ABSTRACT
Live projects have displayed students’ transformative understanding of professionalism, dramatically shifting attitudes from the seemingly unprofessional, which frequently manifests as indifference, immaturity and obliviousness at the lower end, to exhibiting an excellent level of professional acumen. Live projects were introduced at Leeds Beckett University (LBU) in 2009, and are undertaken at an increasing number of UK schools of architecture, offering a wide variety of learning experiences. To further explore professional live project learning environments at LBU, a project office was established in 2013; this is the common UK term for architectural consultancies or practices residing within universities. Formal structures like this rarely exist in UK schools of architecture, despite live projects requiring careful planning and professional application just like projects in architecture practice. Live projects are suitable for a wide range of learning outcomes across the General Criteria held in common by ARB and RIBA.
