Portfolio submission: congratulations to all my students for their brilliant work! Congratulations to all my Design Studio 5 students for their work in this semester’s portfolio submission! The dedication, creativity, and critical thinking you have poured into your projects have resulted in an incredible body of...
All roads lead to Birmingham on the 22nd! Join us for an inspiring lecture with the master of brave drawn worlds: Perry Kulper A visionary in architectural representation, Kulper’s work operates at the intersection of speculation, narrative, and spatial invention, constructing intricate drawing-based worlds that blur...
Cultural Context site visit: Walsall Art Gallery by Caruso - St John As part of the Cultural Context module, Year 3 students embarked on a site visit to the Walsall Art Gallery, a seminal work by Caruso St John Architects that stands as a quiet yet...
This Superstudio explores the intersection of digital and analogue methodologies through hybrid drawings, pushing the limits of representation and architectural speculation. The focus is on composite visual constructs—drawings that merge digital modelling, collage, hand sketching, and experimental mapping into complex spatial narratives. By layering different...
Packed day at BCU with enthusiastic students tackling their interim review with great work — well done, all! This studio is centred around plasticity—not just in the material sense, but as an operative concept that captures the city’s inherent ability to reshape, reorganise, and reconfigure itself...
Taking the students on a sketching dare through rainy Birmingham -- BArch Year 1. Taking the BArch Year 1 students on a sketching dare through rainy Birmingham was an exercise in both endurance and perception. Battling the drizzle and the cold, they learned to capture the...
Chip Sullivan in Scotland. Wonderful evening in Edinburgh with the one and only Chip Sullivan and a bunch of awesome drawing aficionados. + Architecture Drawing Prize ©2025 SPECULATIVE ASSEMBLIES BLOG Announcements, events, invites, and timely updates...