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In Zaha Hadid's Charles Jencks Lecture at the RIBA in 2006, captured in archival footage from the RIBA Collections, she talks about her exhibition at the Guggenheim, projects including the Maggie's Centre in Fife, and the hotly-contested Cardiff Bay project.

Image: Monica Pidgeon / RIBA Collections

Miriam Wornum recalls the building of RIBA's HQ at 66 Portland Place in the 1930s, including her contributions to the design and what life was like on site.

RIBA Collections

Episode 7 in RIBA's Road to Recovery series, 'Clients and communities'

Have clients' needs changed since the global pandemic? Has can this prompt us to think differently about future work? And how can architects better understand community needs and develop expertise in social infrasturcture?

In this episode, we're joined by architects David Ogunmuyiwa from ArchitectureDoingPlace, Jerene Irwin from Chaplin Farrant and Thomas Bryans from IF_DO to talk about communicating with clients, creative ways of working with communities and understanding your opportunities.

This series accompanies our Recovery Roadmap, an online digest of resources developed in response to the Coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having on architects: www.architecture.com/recovery-roadmap

Drawing on insights from experts and practitioners, we've published a series of features to help practices plan their route to recovery – and future resilience.

Corporate Uplifting Chill by MusicLFiles

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Episode 6 in RIBA's Road to Recovery series, 'Supporting mental wellbeing'

What is it about the architecture profession that affects mental health specifically? What have we learned about mental wellbeing during the Coronavirus pandemic that we can take back into the workplace? And how can we look after our own wellbeing?

In this episode, we're joined by architects Jane Duncan from Jane Duncan Architects, Priya Aiyer from Mace and Head of HR at Stride Treglown, Sean Peacock to discuss mental health and architectural practice.

This series accompanies the Royal Institute of British Architects'

'Recovery Roadmap', an online digest of resources developed in response to the Coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having on architects: https://www.architecture.com/recovery-roadmap

Drawing on insights from experts and practitioners, we've published a series of features to help practices plan their route to recovery – and future resilience.

Corporate Uplifting Chill by MusicLFiles

Link: filmmusic.io/song/6298-corporate-uplifting-chill

License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 5 in RIBA's Road to Recovery series, 'Leading through uncertainty'

Who's able to take part in leadership? What leadership styles are effective in leading a team through a crisis? And how can we ensure we're mentoring the next generation of architectural leaders?

In this episode, we're joined by architects Roger Hawkins from Hawkins\Brown, Barbara Kauckey from Erect Architecture and Andrew Whiting from HUT to discuss how to lead a resilient business and develop our future leaders.

This series accompanies our Recovery Roadmap, an online digest of resources developed in response to the Coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having on architects: https://www.architecture.com/recovery-roadmap

Drawing on insights from experts and practitioners, we've published a series of features to help practices plan their route to recovery – and future resilience.

Corporate Uplifting Chill by MusicLFiles

Link: filmmusic.io/song/6298-corporate-uplifting-chill

License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 4 in RIBA's Road to Recovery series, 'Maintaining business momentum'

How can architects remain focused on business during times of crisis, and ensure that performance, finances and staff can progress once the adrenaline wears off?

In this episode, we're joined by architects Paul Bulkeley from Snug (based near Southampton), Tomas Millar from Millar + Howard Workshop (based in Stroud) and Sophie Goldhill from Liddicoat & Goldhill (Margate and London) to discuss the management of workload, staffing, business insights and personal motivation.

This series accompanies our Recovery Roadmap, an online digest of resources developed in response to the pandemic and the impact it is having on architects: https://www.architecture.com/recovery-roadmap

Drawing on insights from experts and practitioners, we've published a series of features to help practices plan their route to recovery – and future resilience.

Corporate Uplifting Chill by MusicLFiles

Link: filmmusic.io/song/6298-corporate-uplifting-chill

License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 3 in RIBA's Road to Recovery series, 'Building resilience'.

How should architects build practice resilience and adapt to new ways of working in the wake of the Coronavirus global pandemic?

We're joined by Cindy Walters from Walters and Cohen, Carol MacBain from Reiach and Hall and Mark Kemp from Place Architects to discuss.

This series accompanies our Recovery Roadmap, an online digest of resources developed in response to the pandemic and the impact it is having on architects: https://www.architecture.com/recovery-roadmap

Drawing on insights from experts and practitioners, we've published a series of features to help practices plan their route to recovery – and future resilience.

Corporate Uplifting Chill by MusicLFiles

Link: filmmusic.io/song/6298-corporate-uplifting-chill

License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 2 in RIBA's Road to Recovery series, 'Learning from Crisis'.

What have architects learned from previous economic or political crises that they can apply to the current situation caused by the Coronavirus global pandemic?

We're joined by Tim Bailey from X-site, Jillian Mitchell from Lomas + Mitchell and Peter Inglis from Cullinan Studio to discuss how this crisis is unique, what changes it has brought about that are for the better and what Covid-19 can teach architecture about practice resilience.

This series accompanies our Recovery Roadmap, an online digest of resources developed in response to the pandemic and the impact it is having on architects: https://www.architecture.com/recovery-roadmap

Drawing on insights from experts and practitioners, we've published a series of features to help practices plan their route to recovery – and future resilience.

Corporate Uplifting Chill by MusicLFiles

Link: filmmusic.io/song/6298-corporate-uplifting-chill

License: creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Episode 1 in RIBA's Road to Recovery series, 'Defining Recovery'.

What does recovery look like for architectural practices after Covid-19? We're joined by Tara Gbolade from Gbolade Studio, Angus Morrogh-Ryan from De Matos Ryan and Alison McKerracher from ADP Architecture to discuss their experiences on the recovery journey.

This series accompanies our Recovery Roadmap, an online digest of resources developed in response to the pandemic and the impact it is having on architects: https://www.architecture.com/recovery-roadmap

Drawing on insights from experts and practitioners, we've published a series of features to help practices plan their route to recovery – and future resilience.

Corporate Uplifting Chill by MusicLFiles

Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6298-corporate-uplifting-chill

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/