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LAST CHANCE TO BOOK RIBA South East Conservation Group talk – ALL WELCOME – 18 November
6-8pm Tonbridge School. With Liz Hirst of Hirst Conservation. £20
LAST CHANCE FOR EARLYBIRD DISCOUNT Three in One - 3 December
3-6 Reigate. JCT Contracts update; site waste management plans; ecological surveys and site assessment for planning applications. Be informed by experts. £80 if booked by 19 November, £90 thereafter
Wine & Design with Simon Conder - 10 December
5.30-7.30 Battle Abbey. Hear Simon talk about his philosophy and recent work - including El Ray, the house at Dungeness that won this year's RIBA Stephen Lawrence Prize. £30, all welcome to talk and seasonal refreshments
Branch meetings
RIBA Sussex Branch
4 December, 7pm Pallant House Gallery, Chichester Annual Lecture: Edward Cullinan. Cost £10 per ticket. Few places left: pre-booking is essential – contact Chairman Simon Moore |
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RIBA West Kent Branch
8 December, Christmas meal at Greggs Restaurant in Sevenoaks. Cost £25.00 per person excluding drinks (and special preferences). Menu is on www.gavingreggrestaurant.com. Contact martinbush@btconnect.com to confirm attendance. Payment to Martin in advance, please. NB the late, great Arthur Cooksey has put £100 behind the bar. So go along and raise a glass in his memory.
Pictures please
We would love to hear from you about your practice's successes. Images are particularly welcome but we like to receive any news! Contact Jenny Peterson|
RIBA South East news
New publications
Buy from us the new editions of A client's guide to engaging an architect (£10) and Good Practice Guide: Fee Management (£17.95). We supply specialist contracts and publications speedily – contact us for details on 01892 515878
Students mentored
Grateful thanks for the 40-plus practices who have mentored nearly 90 students at the three Schools of Architecture in the Region – Brighton, Kent and UCA. This year's students seem particularly focused and buzzy! If you think you might like to mentor in 2010/11, contact Jenny Peterson|
De La Warr exhibition reminder
Do make time to visit Mind Into Matter|, the exhibition at the De La Warr Pavilion supported by the Region as part of the RIBA's 175th anniversary celebrations.
Other news
Design Advisors wanted
The Kent Architecture Centre in conjunction with West Sussex Design Commission wishes to appoint a pool of Design Advisors, to help to raise the quality of development across the county. Applications are welcome from people in all fields of built environment practice. Contact the Kent Architecture Centre| /01634 401166 for details. Closing date is Monday 23 November
Nigel Coates at University of Kent, 24 November
Hear Nigel Coates, Professor of Architecture at the Royal College of Art at this public lecture at the Marlowe Theatre, University of Kent on Tuesday 24 November, 6pm. Lecture organised by CREAte, the Centre for Research in European Architecture
Masdar City to One Brighton – RIBA HQ
Senior architects from two RIBA Stirling Prize-winning practices: David Nelson (Head of Design, Foster and Partners) and Peter Clegg (Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios) join Pooran Desai of BioRegional's One Planet Communities Programme to consider how world-class design makes development more sustainable. At 66 Portland Place on Wednesday 25 November, 6.30pm. Tickets cost £8: www.architecture.com/programmes| or call 020 7307 3699.
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