Congratulations to Senior Lecturer Scott Batty on being shortlisted for RIBA East Awards 2025 for his project ‘1970s House Retrofit’!

Scott Batty, Senior Lecturer in the School of Architecture + Cities, has been shortlisted for the RIBA East regional awards for his project 1970s House Retrofit. Batty worked with visiting consultant Structural Engineers Dave Rayment and Henry Burling (Consultants for Year 3 BArch + MArch 2).

Rosa Schiano-Phan and her student Negin Esmailzadehhanjani (MSc in Architecture and Environmental Design) carried out a study of the project’s environmental performance.

The project was the principle case study for Batty’s Research Folio as part of REF2021.

Featured Image: Siobhan Doran Photography

Friday Technical Surgeries

Each year, the final year MArch and Year 3 BA students are invited to attend the Friday Technical Surgeries, to help them develop the technical side of their design projects. 

The tutorials are organised by Dr Will McLean, and the University of Westminster (UoW) Technical staff is joined by the visiting structural engineers, environmental consultants and practising architects who act as consultants for the students. 

In attendance last Friday were:

  • Scott Batty (UoW)
  • Will McLean (UoW)
  • Andrew Whiting (HUT) (UoW)
  • Chris Leung (UCL) (UoW)
  • Paolo Cascone (UoW)
  • Alison McLellan (UoW)

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