Gino Spocchia

5 days ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

How did you get into architecture? I chose architecture because I am from a working-class background and wanted to study something vocational at university. Going to art school felt like too much of a risk. It also, I think, represented a kind of escape or freedom – the possibility to shape your own surroundings. How has being a member of the LGBTQ+ community shaped your career and your work? It’s both good and bad. I no longer work in practice as part of someone else’s studio.

5 days ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

In an announcement last week, the regulator said it would work to implement two of the commission’s recommendations: to create a co-ordinating role for learning providers, and to introduce a standardised record of competency (ROC) for trainees. But a third recommendation – to mandate continuing professional development (CPD) in mentoring – will not be introduced. The recommendations were made in February by the independent commission on professional practical experience (PPE) in architecture.

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Gino Spocchia

4 hours agoA Chinese Harvard graduate's speech calling for unity in a divided world, delivered days after the US vowed to "aggressively" revoke Chinese students' visas, has sparked mixed reactions in the US and her home country. "We don't rise by proving each other wrong. We rise by refusing to let one another …

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

A list of candidates for next month's elections to RIBA council and vice president membership, published earlier this month, show six of 14 seats on the council having no candidates for the vote starting on 16 June. That includes two seats for the South and two seats for East, where 'no valid nominations were received' for either of the regional places on RIBA council.

1 week ago | architectsjournal.co.uk | Gino Spocchia

How did you get into architecture? I’ve always felt that home is so important. Growing up in south London in the 80s, the differences between Brixton, Herne Hill and Dulwich, or Loughborough Junction and Clapham, seemed so stark. The built environment is so important, as it’s what shelters us, surrounds us and brings us together – but it can divide us, being responsible for isolating individuals or groups into silos. Architecture should provide the opportunity to strengthen communities.