Oliver HaighMay 14, 20202 min readPhone call welcome into UVW-SAWThis evening a member of UVW-SAW, Taty, phoned me to welcome me to the union and explain to me more about its workings and ways that I...
Oliver HaighMay 1, 20202 min readJoining United Voices of the World: Section of Architectural WorkersIn a previous blog post, I mentioned how Geraldine Dening of ASH brought the new trade union for workers in the architecture industry to...
Oliver HaighMar 24, 20207 min readCOVID-19 lockdown and university closureThe last week or so has seen a rapid change at the national level and also at the university level, due to the rapid escalation of the...
Oliver HaighMar 4, 20205 min read'Collisions' and 'Architects for Social Housing', lectures by Jay Gort and Geraldine DeningThis week in the Open Lecture Series there were two talks which very much focused on what architects can do in the community as a force...
Oliver HaighFeb 12, 20206 min readContext Symposium – Practising Displacement: Modes of Engagement and RepresentationThe Context Symposium, organised by tutors architecture tutors Mohamad Hafeda and George Epolito, was one of the best symposiums that I...
Oliver HaighDec 9, 20191 min readCritiquing 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate final reviewI was glad to be asked back to critique the same group of undergraduate students for their final review of the semester as I had for...
Oliver HaighNov 4, 20191 min readCritiquing 2nd and 3rd year undergraduate interim reviewI was given the opportunity to critique undergraduates in their first review of the year, along with another student on my course. This...