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FutureBuild 2013

Wed Sep 04 13:56:00 BST 2013

FutureBuild is an international conference and networking event dedicated to the design of the built environment post 2050. read more »

Tim Ibell elected Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering

Tue Jul 23 10:04:00 BST 2013

Professor Tim Ibell has been elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Fellowship of the Academy is highly prestigious. read more »

ACE students win 3DReid/AJ Student Prize 2013

Wed Jul 17 11:51:00 BST 2013

Four students from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering have won £1000 in the 3DReid/AJ Student Prize 2013 with their project Volver a Nacer: A City Reborn. read more »

ACE MSc students win Sustainable Retrofit Challenge 2013

Fri Jul 05 12:55:00 BST 2013

Three Environmental Design MSc students from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering win design competition at the University of Cambridge. read more »

Success for ACE graduates at recent Institution of Structural Engineers awards ceremony

Mon Jun 10 14:21:00 BST 2013

Graduates from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering are successful at this year's Institution of Structural Engineers awards ceremony. read more »

ACE academics receive 2013 Award for Excellence in Structural Engineering Education

Fri Jun 07 11:34:00 BST 2013

Mark Evernden, Antony Darby and Tim Ibell from the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering have been awarded the 2013 Award for Excellence in Structural Engineering Education from the Institution of Structural Engineers. read more »

ACE research presented at international conference on non-conventional materials

Thu Jun 06 16:49:00 BST 2013

ACE PhD researcher presents research on the development of bamboo engineered panels at the 14th international conference on non-conventional materials (IC-NOCMAT). read more »

Dr Marion Harney appointed Trustee of the Garden History Society

Wed May 22 14:01:00 BST 2013

Dr Marion Harney, Director of Studies for the MSc in the Conservation of Historic Gardens and Cultural Landscapes programme, has become a Trustee of the Garden History Society, statutory consultees for all registered landscapes in the UK. read more »

Public lecture by world renowned Colombian architect Simón Vélez

Fri May 10 09:35:00 BST 2013

The BRE Centre for Innovative Construction Materials in the Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering at the University of Bath is delighted to host a public lecture by world renowned Colombian architect Simón Vélez on the 22nd May. read more »

Prize giving by Ibstock for first year design project

Fri May 03 12:01:00 BST 2013

The current first year students celebrated the end of their studio teaching this week with a prize giving ceremony from project sponsor Ibstock. The six week project was to design a masonry live-work dwelling using masonry as the main form of construction material. read more »

ACE degrees take first and second place

Tue Apr 30 11:50:00 BST 2013

Architecture remains named as the best in the country, Civil Engineering rises to second place in the Complete University Guide 2014 read more »

ACE lecturer's research highlighted across the Atlantic

Fri Apr 26 12:37:00 BST 2013

A recent research article by new ACE lecturer Nick McCullen has been picked up by several online news organisations after being chosen as a highlighted article in a public understanding press release by the SIAM journal on applied dynamical systems. read more »

ACE lecturer honoured with IOM3 outstanding service award

Mon Feb 18 13:20:00 GMT 2013

In recognition of Dr Richard Ball's services as WEMMA's secretary for the past 11 years. read more »

Funded studentship in geotechnical engineering

Fri Feb 08 15:32:00 GMT 2013

Three-year research project working with Dr Keving Briggs read more »

Bath influence in the Institution of Structural Engineers

Mon Jan 14 08:54:00 GMT 2013

The 2013 Council of the Institution of Structural Engineers includes eight elected members who have profound links to the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering. The eight include Professor Tim Ibell (Vice President, and Head of Department), Dr Antony Darby (Chairman of the Western Counties Regional Group, and Reader), Michael Dickson (Past President, and Visiting Professor), and five alumni of the Department (Kate Leighton, Mindy Lai, Ria Martin, Rob Paul and Mark Renshaw). All five alumni graduated within the past eight years. read more »

ACE student and his ethical company featured in The Sunday Times

Tue Jan 08 15:46:00 GMT 2013

James Boon shares his experience at the TEDxBathUniversity event read more »

Architecture graduate awarded RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship 2012

Wed Jan 02 10:51:00 GMT 2013

Jo Ashbridge's research project focuses on areas prone to natural disasters in Bangladesh read more »

David Parkin Visiting Professor lecture 'What lies beneath' by Professor Climent Molins

Wed Nov 28 09:14:00 GMT 2012

Professor Climent Molins, 2012/13 David Parkin Visiting Professor at the Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering, presented his lecture titled 'What lies beneath: The Influence of segemtnal lining on building settlements' on Thursday 22 November within the Faculty of Engineering and Design, University of Bath. read more »

Master's graduate helps design book about Frome's thriving past

Mon Nov 12 14:11:00 GMT 2012

Sonja Harris cooperated with the community group Home in Frome to publish collection of local workers' memories. read more »

ACE researcher awarded RIBA President's Award 2012

Thu Nov 08 10:41:00 GMT 2012

Dr Harry Charrington won the award in the category Outstanding University-located Research read more »

Bath is top for Architecture in the UK

Wed Oct 03 09:52:00 BST 2012

We are delighted to announce that our undergraduate degree in Architecture at the University has once again been ranked top in the UK by the Sunday Times University Guide. The University of Bath has seen great success overall in the table, being ranked as the third best university in the UK. read more »

100% satisfaction in NSS

Thu Sep 27 12:38:00 BST 2012

All our undergraduate degree programmes have received a 100% rating for overall student satisfaction in the 2012 National Student Survey results. read more »

Graduate wins 2012 RIBA Boyd Auger scholarship

Thu Aug 30 14:13:00 BST 2012

Jo Ashbridge, BSc Architecture graduate, has won the 2012 RIBA Boyd Auger Scholarship, worth £5,000. read more »

Professor passes as a Passivhaus Design Consultant

Tue Jul 31 14:51:00 BST 2012

David Coley, Professor of Low Carbon design at the University of Bath, Architecture and Civil Engineering department, has become a Certified Passivhaus Design Consultant. read more »

Top for Architecture

Mon Apr 30 14:03:00 BST 2012

The architecture degree offered at the University of Bath has been named at the best in the country by the Complete University Guide this week. read more »

Justin McAteer Wins Prestigious SPAB Lethaby Scholarship

Thu Feb 16 11:52:00 GMT 2012

Justin McAteer, who graduated in December has won the prestigious SPAB Lethaby Scholarship. read more »

Graduate wins architecture award

Wed Dec 21 10:23:00 GMT 2011

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Fabrizio Nevola awarded AHRC grant

Fri Dec 16 10:17:00 GMT 2011

Fabrizio Nevola (Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering) has been awarded £100,000 grant from the AHRC-led cross council ‘Connected Communities’ programme. read more »

Visiting Professor honoured by RIBA

Wed Dec 07 10:11:00 GMT 2011

Visiting Professor Doug King has received a lifetime Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA). read more »

Institution of Structural Engineers Awards 2011

Wed Nov 23 09:21:00 GMT 2011

ACE Bath graduates and tutors featured strongly in the IStructE Structural Awards 2011, presented on Friday. read more »

Graduate helps launch Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering

Mon Nov 21 09:13:00 GMT 2011

ACE graduate Angela Crowther helped launch the Queen Elizabeth Prize for Engineering, which will be the 'Nobel Prize' for outstanding advances in engineering. read more »

Model and Full Scale Testing Award 2011

Wed Nov 16 15:31:00 GMT 2011

Charlie Banthorpe, a graduate of the MEng in Civil and Architectural Engineering has won a commendation in the 2011 awards for his report on The Dynamic Response of Planar Reciprocal Structures. read more »

Keith Clarke delivers 'Don't be nice, be effective!' lecture

Mon Nov 07 15:29:00 GMT 2011

On 2 November 2011, Keith Clarke delivered the inaugural Department of Architecture and Civil Engineering Biennial Lecture on Sustainability and Ethics in the Design of our Built Environment. read more »

Alvar Aalto Book Published

Thu Oct 20 15:25:00 BST 2011

Harry Charrington has co-written and edited a new book on the Aalto atelier. read more »

Imminent Shaking Table Tests on Half-scale Models by Bath Research Team

Tue Oct 11 15:23:00 BST 2011

Researchers at the University of Bath are at the heart of an innovative building project working towards the protection of historic buildings. read more »

British Construction Industry Awards 2011

Sun Oct 02 15:18:00 BST 2011

Prime Minister's Better Public Building Award given to the Velodrome, Olympic Park, London. The Velodrome's principal architect and principal structural engineer are both department graduates. read more »

University researchers take seismic work to international panel

Mon Sep 12 15:15:00 BST 2011

A team from the Department has recently presented its research into earthquake engineering to an international peer-review panel based in Lima, Peru. read more »

World-Leading Civil and Structural Engineering Research

Fri Sep 09 15:13:00 BST 2011

The latest QS World Rankings have placed citation success of our research in Civil and Structural Engineering at the University of Bath at number four worldwide. read more »

Graduating student makes his mark

It’s been quite a journey for Bath student James Boon as he prepares to say goodbye to the university.

Bath architecture student named winner of RIBA scholarship

The prestigious 2013 RIBA Norman Foster Travelling Scholarship has been awarded to one of our Architecture & Civil Engineering students.

Micro-capsules and bacteria to be used in self-healing concrete

A new research project involving researchers from Bath aims to develop novel self-healing concrete that uses an inbuilt immune system to close its own wounds and prevent deterioration.

University to partner with NUS

The University has recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the National University of Singapore (NUS) initially to work together in the area of Engineering design education and research.

RIBA president gives inspirational talk at Bath

The President of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Angela Brady, gave an inspirational talk on her role as an ambassador for greater female leadership in architecture at the University’s annual Athena SWAN lecture this week.

 

 

 
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