London Festival of Architecture Lunch box talks

Thursday, 8 May to Saturday, 19 July 2008

Lunch box talks at The Gallery, 70 Cowcross Street, London EC1M 6EJ. All talks cost £8.80 and a Clerkenwell kitchen lunch bag is included in the ticket price! To book go to the Festival website.

Lunch box talk: Cany Ash, Ash Sakula Architects and George Fisher, Carnival Arts Trust
Thursday 26 June 13.00-14.45
A live demonstration showing how the strange, shambolic and magnificent ambience of the UK Carnival Centre is being created. Supported by Crafts Council

Lunch box talk
Tuesday 1 July 13.00-14.45
Taking one centre and one architecture professional, looking at architecture centres and what they do.

Lunch box talk: Will Alsop SMC Alsop and Robert Powell, , Beam, Wakefield
Thursday 3 July 13.00-14.45
Talking about Will’s unbuilt architecture centre for Beam and how Beam contributes to debates about shaping cities of the future

Lunch box talk: Sarah Wigglesworth and Rowan Moore, Architecture Foundation
Tuesday 8 July 13.00-14.45
Both share a belief that you get better architecture if you involve the public. But whats the best way?

Lunch box talk: Glenn Howells and Julia Ellis, Director of MADE, Birmingham
Thursday 10 July 13.00-14.45
How can architecture centres be successful culture organisations? Can we use culture as a way to connect people with architecture.

Lunch box talk: Nick Edwards, Fundamental Architectural Inclusion, Newham and Atelier One Engineers
Tuesday 15 July 13.00-14.45
Talking about mobile structures and their plans to develop a mobile architecture centre. Is the future mobile?

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