The appendices available here online accompany the print publication of ‘Building Culture: Procurement of UK Arts Construction’ by Bridget Sawyers & Walter Menteth, Project Compass CIC, 2021 The addendices provide supplementary detail on arts funding bodies, their organsational structure and their procedures and guidance along with provisions instigated in response to Covid 19 and Brexit. The core…
Project Compass Director Russell Curtis explains the Bloom Framework. Here’s a brief thread on how, were it so minded, the RIBA could radically transform the UK public procurement landscape…for architects, at least. Let’s start with Bloom. Bloom is a private framework with which many architects may already be familiar. Public bodies can use this to…
This is an engaging and extensive review of architectural competitions. Merging the immediacy of practitioners’ competition experience and the rigorousness of scientific writing, each section features comprehensive research and lively discussion from an international set of experts.
A pan-European survey of architectural competitions providing: 1) data on numbers and typologies; 2) practical info. on international portals, regulations and critical discourse and 3) country case studies providing commentary on the architectural culture within each state. These survey results by Architectuur Lokaal, in collaboration with A10 New European Architecture Cooperative and Project Compass were launched…
This report provides an evaluation of Southsea’s proposed sea defences, provides a programme summary and, following the findings, proposes a resilient design alternative delivering more sustainable long-term benefits.
This Project Compass report is a synopsis on UK architectural competitions and trends to 2017.
Published by the RIBA in 2016, Ten Principles for Procuring Better Outcomes sets out how public client organisations can get better possible outcomes when they procure architectural services.
Project Compass’s report on the Thames Garden Bridge. This investigation uniquely explored issues around TfL’s procurement of the Bridge Design Services and Temple Bridge Lead consultant contracts awarded in 2013.
Properly-run design competitions are a rarity in the UK construction sector. This document sets out why Project Compass believes that design contest procedures can achieve exceptional design value, encourage innovation and delivery high levels of quality without exposing the commissioning client to unnecessary risk.
This EU project partnership with French, Spanish, UK, Czech and Italian participants included Walter Menteth, director of Project Compass. The project aims to improve opportunities and procedures for all architects, especially young professionals, through better understanding, knowledge sharing and collaborative strategies which address the European design competition system.
