5 – Lectures, conferences and events
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9 July – 9 August 2008
Tuesday – Saturday, 12.00 – 18.00
Free Admission
The Urban Tendency takes Hans Ibeling's Horror Vaccuii project for the Netherlands Architectural Institute (as an invitation to the Lisbon Triennale of Architecture 2007) as its starting point. That project examined the renewal of architectural interest in the compact city and the intrinsically urban. The exhibition develops a dialogue project in which the themes raised by 'Horror Vaccuii' are traced through architecture, urban planning, design and art projects from within the Netherlands, Flanders, the UK and elsewhere.
For more information, visit the Urban Tendancy| website and the P3 Exhibitions| website.
Chinese Women At Donhuamen Night Market, Beijing, 2007
(c) Natalie Behring
7 July – 3 October 2008
This exhibition provides a snapshot of China’s contemporary urban fabric and social stories behind some of Arup’s key projects.
A selection of film, photography, models and digital displays will focus on people involved in the dramatic changes taking place in Beijing and Shanghai and the essential role of migration in making these changes possible.
Contributors include artist Helen Couchman, photographer Ed Burtynsky, filmmaker Antoine Breton, composer Yuli Chen and photo-journalist Natalie Behring.
The exhibition is part of Arup’s PHASE 2, a programme of exhibitions and events, intent on exploring connections between art, design and engineering.
For further information visit Arup or contact Jennifer Greitschus at jennifer.greitschus@arup.com|
PHASE 2
Arup
8 Fitzroy Street
London W1T 4BJ
The Architectural Association is organising a series of courses across the world over the next few months. For information and to register, please visit the mini-websites for each Visiting School listed below.
For information on the scheme, please contact the AA directly on:
Email: visitingschool@aaschool.ac.uk|
Tel: +44 (0)207 887 4014
Fax: +44 (0)207 414 0782
London, UK
14 July to 1 August
AA Summer Architecture School: London Ever After
aaschool.ac.uk/summerschool/|
A three-week introduction to architecture for current undergraduate students or others considering a change in school or profession. The programme provides a broad overview of contemporary architectural design, culture and ideas, taught at Bedford Square and based on the AA’s acclaimed unit system.
Singapore
17 to 27 July
Breeding Design
aaschool.ac.uk/visitingschool/singapore|
AA visiting programme hosted by the Experience Design Centre at the Singapore Polytechnic University. This third annual design workshop in Singapore will examine new kinds of vertical, high-density urban lifestyles. Design studios will propose alternative, adaptive designs for dense urban conditions in one of Asia’s most rapidly developing settings.
London, UK
4 to 15 August
Summer D_Lab
aa-dlab.net |
The AA’s new digital prototyping lab is the venue for an intensive two-week course offering a rapid immersion in advanced-cutting and 3D printing.
Seoul, Korea
8 to 17 August
Korean DMZ: A New Border Opportunity
aaschool.net/visitingschool/seoul|
AA visiting programme held jointly with the SAUA Summer Workshop. A nine-day workshop led by AA teaching staff and leading Korean practitioners, held in Pagu Book City 30km north of Seoul. The workshop will conceive, design, document and brand a new nation located across the demilitarised zone separating South and North Korea. The workshop plans to include a rare excursion into North Korea.
Shanghai, China
20 to 28 August
Computational Urbanism: The Shanghai Experiment
aaschool.net/visitingschool/shanghai|
AA visiting programme hosted by Bridge 8 in the heart of Shanghai’s new cultural hub. For the second successive year, a summer urbanism workshop will explore the potential for alternative architectural, design and development strategies to engage with and confront the explosive urban development of Shanghai.
Delhi, India
30 October to 7 November
Reinventing Public Space
aaschool.net/visitingschool/delhi|
AA visiting programme in cooperation with Sarai Centre for the Study of Developing Societies (CSDS). A nine-day design workshop that looks beyond traditional building typologies at the invention, design and documentation of new kinds of emerging institutional models for public organisations in the context of one of the world’s mega-cities.
Business Design Centre,
52 Upper Street, Islington, London N1 0QH
Part 1, 3 – 6 July
Contemporary Applied Arts, Ceramics & Glass, Textiles, Fashion & Accessories, Jewellery & Precious Metalwork
Part 2, 10 – 13 July
Product Design, Furniture Design, Illustration and Animation, Graphic Design & Interactive Media, Photography, Spatial Design (Architecture, Interior Design, Theatre Design & Model Making).
Opening times:
Thursday to Saturday 11.00 to 18.00
Sundays 11.00 to 16.00
New Designers is the foremost event in graduate design and, fulfilling its annual promise, New Designers 2008 marks the emergence of the year’s talents presenting their degree work. Not only does New Designers launch the careers of some 4,000 newly qualified designers, but it also intends to unveil the design stars of the future. In the two part exhibition there is jewellery, textiles, fashion accessories, applied arts, furniture, product design, architecture and graphics. Part 1 will be opened by Cath Kidston, and Part 2 by Matthew Hilton. Fresh from the UK’s design leading courses, exhibitors are keen to attract public and professional attention, and work is available to commission and to buy.
Thorsten van Elten is curating the perennially popular One Year On feature where especially selected design entrepreneurs showcase collections destined for shops, galleries and private clients. There is a series of seminars and talks by some of the most influential names in the design professions, providing guidance, tips and insights into different aspects of the creative industries. And, for prospective students there are the Schools’ Days that no school leaver considering a degree in design will want to miss. They are an invaluable opportunity to check out which course best suits a would-be designer.
This year’s event is in memory of Peta Levi MBE 1938 – 2008 who played a crucial role in establishing New Designers and whose life was dedicated to supporting young creative talent.
For more information visit the New Designers| website.
Encounters shop
16 Wostenholm Road, Sheffield, S7 1LJ
Until September 2008
'Encounters are re-opening the first disused shop they inhabited in Sheffield with an exhibition of photo collages created by visitors to the Venice Biennale of Architecture 06 in response to the Encounters Sharrow exhibition within the British Pavilion.
The exhibition marks five years of Encounters creating pioneering artworks with local residents in urban spaces across the UK.
Admission free
Open Tuesdays and Thursdays 13.00 to 19.00
For more information contact 07870 698 333 or info@weareencounters.org.uk| or visit the
Encounters| website.
New London Architecture, 26 Store Street, London WC1E 7BT
Monday 14 July 14.00 - 18.00, followed by a drinks reception
How will London's new political and economic landscape affect the planning and delivery of schemes in the capital? How can the planning process be improved to ensure we can deliver a first-class environment and world class buildings to meet the needs of London's businesses and people?
This major NLA conference in association with Planning in London magazine will draw leading figures from the planning, development and design industry to explore how the planning system is functioning in the capital and its impact on maintaining London's position as a leading global city.
Speakers include:
Sir Simon Milton, Mayor's Senior Advisor on Planning Robert Evans, Executive Director, Argent Paul Finch, Editor, Architectural Review (Chair) Michael Hussey, Managing Director, Land Securities Tony Travers, Director of Great London Group, LSE
For more information and registration, please visit the New London Architecture| website.
The London Architecture Debate – The Shape of Things to Come
Friday 11 July, 19.15
Ricky Burdett, Professor in Architecture and Urbanism at the LSE and chief adviser on architecture and urbanism for the London 2012 Olympics, will be leading a discussion responding to imminent and proposed London developments. With a panel including Design for London Director Peter Bishop, Sir Terry Farrell, Graham Stirk and Ivan Harbour (Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners), this will be an informative debate about the architectural development of the capital city.
Toby Paterson
Saturday 12 July, 14.00
Glasgow based and Becks Futures award winning artist Toby Paterson is one of the contributors to the Portavilion project with his structure ‘Powder Blue Orthogonal Pavilion’ in situ at Potters Fields (next to Tower Bridge) this summer. In this presentation, he will be discussing the influences and motivation behind his work which spans the distances between art, design, and architecture.
Sam Hecht in Conversation
Monday 15 September, 19.15
One of the founder members of London based design office Industrial Facility, and responsible for the selection of objects in the current show ‘Under a Fiver’, Sam Hecht will be discussing his achievements, recent projects, and attitudes towards design.
For more information, see The Design Museum| website.
Queen Elizabeth Hall
Wednesday 9 July, 19.00
Taking the Hayward Gallery and its surrounding environment as a point of reference, this panel discusses and debates the varied approaches to designing gallery architecture. The discussion brings together a distinguished group of artists and architects including Zaha Hadid, Dennis Crompton, Anish Kapoor and Antony Gormley.
Booking: 0871 663 2519 or online at the South Bank Centre| website.
Erwin Blumenfeld, Untitled, New York 1946
Copyright: Estate of Erwin Blumenfeld/DACS, London
Tate Modern
Until 31 August
Street & Studio is an exhibition of international photography. It presents a history of photographic portraiture taken on the street or in the photographer’s studio, looking at the differences between these two locations in which photographers work. The exhibition brings out the contrast between the photos taken in the orchestrated studio, and images captured in the street, whilst highlighting the crossovers between the genres and their influence on each other.
Over 350 works are gathered in this exhibition, by some of the world’s most famous and important photographers including Francis Alÿs, Diane Arbus, Cecil Beaton, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Rineke Dijkstra, Jacques Henri Lartigue, Robert Mapplethorpe, Irving Penn, Norman Parkinson, August Sander, Cindy Sherman, Malick Sidibé, Paul Strand, James Van der Zee, Juergen Teller and Wolfgang Tillmans. Focusing on photos taken in buzzing cities, with their cosmopolitan cast of hipsters, businessmen, beauties and criminals, Street & Studio builds an urban history of photography, ranging from early black-and-white pictures from the late 1800s, to fashion photography from the mid twentieth century, to cutting-edge portraiture by contemporary artists.
Tickets cost £10 (£8 for students)
Exhibition Hours
Sunday to Thursday: 10.00 – 18.00
Friday and Saturday: 10.00 – 22.00
South Bank Centre
Until 25 August
This exhibition marks the Hayward Gallery's 40th anniversary.
The exhibition brings together the work of artists who create habitat-like structures and architectural environments. Visitors are invited to become adventurous participants as they explore the gallery’s spaces inside and out, including a room frozen in a moment of explosive disaster, an eerie village of over 200 dollhouses, a floating plastic cloud and a skyline boating pond.
Opening hours:
10.00 – 18.00
Late night Fridays until 22.00.
Saturday 5 July, 15.00
Exhibition tour with Amanda Levete
Free with exhibition ticket. Meet in The Hayward foyer.
For more information, visit the
South Bank Centre| website.
If you could not get a ticket, missed the Real Architecture series at Tate Modern, or simply want to listen to or watch them again, you can now listen to the podcasts or watch the films of the lectures at the Tate’s| website.
Real Architecture took place at Tate Modern in April to capacity crowds, with a packed Starr Auditorium and additional spill-over room enjoying a series of presentations on key projects of the moment from today’s most significant architects; from renegade regeneration schemes to an iconic Olympic centre piece; from a restrained rural gallery to a boldly avant garde shopping centre.
If you were unable to attend the events, or would simply like to listen to or watch them again, links to audio and video recordings of the talks in full can be accessed from our website, or via the links below.
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Lowry Skirt: platform13.com
Model: Paul@Premier
Art Direction: Tank
Copyright: Studio88
Embankment Galleries, Somerset House, London
Until 10 August 2008.
We all live in buildings and wear clothes. Traditionally, fashion and architecture have remained quite distinct. In recent years, however, the two disciplines have become closer than ever before.
Since the 1980s, these two worlds have increasingly shared intriguing connections. Sharing materials, design methods and fabrication has inspired radical developments.
Discover how over 50 internationally-renowned architects and designers including Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Comme des Garcons, Yohji Yamamoto, Future Systems, Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid 'fashion' buildings and 'construct' garments. Specially selected new exhibits for London include work by Boudicca, Eley Kishimoto, Martin Margiela and Hussein Chalayan.
The exhibition is organised by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and was designed for Somerset House by architect Eva Jiricna. It features over 200 works including iconic garments, 3D architectural models and film footage.
After huge success in Los Angeles and Tokyo, Somerset House brings this exhibition to Europe to open the new riverside Embankment Galleries.
For more information visit the
Somerset House| website.
Tate Modern
Until 10 August 2008
Free Entry.
This is the first major UK exhibition of work by Mitra Tabrizian, an Iranian-British photographer and film director whose work combines documentary and film techniques to make elaborate photographic tableaux.
Bringing together a selection of works from the last eight years, the exhibition focuses on the rise of corporate culture, themes of nomadism and migration, and notions of homeland.
The exhibition includes Tehran 2006, a panoramic photograph showing a modern but run-down residential area, populated by a disparate group of people. While it is a constructed photograph, all the characters 'play' themselves: the crowd is a mixture of people who are struggling and those who are living on the edge.
Design Museum, Design Cities
Istanbul Museum of Modern Art
Design Museum, London
5 September 2008 to 4 January 2009
An exhibition displaying more than 100 pieces of design from some of the biggest names in the industry is set to open in London this autumn at the Design Museum.
Curated by the museum’s director, Deyan Sudjic, with exhibition architecture by Ben Kelly Design and signage by Graphic Thought Facility, the show, called ‘Design Cities’, will focus on seven key cities at pivotal moments in the history of design. London, Vienna, Dessau, Paris, Los Angeles, Milan and Tokyo are all represented.
Loans from ten of the best known design museums in the world, including France’s Museum of Applied Art, London’s Victoria & Albert Museum and Germany’s Thonet Museum and Vitra Design Museum, have made the travelling show, which tells the story of contemporary design, possible. The show, which ran first at Istanbul Modern until the end of June, investigates the link between design and the city.
Bloomsbury Ballroom
Friday 18 July, 18.00 – 23.45
The Architecture Foundation is hosting the closing party for LFA.
Following on from great British rock acts that have arisen from the world of architecture, such as Pink Floyd, Suede, Moloko and the Pet Shop Boys, Architecture Rocks will be a platform for new musical talent to be discovered.
Who are the new archi-bands to follow in the footsteps of the great British rock acts that have arisen from the world of architecture? This is what Architecture Rocks will set out to discover. Come down and rock at the Bloomsbury Ballroom and help the expert panel decide this year’s class act.
To attend this event please visit BD The Architect's website| or contact Lucy Bond on 020 7560 4099 or lbond@cmpi.biz|.
Rogers at the Design Museum
View of the World Trade Centre site
Copyright: 7-t
Richard Rogers + Architects – From the House to the City
Until 10 August
Richard Rogers has had a remarkable career in British architecture. Beginning with an extraordinary family house in Cornwall, then changing the shape of post-War architecture with the Pompidou Centre, he now heads up an international office that is busier than ever.
Recipient of the RIBA Royal Gold Medal in 1985 and the Pritzker Prize in 2007, Richard Rogers is one of Britain’s most influential architects. Exceptional and high-profile projects include the headquarters for Lloyd’s of London, the Millennium Dome and the National Assembly for Wales. Rogers has established himself and his practice, Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners, at the very forefront of today’s architectural culture.