose, alongside the pursuit of profit. An authentic purpose acts as your north star and mobilises people in a way that pursuing profits alone never will. For a company to thrive, it needs to infuse its purpose in all that it does.
In this workshop we look at how practice leaders can connect with purpose, create shared-value and compose a clear and comprehensive narrative. We believe successful companies are built not from the ground up, but from the purpose up.
About the Lecturer:
Before founding her self named business planning consultancy in 2014, Briony Lumb was architecturally trained and worked as Director of Business Development at global architecture & engineering firm HOK. With previous work spanning across Africa, Asia, the US and the Netherlands, Briony maintains a strong interest and expertise in city identity creation.

Built By Us - Women in Construction Careers Event
2017-06-19 11:00 - 12:30 | Build Studios, 203 Westminster Bridge Road,, London, SE1 7FR, United Kingdom
Join Built By Us for a Women in Construction Careers event, in celebration of National Women in Engineering Day (NWED). Making It, is a fun and informal careers event aimed at people who are interested in construction and the built environment.
Led by Danna Walker, Electrician, Architect and founder of Built By Us, this event promises to help you:

Find out about how the industry works
Find out which types of roles could be suitable for you
Meet people currently working in the industry
And to try your hand at a model making challenge

We will also be joined by a range of people currently working in the construction sector.
This FREE workshop is run in partnership with Build Studios a co-working space for the built environment in Waterloo, London. Making It is aimed at people all ages and backgrounds. It is suitable people who may be new to construction, thinking about a career change, or returning to work after a break.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
11.00 Introduction to Built By Us
11.05 Women in Construction
11.20 Meet the Builders
11.30 Jenga’s House – Challenge
12.10 Review
12.15 Close

Performance Benchmarks for Architecture Practices
2017-06-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Build Studios, 203 Westminster Bridge Road,, London, SE1 7FR, United Kingdom
How do you determine – and improve – your practice’s value and potential Understanding your practice’s performance in relation to peers helps you identify opportunities to minimise risk, create value, and grow.
Architectural practices can use benchmarking to improve firm performance, increase project profitability, and develop capabilities for growth. Practice leaders and owners need to establish systems for collecting and organising information that helps them make strategic decisions on managing talent, finances, operations, and business development. Assessing their practices against benchmarks can help practice owners and leaders build and sustain their firm’s value.
Rowley Mossop returns to the Museum of Architecture to facilitate this highly interactive workshop. Using a case-based approach, participants will learn the important benchmarks that can inform their strategy and improve their practice’s creative and financial performance.

Benchmarking for Architects
2017-06-08 18:30 - 20:30 | Build Studios, 203 Westminster Bridge Road,, London, SE1 7FR, United Kingdom
How do you determine – and improve – your practice’s value and potential Understanding your practice’s performance in relation to peers helps you identify opportunities to minimise risk, create value, and grow.
Architectural practices can use benchmarking to improve firm performance, increase project profitability, and develop capabilities for growth. Practice leaders and owners need to establish systems for collecting and organising information that helps them make strategic decisions on managing talent, finances, operations, and business development. Assessing their practices against benchmarks can help practice owners and leaders build and sustain their firm’s value.
Rowley Mossop returns to the Museum of Architecture to facilitate this highly interactive workshop. Using a case-based approach, participants will learn the important benchmarks that can inform their strategy and improve their practice’s creative and financial performance.
About the Lecturer:
Innovia is Canada’s leading management consultancy for creative businesses, helping owners develop and implement business strategies to reach the creative and commercial potential of their firms. Innovia’s Principal, Rowley Mossop, is trained in the disciplines of architecture, business, media, and design. Rowley is a Rotman MBA, holds a diploma from the Ontario College of Art and Design, and has a B.E.S. (Architecture) from the University of Waterloo.
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Built By Us - Making It, Construction Careers Event
2017-05-23 11:00 - 12:30 | Build Studios, 203 Westminster Bridge Road,, London, SE1 7FR, United Kingdom
Join Built By Us for a career in construction event with a difference. Making It is a fun and informal careers event aimed at people who are interested in construction and the built environment.
Led by Danna Walker, Electrician, Architect and founder of Built By Us, this event promises to help you to:

Find out how the industry works
Find out which types of roles could be suitable for you
Meet people currently working in the industry
And try your hand at a model making challenge

This FREE workshop is run in partnership with Build Studios a co-working space for the built environment in Waterloo, London. Making It is aimed at people all ages and backgrounds. It is suitable people who may be new to construction, thinking about a career change, or returning to work after a break.
WORKSHOP AGENDA
11.00 Introduction to Built By Us
11.05 How We Build
11.15 Meet the Builders
11.25 Jenga’s House – Challenge
12.05 Review
12.15 Close

Green Infrastructure Design Challenge
2017-05-19 09:00 - 14:00 | Build Studios, 203 Westminster Bridge Road,, London, SE1 7FR, United Kingdom
The Adaptation and Resilience in the Context of Change network (ARCC) are delighted to once again be working in partnership with the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) to coordinate the 2017 design challenge on the use of green infrastructure as a building service.
We’re delighted to once again be working in partnership with the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) to coordinate the 2017 design challenge on the use of green infrastructure as a building service.
We’re looking for designs for office buildings (existing or in planning) that demonstrate how both indoor and outdoor green infrastructure can contribute to the health, wellbeing and productivity of staff, while simultaneously improving the building’s energy efficiency and climatic resilience.
The interaction of indoor plants with heating, cooling, acoustic management, air quality, staff productivity and wellbeing is an exciting and growing area of research: the benefits of green infrastructure don’t need to remain outside the building entrance.
Who can enter?
This challenge is open to individuals or teams, students, practitioners, and researchers. Multi-disciplinary and collaborative research-practice teams are encouraged to submit.
A representative must be available to present the submission on 19 May between 10:00 and 12:00 in London, if the design is shortlisted.
Submission deadline: 8 May 2017
http://www.arcc-network.org.uk/adaptive-places/green-infrastructure-design-challenge/

Foresight For Architects
2017-05-18 18:30 - 20:30
Change is Constant: Introduction to corporate foresight for architects
Foresight refers to a range of practices, methods, tools and techniques that help organisations actively explore, shape and manage the future. This includes understanding key drivers of change, possible projections into the future, and the implications of change on specific businesses, projects or contexts. This interactive workshop will give you the tools and methods in the practice of foresight to identify opportunities for applications in your own practice.
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Foresight activities are not intended to predict the future with complete accuracy. Rather, they enable practitioners to explore plausible futures (plural), informed by current trends and trajectories as well as emergent signals of change. Foresight can be applied to a broad range of business contexts. These include strategy, risk and innovation processes as well as the delivery of architecture, design and engineering projects. All of these benefit from a critical exploration of the future. The aim is to ensure that future opportunities are maximised and that risks are minimised.
In this session you will gain:
– an introduction to corporate foresight tools and methods
– how to apply foresight within the built environment
– how to use foresight in architectural practice for growth

HR for Architects
2017-05-04 18:30 - 20:30 | Build Studios, 203 Westminster Bridge Road,, London, SE1 7FR, United Kingdom
This two-session course will give you an overview of key HR principles and best practice examples to help you grow your practice and nurture talent. The first session will give an introduction to HR with a specific focus on the architecture industry, highlighting why HR is important, how to implement it in your practice and what are the key legal concepts behind it. The second session will analyse all the stages of employee lifecycle, from recruitment to retention, recognition and release. This course will help you to successfully incorporate HR in your practice and learn how to build better teams to grow your business.
You will learn about:
– fundamental legal concepts – discrimination, harassment, mental health and vicarious liability
– employee lifecycle
– recruitment and orientation
– benefits and pay
– motivation, performance appraisals and training
– leadership and promotion, succession planning
– termination of employment
