Archives: Events
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Designing inclusive cities: Gender and sustainability in urban development
Date: 24 September 2024More info How can urban communities achieve gender-inclusive sustainable development? In their journey towards sustainability, many urban communities worldwide encounter significant challenges due to gender segregation in public spaces. With the latter generally designed around the specific needs of men, physical limitations hinder the unfolding of an accessible, safe, and active gender-inclusive…
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Mapping the Tube
Start date: 25 October 2024End date: 30 November 2024More info Tube maps from the distant past come together at a new exhibition and sale at The Map House. 50 years after Harry Beck’s death, a Knightsbridge shop is mounting an exhibition of tube maps dating back to Victorian times. Mapping the Tube: 1863-2023 presents dozens of maps…
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Not Getting Lost In Buildings
Date: 19 September 2024 Thursday, 19 September 2024 (1pm BST) How do we find our way around the built environment? Most obviously, we follow signs and other wayfinding information. But also, buildings themselves do a great deal to support our navigation. What are they doing? How do they do it? Andrew Barker’s talk explored architectural…
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Invest in happiness placemaking summit
Date: 26 February 2025More info A unique one-day event bringing together built environment professionals, developers and investors from across the country for a day of networking and knowledge exchange in Basingstoke – a well-connected Hampshire town between London and the south coast ports. Delve into the fascinating topic of “happiness” and its impact on everything…
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What next for place?
Start date: 18 September 2024End date: 19 September 2024More info Imagine a future where place-based policies and practices are driven by the stories and identities that make our communities unique. What if we could harness the power of design and creativity to forge meaningful and equitable partnerships? How can this collaborative approach lead to positive…
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RIBA Stirling Prize 2024 shortlist talk
Date: 3 October 2024More info Discover the six new building projects contending for the coveted RIBA Stirling Prize 2024, awarded to the UK’s best new building, in this informative talk at 66 Portland Place, London. Architects from each of the six shortlisted building projects will reveal more about their work in insightful presentations, followed by…
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Tour of St. Bride Foundation
Date: 26 September 2024More info St Bride Foundation houses the history of print and the skills that made Fleet Street the undisputed home of printing and publishing in London. Housed in a beautiful Victorian structure from 1891, the Foundation serves to maintain its extensive printing press library, while also using its resources and support to…
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The Academy of Urbanism: Quality of life – remaking the post-industrial city
Date: 4 October 2024More info Join the Academy of Urbanism in Manchester this autumn for a day conference bringing together a range of urbanists in one of the UK’s exemplar cities. Not just a culturally and historically significant city, Manchester is regularly at the forefront of national discussions around the future of urbanism. The theme…
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Festival of Place: Social impact 2025
Start date: 24 March 2025End date: 25 March 2025More info This online conference brings together professionals seeking to make a measurable and positive place-based impact through their work in design, development, planning and investment. In multiple sessions delivered over long lunches, we will focus on metrics, measurement, case studies and evidence-based approaches to delivering social…
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Culture Night Dublin: The National Print Museum comes to life
Date: 20 September 2024More info The National Print Museum celebrates the story of printing in Ireland and its impact on our lives. PrintLab, a project launched by the Museum in 2019, facilitates discovery of the traditional craft of letterpress printing through new technologies. Get creative on Culture Night and drop in for some PrintLab workshops,…