The Bartlett

The Bartlett is the Faculty of the Built Environment at University College London. University College London created the first chair of architecture in 1841, and the school is named after the original benefactor, Sir Herbert Bartlett.

The Bartlett

The Bartlett forms the Faculty of the Built Environment of University College London. The faculty comprises three principal subject areas: Project Management for Construction, Architecture and Urban Planning.

Well known for its work in architectural study and research, the Bartlett has developed a highly successful School of Construction Project Management which is now considered to be the leading school of its kind in Europe, headed by eminent construction project manager David Woolven. The courses offered by the school are accredited by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the Chartered Institute of Building. In recent years students have graduated into careers managing high profile projects including Wembley National Stadium and the Thames Gateway schemes. At the past two years' graduation ceremonies, the Bartlett faculty medallists were both graduates of the School of Construction Project Management.

The School of Construction Project Management has been selected by Bouygues UK to represent the United Kingdom in the annual international student competition Defi Bouygues in Paris. At its inaugural year attending the competition in 2006, the UK team (comprising three students from the Bartlett; Alexander Karl-Heinz Willhelm Schorn, Mark Herrod and Huw David Riley and three from UMIST; Fran Proctor, Mikko Ravomaa and Drew Leger) finished second after a controversial tie with France's Ecole Polytechnique. Competitive teams are drawn from France, Germany, China, Russia and Africa. The school continues to work closely with Bouygues among other prominent construction and surveying businesses.

The Bartlett attracts a wide variety of visiting speakers and over the years has played host to key figures from the architectural world, including Bernard Tschumi, Charles Jencks and Neil Denari.

The Bartlett has long rivalled the Architectural Association in London as one of the leading UK architectural schools.

The Bartlett's Planning department, located on the fourth floor, makes a further important contribution to the understanding of the built environment.

In 2006, readers of ‘Architects’ Journal’ have once again judged UCL Bartlett to be the top UK school of architecture. In the annual AJ100 poll of the UK’s 100 largest architectural practices, UCL Bartlett attracted a quarter of all votes cast, comfortably seeing off rivals Oxford Brookes (second place, 11% of the vote), Glasgow School of Art (joint third, 9%), Sheffield University (joint third, 9%) and the Architectural Association (fifth, 8%).

It is the third consecutive year that UCL Bartlett has secured this honour, and sees the margin between the school and its opposition widen to 14%, up from 9% in 2005.

Notable professors

* David Woolven, Director of Studies, Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management
* Graham Bailey, Principle Lecturer, Bartlett School of Construction and Project Management
* Iain Borden, Professor of Architecture and Urban Culture, and Head of the Bartlett School of Architecture
* Peter Cook, former Chair of Architecture (retired 2005) and founder member of Archigram
* Colin Fournier architect of Kunsthaus Graz
* Adrian Forty, Professor of Architectural History and author of "Words and Buildings"
* Sir Peter Hall, Professor of Urban Planning and Regeneration, famous town planner and urban theorist
* Christine Hawley, architect and Dean of the Faculty of the Built Environment
* Bill Hillier, Chair of Graduate Studies and originator of Space Syntax
* Dr Harold Frank Hoar (1909-1976), Senior Lecturer, expert on the Bavarian Baroque
* cj lim , Professor of Architecture and exhibitor at the Royal Academy of Arts London

Notable alumni

* Ken Adam, production designer;
* Brett Anderson, musician;
* Justine Frischmann, musician;
* Dr. Charles Jencks, architectural theorist, landscape architect, author of "The Language of Postmodern Architecture"
* Farshid Moussavi, architect (FOA), professor in Practice in the Department of Architecture, Harvard University Graduate School of Design;
* Tarla MacGabhann, Irish architect

ources

* [http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/general/admissions/history.htm The Bartlett's history]

External links

* [http://www.bartlett.ucl.ac.uk/ Official Website]
* [http://www.bouygues.com/ Official Website of Bouygues Group]
* [http://www.ledefibouygues-construction.com/defi/ Official Website of the Defi Bouygues Competition]
* [http://www.construction-manager.co.uk/story.asp?storyType=143&sectioncode=12&storyCode=3082468/ Project Manager magazine article on the Defi Bouygues]