Life after the Plan of Work
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The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Strategic Study opens a debate on the future of architectural practice. The report includes a number of essays on market trends, environmental changes and their implications for the future of architecture and questions how architects can avoid the trend to isolation from clients and reduced fees and control. Other papers suggest architects must promote their design skills and make use of information technology to deal with building economics. The report also contains 11 issue papers dealing with research data.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1992
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The liability man
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Neil Pepperell is the managing director of RIBA Indemnity Research Ltd. He works to advise architects on avoiding liability claims and has built up a database of cases. Pepperell also lectures and informs architects and students about contracts and specification. He has worked in the construction materials industry and attributes much litigation to architects ignorance of the properties of the materials they specify and the behaviour of buildings over time.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1992
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Fighting for promotion
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Chris Palmer wants to make changes in the RIBA, after being appointed director of communications recently. Palmer, aged 33, aims to change the relationship between the Institute and its architectural customers. The Clients Advisory Service will have to take a more active role, informing clients that architects can produce a better building.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 1995
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