The London Architecture Diary

150 Homes for 150 years: A Peabody housing competition

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Thu 10 May '12 - Sat 9 Jun '12.
Location: 26 Store Street, WC1E 7BT
Organised by: NLA - London's Centre for the Built Environment.

In celebration of its 150th anniversary, Peabody launched an architectural competition to develop a proposal for an exemplar housing development of approximately 150 affordable and market homes on a four-acre site in Plaistow, Newham. All sizes and types of practices, including collaborations,...

a here and a there

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Fri 27 Jan '12 - Fri 15 Jun '12.
Location: Laurie Grove Baths, Laurie Grove, SE14 6NW
Organised by: Centre for Urban and Community Research.

Utilising the city of Berlin as site for exploration, 'a here and a there' is a photographic exhibition exploring how fourteen photographers affiliated with the Centre for Urban and Community Research (CUCR), Goldsmiths, University of London combine their photographic practices with the activity of...

AJ Small Projects

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Thu 9 Feb '12 - Fri 25 May '12.
Location: NLA, WC1E 7BT
Organised by: NLA - London's Centre for the Built Environment.

Cracking a good design on a tight budget tests every architect's skill and flair. The AJ Small Projects Awards celebrate this, and the shortlisted projects in this exhibition showcase the most ingenious and inspirational projects from across the UK. The projects are diverse - an artist's...

Animal Inside Out

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Fri 6 Apr '12 - Sun 16 Sep '12.
Location: Cromwell Road, SW7 5BD
Organised by: Natural History Museum.

Discover nearly 100 plastinated and capillary specimens, from the tiny frog to the enormous elephant. Explore the intricate insides of these creatures and discover their comparative anatomy and biology. See whole animals like the impressive giraffes, the elephant and the ostrich, to small...

ARCHITECTURE//FORM Photography Exhibition

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Sat 14 Apr '12 - Fri 25 May '12.
Location: 5 Holly Bush Vale, NW3 6TX
Organised by: Nina Sologubenko.

Nina Sologubenko was born in Kiev, Ukraine. Twenty years ago this month, following the break-up of the Soviet Union, her family moved to England. Architecture//Form is an expression of this dual upbringing. Through her understanding of physical space, she explores how our architectural aesthetics...

Article 25 Exhibition

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Fri 27 Apr '12 - Fri 1 Jun '12.
Location: 77 Endell Street, WC2H 9DZ
Organised by: Article 25.

International design practice Scott Brownrigg, who has recently adopted Article 25 as their charity of the year, will be launching an exhibition at its Covent Garden head office showcasing Article 25�s past and current projects including Haiti, Uganda and Afghanistan. All are welcome to visit the...

Barbican Architecture Tour 2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Wed 3 Aug '11 - Thu 31 May '12.
Location: Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS
Organised by: Barbican.

The Barbican has long been a source of amazement and inspiration as well as controversy. Through this walking tour of the external high walks and inside the Barbican Centre itself, we will reveal the history of the site and the plans behind the original design. Discover the ideas, values and...

Bauhaus: Art as Life

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Thu 3 May '12 - Sun 12 Aug '12.
Location: Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS
Organised by: Barbican.

The biggest Bauhaus exhibition in the UK in over 40 years presents the modern world�s most famous art school. From expressionist beginnings to a pioneering model uniting art and technology, this London exhibition presents the Bauhaus� utopian vision to change society in the aftermath of the First...

British Design 1948-2012: Innovation in the Modern Age

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Sat 31 Mar '12 - Sun 12 Aug '12.
Location: Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL
Organised by: Victoria and Albert Museum.

In 1948 London hosted the first Olympic Games after the Second World War. The �Austerity Games� (as they became known) took place at a time of economic crisis in a city devastated by bombing, but they provided a platform for reconciliation and reconstruction. In 2012 Britain welcomes the Olympics...

Designs of the Year

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Wed 8 Feb '12 - Sun 15 Jul '12.
Location: Shad Thames, SE1 2YD
Organised by: Design Museum.

The Design Museum�s Design Awards, �the Oscars of the design world�, showcase the most innovative and progressive designs from around the world, spanning seven categories: Architecture, Digital, Fashion, Furniture, Graphics, Product and Transport. A high profile judging panel will decide the best...

Energy Efficient Building Envelope Seminar

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Wed 25 Apr '12 - Tue 29 May '12.
Location: 66 Portland Place, W1B 1AD
Organised by: Ruukki UK Ltd.

The FREE seminar will cover: -Sustainable construction - UK legislation and Accreditation programmes -How architects and designers can improve building performance -Sustainable choices for the building envelope - improving air tightness and generating power -Product focus: Solar Facade,...

Iconic Buildings: From the Renaissance to Postmodernism

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Tue 17 Apr '12 - Tue 12 Jun '12.
Location: Cromwell Road, SW7 2RL
Organised by: Victoria and Albert Museum.

COURSE: Explore the fascinating histories behind some of Europe�s most iconic buildings. Tuesdays, 17 April � 12 June 2012 (Bank holiday: 5 June 2012), 18.30�20.30 Private or public, monumental or intimate, buildings crystallise the creative spirit and genius of their age. Discover what inspired...

Nicholas Hawksmoor: Architect of the Imagination

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Sat 4 Feb '12 - Sun 17 Jun '12.
Location: Burlington House, Piccadilly, W1J 0BD
Organised by: Royal Academy of Arts.

An exhibition exploring how the striking buildings of the great English Baroque architect Nicholas Hawksmoor, such as Christ Church, Spitalfields and St George, Bloomsbury, have sparked the imaginations of generations of architects, artists and writers. A range of fascinating images and quotations...

Olympic Metamorphoses

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Fri 4 May '12 - Sun 27 May '12.
Location: Pitzhanger Manor, W5 5EQ
Organised by: PM Gallery & House.

Olympic Metamorphoses is a new exhibition of wood engraved prints and collages by artist Anne Desmet, who lives close to the Olympic Stadium. It tracks the transformation of the London 2012 Olympic site in preparation for the games. Since first viewing artists� impressions and site plans after...

Palm Leaf Architecture in the United Arab Emirates

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Mon 16 Apr '12 - Fri 25 May '12.
Location: 1 Kensington Gore, SW7 2AR
Organised by: Article 25.

The "Arish: Palm Leaf Architecture" exhibition is based from the book of the architect and author Sandra Piesik who undertaken a three-year research project in the United Arab Emirates. The event will present the 7000-year history of human habitation in that region and how the...

SHIFTS: The Economic Crisis and its Consequences for Architecture

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Wed 9 May '12 - Sat 9 Jun '12.
Location: Ground Floor East, SE1 2TU
Organised by: The Architecture Foundation.

Rotterdam/Copenhagen-based Powerhouse Company and critic / architectural historian Hans Ibelings (the Architecture Observer) present an evocative, polemical exhibition illustrating the far-reaching impacts of new economic circumstances on architecture�s present and future, through film, models,...

Song Dong: Waste Not

Thu, 17 May 2012 09:00:00 +0100 GMT

Wed 15 Feb '12 - Tue 12 Jun '12.
Location: Silk Street, EC2Y 8DS
Organised by: Barbican.

This is the first major exhibition in the UK by the Chinese artist, Song Dong. A poignant meditation on family life and the artist�s own childhood during the Cultural Revolution, the installation comprises over 10,000 items collected by Song Dong�s mother, Zhao Xiangyuan, over five decades -...

New London meets New York

Thu, 17 May 2012 08:30:00 +0100 GMT

Thu 17 May '12, 8:30am.
Location: 26 Store Street, WC1E 7BT
Organised by: NLA - London's Centre for the Built Environment.

Dan Doctoroff has been President of Bloomberg since January 2008. Prior to that he was Deputy Mayor of New York with responsibility for Economic Development and Rebuilding. According to Mayor Bloomberg, Doctoroff "has done more to change the face of this city than anyone since Robert...

An evening with....Frame House

Thu, 17 May 2012 18:00:00 +0100 GMT

Thu 17 May '12, 6:00pm.
Location: Address to be provided on booking, SE1 ORB
Organised by: Open-City.

This evening tour provides a rare opportunity to tour Frame House, a slender prototype infill four storey house, by Carl Turner Architects. Carl Turner will host this evening tour of his clients home located upon a restricted site in the busy area of Borough, South-East London. The...

Played in London: White City to Stratford, making connections 1908 - 2012

Thu, 17 May 2012 19:00:00 +0100 GMT

Thu 17 May '12, 7:00pm.
Location: 77 Cowcross Street, EC1M 6EL
Organised by: Played in Britain/English Heritage.

Olympic stadium architect Rod Sheard, senior principal at Populous, the architects responsible for the 2012 stadium at Stratford, discusses the lessons learnt from previous Olympics and the challenge of meeting the brief in the 21st...

An evening with....Frame House

Thu, 17 May 2012 19:30:00 +0100 GMT

Thu 17 May '12, 7:30pm.
Location: Address to be provided on booking, SE1 ORB
Organised by: Open-City.

This evening tour provides a rare opportunity to tour Frame House, a slender prototype infill four storey house, by Carl Turner Architects. Carl Turner will host this evening tour of his clients home located upon a restricted site in the busy area of Borough, South-East London. The...

Two Years at Sea + Q&A with Ben Rivers

Thu, 17 May 2012 20:00:00 +0100 GMT

Thu 17 May '12, 8:00pm.
Location: 107 High Street, E15 2QQ
Organised by: Sugarhouse Studios.

TWO DAYS AT SEA + Q&A with director Ben Rivers / bar & food from 6pm / film at 8pm / £5 Two Years at Sea (UK, 2011) is the new feature film from artist and filmmaker Ben Rivers. Following on from River�s earlier short film This is My Land, the film follows recluse Jake Williams,...