We're very pleased to annouce that following a successful funding bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund, we have secured £49,700 to run our Hullness project.

We are now seeking to appoint a Hullness project manager.

Annual salary: £30,000 - £32,000 pro rata. This is a temporary, part time role, working 15 hours per week for 40 weeks.

Richard Scott from Surface architects will be speaking at Arc on Thursday 20 January at 7pm - attendance is free.

Richard Scott (BA hons Dip Arch RIBA) is the founding director of Surface. Richard's drawings and collaborative projects have since been exhibited in Los Angeles, New York and London. Richard worked for Will Alsop for 3 years on a number of high-profile buildings and urban design projects.

'Drawing board', our exhibition of work by regional architects, is available to loan for free to galleries, community spaces and schools/colleges in the region.

The exhibition is a creative showcase of work completed, in progress, or unrealised, including drawings and notes made as architects explore their ideas.

Visitors to the exhibition said "it was interesting and allowed me to see concept drawings presented in an interesting way", "very well organised" and "the best I've seen in a while".

Don't miss Raphael Daden's exciting installation on Hull's Whitefriargate, running until 4 February.

Raphael Daden, the Nottingham-based artist behind this exciting public art installation, has transformed the Whitefriargate streetscape with vibrant light works, neon sculptures and moving projections.

The Arc team were saddened this week to hear of the passing of member Kenneth Noel Baker.

Ken (pictured, left) was a respected local architect. He designed a university in Nigeria and his other projects included the late Northern Dairies building (testament to his keen sense of humour was the fact that he also swung the 'wrecking ball' when this building was demolished!). From 2003-2007 Ken worked as 'Thornton Design'. His practice was based in the Goodwin development trust, and his projects focused on social regeneration projects such as the Octagon neighbourhood centre and surestart nurseries.

Involved with Arc before it was even established, Ken became a keen member, attended countless events and supported the organisation in it's earliest days. He was also an active member of Hull's civic society since it's inception. The Arc team will remember him as a kind, patient gentleman who was very respected for never being afraid to voice his opinion!

We would like to offer our sincere condolences to his family and friends at this sad time.