The RIBA has taken the surprise step of publicly urging its members to vote for four candidates backed by RIBA president Angela Brady running in the upcoming ARB elections. According to the institute, the endorsed candidates all support the RIBA's aim for a 'minimalist' ARB operating strictly within the scope of the Architects Act. The news will be a major blow to the radical campaign body ARB Reform Group, whose members have filled five out of the seven seats open to architects since 2006, and which is again petitioning voters to exclusively back its own seven candidates. Established six years ago to 'define and restrict' the ARB's regulatory powers, the group had benefited from tacit RIBA support in the past two elections, but now faces an uncertain future with its two leading lights, Colin Brock and George Oldham, standing down. Both reach the end of their maximum-permitted second consecutive three-year term in March.
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