1 10 9 https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/07427136600206bf3eaee4316bd3e912.pdf 9a4925a45c456eabae628f8804f34bdf Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Liaison Group Including London Group Subject The topic of the resource Liaison Groups: NAM was initially structured as local groups. There was also a Liaison Group whose role was to coordinate the different groups, deal with correspondence and arrange the next annual conference. NAM campaign groups, which were largely autonomous, worked across local groups to develop their ideas. They arranged their own conferences and reported through SLATE and annually to the NAM Congress. The seven different campaign groups listed had members from a variety of local groups. 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Title A name given to the resource 2nd London Seminar Subject The topic of the resource Programme for the event Description An account of the resource AGENDA 10 00 Chairperson's introduction | 10 05 Historical perspective on NAM 10 25 Reports from NAM groups 1100 Coffee 11.15 Presentation of papers and discussion on Unionisation, a critical history of the Profession, proposals for a National Desing Service, and others 30 Project presentaion 00 =Lunch 00 Group workshops 30 Open debate and 00 Tea Open Topic 00 Review of seminar 30 Preparation of press 00 Seminar closes CHAIRPERSON : Peter Wheelan FURTHER INFORMATION FEE: £ 2.. 00 AND BOOKINGS : NAM, 36, Elm Grove, London N8. individual statements and proposals for future statement action TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY 22ND MAY AT COVENT GARDEN COMMUNITY CENTRE, SHELTON STREET, LONDON ,WC2. , “NEWARCHITECTUREMDVEVENT -LONDONSEMINAR The New Architecture Movement was set up at a national congress in late 1976 by a group of architects, most of whom are in practice, who know that the way forward for architecture is not through any new aesthsteic dogma or revamping of the profession but the radical revision of the architects role in society. NAM's two principal propositions are the appropriation of the priviledge of architectural patronage , now vested in the bureaucracy, by the 80% of the people who currently have no say in the use of their environment and, secondly, the institution of forms of practice rid of the economic and spiritual exploitation of architectural workers. The Movement is constituted to act both as a voice for change in the profession and as a platform for action in the field of architecture, building and planning. The structure of NAM lays stress on decentralisation: autonomous local groups are engaged simultaneously in theoretical analysis and immediate action, supported by a liaison group whose function is to maintain contact between groups. Recent years have seen considerable changes in architectural theory and practice ; the ideas of the Modern Movement, whose mainstream adoption in this country corresponded with the consumer boom of the fifties and sixties, have finally brought about their own demystification. Industrialization and systematization meant ugliness and insensitivity in the streets, and boredom and frustration in the office. The reaction on the streets is well known: the Community Action movement has been instrumental in blocking or ameliorating certain notorious projects and has, in some degree, been responsible for reformist legislation in planning and housing. The majority of architects, however, have continued to tolerate increasingly repressive working conditions, while the RIBA takes a protectionist line and they retreat in their attitude to design to a sort of effete romantiscism which even the fathers of the Modern Movement would have found reactionary. - (G28 The London Seminar has been called to review the progress of the Movement in a concerted way. It is open to all who wish to attend. Those who share our views but who are not yet involved with NAM are especially welcome, not simply to offer their tacit support, but to contribute to, and expand our area of action. Dw ESEwNh=p Ww So "NEWARCHITECTURE MOVEMENT - LONDON SEMINAR Recent years have seen considerable changes in architectural th the ideas of the Modern Movement, whose corresponded with the consumer boom brought about their own demystification. meant ugliness and insensitivity the office. The réaction on the movement has been instrumental projects and has, in some degree, planning and housing. The majority tolerate increasingly repressive protectionist line and they retreat ry and practice ; mainstream adoption in th country effete romantiscism which even reactionary. in their attitude to design to a sort of AGENDA 10 00 Chairperson's introduction 10 05 Historical perspective on NAM a hinaniiollon. Ca.-7,) —v.b.¢, Gr/be)- 30 Preparation of press statement 00 Seminar closes CHAIRPERSON : Peter Wheelan FURTHER INFORMATION AND BOOKINGS FEE: £ 2.. 00 : NAM, 36, Elm Grove, London | N8. “ | (a, of the fifties and sixties, ha Industrialization and syst@matization in the streets, and boredom and frustration ~ streets is well known: the Community in blocking or ameliorating certain in Action notorious been responsible for reformist legislation of architects, however, have in continued to working conditions, while the RIBA takes a the fathers of the Modern Movement would have found finally CR TO BE HELD ON SATURDAY 22ND MAY AT COVENT GARDEN COMMUNITY CENT E, SHELTON STREET, LONDON ,WC2. , 1025R fromNAMgr ~BoteyOnEna.) icc... - 2g [NEG [Lig[4Ree.. ) | The New Architecture Movement was set up at a national congress in late 1976 by a group of architects, most of whom are in practice, who know that the way forward for architecture is not through any new aesthsteic dogma or revamping of the profession but the radical revision of the architects role in society. NAM's two principal Propositions are the appropriation of the priviledge of architectural patronage , now vested in the bureaucracy, by the 80% of the people who currently have no say in the use of their environment and, secondly, the institution of forms of practice rid of the economic and spiritual exploitation of architectural workers. The Movement is constituted to act both as a voice for change in the profession and as a platform for action in the field of architecture, building and planning. The structure of NAM lays stress on decentralisation: autonomous local groups are engaged simultaneously in theoretical analysis and immediate action, supported by a liaison group whose function is to maintain contact between groups. The London Seminar has been called to review the progress of the Movement in a concerted way. It is open to all who wish to attend. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource 2nd London Seminar Subject The topic of the resource Programme for event (2) National Design Service Report Description An account of the resource SECON D LONDON SEMINAR prograniine : TIME 10.00 INTRODUCTION toNAM. 11.00 Coffee break 11.15 ARCUK discussion 12.30 Lunch 13.30 UNIONISATION: the case for the organisation of private practice 14.45 EDUCATION | discussion 16.00 Tea break SPEAKERS Tom Woolley Ken Pearce Ken Thorpe John ay ae Bob Maltz Giles Pebody John Mitchell Rodney Mace Andrew Fekete 16.153 OPEN DEBATE & SUMMING UP (from the chair) JINGUAGHAOI, Ha. 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Title A name given to the resource LIAISON GROUPS Subject The topic of the resource New Liaison Group formed every year; 1975-76: John Allan, JB, John Murray, DR. 1976-77: Andrew Brown, BM, NM, KP, MR, IT. 1977-78: NA, SB, DB, DB, DG, CL, RM, JS, BS, DS. Five files: 1. Harrogate/Liaison Group Nov 75-April 76; 2. NAM 75-76 Liaison Group; 3. NAM Liaison Group 1976; 4. NAM Liaison Group 1977; 5. NAM Liaison Group 1977-78: Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Liaison Group Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived John Allan/John Murray Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79 https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/43815ac6706fece98f3aba9a34a85e32.pdf 37d46aac6d215c078191880aa7653731 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource NAM Subject The topic of the resource New Architecture Movement 1 page summary introduction Description An account of the resource Information NEW ARCHITECTURE MOVEMENT This sheet gives basic information about The New Architecture liovement. If you wish to join N.A.M. or obtain copies of further N.A.M. literature please write to The Secretary, NAM Liason Group, 143 Whitfield Street, London, W.1l. ORIGINS N.A.M. was officially founded in November 1975 at the Harrogate National Congress, although several of the constituent members and ideas had been assembled up to two years previously. This Congress achieved a consensus on the essential direction and structure of the movement which was issued as a Press Statement. A Contact List was started, several local groups were established, and a Liason Group was delegated to maintain and extend contacts and to organize the next Congress. AI N.A.M. is working through the collective action of architects and others to alter radically the system of patronage in archi- tecture. We wish to reform the existing power structure in architecture, dominated by corporate or wealthy clients and principals (public or private), with direct relationships between users and designers. The aim is thereby to restore effective control by ordinary people over their environment, and real social responsibility and accountability in the work of architects. Programmes for action are formulated from detailed MEMBERSHIP fembers are drawn from all areas of architectural activity in critiques of the current situation and its background. addition to the lay public. In the former category salaried architects in private practice from the majority, though Local Authority officers, teachers and students are also a substantial element. The contact list is growing rapidly. STRUCTURE The Movement's structure, which was established at Harrogate, is a network not a pyramid. It thus consists mainly of locally based groups of up to about a dozen members, who are kept in touch by a small Liason Group. There is no hierarchy, each group pursuing its defined tasks in furtherance of the overall aim. The object is to avoid bureaucracy or celebrities and the Liason Group's role is therefore basically administrative : circulating documents from other groups, making new contacts and arranging the National Congress, when Liason Group members may be redelegated. Local Groups are now working in various parts of the country, and if you wish to become involved the Liason Group will introduce you to the FINANCE PREMISES LITERATURE to act as postman for the group. in the HNovement. up to date by The Liason Group. 5 nearest group or alternatively help you to establish a new group. No enrolment fee as such is asked for, membership being based on agreement with and involvement in pursuing the Movement's aim. Individual groups are for the most Contributions are however payable at conferences, and for specific items such as some of the larger reports etc. These funds are caged in the N.A.M. account, for which three Liason Group members are signatories. Application for grants is currently in hand. The Liason Group operates from 143, Whitfield Street, London, W.1., to which all initial enquiries should be addressed. The local groups make their own arrangements, the normal practice being to meet at the residence of each of the members in turn, the host member acting as chairperson for their meeting. One member agrees part self-financing. REPRESENTATION The Movement's overall aims are refined and endorsed at national Other N.A.M. documents recently produced, all of which are available on request, include: "NAM — Historical Perspective", NAM — Brochure, "A National Design Service", "Ihe Case Against Mandatory Minimum Fees" — the report of NAM to the Monopolies Commission (elds "a Short History of the Architectural Profession" (10p). A complete list of all NAM documents, press cuttings etc. is kept and local conferences, which have received fair coverage in the architectural and technical press. Local groups and individual members are free to present their own work or to propose changes Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Liaison Group Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived John Allan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/26e891dd4d2cda4acb68050d1d7032ec.pdf 00ed69e399bea54ecdd64cd5067da6b6 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Liaison Group Including London Group Subject The topic of the resource Liaison Groups: NAM was initially structured as local groups. There was also a Liaison Group whose role was to coordinate the different groups, deal with correspondence and arrange the next annual conference. NAM campaign groups, which were largely autonomous, worked across local groups to develop their ideas. They arranged their own conferences and reported through SLATE and annually to the NAM Congress. The seven different campaign groups listed had members from a variety of local groups. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976-1979 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource NAM Index From Harrogate to Blackpool Subject The topic of the resource An Index of all documents relating to the Movement from 11/75 to 9/76. (92 entries) Description An account of the resource JUSTIBAOP] 9.1N{D9IIWOIY MON J Index N.A.M. INDEX FROM HARROGATE ‘TO BLACKPOOL Copies of any of these papers are available from NAM Central London Group, 143, ‘whitfield St., London 71. They are free, unless otherwise stated, but please enclose 5.A.z. 1. 2. 3 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. ARC DE TRIOMPHE Announcing Harrogate Congress "Building Design' AKC Draft Manifesto ARC "Start the New Architecture Movement" N.A.M. Congress Program for Harrogate. N.A.M. "A New Architecture Movement” Paper delivered at Harrogate by John Murray. Paper delivered at Harrogate by Ken Thorpe. Summaries of Congress Vorking Parties: Proposals relating to the Profession. Practice Proposals Proposals on Education ist. Congress at Harrogate: Press Helease 14.11.75 Pre- Harrogate Congress 10. Harrogate Congress: Attendance Liat 11. Minutes of ist Liason Committee Meeting 12. "When the Talking had to stop" . Keview of Harrogate. ‘Building Design' qs "When the Contribution had to start" Liason Group reply. Building Design. 14. "Dissidents Architects' New Movement". Review of Harrogate "Building' 15. "New Movements in Architecture". Review of Harrogate A.A. Events List No. 10. 16, "Marching towards the new Architectural Dawn” Review of Harrogate in Architect's Journal 17. Liason Group letter to all members 18. N.A.M. Broadsheet One oe oe oe oe se ee es ee 50 21.11.75 22.11.75 23.11.75 23.11.75 23.11.75 26.11.75 28.11.75 04.12.75 27.11.75 8-12.12.75 03.12.75 11.12.75 11.12.75 19. Liason Group Minutes of 3rd. Meeting( Published as 2nd.+ ) 11.12.75 20, 21. 22. 08.01.76 01.76 18.01.76 22.01.76 02.76 "N.A.M. to fight R.I.B.A. all the way" Paul Gorka's letter in ‘Building Design' . 02.76 03.02.76 03.02.76 04.02.76 Letter from Rob Thompson refuting Edinburgh Group's letter. 05.02.76 Edinburgh Group reply to Brian Anson's Green Paper Notes by John Murray on CLG/Liason Group Minutes of C.L.G. meeting Minutes of N.L.G. meeting Minutes of C.L.G. meeting Minutes of N.L.G. meeting Minutes of C.L.G. meeting Minutes of N.L.G. meeting 11.02.76 23.02.76 25.02.76 01.03.76 09.03.76 12.03.76 16.03.76 17.03.76 26.03.76 March 76 31.03.76 31.03.76 April 76 35.6 N.A.M copy for Time Out Minutes of C.L.G. meeting Letter in the Architect's Journal from David Roebuck and John Murray. "NALGO Action: democracy not insults". Letter in "Building Design' from Adam Purser. 596 "Professional Representation" article by Louis Hellman with references to N.A.M. in Architectural Design. 40. Minutes of C.L.G. meeting 41. Letter in Architect's Journal from Marion Roberts and Giles Pebody. 42. Letter in Architectural Design from John Allan and Giles Pebody. Minutes of Central London Group (C.L.G.) meeting. Brian Anson's Green Paper Minutes of North London Group (N.L.G.) with John Allan's report of Highbury District group meetings concerning the Islington Plan. Minutes of C.L.G. meeting Letter from Paul Gorka to N.A.M. 43. Minutes of N.L.G. meeting 44. Minutes of C.L.G. meeting 45. Minutes of N.L.G. meeting 46. "A history of the Architectural Profession" by Adam Purser. (Price 10p.) 47. Minutes of C.L.G. meeting 48. Monopolies Commission Report (Price £1.00) 49. Reference in Architect's Journal to N.A.M. national design service in'Bring Architecture nearer to the people’. 50. C.L.G. report to Birmingham Green Ban Action Committee. St. "N.A.M. attacks H.I.B.A. on its fee scale" review of MCR in ‘Building Design’ p.28 52. to 56. incl. Papers given at the London Seminar, 52. An Historical Perspective, by John Allan. 53- Prom Radical to Revolutionary, by Brian Anson ARC 54. A National Design Service , by John Murray 556 The Relationship between ARC and NAM, by Rob Thompson 06.04.76 15.04.76 28.04.76 May 76 03.05.76 14.05.76 19.05.76 20.05.76 21.05.76 56. Group statements from the Cardiff Group and North London Group. 61. "N.A.M. working to re-distribute power in architecture”. review by Louis Hellman in ‘Architect's Journal’ of the London Seminar. 62. Minutes of C.L.G. meeting 63. Minutes of NAM/ABT meeting. 64. Paper on Trade Unions to C.L.G. by A. Fekete. 02.06.76 21.06.76 24.06.76 21.06.76 65. "N.A.M. reservations on Unions", letter in the Architects Journal from Andrew Fekete. 23.06.76 57. "Fixed fees deprive poor says New Architecture Movt." review of MCR in ‘Architects Journal’ p.1020 26.05.76 58. "N.A.M. wants new patrons for community design service", review of London Seminar in ‘Building Design' 28.05.76 23.05.76 25.05.76 59. London Seminar Attendance List. 60. Minutes of C.L.G. meeting 66. News item on London Seminar in 'Building Worker's Charter' Vol.3 no. 11 p.4 67. Paper to C.L.G. on ABT. by A.Fekete 68. Minutes of N.L.G. meeting 69. N.A.M. Leaflet. 10. Minutes of C.L.G. meeting 1. Minutes of N.L.G. meeting 72. Minutes of N.A.M./ARC meeting 73. Paper on Unions to C.L.G. by Giles Pebody 14. Minutes of C.L.G. meeting 15. Draft Program to 2nd. Congress 16. Minutes of Liason Group meeting 17. Minutes of 6.L.G. meeting 78. Draft document on Unionisation (C.L.G.) 19. Draft report on Unions (C.L.G.) 80. Why Join a Union? (C.L.G.) 81. Draft of campaign document no.2 (C.L.G.) 62. Minutes of N.L.G. meeting 83. Minutes of C.L.G. meeting 64. Minutes of C.L.G. meeting 85. Minutes of ABT/NAM meeting 86. Minutes of N.L.G. meeting 87. Agenda to Cardiff/C.L.G. meeting 88. ‘N.a.M. presentation at UWIST seminar 89. Reflections on Cardiff 90. Minutes of N.L.G. meeting 91. Minutes of Liason Group meeting on 2nd. Congress. 92. "Professional Revolutionaries", Article by Anne Karpf in ‘Architectural Design’. July 76 05.07.76 12.07.76 July 76 16.07.76 28.07.76 29.07.76 no date 02.08.76 09.08.76 06.08.76 16.08.76 16.08.76 16.08.76 16.08.76 16.08.76 09.08.76 31.08.76 13.09.76 14.09.76 20.09.76 27.09.76 01.10.76 04.10.76 04.10.76 30.10.76 Sept. 76 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource JA/ Central London Group Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived JA Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976 https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/8c68ab87d630790349838e8cbb28f9d3.pdf 89303eb08babecb583bc859bc6256044 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Liaison Group Including London Group Subject The topic of the resource Liaison Groups: NAM was initially structured as local groups. There was also a Liaison Group whose role was to coordinate the different groups, deal with correspondence and arrange the next annual conference. NAM campaign groups, which were largely autonomous, worked across local groups to develop their ideas. They arranged their own conferences and reported through SLATE and annually to the NAM Congress. The seven different campaign groups listed had members from a variety of local groups. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976-1979 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Report Subject The topic of the resource Report of the North London Group of NAM 3 pp (2 copies) Description An account of the resource REPORT OF THE NORTH LONDON GROUP OF THR NEW ARCHITECTURE MOVEMENT Giles Pebody So, from meetings to the first meeting: we left Harrogate with this much common ground: a shared disgust at the part the architect plays in the brutalisation of the physical and social environment and at the power that seduces or forces him to play that role, and also a shared- commitment to find collective ways of building a humane architecture It is, I hope, quite unecessary here to start to list the questions begged by such sentiments. We made an early decision to concentrate our work on private practice, at least at the start, as all North London membérdare employed in private practice and have most experience there we acknowledged that we neede to find a new understanding of the social economic and political role of the architect, different, that ts, from the one promoted by the RIBA, the schools, and the principals in private or public practice. But there was algo an urgency for action to provide ways in which frustrated working architects and assistants could direct their energies. Action itself could take two forms: the mah e of propaganda, and the setting up of alternative structures both in the profession and in the organisation of practice itself. A combinationrof theorevical and action projects would support each other: the theory wculdinform the action and thes action the theory. For all this, it is now necessary to divide this report into two parts: I will deal first with our theoretical work, and. then with the ' Interior Perspective 'project. I think that-it-is fair to say, at “least 'in retrospect, that we set out to investigate two of the central myths on which the architectural profession iis based: firstly, that the profession was set up in order to ensure that the public was well served by its architects; and secondly that every practising architect works ag an individual, bearing the torch of architecture, and enjoying its priviledges himself as the peer of evry other architect ( poetically christened ' the Brass Plate Syndrome !). Firstly, before telling you about the results of our work, let me describe how the group works: we meet fortnightly, at the home of each member in turn. The actual work of researching, writing, making posters and so forth, is done outside the meetings so that the meetings thems‘earlerveseersvedfordiscussion.Inthiswaythemaximumbenefit is mace of the exchange of views and ideas, and the group has time to learn and maintain its coherenve. The 'host' takes minutes and writes the agenda for the next meeting. this process gives continuity, but does not inhibit the raising of new topics as they occur. The subsequent meeting is generally arranged on the pavement outsids the nearest pub ( we rarely have time to get further than that ) at about 11 15pm, and at 11 20pm “bhe host for next time heads home to count the coffee cups. Ts deal briefly with the first: the established arbiter between the archotect and the interests of the public is the RIBA, through its code of conduct The Interior Perspective project was first suggested at the Harrogate Conference: employees in private practice would send in information on the offices in which they worked, which would then be made available to job applicants. This way the sort of information to light at interviews would be made available, and so strengthenthe position of the applicant at the interview itselfA.s’we discussed the idea it became clear that its implications could be broader than this. Firstly, the information, if siutebly collected, could be used by other parties with an interest in a parvicular practices prospective clients wishing to use a practice with high standarda and, on the other: hand action groups fighting schemes in-which architectasre involved. It could also form a vehicle for pressing for of employment, and of a mors sensitive approach to design. The most Significant aspect of the Sore, however, is that it would be sét up which rarely comes the adoption of -better sonditions and its supervision of education. The title architect is also controlled by law under the Architects Registration Acts. We looked first at the origins of the RIBA in the C19th, and then at the registration acts themselves and concluded that the RIBA, far from being founded on altruistic principals, was set up to ensure that the profession could run its own affairs, free from interference, especially from government, who, if anyone’ one would, would represent the interests of” the public:at large ‘throvgh the democratic process. Thi8 was achieved in the early C19th during a period. of’ éénfusion and corruption in practice by offering a’ code of conduct to regulate the behaiviour of architects, in return for which the RIBA was granted the autonomy it enjoys. This was further reinforced by the virtual monoply granted under the Architects ' Registration Act, whose adminstering body, ARCUK, rapidly came under its control. The second topic, the ' Brass Plate Syndrome ' is closer to the daily working lives of architects, and is best. considered in- that context. 80 percent of architects axe calaried, and, clearly their autonomy as architects is heavily circvmscribed by thee duties as employees. The argument -has often been advanced that the outlook of the RIBA, and the ethic underlying the codes of conduct are based on the ideal of the architect as an individual practitioner, and they do not therefore represent the interests fo the salaried architects. Further this contradiction increases the frustration of salaried architects who are justifiably angr: that their considerable talents are wasted on unwanted or even destructive projects when the need for sensitive and useful:-architccturec is so painfully evident. Wetre looking at the possibilities for the reform cf practice: Collective decision- -making over design policy or working conditions is extremely rare, in either public’ or private practice, This situation is.aggravated by the difficultoyf finding asiutablelegal form for the institution of cooperative or employee controlled practices. The processes invclced in partnership law are extremely cumbersome, while the limited liability company would provide = siutable for m weve architects not forbiden from forming. them, for other reasons, by the code of conduct. The setting up of a national design service, by which the architects! services would be freely available, much ag a doctors are, could perhaps provide a framework for new forms of nvactice, REPORT FROM THE CARDIFF GROUP OF THE NEW ARCHITECTURE MOVEMENT Anne Delaney A small group of architects, technicians, students and planners has been meeting irregularly in Cardiff since February. Initial meetings concerned themselves with discussion as to the most effective form of proceeding as a group of radicals in the environmental field. We decided initially to familiarise ourselves with relevent work which had already been done locally.The South Wales Housing Action group is perhaps best described as a federation of local community action groups inCardiff, Swansea,and the South Wales mining valleys.The people involved in this group had put up a strong opposition to a scheme for comprehensive redevelopment of Cardiff city centre. Centreplan, the P.R's sell-name for the scheme,was set up as a partnership between Cardiff City Council and Ravenseft,a firm of property deveclopers.Come the economic recession,Ravenseft pulled out of the deal,leaving the centre of Cardiff pitted with vacant or blighted nites in searck of a developer. At the suggestion of .the Ss W. Housing Action Group, Cardiff NAM are looking into the feasibility of alternative schemes for the centre,At the moment we're attempting to tackle this in two ways:firstly by preparing a general report on inner © city development in whichwe hope to discuss a few alternatives to office and large scale store development;sesondly by attempting to apply the theories contained in ou report to one particular site in the centre of Cardiff.It's early days so there's nothing to show as yet. One spin off from this work is that we've been asked to contribute to an exhibition running concurrently with this year's RTPI conference which is being held in Cardiff next month. Community action groups in Cardiff were allocated a few metres' space in the official RIPI exhibition at the conferencebu,t decided they had more to say to planners than could be contained in the space offered them,so they decided to run their own exhibition concurrently in a vacant shop in the city centre. The emphasis on this sort of action seems to set the Cardiff group apart from other NAM groups.There are obvious dangers in diving headlong into action of this sort - the old debate as to whether theory can or should precede action or whether it should arise from experience of action.Hopefully by being awake to the dangers our theory and action will develop side by side,one reinforcing the other. and run by employed architects to serve their interests and those of the users of. buildings. It has the potential to open up a direct. channel of communication between these two groups in a way which would enable then to suppurt each other. It is interesting to compare the Inteficr Perspective proposal with the RIBA Directory, which is its 'Official-! counterparts the latter is, in essence, a form of controlled adverertising for private practiceisn competition with each other, and for the profession as a-whole. As such it provide.sin formation of use unly to principleisn private practice and. their clients. It is of little or no use to the public at large, or architectural employees. Our future plang include an extension of this work on radical professional dccuments to include a new code of conduct and conditions of engegement, .based on ‘our growing ctitique of current ways of practice. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Giles Pebody Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived John Allan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Undated https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/8ee7418d360475df4c1352ff3d3d9b51.pdf 71737d6bd29a58464842d3bd4038bef3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Liaison Group Including London Group Subject The topic of the resource Liaison Groups: NAM was initially structured as local groups. There was also a Liaison Group whose role was to coordinate the different groups, deal with correspondence and arrange the next annual conference. NAM campaign groups, which were largely autonomous, worked across local groups to develop their ideas. They arranged their own conferences and reported through SLATE and annually to the NAM Congress. The seven different campaign groups listed had members from a variety of local groups. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976-1979 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource The Challenge to the Architectural Profession Subject The topic of the resource Article by Anne Karpf about NAM following the first NAM meeting in May 1976 in Covent Garden “Professional Revolutionaries: The Challenge to the Architectural Profession from TwoRadical Groups of Architects--the New Architecture Movement and the Architects' Revolutionary Council'” Description An account of the resource ANNE KARPF looks at the challenge to the architectural profession from two radical groups years were developers’ pimps, skilled in of architects the New Architecture Movement and the Architect's Revolutionary Council. Both argue that architects are more identified with property speculators than with the workers were economically impotent by- people they should serve and that a more accessible, more publicly accountable architecture is necessary to counter the mistakes of current practice. Cynics might say that the rotten reputation currently enjoyed by architects isafunction of a similar condition in their buildings. Certainly the architect no longer represents to the public that enviable synthesis of artist and scientist, the practical dreamer operating in the moral vacuum of art. Indeed, since the community action eruption of the late Sixties, they have been lambasted by tenants demanding satisfaction, and now a group of radical architects in London are demanding that they be allowed to give it. standers. And some of those self-same archi- tects are now trying to use tlhe present relative slumptojustify past profligacy. On the public side, ever since ‘partici- pation’ became the fashionable palliative, you frequently hear miserable tenants challenging architects to come out from their tarted-up Islington terraces and try living in one of their creations. And when architect Erno Goldfinger did, it proved a Jolly publicity stunt which only threw into relief the incompatibility between drawing- board inspiration and the realities of indigenous working-class culture. Why did architects allow themselves to be used in this way and continue to be identified with ‘them’ rather than ‘us’? The explanations of NAM and ARC are an The New Architecture Movement (NAM) is a broadly-based front of radical architects Press meeting at the A.A for A.R.C, and arose out of a conference at Harrogate last November called by the more tightly- knit Architects Revolutionary Council (ARC). Both groups are profoundly critical party. of the profession in its internal organisation and its relation to the rest of society and would appear to be voicing the daily archi- tectural Brievances of much of the popu- lation At its most basic, they argue that archi- tecture cannot be separated from its political implications and social obligations; that art for architects’ sake is not an acceptable dictum by which to build Our cities that architecture, particularly as promulgated by the Royal Institute of British Architects {RIBA), has become an apologia for archi- tects and is not accountable to the people who have to live in and with their work They maintain that this has come about because of the System of patronage, both public and private, which effectively dis eniranchises the vast majority of the popu lation wl h has no say in the design Or use of profession as a homogeneous whole, equally culpable or blameless of the misdeeds per- petrated in its name. There are over 20 000 registered architects in Britain, distributed fairly equally between private architectural practices and the public local authority sector. In the private sector, only about 20% and that the present professional relation- uncompromising indictment of the structure of the profession and its institute. Firstly, it is wrong to conceive of the Developers’ pimp: Penitent architects seeking to exonerate rest — all those in the public sector and 80% ship excludes perhaps the most important That this has been deleterious is plain for all to see, since the turn-of-decade property boom obligingly furnished us with some particularly graphic examples. Legendary and often empty office blocks are the particular product of private patronage, while comprehensive redevelopment and high-rise tower blocks were the contribution are principal partners in firms and they of public patronage. themselves claim that they were only the icing on the speculators’ cake and that the meal could have been made without them. They only tinkered with its appearance, but were innocent in dreaming up the recipe. in private practice —are salaried, paid by the state or their bosses, the private principals. In the boom, the earnings of private principals shot up with the increase in building prices. The RIBA deny that archi- tects made a bonanza in these years, claim- ing that the increased costs of Tunning an rhis is belied by reality: one architect said in 1971, ‘the most successful architects are those who understand property values and architectural practice simply kept pace with he mechanics of property development’, inflation. NAM and ARC disagree; they ind another gave his name colloquially to a show that the increased profits during these series of planning loopholes which en- years were not equitably distributed to gendered maximum floor space. At their salaried employees and, moreover, that the the building-user are rarely the same being worst, successful architects in the boom bulk of the really lucrative work could only live in buildings, but have never employed an architect, fall into that category, indicating quite clearly that the architect’s client and $56 AD/9/76 procuring planning permission; tenants and are paid according to a mandatory minimum fee scale as a percentage of the construction costs of the buildings they undertake. The Dennis Crompton its environment. Those of us who use or RIBA-baiting Both NAM and ARC are in a sense most comfortable when on RIBA-baiting terri- tory. That is not to say that they do not have proper ideologies of their own, but it is evidently easier to ram against a clearly- defined enemy rock than to flounder ina sea of abstract theory. Perhaps NAM’s most effective marriage of thought and action arose out of its oppo- sition to the RIBA’s recent submission to the Monopolies Commission on the case for minimum mandatory fees. They them- selves acknowledge that this stimulated them to focus their opinions. They submitted a carefully worked-out counter-report, which concluded that ‘the current fee system is not intrinsic in the system of architectural ser- vices (which the RIBA had maintained) but a gratuitous market device procuring uni- lateral benefits to architects’. Where the RIBA held that the minimum fee system gave the client a network of assurances which guaranteed high quality work, NAM showed that such assurances are part of the normal legal safeguards which operate quite apart from any RIBA quid pro quo. Where the RIBA claimed that the absence of a price floor would create under-cutting, which’in times of slump would put archi- tects out of business, NAM suggested that architects, because of their low level of capital investment, have the capacity to withstand such fluctuations. Likewise, there is an acute conflict between the wish to maintain a federalist, loosely-grouped, locally autonomous struc- ture and the need to present a concerted becoming bureaucratic? How to inculcate into alienated and passive tenants the con- fidence and ability to take decisions? Will they be of any value without corresponding changes in land tenure, for what use is power over building without control over land? And how to deal with the truly national decisions, some of which will always have to And where the RIBA was adamant that This multi-story car park is part of a proposal f the low elasticity of demand for architects means that a reduction of fees would hardly increase the volume of work — architectural sharply-defined plan of action, which has the costs being only a small percentage of total virtue of attracting support and might help costs, and architects, without rival substitutes, being unable to attract work from other sources NAM put it that lower charges would enable potential user-clients who can only afford small sums to initiate small-scale schemes and that was the whole point. All well and good. NAM argues its case with quite sharp legal logic, but disarmingly concedes that the whole subject is hardly quintessential, but simply a good one to get stuck into. to build a mass movement. To what extent is that possible? NAM sets itself an ambitious target: if it does not succeed in carrying with it 10-20% of the architectural electorate within 5 years, then it feels it may as well disband and join the tighter-knit caucus of ARC. National Design Service In the crude language of advertising, they need a selling pitch. Perhaps their notion of And this raises some quite fundamental a National Design Service (NDS) serves this conflicts endemic to any group lobbying for function but, though admirable as a pure change in capitalist society. One might concept, it is fraught with difficulties. protest that NAM’s Report to the Mon- The argument runs like this: You counter opolies Commission is hardly more than a the remote, unaccountable nature of archi- reasonably sophisticated, highly enjoyable tectural practice, both public and private, by exercise in pretend-litigation, a polemic, and that any serious move to radically alter the profession and its place in society must start by looking outwards at the rest of society, the financing of local building to feed this for change within the one is ineffectual without change in the other. And up pops that ‘Socialism in One Country versus World Revolution’ tussle, popularly transmogrified into a chicken-egg conundrum. NAM and ARC both concur on this one, and hold — if only to maintain their buoyant sense of optimism that ‘to change every- thing else involves a milennial struggle: in the nicaulime, what do architects do at their brought about? How to prevent it from drawing-boards? You operate from 9 to 5 as an architect, and that is your sphere of action; there is limited yalue in being an evening-class politician’ (NAM member). 5 Ny hal grafting on to local authorities a freely available National Design Service, decentra- lised and controlled by the people. You alter service. And thus you pervert the tendency of private practice to answer to owner rather than user and the inclination of the public sector to, at its best, put the national interest before the local. It is perhaps unfair to put NAM’s serious proposals into political baby language like this, since they are acutely aware of the questions therein begged. How can this be en See 557 _be handled by sizeable practices. Since only 1500 of the 4000 private firms in this _Country have more than 5 members and far s fewer are large enough to handle the really Major schemes, the substantial benefits a ‘accrued to a small but powerful minority. ip at makes this minority doubly PoWerful is its position in the RIBA. On the last RIBA Council, the largest single group _Were the principals in private practice, who Constituted 34 out of the Council’s 60 members. Of the replacements to the Council announced on June 3rd, 1976, once “#€ain_ the private principals dominate, exceeding the aggregate of all other groups (public sector, salaried private sector). How _can the RIBA speak for the vast majority of _architects who are salaried (80%), asked a Council member recently, when so few are = the Council, and when the voting system invariably favours the big names? The RIBA concedes that its head and lungs are domi- hated by the senior partners of established practices, but puts this down to the un- willingness of salaried architects to become involved and to the reluctance of employers to release their employees for RIBA duties. All this goes a long way to explain ARC’s angry criticism that the RIBA failed to come Out on the side of ‘the people’ in those demolishing years. Dog doesn’t eat patron. —arr Ree — tethroneet——ee or the comprehensive re-development of the central business area of the London suburb of Ealing. It has the full backing of the local council, but not the majority of residents. If it is built, it will mean the destruction of what little remains of Ealing's village character, the rehousing of local residents and the economic ruin of existing small businesses. be made, unless a magic wand waves in a pre-industrial mode of anarchism which renders al such considerations irrelevant? On this last, they suggest a parallel with the division of labour between general practitioner and hospital, mutually inter- dependent, but taking responsibility for dif- ferent kinds of decisions. Their extended analogy between their hoped-for NDS and the existing National Health Service might provoke wariness, if not cynicism, in patients who feel that the present health service expropriates their capacity for self- -determination quite as much as being an impotent tenant. Sensibly, NAM plans to work on more concrete and immediate themes for the time being. They aim to do a treatment of the RIBA code of conduct, on the lines of their Monopolies Commission Report. They intend working on the possibility of in- creased unionisation for architects, either to better their membership of and represen- CAPTIONS FOR PROFESSION REVIEW however piecemeal and undramatic, Students of Brian Anson, a teacher at the Architectural Association and founder of ARC, have been working for a year with tenants in Bootle, his home town, managing to reverse a local authority clearance order and now devising a rehabilitation scheme where tenants control the design, financing and rate of building. ARC have been work- ing for free with the Ealing Town Centre Action group, designing according to their behest and needs. The ASSIST group of Glasgow has been organising public- participation rehab in the Govan tenement area, responsible to the local community association. The Support group, now in embryonic stage, plans to engage in a similar kind of community architecture. And in private practice, Rod Hackney in Macclesfield helped the local action group create their own improvement proposals and implement them. Says Hackney, ‘people working for me have to live with the question is not ‘what forms?’ or ‘which ference in Hull. They claim that such shock described in the morally neutral currency of ‘aesthetics’, devoid of political content for the people affected, the more elitist and the more removed from the political review of ordinary people become the experts who use this currency’. Nevertheless, conclude NAM, “we've got to grasp that nettle at some stage or other’. in all this? In a sense, theirs is an easier situation. They see themselves as a small, tightly-knit module, the vanguard (and therefore able to exult in their romantic, architects do all the acting, can be just conspiratorial closeness). This relieves them another way of disenfranchising the power- of the need to attract wide support (and the less: as planner John Turner has said, ‘while conflicts which this entails). They created acting for the poor may be very rewarding NAM for that. They have also been lucky for the professional, it effectively minimizes and industrious in having practical the necessity for any of the Tules of the schemes to engage in local communities, to game to be changed so as to include the poor demonstrate the practicability of their themselves’. techniques?’, but ‘who are my patrons?’, for it is this which draws up the whole chain’. In this, they follow planner Robert Goodman, who is aware of how distancing art-talk can says NAM, ‘either more brave than us, or be and that ‘the more architecture can be theory and to show themselves as more than just the debating society which both groups dread becoming. absorbed into the political bloodstream and simply help it flow smoother. Similarly, he was. Now, will we listen? community action, where supposedly radical This is not what NAM and ARC want nor does it have to happen. Indeed, there are several small-scale, locally-based experiments going on at the moment which indicate how They have just produced their first broad- side, ‘Red House’, and, with enviable realistic architect accountability can be, $58 AD/9/76 tote re eercart LAL eee } Ealing residents have called in ARC to fight the communities. And if the residents don’t like tation within the existing unions — UCATT (construction workers), ASTMS (manage- ment) and NALGO (local government officers) or to create alternative struc- tures. (‘Architects are somewhere in the Stone Age as far as awareness of their real-life political predicament’, one of them International. They are working towards co-ownership working relationships within has said), Another group is looking at what they hope will eventually become a offices similar to Yugoslavia, where the law architectural education and eventually they new school of architecture and intend to limits practices to no larger than 5 and will take up with aesthetic matters. This latter is hard for them: since their inception, they have mustered much of their energy from debunking the supremacy of the ‘artiness’ of art. As they say, ‘the radical hold a dress rehearsal in the form of a decisions are shared. : council-backed redevelopment scheme (top). After public meetings and extensive surveys, ARC drew up an alternative (bottom) and are now preparing evidence for a government enquiry. our work, they ring our doorbell at midnight and tell us it’s a load of rubbish’. Concomitant with these external changes, optimism and the support of foreign NAM wants the profession to heal itself colleagues, they make plans for an ARC inside. This would include co-operative and summer school next year. Meanwhile, critics might unkindly allege, they can amuse themselves with radical foreplay, such as their disruption of the recent RIBA con- Behind al these changes is a fundamental change of attitude. Tom Woolley, teacher at the AA and part of the Support group, puts it like this: ‘Professionals, not just architects but doctors and others too, think they know what people need, and this becomes insti- tutionalised. People hand over responsibility to the professionals, and we want to get people to take it back into their own hands. We’re not saying there’s no expertise involved in building, but we see ourselves as ‘enablers’ to help people to think about their environment and make the decisions about it themselves’. : One hundred years ago, William Morris said, ‘the architect is carefully guarded from the common troubles of common man, building for ignorant, purse-proud digesting machines’. He thought architecture could tactics are a quite legitimate means to an end — to decrease the credibility of the RIBA and eventually to destroy them. They are, more naive, depending on your point of view. In any case, they have burned their professional boats, which we haven’t’. Nevertheless, both groups — whatever their self-confessed problems — do perform important functions and provide a critique of the inadequacies of the present system of value to more than just disaffected young architects. For instance, they are rightly scathing about current public relations exercises in nominal participation which only be reborn when it became part of the Vanguard And what of ARC: where do they stand harm than good: radical antibodies are are no more eccentric in their analysis than masquerade as the real thing and do more life of the people in general. NAM and ARC ANNE KARPF isafreelance investigative journalist working in London. She previously worked OD research for TV documentaries for the BBC: Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Anne Karpf Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived BD Article Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 19-Oct-77 https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/93d41bd15f750908561e618903735d57.pdf 55b07b994ad225f0ea9322c8abed0401 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Liaison Group Including London Group Subject The topic of the resource Liaison Groups: NAM was initially structured as local groups. There was also a Liaison Group whose role was to coordinate the different groups, deal with correspondence and arrange the next annual conference. NAM campaign groups, which were largely autonomous, worked across local groups to develop their ideas. They arranged their own conferences and reported through SLATE and annually to the NAM Congress. The seven different campaign groups listed had members from a variety of local groups. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976-1979 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Tower Mill Subject The topic of the resource Programme for Weekend meeting in Norfolk 2 pp Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Ian Tod Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived John Allan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 5 Feb 1980 https://nam.maydayrooms.org/files/original/8634a354dd698f244cb4fe64d4a53ed8.pdf 71e0fd5162a6987fd0273bfaabf09ce8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Liaison Group Including London Group Subject The topic of the resource Liaison Groups: NAM was initially structured as local groups. There was also a Liaison Group whose role was to coordinate the different groups, deal with correspondence and arrange the next annual conference. NAM campaign groups, which were largely autonomous, worked across local groups to develop their ideas. They arranged their own conferences and reported through SLATE and annually to the NAM Congress. The seven different campaign groups listed had members from a variety of local groups. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Various Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976-1979 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource What is NAM? Subject The topic of the resource What is the New Architecture Movement ? Summary 2pp 2 copies Description An account of the resource reee what is the The New Architecture Movement ("NAM") aims, through the col- lective action of architectural workers and other concerned people, to play an active role in radically altering the sys- tem of patronage and power in architecture. It seeks an archi- tectural practice directly accountable to all who use its pro- ducts and democratically controlled by the workers within it. NAM aims thereby to promote effective contol by ordinary people over their environment and by architectural workers over their working lives. NAM is completely independent. It is not, and ...@iving technical advice to the Birmingham Green Ban Action Committee, ...submitting evidence to the Monopolies Commission investigating alleged price-fixing among architectural firms, ...preparing a Draft Report on “Architectural Workers and Trade Unionism," concerned particularly with the situation of unor- ganised workers in "the building professions," ...-holding an informal seminar in Covent Garden, London, attended by over fifty people, and another in Cardiff, AIMS ORIGINS ACTIVITIES institute" or trade union. which was held in Blackpool in November 1976. New Architecture Movement? does not seek to become, a "learned society," "professional The New Architecture Movement was founded in November 1975 at a National Congress held in Harrogate for the purpose of build- ing up a broadly-based, progressive force for accountability and democracy in architecture. Out of that Congress came a Contact List, several local NAM groups and a Liaison Group delegated to maintain and extend contacts and to organise a Second Congress, During NAM's first year, the activities of various groups in- cluded: ...-planning a campaign for reform of the Architects Registration Acts, to make the Architects Registration Council (ARCUK) more accountable to the public, ..participating in a campaign to prevent the destruction of Cardiff city centre, ...developing outline proposals for a "National Design Service,” ...developing and distributing the "Interior Perspective," a questionnaire on conditions and attitudes in architectural practices, STRUCTURE PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT ENQUIRIES (ARCUK) for 1977-1978. (LG, 2/77) ,..-working towards the establishment of a "Community Design Service" in Cardiff, and ...publishing the 1977 New Architecture Calendar. Further development in these and other areas is expected during 1977 and 1978. In addition, NAM nominees have been elected to six of the seven seats representing over 3,000 "\nattached architects" on the Architects Registration Council The structure of NAM is more a "network" than a "pyramid." It consists mainly of autonomous locally-based and/or issue- oriented groups of, typically, five to fifteen members. Each group defines its own role in furtherance of the overall aims. Broader contact is maintained through 4 Liaison Group, which consists of six members elected by the annual Congress as well as delegates from the groups. The Liaison Group is accountable to the Movement as a whole and is responsible for subscriptions, publication of the Newsletter, encouragement of local seminars and organisation of the next Congress. ture. Interest in NAM is steadily growing. The Second Congress decided to consolidate and strengthen the existing structure and finances of NAM by collecting subscrip- tions from the membership. For 1977, membership costs £5 for employed people and £2 for students and unemployed. A seperate subscription to the NAM Newsletter (distributed free to members ) People active in NAM, and those who support its aims, are drawn poth from within the field of architecture and from the "lay" public. From within architecture, workers in architectural prac— tices predominate, followed by students and teachers of architec costs £2 for five issues. Contributions are also welcome. Subscriptions and contributions are intended to cover Liaison expenses (Newsletter, postage, stationery, rent, telephone, travel, miscellaneous) and to "Float" activities that are, in principle (given the present financial situation), self-support- ing, such as the Congress, seminars, literature for sale, etc. At present, each NAM group finances its own activities. All enquiries to The Secretary, Liaison Group, The New Architec— ture Movement, 143 Whitfield Street, London Wl, from whom member- ship forms and publications order forms are also available. STRUCTURE PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT ENQUIRIES ...publishing the 1977 New Architecture Calendar. (ARCUK) for 1977-1978. (LG, 2/77) ...working towards the establishment of a "Community Design Service" in Cardiff, and Further development in these and other areas is expected during 1977 and 1978. In addition, NAM nominees have been elected to six of the seven seats representing over 3,000 "unattached architects" on the Architects Registration Council The structure of NAM is more a "network" than a "pyramid." It consists mainly of autonomous locally-based and/or issue- oriented groups of, typically, five to fifteen members. Each group defines its own role in furtherance of the overall aims. Broader contact is maintained through a Liaison Group, which consists of six members elected by the annual Congress as well as delegates from the groups. The Liaison Group is accountable to the Movement as a whole and is responsible for subscriptions , publication of the Newsletter, encouragement of local seminars and organisation of the next Congress. People active in NAM, and those who support its aims, are drawn both from within the field of architecture and from the eae public. From within architecture, workers in architectural prac-— tices predominate, followed by students and teachers of architec— ture. Interest in NAM is steadily growing. The Second Congress decided to consolidate and strengthen the existing structure and finances of NAM by collecting subscrip- tions from the membership. For 1977, membership costs £5 for employed people and £2 for students and unemployed. A seperate subscription to the NAM Newsletter (distributed free to members ) Subscriptions and contributions are intended to cover Liaison expenses (Newsletter, postage, stationery, rent, telephone, travel, miscellaneous) and to "float" activities that are, in principle (given the present financial situation), self-support-— ing, such as the Congress, seminars, literature for sale, etc. All enquiries to The Secretary, Liaison Group, The New Architec— ture Movement, 143 Whitfield Street, London Wl, from whom member- ship forms and publications order forms are also available. costs £2 for five issues. Contributions are also welcome. At present, each NAM group finances its own activities. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Liaison Group Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived John Allan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource Feb 1977