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This week marks the last chance to see Constructing Realities , an exhibition featuring the work of postgraduate students from the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture, running until Friday 1 October at Phase 2 on Fitzroy Street.

University of Leeds engineers are working with the artist Victoria Ferrand Scott to exploit the untapped potential of architecture's 'ugly duckling' as a versatile and even sensuous sculptural material.

PA 219/10 How can vast cities accommodate millions more people while reducing their impact on the environment? This is what British and Chinese experts in 'eco-urbanism' will explore in China next Monday and Tuesday at Shanghai Expo 2010, set in the world's most populous 'true' city.

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The British Academy has today announced the scholars elected for this year's Fellowships in recognition of their contribution to the humanities and social sciences.

The Summer Show is the annual celebration of student work at UCL's Bartlett School of Architecture. Over 450 students show innovative drawings, models, devices, texts, animations and installations.

An exciting new temporary structure - Reflective Room - is currently being constructed in The Manchester Museum's courtyard, due to be completed by 6 July 2010.

Post-war buildings at the University of Leeds which created world-wide interest when they were built have been listed on the recommendation of English Heritage.

The architectural and structural havoc wreaked by torrential rain, flooding and fluctuating temperatures could be prevented thanks to analysis based on laboratory simulations.

A solar-powered bamboo radio; a coat stand inspired by Salvador Dali; a paracetamol-infused jam; and a giant man/ant hybrid will all go on public display this month as part of the annual University of Plymouth Arts Degree Show.

Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy is to unveil an 11-metre high piece of public art at The University of Manchester's world-famous John Rylands Library today (20 May).

It is easy to understand why CJ Lim, Professor of Architecture and Cultural Design at the Bartlett School of Architecture, has a special insight into the emotions of international students contemplating life at UCL.

A free exhibition showing the complex relationship between the city environment - such as buildings, walls and murals - with urban conflict is in Manchester this week.

A pioneering architectural study into the history and impact of multi-faith spaces has been launched by a University of Manchester team with a meeting of representatives from the UK's major faiths.

A new report has recommended that the design and development of new homes for older people must become a national priority if the UK is to avoid a future housing crisis.

A postgraduate student from the UCL Bartlett School of Architecture has won an award for his wildly imaginative architectural drawings.

UCL formally launched its Grand Challenge of Sustainable Cities ' a programme to rally the university's breadth of expertise in service of urban sustainability ' at an evening event on 8 July 2009.

Plans for most isolated hotel in the world unveiled by students Industrial Design Engineering students unveil their plans for a proposed space hotel %0A " By Colin Smith Tuesday 23 June 2009 Plans fo