Nethercot Paper Prize, 2023 DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 27th OCTOBER 2023 Early career architects, engineers, and designers (expected to be under 35 and based in the UK) are invited to submit a single author paper for judging for the Nethercot Prize. The paper should cover the process of designing a new structure or adapting an old […]
The Milne Medal is awarded to an individual engineer for excellence in structural design, both in the overall concept and in the attention to detail in their work, and is named in recognition of the late Bob Milne, who served for many years as the Honorary Secretary of the IABSE British Group. This year, we […]
Full details on the Design Competition are available here: https://iabse.org.uk/uncategorized/design-competition-milne-medal/
Moderator: David Knight, Chair, British Group IABSE, Cake Industries, UK Speaker: Livia Guimaraes, Winner British Group Nethercot Prize 2023, UK Space House: a low-carbon reuse of a 1960's icon Space House is a low carbon adaptive re-use of a 1960’s Grade II* listed brutalist icon, originally designed by Richard Siefert and Pell Frischmann. As the original designers we were able […]
The IABSE British Group will be holding the latest iteration of the "Future of Design" conference on the 9th April 2024 at Manchester Metropolitan University. The conference aims to promote forward-thinking design and inspire the next generation of designers in the field of engineering and architecture. We are happy to bring to you a full […]
Registration is now open for IABSE Symposium Manchester. Full details of the Symposium are available at https://iabse.org/Manchester2024
The 2024 Annual Lecture will be given by Ted Zoli (HNTB), who is joining us from the USA. Adaptation and the practice of bridge design in North America As bridge design practice continues to evolve, it is useful to ask how well-adapted we are; and where change may be both necessary and wise. As bridges […]
More details here: https://iabse.org.uk/future-of-design-london-2024/
Nethercot Paper Prize, 2024 Early career architects, engineers, and designers (expected to be under 35 and based in the UK) are invited to submit a single author paper for judging for the Nethercot Prize. The paper should cover the process of designing a new structure or adapting an old one. The prize is named after […]
This panel discussion pulls together some participants from the recent IABSE Henderson Colloquium to discuss the topic of "Moving Bridges", outlining the challenges and difficulties of designing, constructing, operating, and maintaining these structures. Based on the discussion had at the colloquium, this event (and the accompanying short report) shares the areas for further research around […]
