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CANCELLED Architecture Club: A History of Building Britain with Andrew Ziminski
Posted on March 11, 2020
Architecture Club: Architecture is not Frozen Music: Cany Ash Sakular
Posted on February 7, 2020
Architecture Club: Form Follows Life-cycle with Matthew Barnett Howland & Dido Milne
Posted on January 10, 2020
Architecture Club: Post-War Churches-Concrete and Liturgy
Posted on November 6, 2019
Architecture, Music, Politics from Concert Hall to Town Hall: Colin Cobb
Posted on October 4, 2019
October 4, 2019
What is the civic impact of a major project on a city or town?
Should architects involve themselves in the political and civic life of where they live and work?
Join architect and former town councilor Colin Cobb for an exploration of the way that civic and public projects come about and how architects engage themselves with that process.
Designs for Life: Craig White of White Design
Posted on September 5, 2019
September 5, 2019
The LILAC housing scheme in Leeds is a co-housing community of 20 eco-build households. The homes and land are managed by residents through a Mutual Home Ownership Society, a pioneering financial model that ensures permanent affordability.
Join Architect Craig White for an exploration into alternative affordable housing.
Architecture Club: Bio-diverse Communities Sarah Jones-Morris
Posted on May 15, 2019
May 15, 2019
Join landscape architect and urban designer, Sarah Jones-Morris for an exploration of our relationship with the natural world and find how putting bio-diversity at the heart of our urban environments is essential for our future survival. Sarah Jones-Morris is the director of Landsmith Associates based in Bristol.
Architecture Club: New Boundaries with Chris Romer-Lee, Studio Octopi
Posted on April 18, 2019
April 18, 2019
A talk by Chris Romer Lee on his practice’s collaborate work with artists and water. Linking with the Rook Lane Exhibition ” Casting The World, The story of JW Singer & Sons’ via his relative Hamo Thornycroft. Thornycroft not only had multiple sculptures cast by the Singer Foundry in Frome, but also came from a family of world famous naval engineers.
Architecture Club: In search of Rural Architecture with Graham Bizley
Posted on April 2, 2019
Architecture Club: : Two Wheel Revolution
Posted on February 25, 2019
February 25, 2019
Cities and Towns across the world are struggling with the effects of car ownership: dangerous pollution levels, land-hungry parking requirements and traffic gridlock. How could we approach transport in a different way that would reduce all of these problems and make us fitter and healthier at the same time