Event categories: Third-party event
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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,…
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London Transport Museum: The truth about Harry Beck
Start date: 14 September 2024End date: 10 November 2024More info For many of us, the London Underground is purely functional. But to Harry Beck, this web of geography became an obsession – a fascination with the creation of the perfect Tube map. How did Beck create the iconic diagrammatic diagram of today, and at what…
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London Design Festival: Material Matters 2024
Start date: 18 September 2024End date: 21 September 2024More info Design fair Material Matters returns to Oxo Tower Wharf during LDF for its 2024 edition, spotlighting over 50 designers, brands, makers and manufacturers. The fair is located across five floors, displaying a range of material innovations, alongside site-specific installations, with a focus on the circular economy. A programme…
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ISA: Women leading the industry
Date: 18 September 2024More info Join us for an exclusive Women Leading the Industry (WLI) Exchange virtual networking event. This gathering offers you a unique opportunity to: Engage in open discussions with fellow industry professionals. Explore common obstacles faced by women in leadership roles. Participate in small group sessions focused on specific challenges of your…
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The ‘RIBA Climate Guide’ with Mina Hasman
Date: 19 September 2024More info The built environment has a vital role to play in responding to climate and biodiversity emergencies. There is a pressing need for all the industry professionals to acquire the requisite knowledge and skills to design and deliver built environments that respond to increasing demands of our world, while ensuring holistic,…
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Chemical colour: Evidence for ‘coal-tar’ pigments in British printing ink, 1860–1914
Date: 6 November 2024More info This talk by Ian Dooley explores the introduction and continued use of synthetic organic pigments for printing ink during the late nineteenth century. Synthetic pigments introduced brilliant never-before-seen colours for printing that could not be produced by naturally derived pigments. They are derived from synthetic dyes which began commercial production…