FAQs

Any vacancies are advertised in our fortnightly email newsletter, or visit Work with us for the latest information. Sign up for the newsletter here. 

Please note that we do not keep CVs on file as we do not have the resources to notify individuals whenever a vacancy arises.

Opportunities for volunteering or for internships come up from time to time, and are advertised in our newsletter and on the website. Visit Work with us for the latest information or sign up for the newsletter here.

Meanwhile prospective volunteers/interns are welcome to send in a CV with details of availability and areas of interest/skills.

There is an NCP car park next to The Bristol Hotel, in nearby Prince Street, but it is very expensive. Limited meter parking is available on Queen Square (£1.50 after 6pm). Parking at The Grove is £1.50 during the weekend, there is a multi–storey car park on Queen Charlotte Street and also an underground car park near Millennium Square.

The Architecture Centre is open to the public, and entry is free. Becoming a Friend or Corporate Member of the Architecture Centre is the best way to become more involved, as you receive our programme in the post as well as invitations to special events. You also make a valuable contribution to our income. Visit Support Us to find out more.

It depends on the exhibition. Please ask our Front of House staff for more information, or call 0117 922 1540.

Unfortunately not. We are members of a local distribution service, in which for a membership fee, organisations display each other’s publicity material. Our small display area is therefore always full, and therefore we have a policy not to take any other flyers.

As we are a very small organisation with limited resources, unfortunately we cannot offer work experience opportunities.

Architects design and coordinate the construction of buildings.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is the UK body for architecture and the architectural profession. The RIBA has contact details for all RIBA-registered architects, available on their website, together with other useful links to help you choose an architect.

They also provide information about Education and Careers.

By built environment, we mean streets, parks, buildings, bridges; basically everything in our landscape that is built by humans.

Please look in the Young People/Careers Information section of our Education page for links to pages with built environment career information.

Building Schools for the Future is the biggest single government investment in improving school buildings for over 50 years and Bristol is leading the country as a pathfinder authority planning radical improvements to the quality of education in the city through information technology.

The Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (CABE) has done a lot of work in this area, including audits establishing the quality of housing in England. Browse their website for many useful resources.

Constructing Excellence is an excellent resource which covers all aspects of the construction industry.

For more about sustainable construction, visit Sustainable Construction or Genesis, the sustainable construction resource and learning centre for the South West.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is the UK body for architecture and the architectural profession. The RIBA has contact details for all RIBA-registered architects, available on their website, together with other useful links to help you choose an architect.

They also provide information about Education and Careers, and RIBA Wessex provides information specific to the West of England.

The Architecture Centre runs an annual season called Spring Green, which looks at different aspects of environmental sustainability relating to architecture.

Our resource room and book shop are both well-stocked with literature relating to this subject – it’s worth a visit to The Architecture Centre if this is an area of particular interest to you.

There are many good examples of public art - Public Art Online is a great resource, and Public Art South West features a directory of public art in the region.

Bristol Doors Open Day takes place annually in September. It is the day when many of Bristol’s significant contemporary and historic buildings open their doors to the general public. Entry to all buildings is completely free. Find out more by visiting their website: http://www.bristoldoorsopenday.org.

Here are a few suggestions:

• The new Colston Hall foyer (please note that this is not complete yet, and therefore the interior is not yet open to the public)
• Spike Island (Art space and gallery) which although not new, was redeveloped/refurbished by Caruso St John a couple of years ago.
• Bordeaux Quay - zero carbon restaurant on Bristol's Harbourside
• Millennium Square/At Bristol
• You could take a ferry trip around the Harbourside to see the new housing developments.
• Aardman Animations by Alec French architects (please note that the interior of this building is not open to the public)
• Cabot’s Circus (and art trail) - Bristol's newest retail site
• Clifton Cathedral
• The Shot Tower
• There are four new BSF (Building Schools for the Future) buildings that may be of interest - if you contact them direct, they might allow a visit:
  • Brislington Enterprise College
  • Bristol Metropolitan College (formerly Witfield Fishponds School)
  • Bristol Brunel Academy (formerly Speedwell Secondary School)
  • Barton Hill Primary School
• We stock two books in our shop which might be of interest:
  • C20/21 - Bristol's Modern Buildings; and
  • A Bristol Eye (images of less-well known views of Bristol)
• Here is link to Destination Bristol website: http://visitbristol.co.uk/

One source of information that you may find useful is The Twentieth Century Society – visit their website: http://www.c20society.org.uk/

There is book we stock in our shop called C20/21: Bristol’s Modern Buildings by Tony Aldous, published by Redcliffe Press that may be of interest. It is not exclusively Modernist buildings but could of interest.

This Flickr site contains images of Modernist houses in Bristol, although it does not always state where they are: http://flickr.com/photos/fray_bentos/sets/72157594405793986/

We do not hold this sort of information as we do not operate as an archive or library. You could try the The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) – the UK body for architecture and the architectural profession.>