It takes imagination

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James McAdam, Nick Bell and Tanya Kalinina organised Project Imagination which was a week-long event where British architects worked with students at the Moscow Architectural Institute, Russia. McAdam and Bell studied at the Canterbury school and participated in exchange schemes with Russian students. Kalinina studied in Moscow and spent a year at Canterbury. They planned Project Imagination in order to help Russian architects come to terms with the changing conditions. They believe they were partially successful and intend to continue to facilitate contact between British and Russian architects.

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Why society should be high on the architect's agenda; Arcuk's education policy is long overdue

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Tom Markus, the chair of the Arcuk working group on education policy, believes architects should pay more attention to the social aspects of buildings. They should also be better prepared to work in multi-disciplinary teams and the learn from users of buildings. Arcuk is responsible for maintaining the standard of entrants to the profession and its education policy emphasises the breadth of experience required in architectural education as well as the need to achieve a minimum standard of work.

Social aspects, Social policy, Markus, Tom

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After six decades of thinking big, what next in Russia?

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A delegation of 21 British architects visited Russia as part of Project Imagination Moscow. The architects worked with students at the Moscow Architectural Institute on a number of projects designed to encourage the students to work on designs relevant to the situation in Russia. The Moscow Institute is short of funds and equipment while Russian architects cannot find work due to the chaos in the country's land and planning laws.

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