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​- Founder and Director Melissa Woolford
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STORIES AND INSPIRATIONS

#WhyIWentIntoArchitecture
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​Museum of Architecture launched this series featuring stories from people in the architecture industry in "Why I Went Into Architecture."
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This week MoA invited Naila Yousuf, Partner at Wright & Wright Architects, to share her journey with us:
"From a young age I loved to sketch and paint. My subject choice included odd household objects, landscapes from family holidays, and an assortment of buildings from Nantwich, the town that I grew up in. First referenced in the Domesday Book during the Anglo-Saxon period, Nantwich was also a stopping point for Roman soldiers on the route to Chester and contains the highest concentration of listed buildings compared to any other town in the UK. The subtle layering of architectural history evident in the town centre is the reason I developed an interest in the built environment; it is a theme that followed me through my architectural education and professional career...."

Read her story on our Stories and Inspirations page and on MoA Instagram.

​Watch Naila's interview with Melissa Woolford, Founder and Director of Museum of Architecture about his journey into architecture.

You can watch all the previous interviews on MoA IGTV Channel here.

Why did you go into architecture? Get in touch with us and share your story.

MoA BUSINESS ACADEMY

MoA Business Academy Programmings are now free of charge

​In line with our mission as a charity to help architects and people in the industry to be more entrepreneurial, MoA Business Academy programmes are now donation-based and are free for those who can't currently contribute.
We wanted our programmes to be more accessible for everyone working in the built environment profession.

This includes the upcoming MoA Directors series in October. Please see MoA Directors section below for more information.
Thoughts and Advice From MoA Experts

For the MoA Expert series, Juliette Mitchell offered her advice and tips on writing to “help you rediscover your purpose, tell your story and find your voice. Think of it as a starter kit to shake things up.” Read more about her “three-step action plan.”

You will also find helpful tips from the other #MoA Experts: Guy Johnson on wired negotiation, Celeste Bolte on good communication, Sue Austin on becoming a thriving practice, Russell Pollard's thoughts on being Future Focused Leaders, and Helen Santer's advice on evaluating your workspace needs.

​Read more Thoughts and Advice here
Earlier, Shawn Adams talked about his story #WhyIWentIntoArchitecture with Melissa Woolford, Founder MoA
Read his story here...

MoA FAMILY PROGRAMME

The School for Creative Thinkers 
is an MoA family programme aiming to inspire the next generation of architects, engineers and designers.

Watch this space as SfCT will be introducing new programming next month. You can also find out more about it on the website.

Recently, the SfCT proudly launched the Alphabet of Buildings Series. Every week, a new letter is introduced, accompanied with the corresponding building, fun facts, plus free downloadable activity worksheets.

Also, check out the new online course Nature's Architect, and other downloadable free weekly activity sheets.

​The SfCT classes and activities are developed with a team of teachers, architects and designers for children ages 4 - 11 years old. The carefully designed hands-on projects teach children problem solving, design skills, and innovation thinking. 
MoA Directors Autumn Series

1/ Financial Management and Profitability
Session for small practices: 27th October, 2020

2/ Business Development: 18 November, 2020

3/ Diversity and Inclusivity: mid January, 2020

​The MoA Directors is a membership programme that offers the opportuni
​ty for directors and owners of small and medium-sized practices to have meaningful and purposeful discussions, and to share knowledge about how they run their businesses, tackle industry issues and explore business ideas. This programme is now free for directors to join.

In line with MoA’s mission to help architects be more entrepreneurial, we are developing a special Online Edition of the MoA Directors that specifically focuses on the current situation and challenges due to the market disruption. 
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You can read more about the original programme MoA Directors HERE.
Resources for Setting up New Practice

Wondering whether to start your own practice? We have compiled information and resources that you may find useful.
photo © jeff sheldon. unsplash
How to Start a Practice
Recent webinar on with Simon Foxell

As the UK considers how to emerge from the CV19 lockdown, many furloughed architects and others are thinking about setting up their own practices and building an independent route to economic recovery. 

Simon Foxell, author of the RIBA’s bestselling Starting a Practice: A Plan of Work, discussed how to go about this and how to prepare for a future working for yourself.

Visit our Setting up a New Practice page for other helpful resources.

 Past Events and Workshops

MoA Special:
Colour in the Built Environment
20 November 2019
​Lecturer: Tyen Masten, PHASE3
                 Kingspan Facade, Axalta, Shakerley

​‘Every perception of colour is an illusion, we do not see colours as they really are. In our perception they alter one another. ​ ’ ​ – Josef Albers

​In this Special Workshop on Colour, Tyen Masten discussed the basics of colour theory and how his practice, PHASE3, integrates colour into their schemes and design process.
MoA Gingerbread Skyscraper Workshops
- part of the Design Manchester
16 November 2019 
Venue: Manchester School fo Art

The Museum of Architecture brought gingerbread creativity and fun to Manchester this holiday season. Working with local practice Playground Design Studio and Manchester School of Architecture, the team from MoA held a gingerbread skyline-building workshop for families as part of Design Manchester 2019. 
Sponsored by Hawkins\Brown
Photo Credit Richard Abram
​​The MoA's Gingerbread City
is an annual pop-up public exhibition showcasing an entire city made of gingerbread. Its aim is to connect the public with architecture in an exciting way, and spark important conversations around cities and how we live in them.
Visit our Instagram page for images from the Gingerbread City 2019 edition.
"The popularity of Gingerbread City has enabled us to set up a grant-giving fund this year. This new fund will allow MoA to support new projects which help people to create betters places and communities, and enable the public to better engage with architecture.”
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    - Melissa Woolford, founder and director of Museum of Architecture
​MoA Business Academy
Past Programmes 
MoA Alternative Careers in Architecture

Speakers: Holly Lewis, We Made That
                   Matt Thornley, Gibson Thornley
                   Laura Sanjuan, SODA
                   Chris Hildrey, Hildrey Studio

​​MoA Alternative Careers in Architecture is a series of MoA talks that explores the vision, ideas and approaches that architects bring to other professional environments.
MoA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
UNKNOWN: Strategies And Solutions In Shaping the Built Environment
​​7 JUNE 2019   
Aga Khan Centre / King's Cross

This year’s theme unpacked the notion of crossing into the unknown in design, architecture, art and science, discussing the boundaries and cultural borders created and traversed through drawing and communication, memory and imagination and collaboration.
The Glass Notebooks © Kate Davies 
This was the third edition of the annual conference led by women in architecture. This event was co-curated by Melodie Leung, Senior Associate at Zaha Hadid Architects and the Museum of Architecture. Sponsored by Finsa and as part of the London Festival of Architecture.
Watch highlights of the conference, including thoughts from the curators, Melodie Leung of Zaha Hadid Architects and Melissa Woolford of MoA, the speakers of the panels, and the architects of the Wooden Parliament,  AMID.cero9.

EXHIBITIONS & EVENTS

Wooden Parliament by Finsa for LFA 2019
Temporary pavilion with public programming  June 2019
Coal Drops Yard, London

​Want to hear about our upcoming programmes, workshops and events?
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MoA Academy programming is kindly hosted by ​Build Studios, the first co-working space in the UK to focus on the whole built environment.