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Architexture 3: 17 June 2005
Welcome to Architexture, a monthly newsletter from the Architecture
Centre Network (ACN) - the independent body representing architecture
and built environment centres in the UK.
Architecture Week 2005 Special
Get Closer to Architecture
Architecture Week is the national celebration of contemporary architecture
and the built environment, now in its ninth year, organised and managed
by Arts Council England.
Starting today and running until the 27th June, Architecture Week
aims to bring buildings to life through a series of visual and sensory
experiences. Access, performance, talks and collaboration will be a central
part of this unique week, which in 2005 aims to give people the chance
to experience the full force of architecture in a very personal way.
Architecture Week is an Arts Council England and Royal Institute of British
Architects joint initiative in association with the ACN and our members
have this year produced a bumper package of over 50 events across
the country.
So in this special edition of Architexture we feature highlights
from architecture and built environment centres across the ACN in 2005
who in Architecture Week this year will be encouraging us to get just
that little bit closer to architecture.
What's On?
South East
Drawing and investigating Lyndhurst High Street, Southampton, 18th [Solent]
South West
Architecture for Beaches: photography of St. Ives by Tony Eastman
[Bristol]
Architectural writers Jay Merrick, Kenneth Powell et. al talk,
24th [Bristol]
Office for Subversive Architecture, 18-16th [Bristol]
East
Schools 'Civic Hub' design competition, 17-25th [CUE]
Four walks around Cambridge 17-26th [Shape]
London
Award-winning undergraduate designs in steel, 17-25th [RIBA]
Create a 3-D diorama of Ridley Road Market, 18th [Building
Exploratory]
Jacques Herzog in conversation with Rowan Moore, 21st [Architecture
Foundation]
Public and Prized: PM's Better Public Buildings exhibition, 17th-26th
[CABE]
RIBA Library open day: free access to one of the world's great architectural
libraries, 20th [RIBA]
East Midlands
Sir Paul Smith designs a city walking map for Nottingham [OPUN]
West Midlands
Drawing : City : Futures - drawing workshop on Unity House, 18th [UVNS]
Ways of Hearing: sound installations conference with Bill Fontana, 27th
[MADE]
North East
Young people's masterplans for Gateshead centre & quays, 20-26th [Northern]
Sixth form students from Hexham showing short films they have made during
workshops with film maker Ravi Deepres, 18-19th, 25-26th [Northern]
Yorkshire and Humber
Open photography competition 17th and 25th [Doncaster
Design Centre]
Take a view of Leeds through schoolchildren’s eyes [Concourse]
Talking Places: Debate and discussion with Bill Dunster, 22nd [Public
Arts]
Northern Ireland
Create your own perfect view - postcard competition from 17th-26th [PLACE]
Speaker's Corner: Four lunchtime debates in Belfast, 21st-24th
[PLACE]
Slide show of recent RSUA study tour to Helsinki, 23rd [PLACE]
Scotland
Guided tours of Scotland's centre for architecture and design [Lighthouse]
Cinema City: exhibition on Glasgow's golden era, until 20th [Lighthouse]
Animation workshop on your favourite buildings, [Lighthouse]
For full listings of the 50+ events throughout Architecture Week visit
www.architecturecentre.net/events
Network News
'Big Day Out'
The ACN will be holding its AGM, for members only, at Tate Modern, London
on the 19th July. A brief report on the event which will include a presentation
by Sheena Wagstaff, Chief Curator at Tate Modern and a visit to the Herzog
and de Meuron exhibition currently showing, will appear in the next edition.
National News
Physical Capital
CABE, the commission for Architecture and the Built Environment has published
this month three essays by leading writers on 'physical capital' exploring
the ways in which great places boost public value [more].
Better Public Buildings Award
The shortlist for the Prime Minister's Better Public Buildings Award
has been announced this week, including a river defence scheme for a Cornish
village, a restaurant in a Royal park and what has been dubbed, 'the greenest
road in Britain' [more].
RIBA Awards
Tonight sees the announcement of the prestigious RIBA Awards; for a shortlist
of this year's finalists and a breakdown of previous winners by region
check out the RIBA website [here].
Will Alsop at D&AD
Length & Breadth, Range & Scope, Fingers in Many Pies
-Will Alsop gives the Presidential lecture for D&AD: 22nd June, London
[info]
Living Landmarks
The UK's Big Lottery Fund has launched Living Landmarks, an exciting
new UK wide programme that will see communities working together to improve
their quality of life and their environment through funding major capital
projects [more].
European Architecture News
Cross Channel Urbanism
Places are still available for what promises to be a fascinating two-day
conference on 7-8th July in Lille, examining French urban policy and its
application to UK plans for sustainable communities (including cultural
infrastructure) in the Thames Gateway and other Growth Areas.
Booking and Info www.cross-channel.org
Paul Klee Museum
The 20th June sees the launch of new centre in Bern dedicated to the life
and work of Paul Klee in a flagship new building by Renzo Piano [link].
Archiprix 2005
70 of the world's most talented graduates of architecture, urban design
and landscape architecture will be working together with 6 of Europe's
most innovative architects and designers in a week long workshop looking
at the regeneration of Glasgow's River Clyde corridor [more].
Next Edition: July 2005
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