In this student special issue we showcase all the projects competing for this year’s undergraduate and postgraduate Student Prizes plus the Sustainability Award shortlist.
Five end-of-year student shows from some of the most recently validated courses are reviewed by Graham Burn, Marwa El Mubark and Josh Fenton. We also reveal the results from our AJ Student Survey showing the impact of Covid lockdowns and remote working.
The Secret Architect returns to spill the beans on an architecture school’s virtual meeting about alarming deferral rates on the Part 3 course and, as ex-students poise to take legal action against the school, Will Ing investigates the toxic culture of bullying at the Bartlett in a major news feature.
PLUS The Coach advises a recent Part 2 graduate, a tribute to architectural photographer Dennis Gilbert and David Grandorge's second column on Some Things That Could or Should be Learnt in a School of Architecture.