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Grade II listed Shell-Mex House House (now Eighty Strand) by E. Joseph (1931), London. Photo by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA.

London Art Deco Walk – October

Architecture Style Walks - 31/10/2026

Explore London’s Art Deco architecture from the Embankment to Holborn in a fun engaging walk with Alison Rae. Expect corporate monuments, glitzy hotels and famous West End theatres. Part of our popular outreach programme Architecture Style Walks.

The Eden Project (2001) by Grimshaw Architects; Ólafur Elíasson's Weather Project at Tate Modern (2000) by Herzog & de Meuron. Photos courtesy of Grimshaw and Tate.

[online] 21st Century Architecture: MILLENNIUM ARCHITECTURE with Rowan Moore (The Observer)

Lecture Series: Online - 29/10/2026

Leading architecture critic Rowan Moore will give us a lecture on Millennium Architecture. Think Tate Modern, Eden Project or National Centre for Popular Music in Sheffield. Have the landmarks of the new millennium stood the test of time?

21st Century Architecture: MILLENNIUM ARCHITECTURE with Rowan Moore (The Observer)

Lecture Series: In Person - 29/10/2026

Maggie’s West London Centre (2008) by RSHP, photo Richard Bryant. Edgewood Mews (2020) by Peter Barber Architects, photo Morley Von Sternberg.

[online] Lecture Series: 21st Century Architecture – COMPLETE SERIES

Lecture Series: Online - 29/10/2026

Learn more about some of the best 21st-century architecture from the people who made it happen. We’ve paired leading architects and academics for themed lectures where they will present their work and discuss their individual approach

Lecture Series: 21st Century Architecture – COMPLETE SERIES

Lecture Series: In Person - 29/10/2026

Grade II* listed No 1 Poultry by James Stirling, Michael Wilford and Associates (1985-98), London. Photo by Alastair Rae CC BY-SA 2.0

London Postmodernism Walk – October FULLY BOOKED

Architecture Style Walks - 24/10/2026

Explore London’s Postmodern architecture in an engaging walk from Clerkenwell to the City with Mark Bessoudo. Expect bold and colourful buildings and learn about the hidden references in them. Part of our popular programme Architecture Style Walks

Hackney New Primary School (2020) by Hanley Halebrown. Photos by Nick Kane.

[online] 21st Century Architecture: EDUCATION with Simon Henley (Henley Halebrown)

Lecture Series: Online - 22/10/2026

Simon Henley of Henley Halebrown will present Hackney New Primary School (2020). The project combines a 350-pupil primary school with an apartment building. It won the RIBA National Award, Neave Brown Award and was shortlisted for Stirling Prize in 2022.

21st Century Architecture: EDUCATION with Simon Henley (Henley Halebrown)

Lecture Series: In Person - 22/10/2026

Grade II* listed Alton West Alton West (1954—59) by the LCC Architects' Department, Roehampton, London. Photo by John East.

'Corb blimey': Alton Estate walk repeat – FULLY BOOKED

Walk - 17/10/2026

Frank Burgess repeats his popular tour. He asks The crowning glory of postwar public housing? A cornerstone of New Jerusalem? Architecture at ease with itself? Or simply where I grew up? Actually all of the above and more.

Laura Mark's research of Walmer Yard. Photos by Jim Stephenson, collage by Lukas Novotny.

Open Mic volume 4

Talk: In Person - 15/10/2026

Join us for this autumn instalment of short talks from early-career researchers, including: Laura Mark (C20 Society) exploring the unintended details of Peter Salter's Walmer Yard; and the sculptor Jack Handscombe discussing his work and late classicism

Silesian Insurgents Memorial (1967, Gustaw Zemła & architect Wojciech Zabłocki) and Spodek arena (1971, Maciej Gintowt & Maciej Krasiński) in Katowice.

[online] Polish architecture: From ruins to reconstruction

Talk: Online - 14/10/2026

Researcher and broadcaster Juliette Bretan takes us on a journey through the dramatic development of Polish architecture—tracing a path from the 1920s boom and total war destruction to heroic reconstruction and its present-day economic success.

Grade II* listed National Theatre by Denys Lasdun & Partners (1976), London. Photo by Lukas Novotny.

London Brutalism Walk – October #2 FULLY BOOKED

Architecture Style Walks - 10/10/2026

Explore London’s Brutalist architecture in a fun engaging walk from the Southbank to Camden with Philip Downer. Expect world-famous monuments, lesser-known gems and celebrated estates. Part of our popular outreach programme Architecture Style Walks.

Design for Portmeirion’s first brochure, by Clough Williams-Ellis (Portmeirion archive)

[online] One hundred years of Portmeirion

Talk: Online - 08/10/2026

A canter through the hundred-year history of Portmeirion Village, illustrated with archival highlights and photographs from Sarah Baylis’s new book, Portmeirion: The Architecture of Pleasure (Yale University Press, 2026).

London Brutalism Walk – October #1 – FULLY BOOKED

Architecture Style Walks - 03/10/2026

View of Warsaw featuring Palace of Culture and Learning (1955). Photo by Dora Pankonin (CC).

Warsaw: the Phoenix City – FULLY BOOKED

Trips - 30/09/2026

Destroyed by Hitler, rebuilt by Stalin, today Warsaw is number two on the New York Times list of best travel destinations. Join us and discover the architecture of post-war reconstruction, Soviet-era landmarks, and gleaming contemporary skyscrapers.

Eileen Gray and Jean Badovicci’s Villa E-1027, Le Corbusier’s Cabanon, the Etoile de Mer bar-restaurant and the camping units. © Cap Moderne

Where are architects going on holidays: The best of mid-century cabins

Talk: In Person - 29/09/2026

Join Peter Halliday as he explores some of the most intriguing architect-designed holiday homes – from the famed sea-side cabins by Le Corbusiers to lesser known examples by Welsh architects Hird & Brooks.

[online] Where are architects going on holidays: The best of mid-century cabins

Talk: Online - 29/09/2026

C20 at the Southbank Centre: Brutal(ism) Love and Hate

External event - 27/09/2026

To celebrate the recent listing of the Southbank Centre, we're delighted to be hosting a special event at the Purcell Room with our expert panel leading a lively discussion unravelling brutalism’s rise, fall and future

Grade II listed Golden Lane Estate by Chamberlin, Powell & Bon(1952–62), London. Photo by Diamond Geezer, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

London Modernism Walk – September

Architecture Style Walks - 26/09/2026

Explore London’s Modernist architecture in a fun engaging walk with architect Sarah Jackson. Expect interwar civic landmarks, trailblazing housing and celebrated estates. Part of our new outreach programme Architecture Style Walks.

The London Archives: Exploration – FULLY BOOKED

Tour - 25/09/2026

Join us for a behind the scenes tour of the largest municipal archive in the country, with the earliest document dating back to 1067. It contains many gems such as Butlin's plans for the Post Office Tower restaurant. Led by the archivist Claire Titley.

Grade I* listed Lloyds Building by Richard Rogers & Partners (1986), London. Photo by Lukas Novotny.