In person: The Life and Work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser Lecture Lecture - 07/10/2024 A talk by Brent Smith on the eccentric genius Hundertwasser whose ideas were way ahead of his time. The talk will cover his naked lectures. his amazing body of work – buildings, paintings, writing, postage stamps, flags and much more.
Online: The Life and Work of Friedensreich Hundertwasser Lecture Lecture - 07/10/2024 A talk by Brent Smith on the eccentric genius Hundertwasser whose ideas were way ahead of his time. The talk will cover his naked lectures. his amazing body of work – buildings, paintings, writing, postage stamps, flags and much more.
Miners’ Modernism – Pit Head Baths Symposium Conference - 08/10/2024 Led by C20 Society and Queens University Belfast, this symposium will present interim findings from a new research project instigating the heritage and legacies of British Pithead Bath buildings.
In person: A Better Tomorrow: London Council Housing 1946-1981 Lecture Lecture - 08/10/2024 Thaddeus Zupančič will suggest that Council housing was arguably the greatest gift that architects have bequeathed London, and has contributed immeasurably to not only the architectural, but also the social fabric of the capital.
Zoom: A Better Tomorrow: London Council Housing 1946-1981 Lecture Lecture - 08/10/2024 Thaddeus Zupančič will suggest that Council housing was arguably the greatest gift that architects have bequeathed London, and has contributed immeasurably to not only the architectural, but also the social fabric of the capital.
Visit to the Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina, London Talk - 15/10/2024 A tour of the Bosnia and Herzegovina Embassy, led by Peter Elborn followed by a talk by Maroje Mrduljas. The architecture of the former Yugoslav Embassy, completed in 1976, is closely connected to the socialist politics of Yugoslavia.
A Reluctant Modernist: the work of Sidney Colwyn Foulkes Online Event - 15/10/2024 Adam Voelcker’s illustrated talk will give a summary of the housing schemes Foulkes designed after 1945 and his involvement in the new field of industrial landscaping in the later 1950s as well as an overview of his busy and colourful career as a whole.
Barcelona: Rationalism beyond La Rambla Tour Tour - 23/10/2024 Jonathan Duff will lead a visit to Barcelona one of the world’s great design cities. From Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion to Sert’s Miro Foundation masterpiece, we will visit significant works by local and international architects.
IN PERSON: Autumn Lecture Series 2024: Green Belt, Grey Belt and Brownfield: How the British housing crisis happened, and how to get over it – COMPLETE SERIES Complete Lecture Series - 24/10/2024 The complete series of the hybrid Autumn Lectures for 2024, which will focus on the British housing crisis happened, and how to get over it.
ZOOM: Autumn Lecture Series 2024: Green Belt, Grey Belt and Brownfield: How the British housing crisis happened, and how to get over it – COMPLETE SERIES Complete Lecture Series - 24/10/2024 The complete series of the hybrid Autumn Lectures for 2024, which will focus on the British housing crisis happened, and how to get over it.
In person: British Housing Crisis Lecture Series: 1. Co-Living in the Countryside Lecture - 24/10/2024 Charles Holland will present Co-Living in the Countryside, a proposal for new rural housing that won the 2022 Davidson Prize.
Zoom: British Housing Crisis Lecture Series: 1. Co-Living in the Countryside Lecture - 24/10/2024 Charles Holland will present Co-Living in the Countryside, a proposal for new rural housing that won the 2022 Davidson Prize.
In person: British Housing Crisis Lecture Series: 2. Learning from Colin Ward Lecture - 31/10/2024 Cristina Monteiro and David Knight on the work of the ‘gentle' anarchist Colin Ward (1924-2010)
Zoom: British Housing Crisis Lecture Series: 2. Learning from Colin Ward Lecture - 31/10/2024 Cristina Monteiro and David Knight on the work of the ‘gentle' anarchist Colin Ward (1924-2010)
Zoom: British Housing Crisis Lecture Series: 3. The Challenge of 21st Century Housing – A Planner’s Perspective Lecture - 07/11/2024 Hana Loftus will explore the challenges of creating new housing at density and scale in rural areas and for new greenfield communities – and, drawing on lessons from the last 100 years.
In person: British Housing Crisis Lecture Series: 3. The Challenge of 21st Century Housing – A Planner’s Perspective Lecture - 07/11/2024 Hana Loftus will explore the challenges of creating new housing at density and scale in rural areas and for new greenfield communities – and, drawing on lessons from the last 100 years.
In person: British Housing Crisis Lecture Series: 4. Bringing Home the Marmalade Lecture - 14/11/2024 Jonny Anstead with Meredith Bowles will speak about Mole Architects, Marmalade Lane, Cambridge project and other community and co-housing projects in development, and how they could become a standard model for housing development.
Zoom: British Housing Crisis Lecture Series: 4. Bringing Home the Marmalade Lecture - 14/11/2024 Jonny Anstead with Meredith Bowles will speak about Mole Architects, Marmalade Lane, Cambridge project and other community and co-housing projects in development, and how they could become a standard model for housing development.
Zoom: British Housing Crisis Lecture Series: 5. 8,000 Mile Island and Other Stories Lecture - 21/11/2024 Peter Barber’s ‘8,000-Mile Island’, launched in the Architects’ Journal in July 2024, encompasses the notion of a countrywide aquacultural and maritime industrial revolution.
In person: British Housing Crisis Lecture Series: 5. 8,000 Mile Island and Other Stories Lecture - 21/11/2024 Peter Barber’s ‘8,000-Mile Island’, launched in the Architects’ Journal in July 2024, encompasses the notion of a countrywide aquacultural and maritime industrial revolution.
In person: Connecting the Nation: A History of the Telephone Exchange Building Lecture - 25/11/2024 An illustrated talk by Lisa Kinch, PhD student at Lancaster University, on the architectural history of the UK’s telephone exchange buildings.
Zoom: Connecting the Nation: A History of the Telephone Exchange Building Lecture - 25/11/2024 An illustrated talk by Lisa Kinch, PhD student at Lancaster University, on the architectural history of the UK’s telephone exchange buildings.
Zoom: British Housing Crisis Lecture Series: 6. Towards a Suburban Renaissance Lecture - 28/11/2024 The spatial research of Russell Curtis has received national press coverage, and includes ‘Towards a Suburban Renaissance’, which investigates the potential for intensifying London’s suburbs.
In person: British Housing Crisis Lecture Series: 6. Towards a Suburban Renaissance Lecture - 28/11/2024 The spatial research of Russell Curtis has received national press coverage, and includes ‘Towards a Suburban Renaissance’, which investigates the potential for intensifying London’s suburbs.