This year we mark the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the D-DAY landings for which we would like to bring out a specially designed pin badge inspired by the V-shaped Polish Air Force Memorial in Normandy to celebrate the contribution made by the Polish pilots in the Battle of Normandy and towards Allied victory. Watch our clip!

This year we are bringing out a special Polish Air Force pin badge for D-DAY80 inspired by our memorial design to promote this valuable history to you all. The silver pin badge is dedicated to the 131st Polish Wing: 302 City of Poznań, 3028 City of Kraków and 317 City of Wilno. During the early hours of D-DAY the Polish Air Force provided low air cover to British and Canadian Forces landing in their beach sectors and troughout the Battle of Normandy in the summer of 1944.

You can support its production here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/polishpilots-dday80 

‘No turning back’: RIBA study 41% of architects now using AI
Our survey asking members how they are using and plan to use AI has revealed that 41% of UK architects are already using AI on at least the occasional project. Find out more in our AI report.

https://www.architecture.com/knowledge-and-resources/knowledge-landing-page/artificial-intelligence-in-architecture?utm_campaign=Member%20Update%20290224&utm_content=read_more&utm_term=&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Adestra

AS Architects are happy to announce that university & science campus design has been added to the new AS portfolio. Picture: ISDA Institute of Digital Sciences Linz design study

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AS are happy to announce that our project “JENGA” won a special prize in the international Timber Modular design competition organised by the Outsider magazine and Modular Timber™. The price was announced on 29 April 2023. The world is facing the challenge of climate change and loss of biodiversity, and there is a widespread shortage of affordable housing in the face of urbanisation and changing living standards. The brief asked to address the following questions: How can modular timber construction be used to respond to the contemporary housing crisis? How to achieve the greatest architectural variety with the fewest building elements possible? The competition aimed to find innovative ideas for a universal modular timber building system.

Outsider Modular Timber design

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Our latest London Timber Concert Pavilion explorations including some interesting comments about working with the latest tools of the digital architectural age by Alexander Smaga can be found on Amazing architecture |Futuristic (amazingarchitecture.com)

AS Architects is happy to present a design for a wooden extension to a Victorian house

AS Architects submitted a challenging scheme for an eco home pavilion for 10 people inspired by the game of “Jenga!” for the LFA London Festival of Architecture 2023 competition for the site near St. Paul’s Cathedral. Our entry highlighted the need to address and satisfy the great demand of housing in the English capital for young people and first buyers including single mothers with residences made of modular timber housing units.

It has been a very eventful year for everybody around the world! As we are going through challenging times we all deserve a joyful one and a more peaceful time. May the sun always shine on you wherever your are in 2023!

Our design for the Nine Rivers Bridge Timber Footbridge (150m) in Jiaxing near Shanghai has been shortlisted among the winners of the competition!