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CABE - Regional architecture centres get £900,000
CABE has awarded £900,000 to support and strengthen 21 architecture and built environment centres in the next financial year.
Applicants had to demonstrate that their proposal would increase public understanding and involvement in architecture and the built environment, and help create better designed buildings, spaces and places.
MADE has been awarded £53,000 for work in the West Midlands that involves students in the Building Schools for the Future process.
In London, £40,000 was awarded to Fundamental Architectural Inclusion to work with young people in the five host Olympic boroughs, to build their knowledge of architecture and public space in advance of 2012.
Also funded are workshops in Hull where local communities learn about sustainable architecture; a programme in Wakefield which shows teachers how to use their school building as a teaching tool; and an initiative in London where school pupils respond to an architect’s brief.
Caroline Fraser, Head of regions at CABE, praised this year’s submissions: ‘What all these projects share is an ambition to inspire local demand for good design. We particularly like the way in which so many architecture centres have developed inspiring education programmes.’
Other projects will focus on regional design review, following the affiliation earlier this year between eight regional panels and CABE, and include activity to showcase success stories to local planning authorities that currently do not use the service.
The full list of awards is below:
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Organisation |
Region |
Amount awarded |
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Northern Architecture |
NE |
£49,119 |
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Beam |
Y+H |
£50,000 |
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Arc |
Y+H |
£40,000 |
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Places Matter |
North West |
£40,925 |
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UVNS |
West Mids |
£47,500 |
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MADE |
West Mids |
£53,425 |
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Opun |
East Mids |
£31,500 |
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AC Bristol |
South West |
£48,712 |
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AC Devon + Cornwell |
South West |
£42,713 |
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Shape East |
East |
£60,000 |
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Solent Centre |
South East |
£40,000 |
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Kent Architecture Centre |
South East |
£27,325 |
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Transform MKSM |
South East (E + EM) |
£39,250 |
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RIBA Trust |
London |
£40,000 |
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Urban Design London |
London |
£15,675 |
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New London Architecture |
London |
£35,175 |
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Fundamental |
London |
£40,000 |
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Open House |
London |
£40,000 |
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Building Exploratory |
London |
£40,000 |
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Architecture Foundation |
London |
£28,000 |
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Architecture Centre Network |
National |
£70,000 (subject to further negotiation) |
More about architecture centres
Architecture centres inspire young people and communities to get involved in architecture and inspire decision makers and professionals to prioritise high quality sustainable design.
